Here’s a scholarly article in Science Magazine that addresses the challenges our civilization faces in pulling CO2 out of the Earth’s atmosphere once greenhouse gases are released. It begins by admitting that we seem to be incapable of reducing current …
Category: Climate Change
Understanding Biden’s Climate Accomplishments
Below, environmentalist Zan Dubin, whom I highly respect, makes a point not too dissimilar to what I’ve often said about the failure of the media to cover Biden’s accomplishments, especially those pertaining to climate change mitigation and adaptation. She writes: …
Tagged with: Biden's Climate Accomplishments
Exxon and Climate Disinformation
From this piece on Exxon’s role in blocking climate legislation: “Democrats have focused particular ire on Exxon, after a senior lobbyist for the company was caught in a secret video bragging that Exxon had fought climate science through “shadow groups” …
Each Generation Is Terrified by the Norms by which Their Children Live
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 …
Each Generation Is Terrified by the Norms by which Their Children Live Read More »
Tagged with: baking on an planet with runaway warming
Bloomberg: The Campaign Against the Climate
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 …
Tagged with: Bloomberg: The Campaign Against the Climate
The Wall Street Journal’s Climate & Energy Column Doesn’t Mince Words
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 …
The Wall Street Journal’s Climate & Energy Column Doesn’t Mince Words Read More »
Banks Misaligned with Climate Goals
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 …
Tagged with: banks get on board with climate change mitigation banks refuse to lend trillions of dollars for fossil fuel projects around the world, developing countries "leapfrog" over coal and natural gas power generation plants and move directly into nuclear and renewables, Paris Agreement, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Waking Up to the Climate Emergency
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 …
Direct CO2 Capture
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 …
Tagged with: direct CO2 capture
Great to See Climate Science and Legal Matters Upheld
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 …
Great to See Climate Science and Legal Matters Upheld Read More »
