Those looking for a hopeful, upbeat prediction on our civilization’s capacity to head off climate change will want to skip this article, in which Tariq Fancy (pictured), BlackRock’s former chief investment officer for sustainable investing, says that ESG (Environmental, Social …
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Regeneration.Org
Legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken has assembled a group he calls Regeneration. In his book of the same, he explains the concept as follows: Regeneration is a radical new approach to the climate crisis, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, and human …
Trusting Science
Here’s a funny little meme on Americans’ pathological distrust of science. Most of the people who reject science are selective in the type of science they reject. Most of these nut-jobs accept that we shoot rockets into space and that …
We’ve Run Into a Buzzsaw: Stupidity and Selfishness
From senior energy analyst Glenn Doty: San Diego is a liberal county in a liberal state – so state and local governments have been strongly active in encouraging vaccination. The county’s information shows that 74% of the population older than …
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The Lighter Side of World Geography and Climate Change Mitigation
The diversity we see in human civilization comes as a result of the fact that the homo sapiens who left Eastern Africa about 30,000 years ago went in different directions, and eventually formed nations. This was problematic from the start, …
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Re: Climate Change Mitigation, Is Congress “Dithering?”
I hate to base an entire blog post quibbling about the meaning of a word, but the problem with the U.S. Congress and climate change mitigation is not “dithering,” which means being indecisive, vacillating. The fact is that Republicans and …
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Philanthropy and the Billionaires’ Race To Space
Who doesn’t wish he were in a position to do something akin to what this gentleman did? As denizens of Earth, we can only hope that the wealthiest among us focus their immense power on addressing the existential threats that …
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A Wind Energy Icon Has Passed On
In his masterful blog Wind-works.org, Paul Gipe (pictured here) writes: Preben Maegaard (pictured below) died 25 March 2021. He was 84. His death likely won’t mean much to most North Americans. After all he wasn’t a household name like reality …
Climate Change Mitigation in The Netherlands
We talk a great deal about climate change mitigation, but less about adaptation. The Netherlands, with about one-quarter of its land area below sea level, has always been subject to flooding. Linked above is a cool video that presents what …
The Role of Government in Climate Change Mitigation
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday said he believed the private sector was more likely to find solutions to climate change than government. “I was convinced, and I remain convinced, no government is going to solve this problem,” Kerry said …
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