I come across several articles each day that cause me to adjust my position on where we’re going as a civilization. Here’s one on BP, peak oil, and climate change that offers an interesting nuance, concluding with the following: As …
Category: Climate Change
BP, Peak Oil and Climate Change
Tagged with: aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, BP, global climate change, global warming, Naomi Klein, peak oil
Gateway Pacific Terminal Will Facilitate Coal Exports to China
Those of us who are concerned that our increased production of greenhouse gases is causing global climate change often point to the burning of coal to produce electricity as perhaps the single most disastrous phenomenon occurring in human civilization. And, …
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The Economics of Mitigating Climate Change
Frequent commenter Gary Tulie sent me this Wiki-article describing the 700-page “Stern Report” which, published in 2006, lays out a comprehensive set of economics regarding climate change mitigation. From my reading of the article (though not the complete report), my …
Cutting CO2 Emissions Soon
Here’s a report you can skip; it shows how cutting CO2 emissions by 2016 would be better than cutting them by 2030. I’m not sure I need to be told that; the issue, obviously, is how to make it happen …
From Guest Blogger Stephan Williams: Integrated EV/Distributed Energy Proposal
This proposal involves a simple synergy of government incentives and distributed energy storage applications. But first, I’d like to briefly discuss some of the issues that this solution addresses. The Issues Climate Change Humans are releasing too much CO2 and …
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Bill McKibben: Obama Versus Physics
I remember learning about the “pathetic fallacy” in high school English, i.e., assigning human moral characteristics to inanimate objects, e.g., “the cruel sea.” Obviously, there is nothing cruel about the sea; it has no motives or intentions. Likewise, at least …
Gratitude for Holiday Gifts to Our Environment
Here’s a beautiful piece on environmentalism – climate change in particular – written within the context of holiday gifts. The author, Rebecca Solnit, celebrates the gifts we received, like the Sierra Club’s success with its Beyond Coal campaign, which, she …
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson Steps Down
After four years of service as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson is stepping down. Thus far, she has provided no reason for her decision to leave. Let me go out on a limb and suggest one: …
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Tagged with: 97+% of climate scientists, CAFE standards, coal ash spill in Tennessee, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fossil fuels, Fred Upton, fuel mileage standards, global climate change’ global warming, GOP, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Huffington Post, Lisa Jackson, Mitt Romney, Republicans, toxic coal ash
At Issue in the 21st Century: Coal-Fired Power Plants
As we bump along into a new year, perhaps it’s time to ask ourselves: What do the world’s scientists tell us about our course vis-à-vis sustainability? Well, a lot of things, really. For example, our oceans are over-fished and filled …
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Tagged with: burning coal for energy, catastrophic climate change, chemical fertilizers, coal-fired power plants, ecologic collapse, environment, food lacking in nutritional content, global climate change, mercury in our oceans, natural mineral content of our farmland depleted, oceans over-fished, pesticides, sustainability
Climate Change Mitigation
I’ve referred to my friend, Jim Boyden a few times here. Jim got his Ph.D. in high-energy particle physics from Cal Tech the same year I entered kindergarten, and generously consented to an interview for my current book project, “Renewable …
