Monthly Archives: February 2025

Guy Barnett’s greenwashing excursion to London

Posted on 25 February 2025 by Peter Boyer

The UK-based Alliance for Responsible Citizenship seeks a world in which “empowered citizens take responsibility and work together”. Rejecting “the inevitability of decline”, it seeks solutions drawing on “humanity’s highest virtues and extraordinary capacity for innovation and ingenuity.” What’s not … Continue reading →

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Trump’s blitzkrieg against democracy and the rule of law

Posted on 18 February 2025 by Peter Boyer

Washington DC in 2025 is a far cry from Berlin in 1933, when Adolf Hitler rose to power. Fragile though it seems, American democracy is far more firmly rooted in the national psyche today than Germany’s young republic was back … Continue reading →

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Optimism and resilience in the face of calamity

Posted on 11 February 2025 by Peter Boyer

Eight days ago the peer-reviewed science journal Environment published an analysis by the legendary climatologist James Hansen and 17 fellow scientists of the breathtaking leap in Earth’s mean surface temperature over the past two years. The paper foresees more extreme … Continue reading →

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