Tag: climate change

• Branding a movement: Extinction Rebellion

  June 20, 2019

  Campaigners have issued three core demands to the government: to “tell the truth about climate change”; to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025; and to create a citizens’ assembly… more ›

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

  June 8, 2019

  This site makes use of third-party cookies for analytics. By continuing to use the site, you accept the use of cookies. Read more The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the… more ›

• Our changing climate and the road ahead

  June 2, 2019

  Following a recent members-only briefing with inventor Bill Gross on how our sustainable future will be powered by renewable energy and innovations in energy storage, I was curious to delve… more ›

• Weaponized against the poor

  April 13, 2019

  And with the environment increasingly weaponized against the poor, to borrow Wallace-Wells’s phrase, the sectors that rely on cheap labor will face more unrest among workers; the state will struggle… more ›

• Climate militias

  April 13, 2019

  first, that there’s no real material difference between climate change and any other conflict — as the world grows more predictably dangerous, tactical know-how will simply be more in demand… more ›

• Climate Chaos Is Coming — and the Pinkertons Are Ready

  April 13, 2019

  The Pinkertons wanted me to picture myself in a scene of absolute devastation. “A hurricane just wipes out everything, and you need to feed your children,” Andres Paz Larach said.… more ›

• Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’

  November 23, 2018

  Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he’s got an answer: “536.” Not 1349,… more ›

• The Land That Failed to Fail

  November 19, 2018

  The Land That Failed to Fail The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It’s still waiting. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/china-rules.html more ›

• The Secret of Eternal Growth

  November 4, 2018

  The Secret of Eternal Growth It is an article of faith for the anti-capitalist, anti-trade left that endless economic growth is impossible on a finite planet. The sooner it can… more ›

• The Cities Of The 21st Century Will Be Defined By…

  September 5, 2017

  The Cities Of The 21st Century Will Be Defined By Water » His home in Houston Heights, an older neighborhood northwest of downtown, was spared from Hurricane Harvey’s flooding. Part… more ›