Tag: COP-18

Yesterday was the birthday of Nero, the Roman emperor who is said to have fiddled while the city burned in 64 CE.  It’s not clear whether the fire was a case of arson, or just an accident, which wasn’t unusual …

21st Century Planet Earth — Fabulously Uninterested in Confronting Its Challenges Read More »

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I just participated in a real-time webinar, a live broadcast from the COP-18 meetings in Doha, Qatar.  Here are my notes: • In the past few years, over 30,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published on global climate change, only 24 …

COP-18 Meetings in Qatar on Global Climate Change Read More »

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As those of us who are concerned about global climate change turn our attention to the COP-18 meetings in Qatar, we note that the host of these talks is among dozens of countries that keep gas prices artificially low through …

In 2012, Oil Received Six Times More Government Support Than Renewable Energy Read More »

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