Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Why Washington Underwrites Violence in Ukraine

The ranks of Ukraine and US hegemony believers are starting to thin. But not soon enough.

“Lessons for a Pandemic”

Lessons learned, and not, from a pandemic that isn’t over.

The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition

Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.

Amid Global Debate, UN Plastics Treaty at Risk of Falling Short

The war on plastics has put recycling in its crosshairs.

Our Disappearing Shoreline

A brief look at the process of shoreline erosion.

The Wars We Are Discouraged From Seeing

How the media anesthetizes the American pulblic to our role in wars and their costs.

How Declining Population Growth Might Portend a Future of Increasing Resource Scarcity

Slowing and stallling population growth could actually increase resource demands.

Ukraine: Bleeding Out

A plea to analysts and commentators with access to information: when Ukraine runs out of materiel will be decisive.

Capturing Carbon With Machines Is a Failure—So Why Are We Subsidizing It?

licymakers are funding techno-fixes like carbon capture, when studies indicate nature-based solutions are all-around more effective.

Ice Melt In the Pipeline

The IPCC has been soft-pedaling realistic, as in alarming, prospects for rapid ice melt and near-term ocean rises.

As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Poisoning Rises

Dangerous levels of arsenic in well water is another symptom of falling water tables and depleted aquifers.

The Debt Ceiling End-Game

So what can the Administration do, instead of blink, in the debt ceiling staredown?

Coalition Calls on IPCC to Reject Meat Industry Meddling in UN Climate Process

“We encourage the IPCC to… ensure that Big Agriculture and the global meat industry have no influence over future reports.”