Why Oil Prices May Go on Falling – Forever
June 26, 2017
Dieter Helm— When the Saudis decided to draw a halt to the great shale oil boom in the United States at the end of 2014, they thought they could administer… READ MORE
Category: Environmental Studies
Finding the Future of Environmentalism in its Past
April 25, 2017
Benjamin Heber Johnson— Most environmental protections are predicated on the use of state power. When Americans feared that a species would soon be pushed over the brink of extinction, they… READ MORE
An Arboreal Meditation
April 17, 2017
Fiona Stafford— In spring, you can feel life stirring in the barest twigs and the silhouetted catkins look as if a diminutive duck has run across the sky. One day… READ MORE
Eclipses and the Lessons of History
April 14, 2017
Anthony Aveni— “Celestial source of life and light on earth! What envious rival intercepts thy rays? Dares thy own satellite intercepts thy blaze, Or stay thy stream of empyrean birth?…”… READ MORE
Decarbonization and the Fossil Fuels – What Happens Next?
April 7, 2017
Dieter Helm— The simple answer is that if Paris is the best we can do to decarbonize the global energy system, the companies can relax and carry on as usual…. READ MORE
Digitalization: The Deadly Threat to Fossil Fuels
April 5, 2017
Dieter Helm— Decarbonization should eventually bring about the end of fossil fuels, but they face a much more immediate threat. That threat is digitalization. Everything digital is electric. The future… READ MORE
Trump Gets Lucky on Energy
April 4, 2017
Dieter Helm— The Trump narrative on energy is, like his on manufacturing, full of holes. But this might not matter much. What is going on in the oil and gas… READ MORE
The Joys of Being a Natural History Artist
March 24, 2017
Debby Kaspari— I’m a natural history artist, and try to draw and paint from living animals whenever possible. Some of what I do in the field might turn out to… READ MORE
Groundwater: Overpumped, Undervalued, and Essential to Water and Food Security
February 23, 2017
William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley— Groundwater is the source of drinking water for about half the world’s people, as well as the dominant source of household water in rural… READ MORE
Silent Assassins: How Owls Adapted to Nocturnal Hunting
February 20, 2017
Mike Unwin— You needn’t be a birder to recognize an owl. The round face and large, forward-facing eyes immediately distinguish it from any other bird. And it is arguably this… READ MORE
Between Memory and History