Category Archives: Global warming

Bitcoin Energy Use Growing Much Faster than Previously Thought

Bitcoin energy use alarmists are being proven right.

Colorado River: The Water War That Will Decide the Fate of 1 in 8 Americans

Water wars loom on the horizon, arising from overuse for generations of the Colorado River, which carved the Grand Canyon and serves as the main water source for much of the American West.

How Wall Street Enabled the Fracking ‘Revolution’ That’s Losing Shale Oil Companies Billions

Fracking harms the environment and shale oil companies fail to turn a profit but that doesn’t stop Wall Street from lending them huge sums of money, driven by lust for fees.

Reader Inquiry: How’s Your Climate?

Seeking reader observations on the impact of climate change in their environs.

Gaius Publius: Our Communities Are Scaled and Built for a Climate That No Longer Exists

Why combatting climate change will require the use of force.

Trump’s Carbon Capture Tax Break: Mechanical and Biological Paths

Looking at the potential benefit of tax subsidies for carbon capture.

Global Warming’s Impact on Ocean Currents to Amplify Sea Level Rise

Real News Network interview with Levke Caesar, discussing how Atlantic ocean currents have weakened due to global warming and are closer to catastrophic collapse than any time in the last 1,600 years.

Gaius Publius: Fracking Has Brought the World to the Brink of Disaster

Fracking is one reason why our bad climate change picture is getting even worse.

World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming in 10-15 Years Thanks to Fracking, Says Cornell Scientist

A sobering take on the impact of fracking on climate change.

Confidential Shell Oil Report Prompts Lawsuit: They Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago

RNN interview with Carol Muffett discussing what Royal Dutch Shell knew about fossil fuel driving climate change and when they knew, as confirmed in a Confidential 1986 Report published last week by a Dutch source. Let the lawsuits proceed.

Climate Policy: When Starting With the Most Expensive Option Makes Sense

Why much of what you thought you knew about climate change mitigation is wrong.

Biodiversity Plummets, Posing Grave Global Threat

Three years in the making, comprehensive UN report on declining biodiversity identifies this trend as a major threat to continued survival.

Global C02 Emissions Rise for the First Time in 3 Years

Bad news on the carbon emissions front.

Humanity’s Meat and Dairy Intake Must Be Cut in Half by 2050 to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change

An update on meat consumption as an environmental hazard.

Gaius Publius: Why Climate Activists Must Include Supply-Side Restrictions in Their Recommended Policy Mix

Another important, indeed necessary, policy measure in the climate change toolkit.