Juan Cole Informed Comment The Israeli-US war on Iran, initiated six months ago, cost consumers around the world a jaw-dropping $330 billion in extra petroleum and fossil gas import costs…
“We are seeing a trend of stronger El Niños, and the one we have now is consistent with that trend,” said the lead author. “That is bad news for climate…
Juan Cole Informed Comment Climate change devastated towns and villages of Nepal on August 26 with enormous flash floods that were produced by a melting glacier. The size, speed and…
Juan Cole Informed Comment President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia has just announced a plan to halt all imports of petroleum and liquefied natural gas within three years. He said, “We…
Robert Hunziker, Counter Punch. Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate, New York Times, June 24, 1988: On June 23, 1988, NASA scientist Dr. James E. Hansen testified before the…
Gaea Cabico Prism In Yigo, the northernmost village in Guam, there is a well that cannot be shut down. Known as Y-15, the well sits atop the island’s northern aquifer,…
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Trump’s administration omitted microplastics from a list of pollutants for local utilities to monitor in drinking water. If you’ve ever…
By William I. Robinson This article was originally published by Truthout AI is deepening worldwide webs of accumulation, ushering in new class and power relations. The relentless drive by Big…
Juan Cole Informed Comment The release of massive strategic petroleum reserves in the US, China and Europe, along with austerity measures around the world, have kept the Hormuz crisis from…
By Michael Arria This article was originally published by Truthout The five-year plan is expected to cause 4,000 additional oil spills and the destruction of fragile ecosystems. The Trump administration…
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum Juan Cole After British troops had beaten German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s tank forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein…
Abrahm Lustgarten for Propublica For many months, conservative lawmakers and political operatives have been targeting the scientists and lawyers behind the Climate Judiciary Project, a program meant to educate the…
H. Patricia Hynes for Informed Comment Microplastics, those miniscule particles smaller than 5 millimeters which plastics physically break down into, have now infiltrated every part of the planet – from…
For decades, a small program in the Environmental Protection Agency conducted the painstaking scientific work of assessing the toxicity of chemicals. Sharon Lerner Propublica The calculations done by scientists at…
Kevin Heath had hoped there would be solar panels by now on his family farm in southeastern Michigan, roughly 50 miles outside Detroit. About six years ago, he agreed to…
