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Category: Climate Change
Australians’ Viewpoints on Climate Change Reveal an Important Characteristic of Humankind
The future always looks like the past—until it looks like something else altogether. That’s a good thing to keep in mind, as it’s a reassuring reminder of how quickly things change, and how grossly inaccurate most trend analyses almost always …
Climate Change and Its Death Toll
My colleague Gary Tulie writes from his home in Buckinghamshire, England (pictured left): The point about air conditioning becoming essential with a warming climate is not an exaggeration. Wet Bulb temperature is the temperature a wet thermometer bulb in front …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy. Today’s Topic: California’s Drought
Question: It’s no secret that climate change is in the process of creating severe droughts in many places around the globe, and, by extension, generating a significant increase in the number and intensity of wildfires. Here’s an article that explores …
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Validating Claims Re: the Environment
How many times have you wondered about the scientific evidence behind the many competing claims that are made concerning climate change and other environmental issues? Now there is a team of fact-checkers whose job is to debunk claims and present …
More on the ExxonMobil Climate Change Saga
I’m told that I’m a decent public speaker, though I certainly know what stage fright feels like. It’s for that reason that I applaud people who have the courage to stand up in front of large audiences, especially hostile ones, …
Examining the Rate of Ecological Damage
Here’s an article that will upset its reader: Humans Are Damaging the Environment Faster Than It Can Recover. The author takes into account a wide variety of human activities, e.g., increasing consumption, urbanization, and over-population, and then discusses the environmental …
A Quick Inventory of Good and Bad Trends in the U.S.
Where is the U.S. on the two most critical issues facing our civilization? Climate change: Congress rejects the agreements reached among 155 countries in Paris a few months ago, broadcasting to the world that the most powerful nation on Earth has …
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Quick Note on Civil Disobedience
A reader had a tough time with my piece of civil disobedience and climate change. He writes: Don’t confuse the very important concepts of: public meetings; protest events; political lobbying, etc. with the obnoxious term “civil disobedience.” They are not …
Is Civil Disobedience the Only Way Left To Fight Climate Change?
It sure seems that there is more civil disobedience re: climate change happening every month. You might want to Google the subject (see link above) and review some of the 607,000 articles online. I’m not saying that this can all be …
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