My third book (Renewable Energy—Following the Money) featured an interview with Rajendra Pachauri (pictured), the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The fond respect I had maintained for Dr. Pachauri for the many years before I met him at …
Category: Climate Change
Discussions on “What is Green?” Can Be Complicated, Illogical
Here’s a discussion on the ecological pros and cons (mainly cons) of hydro-electric dams, which serves as an excellent example of how complex our discussions on “what is green?” can be. The author, not content to point out the usual …
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Largest Climate March in History Coming in September, Calling for Us To Change Our Approach To Energy and the Environment While There’s Still Time
It’s because we’re all aware of our own mortality that we endeavor to make the most of our days here on Earth. I’m reminded about this, as it’s the 423rd anniversary of the baptism of poet Robert Herrick (pictured), who …
Video Calls for Sustainable Approach To Energy
Here’s an eight-minute video called “Carbon” which summarizes nicely where our civilization finds itself vis-à-vis a sustainable use of energy, climate change, the oil companies, political corruption, etc. Very well done, IMO.
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Possible Explanation for Slowdown in Global Warming
According to a report published yesterday, scientists may have found the answer to the unpredicted slowing in the warming of global air temperatures. They had suspected that the heat was somehow winding up in the oceans, and it appears they …
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Climate Change and Our Discount Rate
Those of us who think about climate change often imagine ourselves in this scenario: we live long enough to experience some extremely severe effects of global warming, perhaps a rise in sea levels that has forced whole populations to abandon …
U.S. Military Looks at Climate Change and National Security
Here’s a 68-page report from 2007 on the impact of climate change on American national security, created by a team of 11 retired generals and admirals. Though I didn’t read every word, I found no real surprises here, other than …
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Busting Myths on Climate Change
Here’s one of those “myth-buster” pieces on climate change published a couple of weeks ago in the New York Times. Note that it echoes a bunch of the argumentation you’ll find here at 2GreenEnergy. For instance, while it’s true that …
Examining Climate Change’s Long-Term Effects
When we think about the ultimate consequences of climate change, we think immediately about the loss of farm land to desertification, but we also think of sea-level rise. As the major ice sheets melt, e.g., in Greenland, and the coastlines …
From Guest Blogger Hannah Whittenly: Exploring Climate Change — Common Natural Disasters that Weren’t Common 50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago, people weren’t hearing about the number of natural disasters that are so prevalent today. According to AccuWeather.com, a report published by the New England Journal of Medicine stated that the incidence of reported natural disasters is increasing, …
