Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
11/23/2021
What Could Go Right? Gen Z, optimism evangelists
Plus, the case for giving birth in spite of eco-anxiety, and an international deal is bringing a huge solar farm to the Jordanian desert.
11/15/2021
COP26 climate deal: Reasons for hope
Hi, everybody. Ian Bremmer here. Just about to head to Singapore, but before I do, I thought I would give you guys a quick recap on the COP26 summit, couple weeks long in Glasgow.
11/15/2021
EPA finalizes its first national recycling strategy
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized America’s first “national recycling strategy,” which aims to support the agency’s goal of achieving a 50 percent recycling rate by the end of the decade.
11/18/2021
What Could Go Right? Reversing paralysis and other “mad” science
Plus, a dramatic sanitation solution, more "reasons for hope" emerge from COP26, and Covid vaccines and pills move closer to poorer countries.
11/15/2021
Biden to Bar New Drilling Around a Major Native American Cultural Site
President Biden announced on Monday that his administration was moving to block new federal oil and gas leasing within a 10-mile radius around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, one of the nation’s oldest and most culturally significant Native American sites.
11/15/2021
Israeli climate-tech firms team up with former foes to face threat of rapid warming
Dozens of Israeli climate-tech companies are teaming up with once-hostile neighbors in the Arab world, working together to stem the threat that climate change will render much of their region uninhabitable.
11/12/2021
Africa’s first “chief heat officer” says Freetown could be a data-driven climate model
The standard chorus in climate change clarion calls is that the world needs to limit earth’s warming below 1.5° Celsius. But one of the ways to get people to care about this big, if abstract goal is to focus attention on relatable climate-related hazards, like extreme heat.
10/04/2021
Aviation: Germany opens world’s first plant for clean jet fuel
Sustainable fuels are seen as key to making carbon-neutral flying possible. But there are some major hurdles preventing these cleaner alternatives from getting off the ground.
11/10/2021
The Tentacled Butterfly Ray Comes Back from the Dead
Presumed extinct, scientists were shocked to find the species holding out in the water off Iran.
11/15/2021
Did COP26 Represent Any Meaningful Climate Progress?
Yes, but there is still a long way to go.
11/06/2021
B.C. makes big commitment to save old-growth trees from further logging
In British Columbia’s Nahmint Valley, an 11th-hour reprieve was issued this week for ancient forests that were slated for logging.
11/11/2021