Biden Taps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Craft Climate-Change Policy
Joe Biden has created something of a Menshevik–Bolshevik “campaign unity task force” to explore policy initiatives on issues like climate change.
The COVID-19 Economy and a Taste of ‘Net Zero’
If something akin to the COVID-19 economy for decades is what you want, going for ‘net zero’ by 2050 may be a way to achieve it.
Net-Zero Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, and Extinction Capitalism
To climate-shame corporations is to hobble economic dynamism.
Push to Replace Earth Day with ‘Nature Rights’
This is a dangerous movement.
How Not to Celebrate Earth Day
Some activists are happy that the earth is being given a “rest” from the ravages of capitalism.
The Coronavirus Economy Is a Preview of the Green New Deal Economy
It took the coronavirus to suspend modernity, so you can assume it would take authoritarian measures to shut down the free movement of people.
No, Coronavirus Is Not a Climate-Change Preview
This pandemic has simply highlighted the human propensity to map new circumstances onto our existing heuristics, whether they fit or not.
Defenders of the Faith
The environmental movement is generally religious rather than political or ecological.
Nature’s Silver Linings
With humans on lockdown, the sky and animals are showing up in unexpected places.