To answer the question posed here, it’s because the United States has never had a climate policy. And it’s not like we don’t have policies in general; we have policies on top of our policies. Obama did what he could …
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Surprise: The U.S. Has No Climate Plan
Tagged with: Obama did what he could to make this nation a leader in clean energy, Obama ran into a buzzsaw in the form of Big Oil when it came to phasing out fossil fuel, replacing fossil fuel with low-carbon energy sources at the maximum feasible rate, the United States has never had a climate policy
America Needs More Murderers?
Those living outside the U.S. are in the enviable position of not being forced to follow the breaking news in this complete wreck of a country. Therefore, you may not be aware of conservative commentator and aspiring politician DeAnna Lorraine, …
Tagged with: Climate activists
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Global Warming and Hurricanes
Question: Only one of the following five statements is correct. Which one is wrong? a) Global warming is decreasing scientists capacity to predict the strength and direction of hurricanes. b) Global warming is increasing the frequency of hurricanes. c) Global …
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Eliminate This Pest
Here’s a piece on the release of 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes, about which South Carolina-based senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: The Luddites can go tear their sack-cloth and scream in their caves all they want. This is great …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Greenland Ice Sheet
Question: The Greenland Ice Sheet lost almost 600 billion tons of ice last year. How much sea-level rise did that cause? Answer (along with calculations): Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Going, Going … Gone: Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet Passed a Point of No Return in the Early 2000s
When the Greenland Ice Sheet melts, and, according to this article, it’s beyond the point of no return, the oceans will rise approximately 20 feet. Now this may take thousands of years, but check out this excerpt:
Trump’s Plan To Destroy the Arctic Comes Together, Will It Be Implemented?
When Trump exits the White House, he will leave the United States to lick its wounds for many years to come. Eventually, the nation will repair its relationships with its traditional allies, put an end to the senseless trade wars, …
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Expanding International Cooperation Required to Mitigate Climate Change
Gary Tulie writes: Since we all breath the same air and stand to suffer one way or another from climate change, I hope we can all set aside political rivalries to continue and expand cooperation on the further refinement of these …
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Permafrost Melting 70 Years Early
Pictured here is a cemetery in northwestern Canada whose grave markers were anchored in ice thought at the time to be permanent, now melting rapidly. From The Guardian:
Tagged with: feedback loop producing an even faster rise in global temperatures, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, pathogenic bacteria will be unleashed on a population with no immunity, rapid thawing will release vast quantities of methane, U.S. recommit to cut emissions under the 2015 Paris agreement
Focusing on Arctic Sea Ice Loss Is Important, But Doing It Isn’t a Walk in the Park
As shown here, as time passes, global warming means successively less sea ice in the Arctic. Since this ice is (was) floating, its melting makes no change in the sea level, unlike when even a far tinier amount melts off …
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