Josh Busby

"I think the current crisis absolutely vindicates China's push to electrify everything, notably road transport... wouldn't be surprised we see China push to be even bigger & bolder to transition to clean energy & electrify everything" Erica Downes from Colombia CGEP on BBG TV just now.

Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

Corpus Christi is in trouble in terms of water supplies for refineries and has wasted years trying to unsuccessfully build desalination plants. www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...

At the risk of boring everyone,a little context.

$100 oil in isolation isn’t that bad. It averaged around that level from 2011-2014 without severe economic ramifications*.

It’s the pace of the rise that has people spooked. And not knowing where it might stop.

I appreciate this perspective but Cornyn has done little to earn the mantle of having character. I asked his office to defend PEPFAR , President Bush’s signature program of compassion for those living with AIDS, and his office supported DOGE cuts to foreign assistance.

BREAKING via NYT

American employees of the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia have been told to leave the country under mandatory departure orders issued by the State Department.

Full Story: nyti.ms/4riXl3Y

YouTube video by Josh Busby Week 7 - Environmental Peacebuilding - Environmental Security

Here is the next one on environmental peacebuilding. youtu.be/KVSX3SrLOBo?...

YouTube video by Josh Busby Week 6 - Geopolitics of the Energy Transition - Environmental Security

I have two new videos for my Environmental Security class, one on the geopolitics of the clean energy transition and another on environmental peacebuilding. Here is the first one. youtu.be/LfsrseW4Vfs?...

Game is about the ref.

Let’s do this. jamestalarico.com

Bad time to be run by the absolutely worst people on the planet.

The intensity of the Israeli bombardments in Beirut’s southern suburbs....
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

I remember a grad advisor describing this situation in the humanities. It was 1997.

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Still don’t know what that phrase means.

The Magnet Blind Spot in America's Industrial Strategy The Magnet Blind Spot in America's Industrial Strategy

Good piece on the importance of on-shoring motor manufacturing for various uses including e-transport and why focusing on rare earths and mining isn’t enough. Having a viable EV sector in America will create capacity for defense applications. www.powermag.com/blog/the-mag...

America’s and Israel’s Goals Are Already Colliding Trump and Netanyahu seem to have very different ideas about how the war should end.

Netanyahu fine with instability in Iran. Trump more likely to want this to end soon. Risk of regional contagion if Iran can hang on and if Trump arms Kurds. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

We rent a car periodically for longer trips.

2019 Chevy Bolt and e-bike family here. It’s a good car. Not fancy but 75,000 miles on it and still feels like a new car.

This is a major move by a country that was very happy to bribe Trump with a Board of Peace membership three weeks ago.

Indonesia has looked at the global chessboard and, as a trading state, concluded that they need prepare for a different world order. Actions have consequences.

Going great.

How much are we stealing of Venezuela's oil proceeds? Who is profiting from them institutionally and/or personally? US Treasury or some Trump family affiliated bank?

Not regime change but change in the regime. They want a pliable client state but think that eliminating a lot of the senior cadre will get Iran to surface a leader who will acquiesce. I have not seen much on how that is going in Venezuela. V totally dropped out of the news so is a big black box.

“Unconditional surrender” was the Allies’ demand in WWII. They backed it up by occupying Germany, Italy and Japan.

Is Trump prepared to send hundreds of thousands of troops to occupy Iran, a nation of 93 million people, and to risk the resulting casualties? If not, this is simply bluster.

It really, really does not work anywhere close to this way.

🇮🇳 NEW | #India ambient #AirQuality winter snapshot is out now

❗️Winter pollution worsens compared to last year: 204 cities breach air quality standards, up from 173, from 1 October 2025 to 28 February 2026

⚠️ ZERO cities complied with the @WHO

Do you know if the facility is safe from the Trump administration's effort to cut budget and leasing arrangements?

China sets cautious climate goals in five-year plan as coal remains core ‘Underwhelming’ target leaves room for increase in energy and industry emissions in years to 2030, experts say

Some disappointment with China's latest five year plan and emissions intensity target. www.ft.com/content/0d44...

Big Bend Sentinel suggests status for wall has changed for national park but not state park.

www.cbp.gov/border-secur...

Customs and Border Patrol Reverses Its Big Bend Border Wall Plans Kristi Noem gets fired, unpopular ideas get shelved right away

Many of you have probably heard of the absurd plan to build "the wall" through Big Bend National Park. Well, the same day Gnome was fired, the wall plan seems to have been shelved too.

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He gets on tv a lot