In an earlier post today I wrote on nuclear energy, I mentioned the average American’s lack of awareness of and interest in climate change. And while there are a number of reasons for this, most of them political, one could …
Category: Climate Change
The Keystone XL Pipeline and Climate Change
Most of us who pay attention to the key environmental issues of the day have some opinion on the legitimacy of the Keystone XL pipeline. At the risk of oversimplifying: • Hard-core environmentalists say the approval of the project means, in …
Is Climate Change The World's Biggest Problem?
Frequent commenter and 2GreenEnergy supporter Tim Kingston sent me this for comment: an article that asserts that climate change isn’t one of our civilization’s most important problems, and that global poverty is, in fact, at the top. Sorry to be …
Climate Change and Drought – Those Most Affected May Be the Last to Know
I had a conversation at a party a few weeks ago in Central California that I wanted to relate. I should preface this by saying that I don’t habitually go around interviewing people at parties about their views on controversial …
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Liberty, Responsibility, and Climate Change
As the U.S. celebrates its independence from England, Americans everywhere honor the fallen soldiers who made it possible, and those who have made enormous sacrifices to maintain our liberty throughout the intervening 237 years. That makes today a good time …
Climate Change and the Snows in Armenia’s Mountains
Here’s an article on the snows in Armenia’s mountains (including Mount Ararat, the putative resting place of Noah’s Ark — pictured left) that are steadily melting due to climate change, and the country’s abortive attempts to do something about the …
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Good Going on Your Commitment to Address Climate Change, President Obama
U.S. President Obama’s speech this morning on addressing climate change impressed the many millions of us who follow the subject and view it as the single biggest threat confronting humankind in the 21st Century. For that reason, it came as …
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From Guest-Blogger Nick: Is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) the Best Way to Cut Carbon Emissions?
Most environmentally-oriented people know that the waste carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by combustion are the major factor heating up our planet’s atmosphere. A significant proportion of those emissions come from power stations burning coal or natural gas. …
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Exactly What’s Causing the Melting of Greenland’s Ice?
Those of us who worry about climate change have a great deal of heartburn about the melting of the ice on top of Greenland, which scientists say will be the “dominant contributor to global sea level change over the next …
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On the "Climate Change Debate"
I’m sure 99% of readers here know this, but the “climate change debate” that exists in the United States is an almost entirely local phenomenon. Put another way, there is no controversy whatsoever associated with the subject among educated people …
