As anyone could have predicted, Republicans are lining up behind the fight to ensure that the world suffers the most severe effects of climate change. The reasoning is simple: Democrats accept the findings of science, and therefore, the GOP must …
Category: Climate Change
The Use of Tunnels in Minimizing Flood Water Damage
Here’s an idea for processing storm water runoff, i.e., precipitation from rain and snowmelt that flows over land without percolating into the ground. There is no doubt that climate change is exacerbating the problems that our civilization faces with storm …
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Big Oil’s Little Helper
It’s deeply regrettable that the fossil fuel industry owns America’s energy policy, and will make it impossible for us, for at least the foreseeable future, to make more than a small dent in decarbonizing our energy and transportation sectors. Making …
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Climate Change and Wine-Making
I just met a woman who has a close connection to Robert Mondavi, who, some time ago, had addressed a group of about 25 extremely wealthy people and explained why he sold his $400 million and his father’s $600 million …
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This Is What Stands Between Us and Environmental Sustainability
At left are the words of legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken, which convey the true barrier to climate change mitigation and other forms of ecological stewardship, i.e., that as a civilization, we care very little about one another’s well-being. The plummeting …
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Biden’s 2024 Budget and What It Means
A Republican reader and I were talking recently about Biden’s spending. She was of the opinion that it was too large, but she couldn’t name what it covered. To be fair, I didn’t have a complete command of it myself. …
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Humanity’s Future, If It Exists
Given the harsh realities of climate change, it’s beginning to look like what Asimov said here about the threat to humanity is exactly correct. Think for a moment, though, about how far we are from any meaningful coming together as …
Recent Data on Climate Change
Translation: Is it still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C (above pre-industrial times)? This is what recent scientific data says. The answer presented by a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists is roughly this: Yes, but …
The Battle for the Future of Planet Earth
Here’s an excerpt from legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben’s appearance on Democracy Now! earlier today, in which he points out how insane our civilization’s response is to climate change. ConocoPhillips, which is developing that ill-begotten project up in the Arctic, has …
The Bitter Disappointment that is Elon Musk
He could have been a man of compassion, a humanitarian, a savior to millions of starving children, the spearhead of climate change mitigation. It’s hard to imagine a bigger moral catastrophe.
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