I just spoke with a guy in the wine industry, and I asked him how, if at all, climate change is affecting what he does. From his perspective, it’s the horrific wildfires whose smoke imbues (or “taints”) the grapes with …
Category: Climate Change
Is This Really What Cows Want?
Memes like the one here make we wonder about the source and its underlying motivation. Here, I’m particularly suspicious of the beef industry and Big Oil. These are the only two groups trying to stop the movement to green energy …
Climate-Related Satellites
I don’t know if the claim at left is correct, but even if it is, I wouldn’t get too worried. That’s because: 1) (From AI): Several countries operate climate satellites, including the United States, China, and Japan. Other countries, such …
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Bringing Children into a World that Features Environmental Collapse
I just met a married couple in their early 30s, no kids. The guy wanted to know what I do in life, and I explained that I’m a writer in environmental sustainability. This caused him to chuckle and ask, “Holy …
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The Dilemma of Having Children in Today’s World
When my wife and I brought kids into this world in the 1990s, it seemed a reasonable thing to do. But that was before: • The United States was on its way to becoming just one more authoritarian nation. • …
EPA Proposes to Remove Itself from the Climate Change Mitigation Business
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (@epagov) released a proposal that would gut the 2009 Endangerment Finding and undermine the foundational scientific finding that global warming pollution endangers public health and the environment. At the same time, it’s repealing strong car …
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CO2 and Climate Change
Senior Energy Analysts and Forbes Magazine contributor Robert Rapier writes: Whenever I write about climate change, some people always respond with anger or denial. The denial crowd tends to stick with classics like “The climate is always changing” or “We …
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Florida–Understanding the Appeal
Apparently, a whopping 12,000 homes are currently for sale in this Florida town, though I can’t determine exactly which one is under discussion. But does it matter? Who exactly finds Florida appealing, in general? One has to be an anti-woke …
Can Humankind “Reach the Stars?”
To the reader who sent me this: By “reach the stars,” I presume you have some sort of metaphorical meaning in mind, e.g., “accomplish great things.” In any case, I’ll be both pleased and impressed if humankind still has some …
The Oil Industry and Global Warming
I just met a guy whose career was drilling for oil; he’d been active all over North America and the Middle East for about 40 years until he retired ten years ago. Naturally, I asked him for his thoughts on …
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