Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Kurt Cobb is a freelance writer and communications consultant who writes frequently about energy and environment. His work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Common Dreams, Le Monde Diplomatique, Oilprice.com, OilVoice, TalkMarkets, Investing.com, Business Insider and many other places. He is the author of an oil-themed novel entitled Prelude and has a widely followed blog called Resource Insights. He is currently a fellow of the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions.
I warned in March that in response to the Trump administration’s trade war, China would likely resort to squeezing supply of critical materials it controls. Now it’s happening.
June 8, 2025
Convenience has become a central selling point for practically every consumer product or service. But it can be a perilous lure when it comes to our online interactions with government.
May 25, 2025
Aging, crumbling transportation and electrical infrastructure in America is exposing us to possible catastrophic, cascading failures.
May 18, 2025
As AI is “improved,” it has more “hallucinations.” When will the public and investors realize that reliability will always be a problem when there is no judgement based on lived experience?
May 11, 2025
Our political discourse is actually far narrower than our total public discourse which makes addressing big problems such as climate change very difficult.
May 4, 2025
It’s difficult to see the knock-on effects of our actions and it can be very dangerous not to.
April 6, 2025
