Jeremy Wallace

Oct 31, 2024 | newbooksnetwork.substack.com | Jeremy Wallace |Adam Shatz

The Second Cold War Observatory is a project of scholars studying our current age’s great power rivalries. In addition to organizing the publication of contemporary research in academic journals and presses, the Second Cold War Observatory also has a podcast that is now available on the New Books Network. Below, you can find an interview with hosts Dr. Seth Schindler and Dr. Jessica DiCarlo about the project, the podcast, and the importance of studying today’s conflicts through a cold war lens.

Jun 24, 2024 | thechinalab.substack.com | Jeremy Wallace |Anthea Roberts |Nicolas Lamp

The Price Is Wrong presents a compelling frame: the supposed saviors of the planet, solar and wind, aren’t displacing fossil fuel use in electricity generation fast enough to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. It then details an impressive litany of reasons why their economics doesn’t work, emphasizing that the attention paid to the cost declines that these technologies have experienced isn’t as significant as their limited potential for profits.

Sep 1, 2023 | thechinalab.substack.com | Jeremy Wallace

It’s Friday before Labor Day and deadlines hover all around me like the villain’s CGI hordes in the 3rd act of a Marvel movie. But one of my favorite climate writers (Robinson Meyer) at one of my favorite climate sites (heatmap.news) wrote a post that is right up my alley. China Could Massively Juice Its Clean Energy Industry. The World Isn’t Ready.

May 26, 2023 | heatmap.news | Jeremy Wallace |Andrew Moseman

China’s solar revolution is immense — quite literally world-changing — but that doesn’t mean everything is running smoothly. Last year China installed a record-breaking amount of solar – 87.4 GW – but that number came amidst zero COVID lockdowns and economic turmoil. This year, things are off to a blazing start, with over 48 GW already installed through April and BloombergNEF projections exceeding 154 GW for 2023.