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Leading locally just got much more important
The risks and costs imposed by climate-disrupting pollution are real, pervasive, and getting worse. This is an observable reality, not a forecast. Local communities, regional economies, and international supply chains, are all facing rising costs and increased risk of operational failure. Climate preparedness and resilience planning (CPR) is an operational… Keep reading ⇢
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Ag leaders warn US farm economy could collapse
In a stunning bipartisan letter, released this week, former senior leaders in US agriculture, who served in government and as leading advocates for farmers and trade associations, have warned American agriculture might be moving toward a dangerous collapse. The letter cites tariffs, increasing costs of farm inputs, now much higher than commodity prices,… Keep reading ⇢
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Outlook for 2026: Peace & prosperity need roots
2025 was a year of deep and far-reaching disruption, tragic preventable mass death, and staggering breakdown in public trust. The risks and costs stemming from the deviations of 2025 will be with us for generations to come. 2026 presents an opportunity to set humankind on course for healing and liberation. … Keep reading ⇢
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Shutting down climate science weakens the United States
Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States requires Congress “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts”. It also requires that scientists and inventors be given rights against unfair competition and intrusion into the independence of their work. Though not often cited, this short passage of… Keep reading ⇢
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On the way to nowhere
We must choose between the road to nowhere and a living Earth. We are blessed beyond description to live on this planet. All of the collisions and creative destruction of cosmic history have led to the miraculous state of a world that is fit for not only life itself, but… Keep reading ⇢
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Incumbent industries are too comfortable
Rapid business-model change is coming. Polluting industries need to get serious about a future without pollution. There is a lot of talk about the breakdown in trust which is roiling and upending political systems around the world. The most clearly applicable explanation is systemic injustice, which is spreading. Even in wealthy countries,… Keep reading ⇢
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Reduced regulation of toxic chemicals will harm Americans
A national crisis According to the Environmental Working Group, which closely monitors pollutants and their effects on human health: Hundreds of everyday products are made with highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS. They build up in our bodies and never break down in the environment. Very small doses of PFAS have… Keep reading ⇢
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Opportunity is everywhere – The resilience economy is emerging
Communities everywhere need risk reduction and resilience measures. Green infrastructure—including soil biomass and well-rooted forests, mangroves in coastal areas prone to tropical storms, and mountain glaciers that serve as stable headwaters for healthy watersheds—is essential for maintaining human security and prosperity. Costs of climate inaction are reaching record levels, so… Keep reading ⇢
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Is $5 trillion too much for one company?
Whenever something happens that has never happened before, it is difficult to predict what it will ultimately mean for humankind, or even for those directly invovled in the anomalous event. But when trends are part of the picture, and economics, we can make some informed judgments. This week, NVIDIA became… Keep reading ⇢
