I had a fortuitous conversation a few years ago at an awards dinner. I happened to be seated next to the fellow who runs the program at JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) whose purpose is to investigate the melting of ice …
Category: Climate Change
Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change Denialism
A friend sent me this piece on CO2 concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere, and writes: FYI just in case you have not seen this. Yes, that’s interesting. As I may have mentioned, I know a few of these people personally, …
Understanding the Ties Between Corporate Funding and the Findings of Climate Scientists
I doubt we’ll even know the entire truth behind money’s influence on climate change research. Here’s an article in the New York Times that discredits one of the few remaining climate deniers who had any real academic qualifications. From the …
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Energy and the Environment at 50,000 Feet – Pardon the Cliché
If we do anything well here, it’s providing a platform on which to discuss the “big ideas” in energy and the environment. Sure, I feel confident that I’ve identified a few solid ideas on a fairly narrow set of clean …
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Carbon Sequestration
A smart and considerate reader sent me this earlier: Craig – First off, please let me know if I am sending you too many emails. I’ve been following news on carbon sequestration, including a recent article about a proof of …
Keeping Track of the Earth’s Climate
Today is the 145th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. National Weather Service. Thus, when we say, “2014 was the hottest year on record,” what we really mean is that it was the hottest year in the last century …
The Lighter Side of Climate Change Denial
My biggest problem with 2015 so far is that it’s happening in the absence of Steven Colbert, at least in the form of the “Colbert Report.” I had forgotten how fabulous this whole enterprise was until I came upon this …
A Bit of Justice for a Canadian Climate Scientist
Apparently, I grossly misinterpreted the words of Thomas Fuller whom I quoted below. Accordingly, I preface the following article with the following: I have to ask if you can be factually correct about anything after your misquote of me. The …
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Climate Disruption – All Too Often, It’s Hard To See a Solution
Sometimes I’m optimistic about the outcome of the climate disruption issue, but other days it’s hard to maintain that sunny outlook. However you slice it, the French fellow quoted in this article is correct: developing countries cannot be denied the …
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Does Civilization’s Approach to Sustainability Lie Behind Door #1, #2, or #3?
At a very high level, there are only three main viewpoints that one can take re: our civilization’s approach to sustainability: 1) Do nothing. Make no changes in the status quo, based on the belief that there are no real …
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