Growth, Environmental Damage, and Innovation
April 12, 2014
A presentation at the Annual Conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Toronto
Resources
What’s Behind These Fracturing Countries? Stalled Economies
April 11, 2014
Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela. At first glance, it would seem hard to find four more different countries. But if you’ve followed international events over the last year, you’ve probably noticed that these countries share a striking similarity.
See Past the Fracking Hype
December 20, 2013
For years, NASA has produced a composite photograph of North America at night. Recently something strange has appeared in this image. Another patch of light—larger than Chicago’s—now glows in a sparsely populated region just south of the Canada-US border near Saskatchewan.
EIA Bakken Shale Oil Production Statistics
December 3, 2013
In a recent optimistic analysis, the US Energy Information Administration says drillers are learning how to put holes in the ground faster and release more oil from each hole; rig productivity in the Bakken field has quadrupled since 2007. But a close look at the data suggests that the EIA exaggerates the trend.
Climate Uncertainty Shouldn’t Mean Inaction
October 7, 2013
Thomas Homer-Dixon and Andrew Weaver
with Andrew Weaver | Folks who question the reality or seriousness of climate change are making a lot of noise about how the planet’s warming has slowed down or even stopped.
A Complex Systems Approach to the Study of Ideology: Cognitive-affective Structures and the Dynamics of Belief Change
August 27, 2013
Thomas Homer-Dixon, Jonathan Leader Maynard, Matto Mildenberger, Manjana Milkoreit, Steven J. Mock, Stephen Quilley, Tobias Schröder, and Paul Thagarde
Thomas Homer-Dixon et al. | We propose a complex systems approach to the study of political belief systems, to overcome some of the fragmentation in the current scholarship on ideology.
No Trains, No Keystone XL?
July 11, 2013
On hearing of the catastrophe in Lac-Mégantic, our first thoughts were with the city’s residents who had lost loved ones, friends, homes, and businesses. The accident was one of those jaw-dropping events that we all have trouble fully comprehending.
Oil Sands Debate
June 3, 2013
Thomas Homer-Dixon and Konrad Yakabuski
Read the face-off between global governance expert Thomas Homer-Dixon and Globe columnist Konrad Yakabuski
The Tar Sands Disaster
April 1, 2013
If President Obama blocks the Keystone XL pipeline once and for all, he’ll do Canada a favor.
Ice, Please – Climate on the Rocks
September 17, 2012
Any day now, the expanse of sea ice in the Arctic will reach its lowest extent for the year. The round-the-clock summer days have gone, and the weather is turning sharply colder as the sun sinks below the horizon for longer periods each day.