Senior energy analyst and frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes: Farmers are getting hit by the drought and heat wave. Wealthy southern landowners are getting hit by increased tropical storm activity… and everyone has to spend more to keep the air …
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Unfortunately, we live in a time when our “leaders” simply tell us what they think we want to hear. Anytime, and especially in an election year, a U.S. presidential candidate stands up for an idea, it means that he believes …
Good News, Bad News for a Progressive U.S. Energy Policy Read More »
I’m so glad I took advantage of today’s opportunity to interview Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Prize winning climate scientist and chairman of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). At several points in the conversation, I was reminded of my discussions …
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I’m leaving for the East Coast tomorrow morning for a series of meetings, including what I call my “anchor appointment” (i.e., the one event that absolutely shouldn’t be postponed or conducted by phone/email), my interview with Dr. Raj Pachauri, one …
Daniel Yergin, in his book “The Quest”, writes that a critical shift from carbon-based to non-carbon-based fuels has begun, along with a parallel movement towards higher levels of efficiency in industrial processes and energy movement. It seems we are shifting …
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The rank and file tea party pretty much uniformly buys the idea that the theory of global climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the rising tide of socialist forces. Zzzzzzzzzz. Sorry, I must have dozed off there for a …
Here’s a report from Yale University that sheds light on the politics of global climate change. Highlights include: • “A majority of all registered voters (55%) say they will consider candidates’ views on global warming when deciding how to vote.” …
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I look at Michael Klare (Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts) as a kind of Craig Shields on intellectual steroids. He and I agree on essentially everything; the only real difference is his …
Climate Change, the Drought, and Social Stability Read More »
Climatologist James Hansen released a report today that suggests that the probability that this summer’s extreme weather events are caused by anything other than human-caused climate change is extremely low. It comes on the heels of Bill McKibben’s recent article …
James Hansen, Bill McKibben, and Richard Muller on Global Climate Change Read More »
Here’s another article by frequent commenter Glenn Doty on the drought in the United States. Its publication roughly coincides with physicist Dr. Richard Muller’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he summarizes the work performed over the past …
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