by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Mar 11, 2019 | Commentary
Most people think of the arctic as remote – a wasteland inhabited by polar bears (true) and penguins (untrue) – with little relevance to their daily lives. Most people are…
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Mar 7, 2019 | Commentary
If you ask most people how we will get to a zero-carbon world, they’re likely to talk about electric cars and wind farms. However, climate cognoscenti know that the two…
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 28, 2019 | Commentary
Author and podcaster, Sam Harris, points out that people’s political positions tend to cluster: if you meet a gun control advocate, you can safely bet they also favor legal access…
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 22, 2019 | Commentary
Ray Dalio, the founder of the enormously influential hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, takes as the first of his Life Principles: Embrace Reality and Deal with It. There is simply no…
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 20, 2019 | Commentary
Genetic modification of plants is humanity’s oldest and best trick. Eurasians had it easy when it came to cultivating wheat — its original form was pretty close to its present cultivated one. Mesoamericans, on…
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 1, 2019 | Commentary
When Pacific Gas and Electric PCG declared bankruptcy – a topic I discussed in my article PG&E: The First S&P 500 Climate Change Casualty – I was in the midst…
