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 […]

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Autocratic 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 […]

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Fossil Free

June 1, 2015

The campaign to divest from fossil fuels continues to pick up steam on campuses around the US and throughout the […]

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Bleak, 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 […]

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Regulate 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 […]

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Rhinos 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 […]

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Waste 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 […]

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Sonic 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 […]

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The 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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