Category Archives: Environment

Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies

Treasury Secretary Yellen is complaining to China about allegedly improper green energy subsidies. But is her beef well founded?

Of Life and Lithium

A look at the implications of demand for lithium thanks to plans to increase electric vehicle sales.

Western Wind Turbine Manufacturers Struggle to Compete with Chinese Pricing

The US, UK and Europe fall behind China in a supposed priority area, wind turbines.

Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car

The US is using complicated and limited-in-practical-effect programs to increase electric car sales rather than allow in cheap Chinese models

Texas Law Forces Pension Funds and Municipalities to Drop Use of Financial Firms that Support Net Zero

Texas is counter-sanctioning Big Finance firms over Net Zero initiatives designed to choke money flows to fossil fuel businesses.

Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now

The promise of artificial intelligence is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation.

What’s the Solution to Humanity’s Growing Ills?

Are space aliens the only creatures that might have a solution for the mess we are in? Any other deux ex machina candidates?

Industrial Policy, East or West, for Development or War?

The West has gone from disdaining industrial policy to becoming a true believer.

Young Voters, Victims of Neoliberalism, Pessimistic About the Future, Sour on Politics…As Officials Tell Them to Eat Statistics

A Wall Street Journal article about dispirited young voters reveals more than it intended to.

Global Warming Is Still Accelerating, in Three Graphs

While you were busy watching the wars, national elections or other distractions du jour, global warming keeps marching on.

SEC Approves First US Climate Disclosure Rules: Why the Requirements Are Much Weaker Than Planned and What They Mean for Companies

The SEC had to make concessions in its climate disclosure final rules, but it did well given the constraints of its investor focus.

How Facebook Contributes to the Demise of Endangered Species

With little enforcement or legal culpability, social media sites like Facebook help wildlife trafficking thrive in plain sight.

Amid Pushback, the USGS Decides to Restore Its Pesticide Database

Scientists say the resource is crucial for understanding what agricultural chemicals are doing to human health and the environment.

How Revillaging and Natural Building Are Increasing Climate Resilience

Some grass roots initiatives by architects and community members to increase climate resilience by improving building and local planning.

The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI

AI runs on power-hungry equipment that uses millions of gallons of fresh water. Policymakers are weighing the costs.