Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

U.S. to Announce Plan for Private Companies to Fund International Renewable Energy Transition

Yet more proof that the US is far more inteested in green energy profiteering than doing the hard work to reduce the pace of climate change.

Limits to Growth: Inconvenient Truth of Our Times

Before the first UN environmental summit, The Limits to Growth showed Earth’s finite resources cannot support ever-growing human consumption.

Collateral Damage From Higher Interest Rates

Why to be wary of Larry Summers selling another Volcker-type “kill the economy to save it” interest rate jihad.

The Best Climate News You May Not Have Heard About

The Montreal Protocol — designed to save the ozone layer — is also averting other global warming/climate damage.

Has Russia Already Pwnd Ukraine?

What if Russia is the only country that can get Ukraine back on its feet in any reasonable time frame?

Climate Minister: Until People in Developed Nations Start Dying, Nothing Will Change

What level of climate pain will it take to stir advanced countries out of their complacency?

Michael Hudson: Germany’s Position in America’s New World Order

Why is Germany in thrall to the US, to Germany’s great detriment? A historical analogy provides some insight.

Russia Accuses West of Trying to Replicate Ukraine Strategy in Armenia

Moscow accuses the West of using an Ukraine-style strategy in Armenia as more players enter the fold and the situation in the South Caucuses risks spiraling out of control.

Electro-Shock Therapy for Slow Learners in the Ukraine Electric War (Part III)

Russia launches another high-intensity attack on Ukraine’s electric grid, and John Helmer continues his analysis of Russia’s strategy.

Stab in the Back – Not One Inch but Right to the Heart

John Helmer picks apart the not-well-understood story of who betrayed whom when Gorbachev agreed to the lousy US “not one inch” promise.

The Grain Giants Have Made a Bonanza from Hunger. Time to Take Them Apart

The global food system, heavily influenced by the big grain companies, needs an overhaul to allow diverse crops, producers and supply routes

A Disordered World – Part 3: Pathways

Satyajit Das’ final post on where the world order is headed.

The Growing Chorus for Peace in Ukraine

It has now become barely acceptable to say it might be a good idea to seek an end to the Ukraine war.

Offloading Climate Responsibility on the Emerging Economy Victims of Climate Change

Climate equity is further complicating fossil fuel reduction plans, with poor countries arguing that the demands made for them are too high.