Resilience.org (Post Carbon Institute)

Wide Boundary News: Biodiversity Depletion, Iran & the Strait of Hormuz, and the Green Wedge

In the latest Wide Boundary News episode, Nate Hagens connects the EU’s surge toward a 50 % renewable electricity mix and flattening CO₂ emissions with rising electricity prices that are spurring German industrial decline and chemical‑sector exits. He highlights China’s record coal capacity additions despite overall emissions flattening, underscoring a paradox in the global energy transition. The show also flags a slowdown in species turnover and regional biodiversity loss, framing these ecological shifts as part of a broader “Great Simplification.” Finally, Hagens warns that the imminent expiration of the New START treaty raises nuclear risk around the Strait of Hormuz, compounding geopolitical uncertainty.