Global

Entrepreneurs and adventurers have long traveled the world in search of gold. European empires looted Latin America for its silver and tin. Diamonds attracted the rapacious to Africa. Oil has built enormous empires of wealth in the Gulf states.

Read the full article.

Category:

'Alternative' energy and less energy

A Cap-and-Ration System to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use

13/06/23

Author:

John Feffer

Link:

Resilience

Teaser photo credit: UK child’s ration book in WW2. Public Domain.

An interesting description of an international, post-capitalist energy distribution system--which fails to address how capitalism might be eliminated.

-- Gene McGuckin

May 23, 2023

Read the full article.

Category:

'Alternative' energy and less energy

Global heating will push billions outside the livable zone

10/06/23

Author:

Damian Carrington

Link:

National Observer

Market in Mushin, Lagos. A large number of people in Nigeria will be pushed outside the human climate niche, say experts. Photo by Kaizenify / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

June 9, 2023

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Read the full article.

Category:

The World Economy Is Changing—the People Know, But Their Leaders Don’t

07/06/23

Author:

Richard D. Wolfe

Link:

Counterpunch

June 7, 2023

Read the full article.

Category:

'People Didn't Listen': Complete Loss of Arctic Summer Sea Ice Now Inevitable, Warn Scientists

07/06/23

Author:

Julia Conley

Link:

Common Dreams

Birds are seen on an ice floe in the Barents Sea, in the Arctic, on July 19, 2022. (Photo: Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

June 6, 2023

Read the full article.

Category:

Can Plastics Treaty Fight Climate Disruption?

04/06/23

Author:

Joseph Winters

Link:

Grist

June 2, 2023

During the second round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty in Paris this week, diplomats have clashed over competing priorities — including the role of recycling and how to address toxic chemicals. But some experts are arguing that one issue in particular should anchor the ongoing talks: climate change.

Read the full article.

Category: