In researching my four books I came upon numerous excuses for not dealing with climate change. Some of these were laughable, e.g., the CATO Institute’s position that the effects of climate change are small at this point, thus so should …
Category: Climate Change
Scientists Take Issue with Donald Trump’s Position on Climate Change
Apparently, the scientists of the world are a bit cheesed off with the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, insofar as, among other catastrophes, it means the end of U.S. conviction to mitigate climate change.
What’s Causing Climate Change?
Here’s a very cool and easy-to-understand discussion of the drivers of the increasing temperatures we observe in the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, published by Bloomberg. It’s reminiscent of the video I’ve often recommended by “Veritasium” (an element of truth), in …
Wonderful Infographic on Climate Change
It’s interesting to note what’s trending in pop culture. I’m not talking about things like body piercing, but rather about the more highbrow stuff. In particular, it’s cool that infographics have had such a marvelous impact on how most people …
Ignorant People Are More Than Willing to Promote Wild Misconceptions About Climate Science
Frank P. Devine writes about the meme to the left: “Ex vice president Gore and his cronies made billions from this.” Frank: You may want to consider reading a bit on this before making ridiculous and hateful claims. You could …
Global Attack on Climate Change a Real Possibility
To the surprise and delight of many, the U.S. and China have formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. This is fairly astonishing, given the cool reception with which the U.S. Congress received the idea of signing up …
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Climate Change Deniers Employ Questionable Data Analytic Techniques and Logic
Here’s an article about climate change denial that shows how many different pieces of faulty logic, seven in this specific example, can come together in one report, and generate incorrect conclusions. For those wishing to see a solid video discussion …
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Why Some Smart People Endorse a Business-As-Usual Approach to Energy and the Environment
Reader Upgeya Pew offers a very plausible explanation for why Ian Bremmer, a person of incredible intelligence, could posit that one of the benefits of climate change is creating easier access to Arctic oil. Pew notes: Bremmer is well paid …
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Climate Change Activism
One of my email signatures reads: “I won’t be the dad who knew, but did nothing.” And sure, I’m doing what I can to broaden my limited exposure and communicate the truth about climate change and the urgency associated with …
The Cost of Mitigating Climate Change May Be a Considerable Burden to Our Children
According to this article, the projected cost to our children associated with repairing the climate change-inflicted damage to our planet is $8.8 trillion, which works out to somewhere between $125K and $180K per child in lifetime earnings. But not to …
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