How mainstream climate science endorsed the fantasy of a global warming time machine

Surpassing 1.5°C of warming can be undone at a later date – using tech, land and resources that don’t exist.

Andreas Malm, Associate Professor of Human Ecology, Lund University • conversation
Oct. 9, 2024 • ~8 min

Why it’s so hard to kick fossil fuels out of sport

The UK has banned tobacco adverts at sports games since 2002. There is no equivalent for climate-wreckers.

Theo Lorenzo Frixou, PhD Candidate, Social Sciences, Loughborough University • conversation
Oct. 8, 2024 • ~6 min

China leads the net zero transition – here’s what we can learn from its progress in Beijing and Hong Kong

China has spent ten times more on clean energy than either the US or Europe over the past five years.

Natalie Sum Yue Chung, PhD Candidate, Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment, Princeton University • conversation
Sept. 30, 2024 • ~8 min

Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries know how to deal with pollution threats – think DDT and acid rain

Pollution solutions start with public pressure, often in the face of industry pushback and slow-moving political responses.

Alexander E. Gates, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University - Newark • conversation
Sept. 23, 2024 • ~10 min

Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries have stopped similar threats before – think DDT and acid rain

Pollution solutions start with public pressure, often in the face of industry pushback and slow-moving political responses.

Alexander E. Gates, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University - Newark • conversation
Sept. 23, 2024 • ~10 min

Under both Trump and Biden-Harris, US oil and gas production surged to record highs, despite very different energy goals

Trump aggressively supported fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris administration focused on replacing them with clean energy. Yet, data show the US oil and gas industries still thrived under both.

Valerie Thomas, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Sept. 9, 2024 • ~9 min

US oil and gas production surged to record highs under both Trump and Biden-Harris, despite very different energy goals

Trump aggressively supported fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris administration focused on replacing them with clean energy. Yet, data show the US oil and gas industries still thrived under both.

Valerie Thomas, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Sept. 9, 2024 • ~9 min

Oil and gas communities are a blind spot in America’s climate and economic policies

Limiting damage from climate change means cutting fossil fuel use. Many towns that rely heavily on oil and gas production aren’t prepared for that future, as a former White House advisor explains.

Noah Kaufman, Senior Research Scholar in Climate Economics, Columbia University • conversation
Sept. 5, 2024 • ~9 min

How the economics of oil could sway the US presidential election

Pump prices are a big deal in a country still hooked on fossil fuels.

Emilie Rutledge, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University • conversation
July 9, 2024 • ~7 min

Landmark court ruling will have huge implications for new fossil fuel projects in UK

Regardless of where in the world the oil would be burnt, local authorities must consider the greenhouse gas emissions before granting the planning permission.

Rosalind Malcolm, Professor of Environmental Law, Director of Environmental Regulatory Research Group (ERRG), University of Surrey • conversation
June 26, 2024 • ~7 min

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