Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Harj Narulla weighs in on the effects of the International Court of JUstice's determination that countries can be held liable for contribution to a…
Transportation
We Can Use Container Ships to Sequester CO2
Years of researchers looking into carbon sequestration have concluded two things: 1. It’s far better to reduce emissions than rely on sequestration to avoid climate catastrophe 2. Ocean-based sequestration is…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Natalie Alms reports that Elon Musk's attempt to manufacture a fraud scandal at the Social Security Administration has failed miserably - except to the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jessica Wildfire discusses the eugenic mindset behind the Trump regime (and particularly Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plans for public health). Jill Lawrence writes…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Greg Sargent writes about the utter villainy of Elon Musk's using the largest concentration of wealth on the planet as a tool to condemn…
Gifted lifter of political veils and pretenses
A decade ago, the New York Times included American cartoonist Jen Sorensen on a short list of the "most gifted lifters of political veils and pretenses." Her work might be…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ed Hawkins offers a visual indication of the unprecedented global warming experienced in 2024 - as well as the paths forward depending on whether…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Joe Lo reports on Oxfam's researching that the global 1% have already burned through more than their fair share of a sustainable carbon budget…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The UN sets out Antonio Guterres' New Year's message calling for us to divert course from the road to climate ruin. Hannah Osborne examines…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Marc Elias explores what it means to worry that "we're on our own" in the face of a fascist government and crumbling institutions -…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian reviews Richard Seymour's Disaster Nationalism as setting out the problem of fascists using emergencies both real and contrived as an excuse…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julia Conley reports on the continued accumulation of riches in the hands of a few, as the total wealth of billionaires has more…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Oliver Milman examines how insurance rates in the U.S. are pricing in climate risks - and pushing insurance out of reach for people facing…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- John Ganz discusses how a number of tech tycoons chose to support Donald Trump as part of a broader distaste for democracy and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Sarah Kendzior writes about the replacement of shared culture with corporate-funded propaganda - and the need to maintain focus on the bigger-picture fight to…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Joshua Pearce discusses the reality that the climate crisis could carry a ten-figure death toll over the course of this century - which would…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carbon Brief examines the results of the COP29 climate summit - with the main takeaway being a familiar combination of barely-existent commitments and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Mark Harris examines the competing pressures which will determine how a climate breakdown in progress affects our food supply, while Fiona Harvey discusses how…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Gloria Dickie reports on the UN's latest Emissions Gap report which shows that we're headed for a climate disturbance of 3.1 degrees Celsius by…