Recycling Meets Reality
By M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine If your neighborhood is like most locales in the United States, there’s a thing that’s hard to unsee once you notice: The trucks that […]
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Energy Deals are Creating a Powerful Alliance Between China and Russia
By Vanand Meliksetian Oil Price The Chinese economic growth miracle is disrupting the global balance of power. President Trump’s trade war with China was the latest manifestation of Washington’s effort […]
How Big Oil Misled the Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
By Laura Sullivan NPR Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its landfill watching an avalanche of plastic trash […]
There’s No Containment Strategy for Climate Change
By Sharon E. Burke War on the Rocks The earliest humans had it rough. They survived a brutal ice age, dwindling to a population estimated at just 10,000, only to […]
China and Its Arctic Trajectories
By Sanna Kopra The Arctic Institute China’s Arctic engagement has increased considerably during the past decade, which has not only offered plentiful economic opportunities but also created new risks and […]
The Different Levels of Geopolitics of the Arctic
By Andreas Østhagen Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Few areas have been the source of as much speculation, hype, and overgeneralization as the Arctic region at the start of the […]
Mining Asteroids for a Better Earth
By Philip Metzger Aeon Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real. This should not […]
Nuclear Power is Integral to Meeting Clean Energy Goals
By Daniel McGlynn Phys.org Early this year, Rachel Slaybaugh attended a campus mixer on technological innovation. When she introduced herself as a professor of nuclear engineering, other attendees would pause […]
Trapping Carbon Dioxide in Stone
By Nick Stockton Wired Carbon dioxide is a problem. And everyone knows the best thing to do with problems is bury them deep in the ground and forget they ever […]
War and the Oil Price Cycle
By Amy Jaffe & Jareer Elass Journal of International Affairs Oil has shaped international conflict for many decades. According to one estimate, between 25% to 50% of interstate wars between […]
