Frequent commenter and all-around cool guy Brian McGowan just sent me this post from EmmKay. Wow, that says it all, doesn’t it? Nice job to you both.
Category: Climate Change
“Years of Living Dangerously” Covers Climate Change in a Fantastically Interesting Way
Unfortunately, the masterpiece documentary series on climate change “Years of Living Dangerously” that aired from April to June of this year was made available only on the cable channel “Showtime,” and so had a fairly limited viewership. That’s a pity, …
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Note to the U.S. Republican Party on Environmentalism, Climate Change
It’s a shame that we in the U.S. have only two viable political parties. Sadly, the Independents, the Greens, and so forth tend to attract only small fringes of voters, and this isn’t particularly good for a country trying to …
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Obama Once More Vocal on Climate Change, Renewable Energy
As his term in office draws nearer to a close, U.S. President Obama has begun again to talk about climate change and the imperative to reduce our contributions to its causes. If I were he, I would inform the nation …
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Climate Change Denial and Anti-Intellectualism
Paul Krugman’s op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times gets at a point that I’ve been making off and on for several years: the anti-intellectualism that pervades a huge swath of our voter population here in the United States. Large numbers …
Guest Blogger Anne Kristine Offers a Post on Climate Change: After a Winter of Flooding, The UK Ponders How to Manage Water
In recent times the UK has dealt with its fair share of flooding, and while the government response has been questioned by some (a majority of poll responders felt the government did a poor job responding to the flooding), the …
Taking Steps to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Diminish the Level of Pollutants that Cause Lung Damage
It’s unclear why we needed a collaborative effort in 2014 from Harvard and Syracuse Universities to tell us what should have been obvious for decades. But now, I suppose, it’s that much closer to being “official” (in whatever sense of …
Carbon Tax to Mitigate Climate Change – Fascinating Debate
I believe everyone should see the five-minute-long video embedded in this article, in which conservative Republicans of various stripes debate the concept of a revenue-neutral carbon tax as a tool to take a proactive step to mitigate climate change. As …
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Oliver Goavec: Europeans and Americans Have Different Perceptions on Climate Change — Part Three of Three
Europe and the U.S. have common points. Here are a few things to note: – In 2002, the Clear Skies and Global Climate Change law. The objectives were to cut emissions of sulfur dioxide by 73%, nitrogen oxide by 67%, …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Oliver Goavec: Europeans and Americans Have Different Perceptions on Climate Change — Part Two of Three
Decisions Made In the Past International agreements concerning climate change are complicated because a consensus must be found. Since the first summit in 1972, four more have been held. In 1982, for the second summit in Nairobi, dealing with the …
