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 …
Category: Climate Change
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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Melting Sea Ice Puts Alaskan Village Into a Quandary
Here’s a story about a small town in Northern Alaska whose 650 citizens are currently voting whether or not to relocate, as the melting of the sea ice due to climate change is allowing the incoming waves to erode their …
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Big Oil Strikes Back (Are We Surprised?)
As reported several times earlier, numerous state attorneys general have begun to explore the role that ExxonMobil played in covering up the truth about (possibly irreversible) climate change. I can already hear the comments rolling in about how this investigation …
One Town’s Approach to Climate Change Mitigation: No Politicians
Here’s an unusual twist on attacking climate change at the community level: make it happen at the community level, with lots of peer pressure, but in the complete absence of politicians. It hasn’t been a great time for politicians, …
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Ian Bremmer’s Frightening Position on Climate Change
As I’ve mentioned, eminent American political scientist Ian Bremmer is an incredibly impressive guy; he entered college at 15, received his PhD in political science from Stanford at 24, and now stands as one of the most noteworthy figures on Earth …
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Tagged with: climate refugees, droughts that expand in both duration and severity, economic and geopolitical implications of climate change, effects of climate change, eminent American political scientist Ian Bremmer, G Zero, opening to navigation of the Northwest Passage, providing access to oil and other resources in the Arctic
