by Omega | Jul 25, 2024 | Economy
A sea-change sweeps across philanthropic landscapes today. Critiques of philanthropy, especially in its newer iterations of philanthrocapitalism, consider its colonial legacies, its deleterious effects on minorities, and the reinforcement of a politics of domination....
by Omega | Jul 25, 2024 | Economy
In 2023, the U.S. set an annual oil (crude oil + condensate) production rate record of 12.927 million barrels/day (mb/d) according to the U.S. Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration (U.S. DOE/EIA or EIA). I’ve heard numerous media commentators...
by Omega | Jul 25, 2024 | Economy
SunPower, which is backed by French oil conglomerate TotalEnergies, said on July 17 that it would no longer be supporting new leases or power purchase agreements, which means it is essentially not acquiring any new customers. The company also said in a letter to...
by Omega | Jul 20, 2024 | Worldviews
A global technology outage, attributed to a glitch in a software update issued by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, wreaked havoc on airlines, health care systems, banks and scores of other businesses and services around the world on Friday. The disruption, which...
by Omega | Jul 18, 2024 | Environment
It feels like we are getting used to the Earth being on fire. Recently, more than 70 wildfires burned simultaneously in Greece. In early 2024, Chile suffered its worst wildfire season in history, with more than 130 people killed. Last year, Canada’s record-breaking...
by Omega | Jul 18, 2024 | Polycrisis
“Polycrisis” is a word being used to describe the current confluence of military, geopolitical, economic, political, climate, and other crises. This series of commentaries on “The Polycrisis and the Global Green New Deal,” probes the dynamics of the polycrisis and...
by Omega | Jul 13, 2024 | Economy
Almost 20 million Americans, or about 7 percent of all households, now identify as “preppers,” based on a recent analysis of FEMA data. According to the results of last year’s National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness, 57 percent of Americans had taken three...
by Omega | Jul 11, 2024 | Worldviews
Amongst the few substantive issues that affect the US election, migration comes top. “The crisis on the border” is a major election theme. And this reflects a dramatic surge in encounters along the US border between border guards and migrants. On just one day—December...
by Omega | Jul 11, 2024 | Pandemics
Long COVID is an infection-associated chronic condition (IACC) that occurs after SARS-CoV-2 infection and is present for at least 3 months. It can manifest as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state that affects one or more organ systems....
by Omega | Jul 8, 2024 | Polycrisis
Polycrisis analysis reveals the complex and systemic nature of the world’s problems, but it can also help us pursue “positive pathways” to better futures. This report outlines the sorts of systems changes required to avoid, mitigate, and navigate through polycrisis...
