New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Revenues Are Breaking Records and Complicating Budgets
Economists caution the billion-dollar tax windfall is the boom portion of a volatile boom-bust resource cycle.
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Saying “Overpopulation” Is the Problem Is Actually Damaging
The idea that the world is overpopulated has led to some disastrous policy attempts around the world to limit population growth.
Carbon Accounting: Today’s System Just Isn’t Adding Up
As we cut carbon emissions, we must track of our progress. Carbon accounting aims to do that, but the practice is facing some growing pains.
What Are Smart Grids, And How Can They Reach Their Full Potential?
When people flick a light switch, they expect the light to turn on. And supplying enough electricity to meet that expectation in a climate-friendly, cost-efficient way is a major challenge, which led to the invention of the smart grid—an electrical…
Climate Change Makes It Harder to Grow Coffee Beans, What Does That Mean for Us?
Coffee is a ridiculously sensitive plant, meaning even the tiniest changes in climate can eliminate many of the world’s current coffee growing regions and put farmers who often make as little as $2-3 per day in an even more difficult…
How Can the Chocolate Industry Be Greener and More Humane?
The chocolate industry is under the control of three companies called the cocoa traders who essentially force the cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana to sell their cocoa at ridiculously low prices. This setup pushes farmers into poverty, and…
How Climate Change and Greenspaces Can Lead to Gentrification
The Sweaty Penguin has covered many of the benefits of adding greenspace in an urban neighborhood, building jetties or seawalls to protect a coastal community, or simply living on higher ground in a city prone to floods and hurricanes. But…