Category: Climate Change

From this: Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has withdrawn the state of Nevada from the U.S. Climate Alliance, the national coalition aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The alliance is made up of 25 governors across the country working to advance …

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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION writes: Time is running out.  Complete the survey to vote on what interests you most about carbon capture and storage. OK, here goes.  Given that carbon capture and storage as a proposed answer to the climate crisis, …

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It’s not easy to get an accurate read on Americans’ take on climate change. Sure, most of us recognize that the theory of human-caused global warming is valid, but, no surprise, the subject is just another political football, where the …

We Do, Indeed, Need a Wake-Up Call Read More »

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As noted in the Washington Post, BP is scaling back its climate goals and deepening its investments in oil and gas, casting new doubts on big oil companies’ promises to embrace clean energy. This may or may not be related …

BP Retreats on Its Climate Goals Read More »

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While it’s true that most of the world is making only meager progress towards their climate/environment goals, certain localities are doing much better than others. Here we see some of the improvements that Dusseldorf, Germany has made.

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From this: When Iowa meteorologist Chris Gloninger got an email notification last June, it read: “Getting sick and tired of your liberal conspiracy on the weather.” “What’s your address,” another asked Gloninger a few days later. “We conservative Iowans would like …

Iowa Meteorologist Resigns After Receiving Threats over Climate Change Coverage Read More »

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The map here shows “the sea surface temperature anomaly on Sunday, June 18. Temperatures off the coast of the UK and Ireland are several degrees higher than usual.” My colleague Joe  Spease notes: Trump, Republicans, and other climate change deniers …

“Unprecedented” Ocean Heating Read More »

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A reader offers this lecture delivered at Hillsdale College as proof that there is no scientific consensus that climate change represents a real threat to humankind.  It begins: In a recent survey of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries—i.e., …

Grossly Embarrassing Lecture on Global Warming Read More »

At left we see the decisions that Allstate and State Farm have made re: climate change. If you live in a trailer park and get your “news” from Fox, Newsmax, and QAnon, you’re probably a climate denier, an anti-vaxxer, a …

Big Insurance Follows Climate Science, But You’re Under No Obligation to Do the Same Read More »

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I used to co-coach my kids’ soccer with a devout Christian who couldn’t get his wits wrapped around my passion for the environment.  Since the world is soon coming to an end, as laid out in the Book of Revelation, …

Are There Good Reasons Not to Care about the Future of Our Planet? Read More »

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