Good afternoon! So I’m working on something cool, which means I need more time to focus on it, which means I’m going to have to scale back this newsletter to twice a week, Wednesday and Friday. I’m pretty sure you can handle it. But the cool thing
Good Afternoon! The core problem – and perhaps an opportunity – with addressing climate change is that it requires the world to shift its economy from fossil-driven to green technology. Obviously, that kind of change means a lot of people who made their money in fossil fuels would be left behind, while
Good afternoon! Today I’m offering a crash course in the global climate negotiations – and why I think the negotiating body has the potential to be the most powerful, far reaching political group the world has ever seen. Yes, this is a big statement. But stick with me for a
It’s August, so barely anything is happening in Europe while North Americans still work, but really only “pretend work” because it’s August and what’s the point? In the climate world, there’s still plenty of scary weather things happening, but I think you get the point: It’
Good Afternoon, Before I launch into the usual climate stuff, I want to say a word or two about yesterday’s indictment of Donald Trump on conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States. We should consider two, very massive things. First, this is likely the biggest, most important
Good Afternoon! Last Saturday evening I attended a group dinner where most of the attendees were captains of Midwest Industry in one way or another. While I wouldn’t classify most of them as “climate deniers”, as people learned about my climate-journalism interest I mostly got back a great deal
Good Afternoon! I’ve been struggling with the stomach flu for the last two days, so today’s post is brief. Sorry for that, but for most of the last 48 hours my brain has been pretty foggy. Back at it in full by Friday! -Mike Subscribe now Bullet point-o-rama
Good Afternoon! I’m back from one of the biggest oil producing nations in the world, Mexico, where gasoline prices are much cheaper than the U.S. and despite years of prevention programs, the smog is still very visible in Mexico City. My time there got me thinking about what
Good Afternoon! Just a reminder, I won’t be arriving in your email box Friday, since I’m taking a brief, but much needed trip to Mexico City with my wife. If you haven’t been to CDMX, go right away. It is more than you ever imagined. A truly
Good afternoon! I’ve been thinking a great deal about the upcoming global climate negotiations meeting in Dubai this winter. So, today I put together a summary of reports and missives I’ve seen so far from negotiators. Looking at what’s coming down the pike it’s easy to
Good Afternoon! And here ends my first week of three-a-week newsletters. The format has been more of a deep dive, which I enjoy more, so I think I’m going to keep doing things this way. Although next week I’ll just have two, Monday and Wednesday, since I’ll
The mathematical soothsayers are issuing their prognostications
Good afternoon! Since I missed one last week, I’m doing three updates this week, today, Wednesday, and Friday. Drop me a note if there’s a topic you’d like me to address! -Mike The Shipping News After a week of closed door talks, the 175 members of the
Good Afternoon! If you missed me on Tuesday, it’s because I was busy doing nothing, the right of every American on the 4th of July. But now that I’m back, I’d like to invite you to follow me on Threads where I’m @vouchey. So far it’
Good Afternoon! With about 160 million Americans living in unhealthy air or deadly heat, it seems like a good time to talk about climate change. But this won’t be the only opportunity, as the Canadian fires are expected to rage on, the Texas heat dome will stay, and this
Good Afternoon! Today I get into smoke and global finance. Both things are likely to get you choking one way or another, but one way or another we’re going to have to address both of them if we’re going to take care of the whole climate change thing.