Category: Climate Change

According to the Writer’s Almanac, last Saturday was:  …the birthday of nonfiction author Bill Bryson who published in 2010, “Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society,” a collection of articles and essays celebrating the Royal Society‘s 350th …

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I just participated in a real-time webinar, a live broadcast from the COP-18 meetings in Doha, Qatar.  Here are my notes: • In the past few years, over 30,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published on global climate change, only 24 …

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Each week I look forward to receiving the “EV Insider” from EVWorld.com’s Bill Moore.  If you’re not already a subscriber, you may want to consider becoming one, as that status will provide you access to each edition as it’s published.  …

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Here’s a report on the Conference of Parties (COP) meetings that, this week and next, take on the challenges of bringing the nations of the world together to deal with climate change.  The report, called “Global Warming Threat: Permafrost Thawing …

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When I interviewed Robin Murphy, spokesperson from the World Resource Institute for my first book, “Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies” I recall how impressed I was at the organization and their work.  Here’s an article they wrote on the …

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Reader David Stout sent me this excellent article on the intelligent rebuilding of the New Jersey and New York seaboards after Hurricane Sandy.  It contains a great number of terrific points about applying common sense in re-establishing housing, commercial buildings, …

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Here’s an article about Germany, and the incredible work they’ve done to replace their fossil fuel-based energy consumption with renewables.   There, the clean energy movement, Energiewende, (“energy transformation”) estimates that at least 80 percent, perhaps 100%, of Germany’s electricity will …

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I just signed this petition to U.S. President Obama, asking him to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline. If you agree with the vast majority of scientists studying the issue who urge us to curb our dependence on fossil fuels, you …

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I just got an email from a reader suggesting that I conduct an independent analysis on global warming.   I’ve actually received half a dozen suggestions to this effect over the years.    This gentleman writes:  “I think both you and …

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The public relations machine that works so hard to generate doubt about climate change and the extreme weather events it causes must have its hands full at this point.  2012 was a year in which the United States had no …

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