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, …
Category: Climate Change
Clean Energy: Germany Gets It
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 …
Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline
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 …
Analyzing Global Warming
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 …
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
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 …
PBS's Frontline Offers Compelling Documentary: “Climate of Doubt"
A couple of weeks ago, I reported that PBS’s “The News Hour” was rightfully lambasted for their treatment of global warming. They fell into the trap that many media outlets do: they gave equal time to the climate skeptics, even …
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From Guest Blogger Kristine Orion: As Evidence Mounts, Climate Change Legislation Becomes More Likely
Climate change is poised to take center stage in the U.S. legal arena once more, spurred by a threatened lawsuit by one of the champions of the theory. Dr. Michael E. Mann is often credited with popularizing the idea of …
The Climate Change Issue — Strangely Absent in the Presidential Debates
Like most environmentalists, I was peeved with the presidential candidates’ avoidance of the climate change issue in their first two debates. Here’s a good article that has convinced me that this is probably best for those of us concerned with …
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Too Late to Stop Global Warming by Cutting Emissions?
A reader sent me this article that suggests that it’s too late to stop global warming by cutting emissions and writes: I happen to agree with this guy. Climate change is so far advanced at this point that it makes …
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A Question on Geoengineering
Howard writes: Have you heard of a technology where they simulate a volcano eruption by injecting sulfur dioxide into the sky, in a sense cooling the planet. I heard about this in the New Yorker magazine, and in a book …
