Richard Heinberg
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How eco-localism differs from tariff terrorism (opens the original)
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By Richard Heinberg, originally published by Resilience.org Followers of the Small Is Beautiful school of environmentalism (to which I subscribe) often critique globalization and advocate localism. The controversial new Trump tariffs seem purpose-made to choke off global trade and promote American domestic manufacturing. Am I thrilled? Let’s unpack the goals and tactics of both eco-localism and the Trump tariffs and see where there’s congruence, and where there’s contradiction. Trade makes many
Gratitude in the Great Unraveling (opens the original)
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By Richard Heinberg, originally published by Resilience.org On one hand, terrible things are happening. Earth’s climate system is being destabilized, the oceans are turning acidic, wild animals are disappearing, economic inequality is soaring, politics are becoming more polarized and democracies more dysfunctional, and toxic chemicals are turning up in the bodies of people and other creatures in even the remotest and least-disturbed places on the planet. When you look at these problems closely a
Peak Oil for Gen Z: Seven Questions and Answers for a New Generation (opens the original)
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By Richard Heinberg, originally published by Resilience.org Gen Z is a generation born into a world full of anxieties—from school shootings to climate Armageddon to a pandemic and political violence. But I’m here to give you one more thing to worry about! A high-stakes debate about the timing of peak oil has been simmering for decades. Although few of today’s Gen Z members know much about it, their lives will be impacted profoundly by the waning of the petroleum era. It’s helpful to revisit this
As America turns 250, its attention to continued survival fades and fractures | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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United States politicians, even Democratic ones, no longer mention climate change, according to a recent report by Grist. Evidently, after their 2024 election losses, Democrats concluded that global warming isn’t a winning issue. Their calculus is somewhat confirmed by a recent Pew poll that ranks climate change only ninth among Americans’ top concerns. Meanwhile, hard-won US national climate data, scenarios, and analyses are quietly disappearing from official government websites. A prime exampl
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