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Will Climate Get Some Respect Now? Sorry, The Answer's Unclear

For those of you who might have missed it, here’s Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on climate change in yesterday’s New York Times.  Referring to the take-away from Hurricane Sandy, the twice-Pulizer winning journalist calls it Will Climate Get Some Respect Now?

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Posted in Renewables - Politics

Drought, Extreme Weather, and Global Climate Change

Here’s another article by frequent commenter Glenn Doty on the drought in the United States. Its publication roughly coincides with physicist Dr. Richard Muller’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he summarizes the work performed over the past

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Posted in Climate Change

Fracking: An Attempt At Fairness

A friend of mine sent me a bunch of material on the dangers of fracking, which I offer here to readers. But first, our brief conversation: Friend: Wow. Check this out. Craig: Thanks.  As you know, I’m a big proponent of

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Posted in Renewables - Science

Thomas L. Friedman's Immense Popularity

Here’s Tom Friedman’s op-ed in yesterday’s NY Times. As always, I agreed with most of it. But I point out two things: 1) He has a keen mind — one with which he has done quite well — but his

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Posted in Renewables - Business

The Truth Is a Casualty of Political Ads — But Let's Look Further

My mother wrote me this morning, suggesting that I “Check out the N.Y. Times article by David Brooks: ‘How Change Happens.’” Thanks, Mom. David Brooks is an articulate advocate for free-market economics, and this is a perfect example. No surprise here.

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Climatologist James Hansen on Global Warming

My mother came across this article in today’s New York Times by climatologist James Hansen, and sent it to me immediately. “I knew you’d like this one,” she laughed when we spoke on the phone later this afternoon. “Yes, Mom,

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New York Times: Let's Pretend Renewable Energy Doesn't Even Exist

New York Times Advertisement - 1895

I just learned something quite valuable.  To my astonishment, it’s possible for credible journalists to discuss the dangers of nuclear power and the relative safety of natural gas, going on at length about the world energy situation, without once mentioning

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Posted in Nuclear

The True Cost of Fossil Fuels

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Here is a new post on a subject that I think lies at the very crux of the discussion on renewable energy: identifying the true costs of fossil fuels. Yes, the migration to renewable energy is expensive, but it’s the

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