Michael LaxerApr 2810 minBanks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity CrisisCommercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation. By Laurel Sutherlin...
Michael LaxerMar 235 minHere’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric CarThe U.S. is aggressively keeping cheap Chinese-made EVs off the market. We are all paying the price for this protectionism. BYD Seagull...
Michael LaxerMar 227 minWhy Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped NowThe promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. By Richard Heinberg Those advocating for artificial...
Michael LaxerMar 65 minEmpire Decline and Costly DelusionsPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping, March 2023 -- Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0...
Michael LaxerMar 66 minDiscarding Old Theories on the Path to Finding the First Humans Outside AfricaSpectacular archeological finds reveal the true past of the first Europeans. Atapuerca, Gran Dolina excavation -- Malopez 21, CC BY-SA...
Michael LaxerJan 236 minThe New Cold War and the Risk of Nuclear AnnihilationWe are closer to nuclear disaster than ever before. By Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 is etched into...