Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Tiny Algae Could Help Fix Concrete’s Dirty Little Climate Secret – 4 Innovative Ways to Clean Up This Notoriously Hard to Decarbonize Industry

Some possible ways to make concrete less of an environmental problem.

“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls

Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.

1980s Redux? Developing Countries See New Context, Old Threats

s rich countries raise interest rates, developing countries face slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates, more costs and debt distress.

Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain

More on Europe’s economic suicide.

Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine

Peace in Ukraine is a worthy aim. But the West can’t bring itself to offer what Russia might accept.

European Stainless Steel Mills Are Closing Due To Energy Crisis

Stainless steel mills are now keeling over due to energy price spikes. Who will be next to fall?

Is Wood the Climate-Friendly Urban Building Material of the Future?

Experts claim there will be a large need for additional construction through 2050. Is wood the answer?

The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.

DeSmog has mapped the fossil fuel interests lobbying for gas-derived hydrogen and threatening to derail the momentum of green hydrogen.

We Could Massively Reduce the Price of Energy in the UK – By Changing the Way We Regulate Energy Prices

A remedy for the UK/EU energy price shock is changing price rules. But can those fixes be implemented soon enough?

Will Europe Go Down to Defeat Before Ukraine?

Europe has succeeded in hurting itself to hurt Russia, to the degree that a full bore economic and financial crisis seems inevitable.

If You Thought This Summer’s Heat Waves Were Bad, a New Study Has Some Disturbing News About Dangerous Heat

The big heat is set to become more pervasive. A look at projections on where and how bad how soon.

How Climate Change Spurs Megadroughts

Why megadroughts are becoming part of the new normal.

The Bank of England Increasing Interest Rates to 4% – As Markets Expect – Could Be Enough To Bring the Whole Economy Down

The Bank of England is in “Burn the village to save it” mode via interest rate increases which do little to address the causes of inflation.