Humankind has a certain fascination with world records, which explains how Guinness has sold more than 138 million copies of their book of World Records in more than 100 countries since it was first published in 1955.
Category: Climate Change
Evolved Thinking on Climate Change Is Both Encouraging and Terrifying
Here’s a feature from the current edition of the American Energy Society’s newsletter: Energy Quotes: Jim Bridenstine, New head of NASA:
What Is Fair and Balanced Reporting?
I’m spending the weekend with a friend who reads the digital version of the New York Times every day, though he points out it has a liberal bias because so many of its articles bash Trump.
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Certain U.S. States Doing Great Work in Slowing Climate Change
As retrogressive and obstructionist as the U.S. federal government is vis-a-vis climate change mitigation, certain of the states are doing fantastic work.
Congressional Discussions on Climate Change Would Be Hilarious If They Weren’t So Tragic
Once you get past the fact that U.S. lawmakers are doing a pitiful job mitigating climate change, there are two distinct elements of the congressional discussion that really are amusing as hell.
Why Should the U.S. Invest in Global Warming Mitigation, When Its Leadership Is Composed of Climate Deniers?
I wrote a post yesterday called Trump Administration Continues Its Assault on Climate Science in which I discussed Science Magazine’s article “Trump White House quietly cancels NASA research verifying greenhouse gas cuts.” In brief, NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), a $10-million-a-year …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy and Climate Change Mitigation. Today’s Topic: How Effectively Are We Phasing Out Fossil Fuels?
Question: How many oil and gas projects are slated for development in the next five years in Europe alone? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Air Pollution and Climate Change
Here’s a cruel piece of irony: air pollution is actually helping to cool the planet, as it reflects some of the sun’s energy back into space; as we become more strict on pollution, we’ll have to work extra hard on …
Dubious Defense Strategy Pervades 2018 Criminal Procedings: The Investigation Against Me Must Stop
Coincidentally, two of today’s most powerful entities, Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, and ExxonMobil, the planet’s largest oil company, have something extremely important in common: they’re both desperately trying to make the legal processes (that are steadily …
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Climate Gentrification: Why Environmentalism and Social Justice Are Two Sides…..
Many people wonder why some rich people can have such remarkably callous disregard for the well-being of the planet, given that everyone, rich and poor, will suffer from the effects of climate change, air pollution, ocean acidification, loss of biodiveristy, …
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