Here, a couple of journalists from Bloomberg attempt to explain how climate change mitigation is receiving political backlash, both in the US and the EU (two of the three largest emitters). Bottom line: extreme right-wing forces on both sides of …
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Bloomberg: The Campaign Against the Climate
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The Wall Street Journal’s Climate & Energy Column Doesn’t Mince Words
Today’s piece in the WSJ’s Climate and Energy section is called “The Problem With Stuff.” It begins: A Glass-Half-Full Look at the Gargantuan Carbon Footprint of Making Stuff Every year, America gets through roughly 700 pounds of cement, nearly as …
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Banks Misaligned with Climate Goals
Here’s another in a series of articles from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI): 90 Percent of Euro Area Banks Are Out of Step with Paris Goals. How Can They Get on Track? An excerpt: (An analysis) of 95 Euro area …
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Waking Up to the Climate Emergency
Indeed, the world needs a wake-up call. We all need to recognize that due to our continued use of fossil fuels as our principal energy source, coupled with the destruction of our rain forests to make room for the expansion …
Direct CO2 Capture
Here’s an article on a venture backed by Bill Gates to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. I’ve always been skeptical of these types of enterprises, on the basis of sheer mathematics. In this case, the technology involves collecting and baking …
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Great to See Climate Science and Legal Matters Upheld
From this NPR segment on climate science: Michael Mann, a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded more than $1 million in damages after a trial in D.C. court. Michael Mann, among the …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Decarbonization
Question: Which country, the smallest of the G20, is the world leader in decarbonizing its energy and transportation sectors? Hint: They feel a moral duty to lead the way, insofar as they had been an industrial giant in the past …
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Growth in Renewable Energy
As the meme here suggests, renewable energy and electric transportation are making headway. Unfortunately: • Our overall demands for energy are also increasing, especially as Asians want to live more like westerners. • The developing world does not have the …
Smokey the Bear and Mitigating Climate Change
As one might expect, a great deal has changed about the way we warn about the danger of wildfires. First is the word “wildfires” itself, which, up until the last couple of decades, were called “forest fires.” Second is the …
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Climate Cartoon
This cartoon from “Bloper” presents humankind’s response to climate change thus far. Virtually every educated and intelligent person on Earth, including our scientists and our political leaders, understands that the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans is rising, and …
