The People's Emergency Briefing - Watch the latest trailer YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing

Today is Earth Day a great day to watch the Emergency briefing

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Runs on sunshine but every single component made from materials mined and transported with fossil fuels driving on roads utterly dependent on fossil fuels ...

Great so they will only work during sunshine hours?

There is no "next economy"

A must read. The Honest Sourcerer on Substack

You know that renewables are utterly dependent on fossil fuels don't you

Great to join with @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social and @andrewlensen.bsky.social for coffee today — in an informal mtg of @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social’s critic-and-conscience club. To congratulate Andrew on his recent award success + to chew fat re ups-and-downs of s268(2)(d)(i)(E) of Education Act 2020. 🤓

Mini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & Food Bernard Hickey talks with Mike Joy and Catherine Knight about food security and the Reality of Everything conference coming up at Vic Uni on June 26

I had a great chat recently with fellow substackers Catherine Knight and @mikejoyecologist.bsky.social about the upcoming Reality of Everything conference, and the issue of food security. This is open to all. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Mini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & Food Bernard Hickey talks with Mike Joy and Catherine Knight about food security and the Reality of Everything conference coming up at Vic Uni on June 26

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Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity, Bradshaw, Corey J A, Judge, Melinda A, Blumstein, Daniel T, Ehrlich, Paul R, Dasgupta, Aisha N Z, Wackernagel, Mathis, Weed...

Can't say it plainer than this:

"The Earth cannot sustain the future human population, or even today’s, without a major overhaul of socio-cultural practices for using land, water, energy, biodiversity, and other resources"

doi.org/10.1088/1748...

Ouch

Yeah let's just ignore the fact that we'll have to dig up what's left of the planet to continue powering our utterly unsustainable lifestyles in the wealthy world

Grumpy

You know this totally wrong! look at the wars for "critical minerals" critical to all renewables.

Yeah totally but renewables made cradle to grave from fossil fuels and rebuilt with fossil fuels

Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story "The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."

New in PN: @markjacob.bsky.social on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story

"The press decided all of this is normal. They cast aside the idea that this guy’s totally unfit — which he obviously is. The news media could go much farther than they’ve gone so far in stating how unhinged he is."

From Miserable Pedagogies to Anthropocene Intelligence for Universities in the Meta-Crisis Dr Doom or how to avoid doom?

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A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate Change I hosted a 'Hoon' previewing The Reality of Everything symposium, examining the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health

Here’s a mini-Hoon on the upcoming Reality of Everything conference and climate change, including Cathrine Dyer, Vic Uni's @jamesrenwick.bsky.social and climate scientist @andyreisinger.bsky.social . #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

I'm often called Dr Doom but i try to make the point that I'm the opposite i am trying to get across the impossibility of our current lifestyles - doom is what happens if we don't utterly change our expectations

20% of energy consumption is electricity

Yep agreed but so are you saying that makes destroying what's left of the life supporting capacity of the planet so rich people can keep driving in a few tonnes of steel and plastic ?

Ok so tell us how evs made from fossil fuels using massive amounts of materials mined using fossil fules driving on roads built and maintained by fossil fuels is helping?

Why these scientists are calling for a global audit of climate risks A group of experts is pushing for a global assessment of avoidable climate risks to help inform governments and citizens.

www.euronews.com/2026/02/27/t...

Why these scientists are calling for a global audit of climate risks A group of experts is pushing for a global assessment of avoidable climate risks to help inform governments and citizens.

www.euronews.com/2026/02/27/t...

A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Public Health I hosted a 'Hoon' previewing The Reality of Everything symposium, examining the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health

I hosted a 'Hoon' yesterday with Cathrine Dyer PhD & Catherine Knight with epidemiologists and public health & climate specialists Alistair Woodward & Caroline Shaw. We previewed The Reality of Everything symposium happening at Vic Uni on June 26. Great chat. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Carbon offsets are an obstacle to real climate solutions Making carbon neutral claims and trading in them by business is now big business. My tongue-in-cheek upcoming claim for offsets for choosing to not have children

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Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

The Guardian just published a story on our paper "The Risk of a Hothouse Earth Trajectory" regarding a potential point of no return. You can read it for free here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Humanities biggest crisis i think is our crisis of imagination. We can't imagine a world that isn't like this one (because it's all we have known). So we will do anything including digging up and destroying what is left of the life supporting capacity of our planet in an attempt to maintain this

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