A reader suggests a video on the effect of natural gas leaks in general, and Porter Ranch, CA in particular: Here is one of the best informative video’s I have seen discussing the Porter Ranch, California gas leak. Michael Parker …
Category: Climate Change
Climate Change and Melting Ice
Those keeping track of the slowly unfolding demise of the Antarctic will be interested to know that the Scar Inlet is now predicted to shatter into small icebergs sometime close to the end of March, the end of a long, …
Mitigating Climate Change Requires a New, Less Selfish Way To View Life’s Challenges
Frank for Florida writes: Hi Craig. I think that people need to go back in history, and they will find that the renewable energy industry is NOT the first major industry to get subsidies from the government. In the next …
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Cows and Greenhouse Gases
We often forget that CO2 isn’t the only greenhouse gas, and that fossil fuel consumption is not the only contributor to global warming. In fact, even if we’re completely successful in making the migration to renewable energy, we still have …
Watch Out for Melting Glaciers
When my wife just walked into my office (at lunch time) and watched a few seconds of this video on the melting of the glaciers in Greenland and the Antarctic, she said jokingly, “Let’s break out the bourbon,” meaning that …
Climate Change and Dengue
Colleague Alex Cannera sends this article: Mosquito-Borne Illness Fueled by Climate Change Linked to Spike in Birth Defects in Brazil that begins: As the earth warms and grows more humid, virulent infectious diseases spread by insects are on the rise. …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy: Today’s Topic: The Greenland Ice Sheet
Question: Why Is the Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster Than Expected? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: At the current rate, Greenland is losing over 300 billion tons of ice a year. The consequences of the ensuing …
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Taking the Obvious Steps To Protect People from the Effects of Climate Change
The intrusion of the salt water from the Atlantic Ocean into the aquifers that provide fresh water for the folks living in the southern part of Florida has been big news for quite a few years. The saddest, though the …
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Environmentalists Have a Great Deal to Celebrate
Rajendra Pachauri, chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and overseer of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), was good enough to grant me an interview for my third book (Renewable Energy–Following the Money). Here is a fabulous picture-book that …
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Can't Plants Sequester Our CO2 Emissions? — "Take a Cool Guess"
Contrary to popular belief, plants represent a net zero in terms of capturing CO2. While they’re alive, they convert carbon dioxide to sugar, but after they die, those more complex, higher-energy molecules break down and that carbon is re-released into …
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