A rich port city is remaking itself for post-oil politics. Aberdeen will now host food festivals and may export green fuel but hosts little heavy industry.
COP26
Posted inEconomic Policy
U.S. Heads to Climate Conference Without Key International Finance Official
Also: The Senate declines to pass along emergency financing to developing countries.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The ‘Sensible’ Climate Compromise Is Not Sensible
Relying on nuclear and carbon capture to decarbonize the economy is liberal climate denial.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Road to Glasgow Does Not Lead Through Beijing
Biden’s administration is being whipsawed between climate goals and China policy goals.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Talks Amid Energy Shocks
This actually should be an opportune moment to rethink our energy system, as the current one goes haywire. But that’s not how things usually work out.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The European Union and Britain Boost Biden En Route to Glasgow
The president claims America is back in the climate fight, but legislation is the missing ingredient.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
U.S. Snubs Biodiversity Summit
The U.S. refuses to join the global conference in China on biodiversity due to decades of pharma lobbying. Yet habitat destruction could fuel future pandemics.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
A proposed wood pellet plant in North Carolina would increase air pollutants in a majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
U.S. Demands Something for Nothing at Glasgow
The top constraint on global climate talks is still parochial American politics.
