by Jim Roemer | Jun 10, 2021 | Commodities, Environment
The article below is mostly excerpted from a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, with a few additional comments by me, Jim Roemer. Climate Change and overpopulation are certainly close to my heart and while this article does not discuss weather forecasting or...
by Jim Roemer | Sep 10, 2020 | Environment, Global Warming
Record heat and fires burn California again. The historical 2018-2019 Australian drought killed millions of animals and put the Australian agricultural economy in a tail-spin. Melting permafrost in Siberia and Russia that threatens wildlife and rivers. These are just...
by Carol Livingston | Jun 25, 2020 | Climate, Commodities, Environment, Weather
Drought has prevailed from Myanmar through Vietnam for months. With the Mekong River at some of its lowest levels in decades, monsoon rains began in parts of SE Asia in June. Starting in Tibet, the Mekong winds through six countries: China, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand,...
by Carol Livingston | May 4, 2020 | Black Swan, Climate, Commodities, Coronavirus, Environment, Markets, Weather
Oil’s price drop, changing weather patterns, armed conflicts, and COVID-19 may bring the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II by the end of 2020. “[W]e could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short few months,” David Beasley...
by Carol Livingston | Apr 22, 2020 | Climate, Commodities, Environment
The news couldn’t be clearer this Earth Day. Fixing environmental issues can’t wait. Africa is facing drought, heavy flooding, and locusts, while Asia has changing rainfall patterns. The western United States and northern Mexico are in a megadrought. Scientists from...
by Carol Livingston | Apr 11, 2020 | Climate, Commodities, Coronavirus, Environment
The Himalayas seen April 4 from Pathankot, in India’s Punjab. Photo: Twitter. Residents of northern India can now see the Himalayan snows, almost 100 miles away, thanks to decreased air pollution on the Indian sub-continent. “We can see the snow-covered...
