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- Hurricane Harvey may have totaled up to 500,000 cars Thu, 31 Aug 17, 4:35amHurricane Harvey didn’t just devastate homes and businesses - it may also have totaled up to half a million cars. An estimated 500,000 Texan vehicles will likely be scrapped, leading to a massive sales wave of new and used...
- Coal in decline: Adani in question and Australia out of step Fri, 25 Aug 17, 4:00amSpecial report: India and China are shifting away from coal imports and coal-fired power while a mega-mine is planned for Queensland. Where does this leave coal in Australia?
- Britain spent 'twice as much on overseas fossil fuels as renewables' Fri, 11 Aug 17, 3:01pmNearly half of £6.1bn energy spending in developing countries from 2010-14 went on oil, coal and gas-fired schemes, data shows
- The right language to protect the natural world | Letters Thu, 10 Aug 17, 4:50amReaders respond to George Monbiot’s recent article and news that the US Department of Agriculture is censoring use of term ‘climate change’George Monbiot’s call to reconsider how we name things (Forget ‘the environment’...
- With political will, we could easily solve our transport problems | Letters Sat, 5 Aug 17, 3:22amReaders share their thoughts on electricity generation, cars, cycling, trains and garden citiesGeorge Monbiot makes some useful points in his article bemoaning the influence of the lobbying power of the motor industry (We...
- Switch to electric vehicles will not be enough to give us clean air | Letters Fri, 28 Jul 17, 3:35amReaders respond to Britain’s latest clean air plan and the ban on all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040So, the government is committed to banning all diesel and petrol cars by 2040 (Report, 26 July)...
- Martin Rowson on the Tories' new energy policy – cartoon Tue, 25 Jul 17, 4:49amContinue reading...
- The Uncertainty Monster: Lessons From Non-Orthodox Economics Wed, 5 Jul 17, 11:58pmby Vincent Randall A perspective on economists’ grappling with the ‘uncertainty monster.’ In this essay I am going to try to introduce non-economists who work in fields where they are first coming into contact...
- The threatened Great Barrier Reef is estimated to be worth $42 billion Tue, 27 Jun 17, 3:56amOur unsustainable habits are propelling climate change, and as a result, the Great Barrier Reef is under immense environmental stress. Coral bleaching has reached record levels and no one knows if or when the coral will...
- Bosses are right: political uncertainty will damage the economy | Nils Pratley Tue, 13 Jun 17, 4:50amPredictions of gloom after the Brexit vote didn’t materialise – but this time we face an income squeeze and an EU ticking clock
- Doughnut Economics: the long-sought alternative to endless growth Thu, 13 Apr 17, 8:39pmFinding a healthy alternative to the prevailing growth model that has strained the planet to bursting is the holy grail of environmental economics. And it looks like maybe we've found it. George Monbiot, the most dynamic...
- This Is Not Normal,This Is Not OK! :Day 57 Fri, 17 Mar 17, 11:03pmTrump Watch: When Trump was told that the people hurt most under Trumpcare were his own voters he say “Oh, I know”. This man is a demon, and if you voted for him he would literally let you die from lack of health...
- Rethinking the Social Cost of Carbon Wed, 18 Jan 17, 6:11amby Judith Curry The Social Cost of Carbon is emerging as a major source of contention in the Trump Administration. Andy Revkin has an article summarizing the issue: Will Trump’s climate team accept any social cost...
- Central banks drive booms and busts, and force everyone to be a high risk speculator Sat, 23 Jul 16, 3:58pmIt doesn’t have to be this way. The most important price in our economy is set by a bunch of bureaucrats. They are unelected and unaccountable. But your day to day life is affected by their decisions, as well as your...
- Something serious happening to the Chinese economy? Sat, 16 Jul 16, 2:40pmSomething suddenly changed in December last year in the world’s second largest economy (some say it’s the first). For the last few years private investors in China have been running away at a faster and faster...