U.S. Shale Production Hindered By Sand Supply Crunch
Sand is back as a looming problem for shale operators.
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NYT Recognizes “That Organic Cotton T-Shirt May Not Be as Organic as You Think”
Could a well-structured class action lawsuit either prod fashion companies to build verifiable organic cotton supply chains, or abandon their claims that they’re selling organic cotton?
Read more...How to Deal with a “Bretton Woods Moment”
A new global economic system has to be based on a key principle of Bretton Woods: multilateralism
Read more...Covid Situation Continuing to Develop Not Necessarily to the Officialdom’s Advantage
The new Covid news isn’t better than the old Covid news, and some is actually disconcerting.
Read more...The Romance of Shipping Container Lashing
The material realities of the ocean and the workers lashing down the containers.
Read more...The Era of Cheap Renewables Grinds To A Halt
Long-discussed concerns about environmental costs and overall supplies of critical inputs to renewables are finally starting to materialize.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: America’s Very Long War
Ruminations on our seemingly neverending war, starting with Vietnam….but is that the right frame?
Read more...UN Report: The World’s Farms Stretched to ‘A Breaking Point’
UN: Climate-stressed, pollution-degraded farms system must adopt sustainable practices to feed an additional 2 billion by 2050.
Read more...Rorschach Test: Revealing Western Press Reactions to Xi Jinping Speech at Davos
Xi Jinping gave an important speech at Davos, even if it was mainly updates on favorite themes. But the press reactions…..
Read more...Eurasia’s Ring of Fire
A theory of empire, based on aspirations for control of Eurasia.
Read more...The Central Asian Alphabet Issue
The oft-ignored role of an alphabet in politics and identity.
Read more...Fashion Act: New York Lawmakers Take Aim at the Climate Impact of Fashion Company Supply Chains
New York State legislators will now consider the Fashion Act, a new measure intended to reduce the climate impact of fashion company supply chains.
Read more...Michael Hudson: What is Causing So Much Inflation?
Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and Fed’s secretive $4.5 trillion bank bailout.
Read more...The ‘China Shock’ of Trade in the 2000s Reverberates in US Politics and Economics
Belatedly learning from how trade losses to China damaged communities to determine how to shore them up.
Read more...Latin America Calls for U.S. to Reduce its Plastic Waste Exports to the Region
Latin American countries chide U.S. for the volume of its plastic waste exports.
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