Changing Energy Subsidies

Subsidies encourage policies that can be mutually exclusive. Renewable energy subsidies are noticeable because they visibly go to people who Continue reading →

Earth Overshoot Day 2019

July 29, 2019, that’s Earth Overshoot Day, the earliest we’ve estimated for how quickly our civilization uses up the Earth’s Continue reading →

UK Hits 2030 CO2 Targets Early

Congratulations to the UK. At least for the end of June, they reduced CO2 emissions to the levels targeted for Continue reading →

American Renewable Energy Excels

“For the first time ever, renewable electricity generation beat out coal-fired electricity generation on a national level, according to the Energy Continue reading →

Zero Population Growth

Could it happen? Human population growth is projected to finally flatten. By 2100, population growth is expected to be effectively Continue reading →

Geothermal Upside

Geothermal energy advocates are celebrating a dramatically improved estimate of the technology’s capacity. Ironically, fracking technology applied to geothermal energy Continue reading →

Suicide Up And Down

Suicide is recognized as a major health crisis, even as few know what to do about it. The bad news Continue reading →

Sand Shortage

As silly as it sounds, there’s a shortage of sand. Urbanization and infrastructure rely on concrete which relies on sand Continue reading →