Category Archives: Global warming

Sustainable Investment Stumbles on Uncertain Pace of Energy Transition

Green energy investment goes wobbly….again.

Take Advantage of These Tax Credits Before Congress Kills Them

An alert: some energy efficiency tax credits are about to be terminated. See if you want to avail yourself of them while you can.

The Dark Side of Ecotourism: When Green Travel Exploits People and the Planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, ecotourism may be doing more harm than good.

Financial Times on Coming Climate-Change-Driven Meltdown in Real Estate: Gradually, Then Suddenly?

A detailed, yet still softball, take on how climate change damage will wreck property values and much of what passes for an economy

Climate Adaptation and Inequality: Lessons from Cape Town’s Drought

Cape Town’s drought illustrated that when climate crises become acute, the rich care for themselves irrespective of bigger effects.

China’s Rare Earths Weapon Could Kill Europe’s Auto Industry

More on US and European car-makers’ vulnerability to China’s new rare earths licensing regime.

Yanis Varoufakis: In the EU Nothing Succeeds Like Gross Failure: The Astonishing Case of Ursula von der Leyen

A much-deserved evisceration of both Ursuala von der Leyen and the chumps who’ve bought what she has been selling.

Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting the Soil Instead.

Plastic mulch pollution may linger for centuries

China Is on Its Way to Becoming World’s First ‘Electrostate’

The implications of China leading in the proportion of electricity its energy use and pursuing even more electrification.

Rising Seas From Fossil Fuels Threaten Inland Migration ‘Never Witnessed in Modern Civilization’

A new study in Nature looks at one of the baked-in effects from just our current level of temperature increases: mass migration.

Archeologists Join Geologists in the Quest to Define the Age of Humans

A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping to define the Anthropocene as a new stage in the geological record.

Abundance vs. Degrowth in a Time of Climate Catastrophe

While Trump’s Liberation Day policies might bring about accidental degrowth, Democrats embrace DOGE-style Abundance. Is there another way?

Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate Change—What Are Your Options?

Climate change, debt, and development have a caustic relationship, hindering economic justice and national advancement, but solutions exist.

Tensions Over Kashmir and a Warming Planet Have Placed the Indus Waters Treaty on Life Support

More than 300 million people rely on the Indus River Basin for their survival. The treaty governing its use is falling apart.