It’s common for readers outside the U.S. to wonder how it’s possible that this country is making so little progress on climate change mitigation, even though 2014 was the hottest year on record, and May, June, August, September, October and …
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Has global warming stopped? Is it explained by natural cycles, e.g., sun-spots? Solar flares? The Earth’s orbit and tilt? Here’s a document composed by Dr. Alex Cannara, holder of five degrees in physics and engineering, that summarizes the basic science …
Earlier today, a reader suggested that my data on renewable energy and climate change had come from various unverified and unproven sources, not unlike a game of “whisper down that lane” that you may (or may not) recall from your …
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Dr. Alex Cannara, who holds no fewer than five degrees in physics and engineering, writes about my post on George Will and climate change: (Will’s column) displays ignorance that he is smart enough to correct, if he cared about facts…..Fortunately, …
Over the last decade, George Will has written dozens of articles expressing and defending his skepticism on climate change. He comes to this conclusion from an array of different angles, each a subtle variation on the central theme: our civilization …
Although I do try to cut up occasionally in some of these posts, there’s not too much humor in the basic theme: the heartlessness of the oil companies, the realities of climate disruption and so forth. For that reason, I …
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“Everything’s coming together, while everything’s falling apart.” That’s the summary of the 2014 “year in review” from climate justice super-group 350.org. It’s wonderfully concise, i.e., expressing a great deal in few words.
It looks like the Keystone XL Pipeline is going to face a tough time on U.S. President Obama’s desk, and an American Petroleum Institute spokesperson says he’s “disappointed” by this countervailing force that appears ready to fight a Republican-led congress. …
Frequent commenter Cameron Atwood notes: Climate denialists in congress have now slowly gone from claiming human climate disruption is “a hoax,” to “it’s nature, not humans,” to admitting “I’m not a scientist.” I’d say that’s a little progress.
I just heard a snippet from a Bill McKibben speech in which the legendary environmentalist talks about the large and growing campaign to encourage groups (like university endowments) and people (like you and me) to sell whatever holdings they might …
