You’ll travel a long way to meet someone who knows more about the business and science of energy than my colleague Stephen Lacey, contributing editor with Greentech Media. This morning he tweeted: “Usage of the term ‘climate-emergency’ increased 100-fold in …
Oxford Dictionaries Declare ‘Climate Emergency’ the Word of 2019 Read More »
Iowa is the first state to weigh in on the U.S. presidential primaries, so it’s important to get a read for the issues that matter there. Insofar as the state is landlocked and heavily dependent on farming, one might guess …
Iowa Devastated by Climate Change, Demands Governmental Action Read More »
In my post of yesterday: Volcanoes and CO2 Emissions, I quoted the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as follows: “The world’s volcanoes, both on land and undersea, generate about 200 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, while our automotive and industrial …
Harmful algal blooms are not new to freshwater lakes, but they’re getting worse. From this piece: “For the last 1 or 2 decades, we’ve made a tremendous amount of progress in terms of understanding the links between climate and water …
This incredibly beautiful pyroclastic cloud from last year’s eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily calls to mind an element from climate change deniers’ disinformation campaigns, namely that volcanoes release more CO2 into the atmosphere than human activities, and thus mitigation …
I’m sure the picture here could be interpreted differently, but to me it says, “Yes, climate change, with its floods, droughts, wildfires and famines is ruining our planet, but we’ll be damned if it will ruin a good day of …
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words, But What Exactly ARE Those Words? Read More »
From The Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1832 that the world’s first streetcar began operation in New York City, running between Prince and 14th Streets in Lower Manhattan.
From the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of the man who wrote the first memoir in Western literature: St. Augustine born in 354 in Thagaste, which is now in Algeria. He is best known for his Confessions, a 13-book autobiography of …
A reader sent me this “open letter to Greta Thunberg”: “The apocalyptic world vision you hold has been a strip landing for those who have hated progress throughout history. Your apocalyptic predictions have been made for millennia, and, we’re still …
What did New Zealand do following two mosque shootings? It banned military-style semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. It didn’t ask permission of the NRA. It simply took immediate action to protect its people.
