Expanding the Suez Canal: The Authoritarian's Task

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Sinking cash into the cash cow: expanding the Suez Canal. Authoritarian regimes are drawn to massive infrastructure projects like Americans ... Continue reading →

Hebei & Today's Super-Polluting, Overproducing China

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The Once-ler would feel right at home in Hebei. A significant part of the world-famous air pollution choking the Chinese capital of Beijing... Continue reading →

How Cheap Oil Saved the Arctic From Drilling

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Save us from those " saving " the Arctic from discontinued plans for oil and gas drilling there. There has been much hot air--gas,... Continue reading →

The Enviro-Pope: "Sin" of Climate Change?

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Having "greened" the Vatican, the Pope seeks to do the same the world over. The land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants... Continue reading →

Brent Spar 2: Greenpeace, Lego & Shell's Betrayal

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This WSJ feature is sponsored by, er, Shell. Environmentalist activists are not infallible despite being ostensibly well-intentioned. Commo... Continue reading →

Does Gazprom Fund European Anti-Fracking Activists?

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Paid for by Gazprom? As far as conspiracy theories involving Russia go, this one takes the cake. Unlike the United States which has experien... Continue reading →

Good Environmental News From China (Really)

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China often gets a bum rap for its environmental performance. This can be unfair as it is with the US continuously harping on the bad air i... Continue reading →

Sympathy for the Pirate? Gulf of Aden Overfishing

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Give a man no fish to catch...and he grabs an AK-47 & boards a skiff? Fisheries management does not top the list of attention-grabbing i... Continue reading →

China, India, US & Pol Eco of Pollution Statistics

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We've been conditioned to believe that Chinese cities are the world's most polluted. After all, what would you expect from an author... Continue reading →

Achtung Baby: Real Dangers of German Denuclearization

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Chalk this one up as a victory of politics over common sense. Imagine adopting an energy policy that (1) leaves you vulnerable to the whims ... Continue reading →

American Exceptionalism: Why So Few Diesel Cars?

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It routinely surprises insular Yanks who dare venture abroad that the rest of us are quite fond of diesel cars. In this day and age of dear ... Continue reading →

Contrarian Thoughts: Depopulation's Benefits

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The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things... Continue reading →

China: #1 in Shale Gas Reserves, Paltry Production

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Much has been made of the United States growing energy independence as it taps shale gas reserves at home. A salutary effect has been reduci... Continue reading →

Ecuador's Eco-Econ Gimmick: Pay Us NOT to Drill

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Ah, Ecuador, home of central bankers with fake degrees and would-be destination of Edward "And the Truth Shall Set You Free" Snow... Continue reading →

2013=1997? Volatile Asian Markets + SE Asia Haze

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There is something about Asia that seemingly brings on the confluence of cataclysmic financial and environmental events . In 1997, the Asian... Continue reading →