Published inThe New Climate.World Energy DisorderThe UN framework for dealing with climate change is collapsing. What new energy transition structures might arise in its place?Feb 243Feb 243
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsPlea to US Lefties and LiberalsDirect more energy to local revolutionary potential. Resisting Trump isn’t enough. We have even more important work to do.Feb 132Feb 132
Published inThe New Climate.Trump’s Non-Transition — to NowhereTrump’s push for the US to stay on oil and gas probably won’t be as good for the oil industry or as bad for the climate as it sounds.Feb 76Feb 76
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsIn the Reign of Donald the DisruptorDon’t be fooled. US President Donald Trump’s tariff maneuvers are not about nothing. The most consequential aim of his onslaught is to…Feb 34Feb 34
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsLet’s Talks About the ClimateClimate conversation has gone quiet in the US — at least at the national level. It’s THE topic of our times. Who’s avoiding it and why?Jan 239Jan 239
Published inThe New Climate.Degrowing the PopulationFalling populations may prove to be the most effective path to Earth-saving “degrowth.” But it’s also a terrifying prospect.Jan 2156Jan 2156
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsThe US Transition That Might Have BeenThe Biden administration will leave office with the US lagging in the energy transition. Other priorities could have created positive…Dec 29, 20243Dec 29, 20243
Published inThe New Climate.Bye-Bye Consensus, Hello Clarity“Consensus solutions” to climate and ecology crises are crumbling. But they were never real — at least we’re now clear on that.Dec 19, 202425Dec 19, 202425
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsSymptoms of the InterregnumA short musing on the events of a day and the issues of an age.Dec 3, 20244Dec 3, 20244
Published inThe New Climate.Natural Gas: A Tale of Two TransitionsAs natural gas goes, so goes the energy transition. A two-speed transition looms, with the US lagging.Dec 2, 202414Dec 2, 202414
