Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The meeting between Trump and Putin to discuss the end of the war in Ukraine (without the participation of Ukraine, let alone the EU) has made it clear that we are entering a new phase in the decline of our civilization, that we are already in the first stages of the final game of the energy descent.
Incomes are failing to keep pace with rising energy prices and existing schemes to help those on low incomes fall well short. This will push more people into hardship. The UK government must put the needs of the most vulnerable first.
The inequality of industrialization got us into this crisis, and addressing that inequality is the only way out.
A DeSmog dispatch from Prince Rupert, which could be ground zero for Canada’s next big oil export fight.
Chinese automaker BYD (their slogan, at least in English, is ‘Build Your Dreams”) announced on Tuesday that its new cars—available in April for $30,000 if you’re in a place where you can buy one—will recharge in five minutes. Or, roughly, the time it takes to fill your tank with gasoline.
Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare.
But a declaration of an emergency does not allow a president to waive or ignore all other legal requirements. The declaration must specify the law or laws whose emergency provisions are being activated.
Here are four cases that everyone should be paying attention to that could decide whether justice is dealt to the water protectors and the Standing Rock Sioux.
Whether we are working at high-level strategy, on the ground in our community, actively influencing, organizing, showing up at our jobs, we can foster conditions that create safety and the ability to name our fears.
The most direct route to heat is also the least toxic, most reliable, most durable, and most sustainable within Vermont — and that’s heating with wood.
Not only do rural electric cooperatives cover a majority of the US, serving 42 million people while powering over 20 million homes, farms, and businesses, but they also are, in fact, cooperatives.
In today’s discussion, Nate is joined by Peter Strack, a French researcher and author, to explore the concept of 2000-Watt Societies—innovative models that aim to balance reduced energy consumption with the well-being of the people who live there.
