September 11th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
Russian President Vladimir Putin's next presidential motorbike escorts will be going electric. Considering the fact that Russia is heavily dependent on its oil industry and has long been a barrier to faster climate action, this comes as a bit of a surprise, but that shows how much the electric revolution is crossing the world
October 4th, 2019 | by Chanan Bos
When even Russia starts to believe in climate change, the world really is coming to an end. Yet to everyone’s surprise, that is exactly what happened
March 11th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Donald Trump is not that normal, but he is human. He is a human who has lived essentially all of his life with a totally stacked hand, to bring in a gambling analogy. He has still managed to lose all of his or his companies' cash several times, but then his connections in the benevolent and altruistic worlds of the mafia, luxury real estate, banking, and show business have bailed him out and let him start a fresh game with a new (again highly stacked) hand. As such, despite being human, The Donald has had a pretty abnormal life that has not fully warped his sense of reality by itself but which has warped his sense of what's proper and normal for the rest of society. After all, his reality is indeed real, even if it's not normal or proper
March 1st, 2017 | by Susan Kraemer
Will the end of the fossil age as we "leave it in the ground" also mean an end to petro-state corruption and autocratic rule? We'll see
February 27th, 2017 | by Susan Kraemer
Despite the challenges due to its position between European democracies and Putin's autocracy in Russia, Estonia is looking to increase its clean energy capacity. It has already overshot its clean energy generation targets for
February 20th, 2017 | by Susan Kraemer
The idea of the president of any normal country also owning one of its largest assets and using his office to protect it seems outrageous. Putin used his position to gain wealth for himself and a small group of cronies, and is trying to prevent sanctions from reducing the value of that wealth
January 27th, 2017 | by Guest Contributor
Donald Trump intends to dismantle federal climate policy piece by piece. His energy agenda is a boon for coal, oil and gas companies. It’s also a huge giveaway to Russia
March 14th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
So said the President of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Andrew Garrad, at EWEA’s annual conference in Barcelona. Of course, [&hellip
December 21st, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
If you haven’t heard Russia is hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup, one of the biggest global events. It recently [&hellip
