More than two dozen multinational energy companies tried to block a move that sought to hold them accountable for their role in changing the earth’s climate, but last week, the Supreme Court rejected their request. Does that mean such litigation …
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Climate change will affect many dozens of aspects on life here on Earth, and actually, a few (a slim minority) of those effects will be positive, e.g., longer growing seasons in places like Canada and Russia.
I met a couple from Australia the other day who remarked how mean-spirited all this is. The husband said, “The countries of the world work like dogs, for years, to get to the Paris Agreement; sure it’s imperfect, but it’s …
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From The Wall Street Journal: Exxon Mobil Corp. and New York’s attorney general are headed for a showdown this week over accusations the company deceived investors, a rare trial over how the oil industry accounts for the impact of climate …
In 2009, when I was in the process of writing Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies, I took a trip down to the Scripps Institute to interview one of the most visible climate scientists on Earth, Dr. V. Ramanathan. “Ram,” as he …
I just signed up to receive Bill Gates’ newsletter on fighting climate change. It’s always good to know what the planet’s most powerful people are thinking and doing, and we’re all certainly better off when the multi-billionaires out there are …
From Bill McKibben’s recent piece in the New Yorker: Adam Kinzinger, a Republican of Illinois, went first, patiently explaining to Thunberg that, “while some may say that the United States needs to be the leader of combating climate change, I …
It’s kind of amusing to see that some conservatives take issue with Greta Thunberg. It’s hard to imagine how anyone can object to a young person’s demanding that her generation be given an opportunity for a life on a planet …
This (larger version below) looks good until you understand that “all other fuels” will be rising all through this period. Now, of course, to the extent to which this includes nuclear, that’s fine in terms of carbon, but if we’re …
Whether we’re talking about more frequent and intense wildfires, droughts, floods or windstorms, most Americans are already experiencing the results of climate change. But, since the arctic is warming at a far more rapid pace than the rest of the …
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