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Debates about the necessity and desirability of economic growth are shifting. Among researchers working on sustainability and climate policy, there is growing scepticism about whether continued economic growth is necessary to achieve …
Most EU citizens support economic growth even though climate experts question its role Read More
Climate inflation is the light on the dashboard telling us our economic vehicle is clapped out. Tim Garrett and Matheus Grasselli suggest some roadside maintenance. What are the thermodynamic origins …
Economic engine erring Read More
Duncan McLaren looks at proposals to develop a questionable engineering measure as a means to counter climate change. The US-Israeli war on Iran has thrown energy resilience back into the …
On reflection Read More
Nelson Bastos wasn’t on the oil company’s programme. But he took the mic anyway. After a lifetime of studying the play of wind and tide in a stretch of ocean …
Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon: How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Drowning Out Critics Read More
Earlier this year, a conference was held in the European Parliament to discuss the dangers of nanoplastics. Such an event would not be unusual, were it not for its co-host: …
Inside the doomsday ‘cult’ spreading climate disinformation to global leaders Read More
The UK Treasury wants supermarkets to introduce voluntary price caps on key groceries in return for lifting some regulations – including those relating to more sustainable packaging. This was the …
A future food system that ignores climate change is contributing to the crisis Read More
Even as gas prices continued to rise across the United States, sales of electric vehicles fell in April. That is in contrast to strong growth elsewhere in the world, such …
Why hybrids — not EVs — are winning over US consumers Read More
New Orleans could be surrounded by sea water in a matter of decades according to new research. The study says the US city has reached a “point of no return”, and that …
Floods and finance: why climate change will become a more pressing economic problem for UK households Read More
In 1872, while on a trip to Europe, Andrew Carnegie met with an engineer and inventor named Henry Bessemer. During the Crimean War, Bessemer had accidentally discovered an efficient (for the time) …
Europe’s quest for green steel Read More
In a country characterized by antiquated systems for regulating how electricity is produced and transported to homes and businesses, one utility in Arizona may be the most outdated. In 1903, …
One acre, one vote: The bizarre election that could decide Arizona’s energy future Read More