Alice Rush

Putting Trump in a Home

Here’s David Letterman’s suggestion to this effect. I would simply add that the “home” needs to have bars on its windows and doors. Putting Trump in...

Cop28 bulletin: Fossil fuel phase-out language takes shape

Negotiators are locked in feverish marathon talks to hammer out the final technical draft of the global stocktake. The version published early Tuesday is a 24-page smörgåsbord of wildly...

Struggling to Understand Trump’s Popularity

One would think that the list of demographics that would refuse to vote for Trump is so large that the former president would be hard-put to...

Climate change made Libya flooding up to 50 times more likely, 50% more intense

Here’s a Store with Principle

Where you do you break the chain of single-use plastic?  The manufacturer? The distributor? The retailer?  The consumer? There is no correct (or incorrect) answer, but, as...

Has the Energy Transition Failed and is it Over?

Many fail to realize this is not the first energy transition. Although the media have made it appear as if it’s the first energy transition, it’s...

Q&A: Why defining the ‘phaseout’ of ‘unabated’ fossil fuels is so important at COP28

The future of fossil fuels – and whether to agree to phase them “down” or “out” – is shaping up to be a key battle at...

Yes, Biden’s Old

But he’s sane, competent, and decent. That’s quite a contrast. Yes, Biden’s Old

Global Consortium Backs Early Coal Retirement With Carbon Credits

The Coal to Clean Credit Initiative (CCCI), with help from The Rockefeller Foundation, teams up with ACEN Corporation to look into a pilot project in the...

An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28

Oil, gas and coal companies sent a record number of lobbyists to the talks in Dubai, and their alignment with extreme right-wing leaders could scuttle global...