Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Extreme Weather and Pandemic Help Drive Global Food Prices to 46-Year High

Crop shortages are a big contritucor to high food prices, and the fundamentals aren’t likely to revert to the old normal.

Omicron Happy Talk in the US v. Toughening Restrictions in UK, Israel

An attempt to pull some signal out of a lot of Omicron noise.

Plastics Use in Farming Threatens Food Safety and Human Health, FAO Warns

The UN’s FAO publishes first effort report on how the use of plastics in farming erodes the health of soils, threatening food safety and human health.

Just Say No: IKEA to Phase Out Plastic Packaging By 2028

IKEA pledges to phase out plastics packaging; federal and state lawmakers should impose a similar bank on all U.S. companies

Why Has the Press Ignored Retailers’ Crappy Black Fridays, as Experts Warn of Coming Bankruptcies?

The retail sector is staring to flash “Watch out below” warnings. How many store chains will be forced to retrench?

Pentagon Blasted for ‘Unacceptable Failure’ to Reckon With Civilian Casualties

The United States has not lived up to its legal and moral commitments or its own stated policies to protect civilian lives.

Profiting from the Carbon Offset Distraction

Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries profit and undermine efforts to cut greenhouse gasses.

Finance Group Fails To Deliver at COP26

Finance, which some see as uniquely positioned to save the planet, has already bankrolled 1.5֯ C of warming.

Fifty Coral Reefs Selected as ‘Arks’ to Survive Climate Crisis

Australian scientists employ modern portfolio theory to target conservation priorities and generate a list of fifty priority coral reefs.

The Campaign to Protect Christmas Profits from Omicron

Omicron updates along with some of the considerable noise.

Probable Vaccine-Escaping Covid Variant Sequenced in Gauteng, South Africa and Spreading Rapidly; Press Underplaying Downside Risk

A very nasty new variant is spreading rapidly and looks to evade monoclonal antibodies and current vaccines. Assume the brace position.

Climate Injustice at Glasgow Cop-Out

How the largely optical, pro-business gestures at addressing climate change were an affront to developing countries.