“I think Trump may be one of those figures in history who appears from time to time to mark the end of an era and to force it to give up its old pretences. It doesn’t necessarily mean that he knows this, or that he is considering any great alternative. It could just be an […]
Archives for July 2018
TThe Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life’s Greatest Dilemmas
The design principles for solving the tragedy of the commons can be applied to all groups As an evolutionary biologist who received my PhD in 1975, I grew up with Garrett Hardin’s essay “The Tragedy of the Commons,” published in Science magazine in 1968. His parable of villagers adding too many cows to their common pasture captured […]
After a decade of dithering, the US east coast went all in on offshore wind power this week
Three northeastern US states this week signed up for a cumulative 1,200 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power, and hinted at even more ambitious goals in the future. It’s been a long time coming. The US east coast’s premier project, Cape Wind, finally died in 2017after a decade of protests from residents who objected to obstructed […]
Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target this year
Swedish utilities and power generators have already installed so many wind turbines that the Nordic nation is on course to reach its 2030 renewable energy target late this year. By December, Sweden will have 3,681 wind turbines installed, lobby group Swedish Wind Energy Association estimates. Together with second-half investment decisions, this will be more than […]
Life’s catastrophe: An angry editorial
By Ian Whyte, CACOR member. Originally published in The Ecological Citizen, V2 I1 published on the first of July 2018. Link… There is no right way to do a wrong thing.” – An old saying used by Doug Tompkins. The human enterprise is eradicating non-human life on Earth. The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016 reveals that, worldwide, wildlife populations […]
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