https://www.systemiq.earth/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Chinas-Food-Future-Report.pdf "By 2030, Chinese import demand will have peaked and begun to fall, especially for feed and animal protein. Demand for imported soya beans is projected to fall by 25%. Long term, China’s prioritization of […]

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/surveys/des/2026/2601/2601update Why #US #oil companies are increasing production immediately - see Hotelling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotelling%27s_rule For now they are happy milking the profits and driving up stock price letting countries draw down […]

https://www.ft.com/content/2a028e5e-1108-42b0-9733-43a8523d3226?syn-25a6b1a6=1 "Our strategy is to grow free cash flow, not grow production.” She added: “You wouldn’t expect us to be changing our plans significantly on the back of eight weeks of disruption." i.e. please keep this low-level […]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2026.2645656 "greater volumes of #climate #finance significantly reduce #conflict incidence in recipient countries, with particularly pronounced effects on resource-related, small-scale, and intra-state conflicts. #Investments in #social […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWO1INIZPLk&t=826s Welcome to the #Democratic party! The only thing to do is #walk #bike #bus #train #EV - the #government ain't gonna do shit in the #US "Talarico - “I’m a big fan of the renewable industry we’ve got in Texas … but it’s going to take an […]

https://www.ft.com/content/74d8cf6f-aa17-4a24-a621-e26b1bad2e1e?syn-25a6b1a6=1 #oil companies bought their candidate and the dude is delivering more than what they could have asked for in their wildest dreams. What an incredible ROI!!! #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #wind #solar […]

https://www.ft.com/content/2b2fab66-16ea-48a7-a4cd-93022d8a13d2 Quite a fascinating look at #China in terms of investing outside China - acquire #technology and #IP

https://www.iea.org/news/tackling-methane-emissions-would-strengthen-energy-security-amid-crisis Excellent push - remember #methane #naturalgas #gas emitted directly causes far more #warming in the short-term - the opposite of buying time to deploy clean technology. #climate #climatechange […]

https://prospect.org/2026/05/04/how-inequality-killed-affordable-american-car/ #walk #bike #bus #train as much as you can and minimize #car - all will be well. Let the damn car companies face the reality so that they bring back cheap #EV

https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan Condemning millions of people spread around the world including the US to a unending suffering and death because of accelerating #climatechange - welcome to half of the #legal profession in the #US

https://www.404media.co/literacy-in-future-technologies-artificial-intelligence-act-adam-schiff-mike-rounds/ Q - if #LLM are SOOOO Great, then why does ANYONE (incl. kids) need to "learn" it? Shouldn't EVERYONE just... y'know start using it to get shit done? This is not about literacy - this […]

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608 Nature has its way in dissuading humans from over-consuming stuff that harms us! "Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of food allergy. It can happen after a tick bite. The allergy is to red meat and other […]

#flowers #photography #photo #flower #flowerphotography #flowers #fotografie #rose #roses #nature #naturephotography

https://sammatey.substack.com/p/the-battery-factory-of-kirolo #batteries #EV in #Africa #FTW Thanks Sam for bringing us this wonderful story!! #solarpunk #hopepunk #solar #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #war

https://www.fertilizerdaily.com/20260429-eu-clears-four-genetically-engineered-crops-for-import-extending-approvals-for-maize-and-cotton/ C'mon #EU - you can do better. Please cut back on eating red meat. Use those crops to feed the poor in #Africa #Asia who are literally dying of […]

https://www.ft.com/content/d35f5336-3a75-40f0-ae7c-a5742a3cd0b4?syn-25a6b1a6=1& Excellent!!! #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #fossilfuels #oil #gas #coal #solar #wind #Batteries #EV #walk #bike #bus #train #plantbased #food #land #air #water #health #trade #adaptation

https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/supreme-court-climate To be sure, systemic changes are necessary for large-scale rapid action on #climatechange But remember that when sales of #solar #EVs rise far beyond and faster than the underlying policy, it is the people achieving change bottom up […]

https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/power-democracy-and-clarity "Polarization or culture war explanations don’t explain what has happened to the Supreme Court in recent decades. The banal explanation is that very wealthy groups organized a project to capture the institution through a series of […]

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-04-22/green-uk-pensions-are-bankrolling-us-fossil-fuels Hey #UK - c'mon - stop this nonsense! Are you seriously going to let your pensions be invested in #oil #gas and for killing poor people around the world? Haven't you had enough of that […]

https://www.ft.com/content/d2878eb0-8096-4184-a414-3550136f7179 In a fair/decent/sane/reasonable/empathetic/etc. world - red-meat eaters will cut back their red-meat consumption to only 1-2 a week and allow the hungry/starving/famished/dying of the world to eat something at an affordable cost […]

https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/f635e477-b37a-46f8-bc10-34d56cec6332 I think - focusing mainly on #climatechange #mitigation is no longer sufficient. #Adaptation is already a necessity. New ways to grow food while protecting livelihood of farmers must be a major part of the solution - see […]

https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-hinge-moment-on-planet-earth Dear Bill - despite the relentless work that the likes of you and others (including, me) over the past few decades, the so-called median US voter (wealthy by global standards) continues to be in thrall of "all of the above" […]

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/901C84D741E4050CCB4513C8AFCD6860/9781009646529AR.pdf/Nordic_Capitalism.pdf This is kinda why I set the city of Sequoia (from "A New Faith") in #Norway Love the "me-we-me" short-hand https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith […]

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-protagonist-problem/ "from the second world war to the late 1980s—tapestry books with multiple agency, many characters all shaping the outcome, was a major mode of bestselling books, and the blockbuster movies based on them." Precisely describes "A […]

https://kschroeder.substack.com/p/dont-save-this-world-design-the-next I have found @KarlSchroeder discussions (and this is an excellent post summarizing his work) on writing about the future to be very useful. I have tried to incorporate those ideas in my writing - maybe, not in a hard #scifi […]

