Uneven Developments
Old King Coal
June 10, 2015
There is a tendency among critics in the growing Energy Humanities camp to focus almost exclusively on the symbolic politics […]
Read PostAutocratic denial of the potential for individual human flourishing
June 3, 2015
From David Harvey’s Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism, which I’m currently reading: Marx’s position is that capitalism can […]
Read PostFossil Free
June 1, 2015
The campaign to divest from fossil fuels continues to pick up steam on campuses around the US and throughout the […]
Read PostBleak, but not unexpected, news: capitalism is destroying the planet
January 16, 2015
Bleak, but not unexpected, news today. According to a new report published in Nature, sea level rise over the last […]
Read PostRegulate Synthetic Biology Now!
October 22, 2014
In a triumph for the fight against the commodification of the global commons, the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity […]
Read PostRhinos and Resource Extraction
July 26, 2014
Rhinos are one of the oldest species of mammals on the planet. Brought back in from the brink of extinction […]
Read PostWaste Politics and Detective Fiction
July 20, 2014
Toxic waste, the mafia, and corrupt politicians: a marriage made in Italy. In the region around Naples, the local branch […]
Read PostSonic Cannons and Ocean Life
July 19, 2014
The Obama administration announced yesterday that it is reopening the entire Eastern outer continental shelf – from Florida to Delaware […]
Read PostThe Flood Next Time
July 15, 2014
A new report from the World Meteorological Organization itemizes the destruction currently being caused by climate change. At the top […]
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