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Hurricane Harvey, We Yawn in your Direction

By Lindsay Curren | September 7, 2017

Hurricane Irma

And Irma, we don't really give a crap about you, either. Water, Water, Everywhere Twenty-seven TRILLION gallons of water dumped on Southeast Texas in six days? That's what the various reports say. And we say, "Big whoop!" Wild-Westy, pavement-obsessedy Houston essentially destroyed, molded, and steeped in a toxic stew from chemical plants gone kablooey while the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Energy Tagged With: activism, clean energy, climate change, community organizing, economy, energy policy, global climate disruption, local economy, pollution, relocalization

For sale, habitable planet, too late

By Guy McPherson | March 25, 2013

Wave Breaker

According to legend, Ernest Hemingway bet his 1920s-era colleagues he could write a complete story in just six words. Hemingway is said to have considered the resulting piece his best work: “For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn.” Making no attempt to keep up with Hemingway, this article provides an overview of the dire climate-change situation in fewer than 300 words. Perhaps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: apocalypse, dystopia, energy policy, Ernest Hemingway, Extinction, Guy McPherson, nuclear power, plutocracy

Always the last to know

By Vicki Lipski | February 27, 2013

Climate Change

Quiz time, readers: what do the US Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, the Transportation Department, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, the Energy Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce, the Government Accountability Office, and the CIA have in common? It’s a long list of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate, climate change, Congress, energy policy, plutocracy, US Congress

A new kind of Christmas story

By Guy McPherson | December 11, 2012

Dead Soldier Wreaths

'Tis the season for reaching out, connecting, and gifts, for good or for ill. One of the Christmas cards was unintentionally soaked in irony. I'll forgo the tempting rant about a religious holiday that has been co-opted to promote conspicuous consumption in an empire founded on secular ideals and skip straight to the card and its message. Filled with proud stories of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: dystopia, energy policy, growth, Guy McPherson, US military

Are You Ready for an Oil “Change?”

By Staff Reports | November 12, 2012

Peak oil banner

Get the information and insights you need to navigate the future for your business, your family, your community, your country. Our economy, national security, and environment are all linked to oil.  It touches every aspect of modern life. But oil is changing, and your world is changing with it. The ASPO-USA Conference, co-hosted with The University of Texas, will help you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: ASPO-USA, energy policy, peak oil, Stars of Peak Oil

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