Crazy subsidies
In a stunning display of how political clout trumps (excuse me) common sense, nations of the world spend trillions every year subsidizing fossil fuels. It’s like paying people to drink poison. Check...
View ArticleThis changes not much: performance of moral virtue as politics
Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything has attracted many admirers on the left. A thought-provoking exception is economist Peter Dorman, who writes: [R]edefining politics as the performance of...
View ArticleMeanwhile in the real world: Countries moving to a fossil-free future
For a glimpse of what’s happening in countries that take climate change seriously, check out this short video: Source:...
View ArticleThe fossil-free future
The clean energy transition has turned a corner, writes Bill McKibben: The fossil-fuel industry is no longer minting money. It’s been underperforming the rest of the economy—and no wonder. Sun and wind...
View ArticlePolitical Economy of the Environment: New video series from Econ4
Econ4 is pleased to announce its new video series on the Political Economy of the Environment, produced in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Amherst department of economics. Part One:...
View ArticlePassing the buck
A side benefit of moving to decentralized, renewable electricity would be getting out from under these guys: As California’s deadliest wildfire was consuming the town of Paradise in November, some of...
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Solar power + people power
Bill McKibben strikes a hopeful note: We have two relatively new inventions that could prove decisive to solving global warming before it destroys the planet. One is the solar panel, and the other is...
View ArticleNew Consensus
“The World Needs a New Worldview.” Right on. A truly beautiful world is possible—one without poverty or pollution, and with prosperity and dignity for everyone. Humanity has everything it needs to...
View Article2020’s: decade of the Green New Deal?
A video from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez imagines the future: Source: https://theintercept.com/2019/04/17/green-new-deal-short-film-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
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