Did the Ukraine War Kill ‘Natural Gas?’
Although the Ukraine War has been good for petroleum and fossil gas prices and sales in the short term, future historians may see it as the nail in the coffin…
Wildfire Smoke Can Activate Immune Cells Leading to a Long List of Diseases
By Bill Gabbert | The Energy Mix Immune cells that normally protect against inflammation and infections can be altered by wildfire smoke to promote inflammation. A long list of diseases…
Will We Ever See Climate Change on the Ballot?
When I consider this planet, the only one we humans have (at least as yet), I find it all too unnerving that climate change didn’t make it into the midterms…
The Most Important Climate Talk Happened Thousands of Miles From COP27
The world’s two biggest carbon polluters may have finally 'unshackled' climate discussions at COP27.
Frida Berrigan: Living in a Tipping-Point World
In a world torn apart by the selfishness and shortsightedness of earlier generations, young people need real information and analysis, survival skills and resources.
The United Nations Issues Its Starkest Climate Warning Yet
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment The past eight years have been the eight hottest on record, in further evidence that human-caused global heating is accelerating rapidly and dangerously. So…
Heat Waves Cost Trillions and Hit Poorest Countries Hardest
By Tim Radford | The Energy Mix Summer heat waves driven by climate change do more than harm health and claim lives, a new study shows. They also blight national…
Tom Engelhardt: An Obituary for Our World
Give Vladimir Putin full credit. His invasion of Ukraine helped take our minds off climate change at the worst possible moment (so far), even as his war only increases the…
We Can Still Make Solar Panels Even Better and Cheaper
Andreas Gucklhorn/Unsplash, CC BY-SA By Renate Egan / The Conversation The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over the last decade. Solar is now the…
How to Go from a Win-Win to a Lose-Lose World
While the United States may be in a new Cold War in Eurasia, we, like the rest of humanity, are also in an increasingly hot war right here at home…
Are Green Resource Wars Looming?
The burden of massive electric vehicle batteries will be borne by people and ecosystems.
Clean Energy Production Must Double by 2030 to Stave Off Catastrophe
"Time is not on our side, and our climate is changing before our eyes," said the head of the World Meteorological Organization. "We need a complete transformation of the global…
Pakistan Flooding ‘Calamity’ Prompts Call for Reparations
“I have seen many humanitarian disasters in the world, but I have never seen climate carnage on this scale,” says UN Secretary General António Guterres of the recent floods in…
How This Solar Town Survived Hurricane Ian Shows the Promise of a Green Energy Future
The Babcock Ranch community near Ft Meyers shows building a resilient and low-carbon America will save both money and lives. We need to start now.
Brazil’s Amazon Losses Will Fall 89% If Lula Beats Bolsonaro: Study
By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix New analysis shows that forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon could drop by 89% if incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro is voted out of…