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New Study More Than Triples Estimated Costs of Climate Change Damages
A new Nature study lends weight to the idea that federal agencies could be much more aggressive in regulating climate pollutants.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Student Debt Relief, Inflation, Ukraine Disaster Capitalism, Petrodollar Challenge
Michael Hudson gives a newswap with Ben Norton: student debt forgiveness, inflation, Ukraine, dollar rows, and the death of the Queen
Read more...EU Wrangling Over Energy Plans That Amount to Band-Aid Over Gunshot Wound
Even with energy-hungry businesses shuttering or reducting operations, most EU officials don’t grasp how bad things will become.
Read more...Truss Energy Shambles
New Prime Minister Liz Truss is aleady managing to underperform the low expectations for her.
Read more...Tiny Algae Could Help Fix Concrete’s Dirty Little Climate Secret – 4 Innovative Ways to Clean Up This Notoriously Hard to Decarbonize Industry
Some possible ways to make concrete less of an environmental problem.
Read more...“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls
Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.
Read more...1980s Redux? Developing Countries See New Context, Old Threats
s rich countries raise interest rates, developing countries face slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates, more costs and debt distress.
Read more...Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain
More on Europe’s economic suicide.
Read more...Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine
Peace in Ukraine is a worthy aim. But the West can’t bring itself to offer what Russia might accept.
Read more...European Stainless Steel Mills Are Closing Due To Energy Crisis
Stainless steel mills are now keeling over due to energy price spikes. Who will be next to fall?
Read more...Is Wood the Climate-Friendly Urban Building Material of the Future?
Experts claim there will be a large need for additional construction through 2050. Is wood the answer?
Read more...Book Review: The Downside of Human Exceptionalism
In “If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal,” Justin Gregg argues that human intelligence may represent an evolutionary dead end.
Read more...The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.
DeSmog has mapped the fossil fuel interests lobbying for gas-derived hydrogen and threatening to derail the momentum of green hydrogen.
Read more...We Could Massively Reduce the Price of Energy in the UK – By Changing the Way We Regulate Energy Prices
A remedy for the UK/EU energy price shock is changing price rules. But can those fixes be implemented soon enough?
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