As suggested here, children have been disappointing their parents, and scaring the living hell out of the pundits of their times, for more than 2000 years. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that parents today have no reason not to be terrified …
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Here, a couple of journalists from Bloomberg attempt to explain how climate change mitigation is receiving political backlash, both in the US and the EU (two of the three largest emitters). Bottom line: extreme right-wing forces on both sides of …
Today’s piece in the WSJ’s Climate and Energy section is called “The Problem With Stuff.” It begins: A Glass-Half-Full Look at the Gargantuan Carbon Footprint of Making Stuff Every year, America gets through roughly 700 pounds of cement, nearly as …
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Here’s another in a series of articles from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI): 90 Percent of Euro Area Banks Are Out of Step with Paris Goals. How Can They Get on Track? An excerpt: (An analysis) of 95 Euro area …
Indeed, the world needs a wake-up call. We all need to recognize that due to our continued use of fossil fuels as our principal energy source, coupled with the destruction of our rain forests to make room for the expansion …
Here’s an article on a venture backed by Bill Gates to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. I’ve always been skeptical of these types of enterprises, on the basis of sheer mathematics. In this case, the technology involves collecting and baking …
From this NPR segment on climate science: Michael Mann, a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded more than $1 million in damages after a trial in D.C. court. Michael Mann, among the …
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Question: Which country, the smallest of the G20, is the world leader in decarbonizing its energy and transportation sectors? Hint: They feel a moral duty to lead the way, insofar as they had been an industrial giant in the past …
As the meme here suggests, renewable energy and electric transportation are making headway. Unfortunately: • Our overall demands for energy are also increasing, especially as Asians want to live more like westerners. • The developing world does not have the …
As one might expect, a great deal has changed about the way we warn about the danger of wildfires. First is the word “wildfires” itself, which, up until the last couple of decades, were called “forest fires.” Second is the …
