I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve had this conversation with someone. While it’s true that we can’t stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, we can establish an energy policy that calls for phasing them out at the …
Category: Climate Change
The Heritage Foundation Faces a Limit as to How Much Damage It Can Inflict on Earth’s Environment
The abolition of NOAA will put an end to the flow of weather-related information that helps to protect Americans’ lives and property from natural disasters like hurricanes. If the Heritage Foundation, as a representative of the extreme right-wing in the …
Project 2025 and Climate Change Denial
One of the many casualties of Project 2025 will be NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its subsidiary, the National Hurricane Center. The motive for dismantling NOAA? It’s “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm …
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What’s Our Excuse?
We don’t have an excuse, but we do have an explanation, and that is that human society is built around money. “Money talks and bullshit walks,” as they say. As you’re reading this, there are uber-wealthy people all around the …
Direct Air Capture of CO2
A reader sent me this piece on removing CO2 directly from the Earth’s atmosphere. I respond: I remain skeptical that ANY CONCEIVABLE technology can accomplish this feat. I can’t imagine how you run a gas (air) with concentration 0.04% CO2 …
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“Climate Optimism??” We Can Handle the Truth
Why on Earth would anyone want to ingest “climate optimism?” What’s the matter with the truth? The truth is that our oceans and atmosphere are warming, largely due to human activity, in particular, due to the release of greenhouse gases. …
Keeping Americans Distracted
I have a conversation with one friend or another on this subject about once per month. The question: how terrible do things have to become before “bread and circuses” no longer maintain the order of capitalism over some other system …
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Maintaining a Life-Supporting Planet
As suggested in the cartoon here, humankind is currently losing the battle to keep the Earth a healthy place to live. This is largely driven by the United States, the world’s largest economy, and our refusal to reduce carbon emissions. …
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How Farmers Are Using AI in Climate Change Adaptation
A reader sent me this wonderful article describing how farmers are adapting to climate change with the use of specialized software. While it isn’t solving the problem, it’s a great innovation to help cope.
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Letting Our Kids Learn about Climate Change
In certain of the 50 states, most notably Florida, all references to climate change (and evolution) have been removed from school text books. Below is a video on a nonprofit whose mission is to reinstate material that is “politically controversial …
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