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Republish: Morocco is a country on the way up
With rich phosphorus and solar resources plus burgeoning industrialization and a strong geopolitical position, the Kingdom of the West is well…
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Learning from the Low Lands 2024: Collected Articles
The writer of this newsletter is off from July 7 through July 20 – to get married!
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Interview: Peter Marsters of Fervo Energy, Enhanced Geothermal Pioneer
24/7 clean baseload power!
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Introducing AnthropoceneGPT
A chatbot trained on this newsletter
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Book Review: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
A roadmap towards a brighter future for America.
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Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Maestro and Utopian
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Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Maestro and Utopian, in 2025
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The BYD Dealership of Iztacalco
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The Weekly Anthropocene, March 26 2025
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The Weekly Anthropocene, July 2 2025
Gavi, The Ocean Cleanup, Roman concrete, mass solar irrigation, Thai tigers, IKEA home power plants in Germany, Paltas lagoons, AI beehives, California…
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Collected Actions Urging Congress to Oppose the Republicans' Catastrophic Horror Budget
A last-ditch effort as my country is about to self-sabotage on a world-historic scale.
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Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: June 24, 2025
Amazing advances in enhanced geothermal!
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The Weekly Anthropocene, June 25 2025
The Melanesian Ocean Reserve, coal-free Ireland, Javan gibbons, echidna rediscovery, a beaver in Portugal, solar build-outs from Iraq to China, electric…
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Interview: David Roberts of Volts
A deep dive into what the heck is going on in America.
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Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: June 17, 2025
Grid-scale sodium-ion batteries!
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The Weekly Anthropocene, June 18 2025
The UN Ocean Conference, a historic step from Tonga, rhinos in Rwanda, temple trees in China, Greece's rapid renewables shift, Finland's sand battery…
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