Tag: Yale Climate Connections

The Rocky Mountain Institute, now called RMI, was founded in 1982, dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the general field of sustainability.  I’ve had the pleasure of meeting its co-founder, chairman and chief scientist Amory Lovins at multiple conferences. …

Climate Advisors To Implement Adaptation Measure on Eight Pacific Islands Read More »

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Climate deniers and renewable energy skeptics frequently point out that wind and solar have their own carbon footprints, and that these numbers are either totally unknown or astronomically high. The first part of this is true, to be sure.  There …

Yes, Wind Energy Has Its Own Carbon Footprint Read More »

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From Yale Climate Connections: The Southwest is the only region experiencing a decrease in heavy precipitation events. But even there, the intensity of rainfall during the region’s monsoon season has increased since the 1960s, according to a study in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical …

Global Warming and Increasing Levels of Precipitation Read More »

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I suppose I would have some small level of sympathy for climate change deniers if all this were theoretical and based on possibly flawed models.  But when it’s happening right outside your front door, doesn’t that make their position a …

Establishing the Realities of Climate Change Requires Observation, Not Speculation Read More »

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