Who can you trust?

It is an unfortunate fact of our historical moment that across the world, people seem to be united by a worsening lack of trust in established institutions. There are many reasons for this, but the following stand out as common…

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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…

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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…

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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.  The ‘K-shaped economy’ is failure.…

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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 the Constitution set in motion…

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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 the first company ever to…

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Disaster costs set record in first half of 2025

Climate change is not a future problem; it is happening now. In the first six months of this year, major disasters in the United States costing $1 billion or more set a record for overall costs. From 1980 through 1989, the US spent roughly $220 billion on disasters costing $1 billion or more. In just…

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What are we building?

Buckminster Fuller wrote that “The human brain is Nature’s most powerful anti-entropy engine.” Intelligence is not just information, or thought or the semblance of thought; it is the process of making enough sense of what is happening to be able to come through it safely, find good health and opportunity on the other side, and…

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The climate tipping point that will affect us all

Loss of the mountain cryosphere—glaciers and snowpack—is a climate tipping point we do not talk about enough. Climate change is complex, because the climate system is complex. It involves atmospheric fluid dynamics, transfer of heat and energy from region to region, and between the ocean and atmosphere. The disruption driven by global heating involves slow-moving…

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