Climate Change
The AI Renaissance Cannot Escape Its Power Needs
There is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) bonanza taking place in America. To grow and thrive, AI needs data. Data centers need to be constructed to marshal this resource. Northern Virginia,...
On EVs, Israel May Have to Choose Between China and the United States
In recent years, Chinese car manufacturers have become dominant in Israel’s EV market, presenting opportunities and challenges. As the great power rivalry between the United States and the People’s Republic...
The U.S. Military Leads Climate Change, the Rest of Society Should Follow
When a giant heat dome hovered over the U.S. Southwest last summer, temperatures in Phoenix topped 110 degrees for fifty-five consecutive days. It was often too hot at the nearby Luke Air...
Joe Biden Has Gone to War Against US Energy Independence
On Jan. 26, President Joe Biden took an aggressive step forward in his war on American energy by halting the permitting of new liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals. This...
Americans Can’t Seem to Get Enough of Electric Vehicles
In 2023, more than 7% of cars sold in the United States were electric vehicles. In some parts of the world, such as Norway, the percentage was a whopping 20%. In California, where...
Climate Change Crisis: Earth Might Already Be Beyond 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Global temperatures have already exceeded 1.5°C warming and may pass 2°C later this decade, according to a world-first study I led. The worrying findings, based on temperature records contained in sea sponge...
COP28’s Nuclear Energy Promise Is Still a Long Way Off
A welcome and unexpected result from COP28 Dubai was a pledge as part of the stock-taking process by twenty-four participating countries “to work together to advance a global aspirational goal...
Forget China: Climate Change Poses New Risks to Submariners
The AUKUS pact promises to provide Australia with the first of its nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) in the 2030s. But how will those boats, and the AUKUS SSNs to be delivered in the...
Amid Global Transitions, Kazakhstan is an Emerging Swing Player
From the landmark Biden-Xi summit in San Francisco to the upcoming COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, November is proving to be a busy month for global diplomacy. Both...
Kazakhstan’s Lessons for the Climate Transition
As the world turns its attention to the upcoming COP28 in Dubai, a pivotal narrative unfolds in Central Asia, particularly in Kazakhstan, where the fight against climate change is not...
An Affordable Energy Transition Requires Sensible Regulation
In 2022, monthly household electricity costs rose by 5 percent, the sharpest rise since the U.S. Energy Information Association began collecting data in 1984. As families face steeper bills, public...
The Tigris-Euphrates Basin’s Water Crisis Is a Looming Disaster
In a dramatic display of collective frustration, the streets of Baghdad recently became a theatre of dissent as around 300 Iraqis took to Nisour Square to protest acute water shortages. The demonstrations...