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/higher-warming-predictions-for-2026 "I’ve updated the models I use for both my 2026 and 2027 projections - the headline numbers are: the estimate for 2026 has risen from 1.41C (with a range of 1.27C to 1.55C) to 1.46C (1.33C to 1.58C). The 2027 estimate has […]

https://dissentmagazine.org/article/the-kerala-consensus/ " #Kerala shows that if people are protected from risk and uncertainty by a #government that provides access to #food #housing #education #healthcare, they will be motivated to take care of many other problems."#India #development […]

https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/renewable/solar-infra-helps-india-meet-record-256gw-power-demand/130572555 "At peak demand of 256.1 GW, solar contributed ~57 GW (22%); at 12.30 pm, solar rose to ~81 GW (33% of 242 GW)" WOW! #Solar to the rescue! #climate #climatechange […]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/technology/ai-spending-tech-data-centers.html $130B in Q1 Over the year $700B Plus the insane spending on the #war Imagine how much good could have been done w/ all this money! And if this goes bad... who will be left holding the bag?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/eu-farmers-hauliers-fishing-subsidies-up-to-50000-fuel-fertiliser-iran-war wealth = resiliency Good for #EU - now maybe lend a helping hand to the poor countries in building their resiliency.

https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10642/UNU-INWEH-Critical-Minerals-Water-Insecurity-and-Injustice.pdf "accelerated pursuit of critical minerals is directly contributing to acute water insecurity, livelihood disruptions, and health risks in many of the world’s most vulnerable regions" […]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10413-x 🙏🏾 @[email protected] " #climate #warming substantially accelerates #soil #antibiotic #resistance at #genomic, #ecological and #evolutionary levels, with broad implications for #public #health and #environmental #sustainability in a […]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/nordic-extreme-heat-environment-europe-report A few readers have been curious about my description of a #heatwave in #Norway within the #ArcticCircle during which a crucial event in my novel "A New Faith" takes place. They thought it was not […]

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/human-rights-clinic/projects-and-cases/featured-reports-and-projects/climate-change-and-migration-from-central-america/ "how climate-related harms intersect with and exacerbate violence, exclusion, discrimination, and weak state protection to […]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback Let's go #indieauthor #amwriting #writing #writersofmastodon #author #authors #writers #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #scribesandmakers #bookstodon #books #book #indie

https://theconversation.com/should-we-get-over-print-books-in-the-digital-age-or-are-they-more-precious-than-ever-264201 I am in a dilemma - ebooks only for environmental reasons Vs paper-books because that is what readers seem to prefer. #amwriting #writing #writersofmastodon #author #authors […]

https://www.fastcompany.com/91529634/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon Fantastic reversal of a disturbing trend - new bookstores! #amwriting #writing #writersofmastodon #bookstodon #books #author #authors #writerscoffeeclub […]

https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/how-the-virtues-of-neoliberal-globalization Well-said! #globalization #competition #cosmopolitanism #neoliberalism #labor #capital #inequality #democracy #socialism

https://www.worldfertilizer.com/environment/24042026/atome-reaches-fid-for-villeta-green-fertilizer-project/ Zero-carbon #ammonia for #fertilizer used in #agriculture for #latinamerica Excellent! #food #land #water #hunger #starvation #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

#flowers #photography #photo #flower #flowerphotography #flowers #fotografie #rose #roses #nature #naturephotography

https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-war-is-latest-blow-somalias-malnourished-children-2026-04-28/ "Almost half a million children under 5 suffer from "severe acute malnutrition" or "wasting", the most life-threatening form of hunger, and the delays are worsening the effect of the aid reductions" […]

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667%2826%2900025-3/fulltext Remind the #EU #UK #Europe that investing in long-term alternative #oil infrastructure from the #MiddleEast is a suicidal notion. #fossilfuels #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #solar #wind […]

https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/f6506a63-fb04-4f34-bea6-cb92f665e94f/content "Extreme heat is a powerful risk multiplier and currently threatens the livelihoods of 1.23 billion #people. #Agricultural #workers are 35 times more likely to die from #occupational #heat […]

https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/managing-natural-hazards-and-climate-risks-elections "In 2024 alone, at least 23 #elections —national, subnational, primary and supranational—in 18 countries were affected by extreme weather events, exacerbated by #climatechange " #democracy #voting […]

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-pardon-economy What does law-and-order or justice even mean when this is the norm? Or democracy? Or equal rights?

https://sammatey.substack.com/p/interview-with-arthur-snell-geopolitical Excellent discussion between @snellarthur.bsky.social and Sam Matey-Coste - worth the long read! #climate #China #US #geopolitics #demographics #solar #wind #batteries #EV #fossilfuels #oil #gas #coal #war #MiddleEast […]

https://www.ft.com/content/4dbb8d92-a6a5-4420-9741-b50111454fa9?syn-25a6b1a6=1 This cannot be acceptable to any one whatsoever. This is literal violence being committed by the #US against the #poor #people of the world who were barely surviving even before the #war

https://www.ft.com/content/c3b70fde-3e8a-4661-a4cb-7dc1564f43b1?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Now the horrible zombies of #WallStreet #SiliconValley #billionaires will start buying up all these #bankrupt #farmers leading to even more consolidation and profits while condemning the rest to more pain […]

#flowers #photography #photo #flower #flowerphotography #flowers #fotografie #rose #roses #nature #naturephotography

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/more-than-oil-prices-iran-war-threatens-to-reshape-global-energy-order "Between the rise of the American petrostates to the west and China’s electrostate future to the east stand the developed countries of Europe and fast-growing economies in […]