Category: Climate change
2100 Transition Scenarios Need A Better Population Denominator
One of the easiest ways to get 2100 wrong is to carry the 20th-century population curve forward as if it still defines the future. The world went from about 2.5 billion people in 1950 to more than 8 billion today, and that expansion shaped modern assumptions about food, energy, cities, … [continued]
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Carney’s Alberta Pipeline Deal Is Strategy, Not A Funded Pipeline
The new Alberta pipeline deal should be read as political strategy first and infrastructure second, if second at all. Prime Minister Mark Carney gets something real from it: a “Canada is open for business” signal, a trade-diversification pathway to point at, and a way to undercut opponents who want to … [continued]
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House Dems propose add-ons to “Ratepayer Bill of Rights”
Some Michigan House Democrats are adding onto a plan they’re calling a “Ratepayer Bill of Rights.”
Consumers Energy plan to sell its aging hydroelectric dams should be rejected, says admin law judge
Consumers Energy wants to sell its 13 hydroelectric dams to an out of state private equity firm. But an administrative law judge says the plan should be rejected because it’s not in the public interest.
Stateside: Thursday, June 11, 2026
Eight people connected with the University of Michigan have been charged for a “threat campaign” to push the university to divest from Israel. How high gas prices are impacting boaters this summer. And, remembering the 1994 World Cup games played at Michigan’s Pontiac Silverdome and how the city is embracing the tournament this summer. Plus, what’s behind the decrease in union membership in Michigan.