Energy & Environment
The Kerry-Lieberman Scheme for Carbon Rationing
The American Power Act will raise energy prices, reduce incomes, cut jobs, and do precious little about climate change.
Weighing the Benefits & Costs of Offshore Drilling
Offshore drilling remains a risk well worth taking, even in the wake of the oil spill disaster.
Peak Everything?
Forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorus?
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Gaia
Is Mother Nature punishing mankind with the Icelandic volcano?
Earth Day Turns 40
Environmentalist pioneers have had it their way for four decades. It's time for a change.
On Being a 21st Century Peasant
Environmentalist Bill McKibben's new book on the coming global collapse.
Red Ink and Green Jobs
Citizens of the Golden State get nervous about carbon rationing plans made in flusher times