The Controversy Over Deep-Sea Mining, Explained
Deep-sea mining backers want metals for clean tech. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.
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Manure-to-Energy Project Touted as Climate Fix Emits Thousands of Tons of Methane
Manure digesters for cattle are yet another rentier-enriching climate con.
Read more...Iran War: Leap Up Escalation Ladder with Israel//US Attack on Iran Gas Field, Nuclear Plant, Iran Retaliation on Qatar Gas Facilities, Other Energy Infrastructure Across Region; MSM Initial Under-Reporting Not Blunting Surge in UK, EU Gas Prices;
Iran war news: The Middle East burns thanks to epically stupid Israeli attacks on Iran’s energy assets, which produced a fierce response
Read more...AI-Powered Robot Dogs Guarding Reviled Data Centers Is Where We Have Arrived
Robot dogs, known as “quadrupeds,” patrol sprawling energy-sucking complexes, which are increasingly met with protest around the country.
Read more...Iran War: Joe Kent Resignation Bombshell; US Deploys Bunker-Busters Near Strait of Hormuz; Iran Makes Retaliatory Strikes on Israel, Across Gulf for Ali Larijani Assassination; Real World Oil Prices Diverge from Paper Oil
Today’s Iran war update: attritional slugging continues as Joe Kent’s resignation shows MAGA doubts and the economic tsunami starts rolls in.
Read more...Why Insect Farming Startups Are Going Bankrupt
To the frustration of Davos Man, insect agriculture has found it difficult to compete with the traditional meat industry.
Read more...Why Environmental Tipping Points Don’t Have to Spell Doom
“A tipping point commonly means a point of no return. But conservation can still help ecosystems restore their balance.”
Read more...URGENT: Please Write the FCC to Oppose Latest SpaceX World-Changing Plan, Massively Light Polluting Reflect Orbital Satellites, Which Will End the Night Sky
American readers: please submit comments pronto to the FCC to oppose two dangerously bone-headed SpaceX schemes
Read more...Big Tech Accused of AI ‘Greenwashing’
A new report has found that “the promises of planet-saving tech remain hollow”.
Read more...One Affordability Battle After Another: What To Do About the AI-Fossil Fuel Industrial Complex
Voters rebel against AI data centers’ electricity costs and fossil fuel pollution, water use, and job loss damage.
Read more...Why Does Economics Refuse to Acknowledge John Ruskin’s Illith, as in Harmful Activity?
Why the economics discipline has ignored John Ruskin’s seminal concept of illith, as in destructive activity.
Read more...As Alberta Separatists Court the U.S., Prosperity Is Fuelling a Sovereigntist Turn
Dreams of oil‑funded prosperity In Alberta clash with Canada’s Constitution and the realities of a warming world.
Read more...Has the Rate of Global Warming More Than Doubled?
Troubling global warming updates from the authoritative James Hansen.
Read more...An Iranian Architecture Appreciation Post
Sanctions have spurred “creative destruction” in Iran where brickwork draws on the past to create shade, natural light, and ventilation.
Read more...An Effort to Ease Water Pollution With Oysters Fizzled. Why?
A Maryland program that lets oyster farmers capitalize off the environmental benefits of the bivalves had few takers.
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