climate policy
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Can the economy grow forever on a finite planet?: Decouplers
Molecules into stone In September 2021, Climeworks activated Orca on a lava field outside Reykjavik. It pulls 4,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually and mineralizes it into basalt. Permanent removal. Not an offset. Molecules extracted from the sky and locked into rock.... Can the economy grow forever on a finite planet?: Green growth
The price curve In 2010, a solar panel cost $2.15 per watt. By 2023: $0.27. Eighty-seven percent decline in thirteen years. The IEA, which had underestimated solar in every forecast for a decade, finally stopped lowballing.... The Open Question April 22: Who decides what's good for the planet?
Hey y'all! It's Earth Day, and I started to ask "what's our role in the health of the planet?"; but "Health" smuggles in a telos the planet doesn't have; not to mention assumptions about us, the planet, morality, etc.... Is climate change a science problem, an economics problem, a moral problem, or something else?: Moral emergency
One-third of Pakistan In 2022, flooding submerged one-third of Pakistan. Thirty-three million displaced. Over 1,700 dead. Pakistan contributes less than 1 percent of global emissions. The nations most responsible sent aid packages. The aid was a fraction of the damage.... Is climate change a science problem, an economics problem, a moral problem, or something else?: Nordhaus economics
The most consequential number Nordhaus shared the 2018 Nobel for work he had been doing since the 1970s: integrating climate science with growth to calculate the optimal cost of decarbonization. His central finding: the most important variable is not the temperature target.... Is climate change a science problem, an economics problem, a moral problem, or something else?: Scientific consensus
Thirty-six years of confirmed predictions In 1988, James Hansen testified before the Senate that human-caused warming had begun. He presented three scenarios.... Should we go all in on nuclear energy?: Pro-nuclear
The numbers 73 deaths per terawatt-hour. The entire history of the technology. We have memorized this the way a doctor memorizes a dosage. France built its fleet in thirty years. French electricity costs half of Germany’s. French grid carbon: one-sixth. These are measurements....