Section

Environment

Climate, nature, and the planetary stakes

Lead Story

The Water Wars Are Already Here

Aquifer depletion, river conflict, and shrinking snowpack are combining with population growth in ways that will redefine politics across three continents. The signals are visible. The response is not.

Daniel OseiMarch 8, 2026

Environment

The Energy Transition Is Happening. Just Not Fast Enough.

Solar and wind are now the cheapest electricity ever generated. The grid that needs to carry that power, and the politics surrounding it, are the real bottleneck.

Daniel OseiFebruary 25, 202611 min

Environment

The Quiet Signal: Cities Are Becoming Uninhabitable

Phoenix hit 110°F for 31 consecutive days in 2024. Baghdad recorded 125°F. The heat signals that urbanologists have been tracking for two decades are now crossing human physiological limits.

Daniel OseiFebruary 2, 202612 min

Environment

The Carbon Market Is a Fiction

The world's primary market-based mechanism for reducing emissions has been revealed as largely fraudulent. Understanding why it failed tells us something important about the limits of financialized climate policy.

Daniel OseiJanuary 30, 202614 min

Environment

The Sixth Extinction Signal Is Already in the Data

Vertebrate populations have declined 69 percent since 1970. Insect biomass is collapsing in monitored regions. The biodiversity crisis is quieter than climate change but possibly more severe.

Daniel OseiJanuary 25, 202612 min