Category Archives: Global warming

Right to Repair: Will Corporate Concessions Suffice?

Some companies have apparently embraced a limited right to repair. Federal and state legislation is still necessary.

The Energy Transition Has A Major Metals Problem

Green energy requires significant amounts of metals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese. Current supplies aren’t adequate.

Climate Collapse & Adaptation

Is it possible to adapt to the inevitable like climate collapse? We do it all the time, and everyone living will do it at least once.

Outdated Energy Grid Poses Existential Threat to the Renewable Revolution

Green energy skeptics cite batteries as a potential constraint on greater EV use. The electrical grid is another possible choke point.

Activists Decry Biden’s ‘Reckless’ Resumption of Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Lands

Biden broke yet another campaign pledge Friday and announced his administration will resume fossil fuel lease sales for public lands.

Thawing Permafrost Is Roiling the Arctic Landscape, Driven by a Hidden World of Changes Beneath the Surface as the Climate Warms

Not only is permafrost releasing methane, but when it melts, it removes a key support, leading to collapsing soil and loss of lake drainage.

IPCC Adaptation Report: It’s Later Than You Think

“It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5C,” IPCC Working Group III co-chair Jim Skea announced.

A Sobering View of High Fuel Prices, Green Energy, and Biden’s Plans to Help Europ

An assessment of current economic conditions, including rising prices, how long the pain might last, and possible paths forward.

ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels

uelle surprise! Big oil is not giving up.

Climate Science and Financial Risk: Forging a Path to More Climate-Resilient Businesses

Is the search for better valuations of climate risks to help businesses reducing global emissions an exercise in self-delusion?

No One Will Win in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Gail Tverberg argues that the war in Ukraine does not get Russia or other energy producers out of their scarity bind.

Arctic Greening Won’t Save the Climate – Here’s Why

Why arctic greening is yet another feel-good idea that does not pan out in practice.

Under the Sea, a Hidden Climate Variable: Thawing Permafrost

Carefully mapping the changing topology of the Arctic Ocean floor, scientists are racing to study submarine permafrost.

The Oil and Gas Industry is Using the War in Ukraine to Profit and Push Its Interests

Activists warn that calls for energy independence are just “peace washing” the oil and gas that enabled this conflict.

How Fossil Fuel Governments Control the IPCC

The work of the IPCC is necessary. That’s why it’s important that the UN not be the owners of the go-to reports it issues.