Category Archives: Global warming

‘Money in Exchange for Silence’: Behind Neom’s Green Image, Western Firms Cash in on Saudi Commitment to Oil

PR and consulting agencies are being paid millions to focus the world’s attention on a promised “eco-city” — obscuring human rights abuses and Saudi Arabia’s long record of climate obstruction.

Heterodox Approaches Will Provide Answers to the Multiple Cascading Crises of Our Future

The old normal is rigid and destructive to humans and the planet. Heterodox ideas offer some hope, but will they be sufficient?

Mountain Town Confronts an Unexpected Public Health Catastrophe

Communities are still shaking off the shock of a storm they never thought could touch these mountains.

Thomas Neuburger: Carbon Sinks Are Failing

On carbon sinks becoming inoperative: ‘Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end’

Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on Par With Denmark

An important takedown of the blue hydrogen scam, a pet initiative of fossil fuel companies.

The Cash Will Soon Flow

Robbing Africa’s riches to save the climate (and power AI).

Economic Models Ignoring “Look Out the Window” Climate Change Effects

Supposed forecasting mavens are simply ignoring the real economy effects, like poor harvests, of climate change.

Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily

A new paper in Nature finds that exceeding a 1.5°C increase in global temperature is more deadly and durable than previously thought.

Let’s Stop Pretending That We Can Escape from Climate Change

The search for safe places to hide from climate change impacts is already underway, yet is set to be largely futile.

Evidence CEOs Tried to Illegally Boost Oil Prices Grows as FTC Bars Hess from Chevron’s Board

FTC’s latest findings bolster claims of collusion among shale producers raised in ongoing Congressional probes and major class-action lawsuits.

TaxCast on Green Laundering, Combatting Big Corporate Tax Dodging with Joseph Stiglitz, EU Competition Minister Margrethe Vesterger

A look at corporate misbehavior, here extreme tax avoidance and green laundering, and the progress of efforts to combat it.

Is It Climate Change or Genocide?

The case that the elite lack of willingness to address climate change amounts to genocide.