“Our psychedelic-climate leaders are active today, creating change and doing compelling transformational work in this space.”
Yes, this group exists. I found out when Emily Atkin of Heated endorsed it with her statement:
Personally, when I take mushrooms, the last thing I want to do is think about climate change. But that’s apparently what I should be doing…. Psychedelics for Climate Action, or PSYCA, argues that the use of mind-altering substances and Indigenous plant medicines—like ayahuasca, psilocybin, ibogaine, ketamine, and LSD—can inspire people to help solve the climate crisis.
The PSYCA’s webpage asks: “With countless climate solutions, why are we in a crisis?” The pitch: “Join a community of 12,000 raising & expanding consciousness to discover pathways forward.”
“A Network for Mycelial Change” includes “entrepreneurs, change makers, creatives, explorers, philanthropists, authors, doctors, scientists, speakers, investors, researchers, marketers, professors, catalysts, environmentalists, artists & more.”…
Continue ReadingEd. Note: The post reproduces the introduction and conclusion of a new report by the Institute for Energy Research (IER), The Pacific Premium: Why Gasoline Costs More in Democratic-Controlled States. The bottom line: in Democratic-controlled states, state fuel taxes, carbon mandates, and regulations add on average 55 cents per gallon at the pump.
“For policymakers, that is the actionable point: the levers that explain the gap are specific and identifiable, and the largest of them, state fuel taxes and transportation carbon taxes, pass through to consumers nearly dollar for dollar.”
When gasoline prices climb, drivers everywhere start asking the same question: what’s really behind the pain at the pump? The answers are rarely simple. Shifting global oil markets, OPEC decisions, wars and sanctions disrupting supply, refinery outages, pipeline constraints, seasonal weather and demand swings can all play a role.…
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Byryan Dezember, “Ruinous Wood-Pellet Trade Sparks Clash.” Wall Street Journal (August 28, 2026).
The fight for restitution is on at a fallen green-energy giant, following one of the most disastrous commodity trades of the decade.
The ill-fated wood-pellet trades that bankrupted Enviva during the sustainable-investing boom were made by executives hoping to trigger their own bonuses, according to creditors seeking more than $2 billion in damages.
Instead of producing big profits that would spur payouts for Enviva’s C-suite, however, the nine-figure trades backfired and bankrupted the company, which once had a nearly $6 billion market value. Shareholders received nothing in the bankruptcy, and some bondholders recovered just pennies on the dollar.
Five of the company’s top executives concealed the inordinately large and risky trades from its board, according to a lawsuit filed last week by investors, suppliers and others with claims outstanding after Enviva’s 2024 bankruptcy.…
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