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Category Archives: politics
Teaching Moment 2: How Do we Vote?
When we vote in an election, we balance between what we perceive to be good for us personally and what we perceive to be good for society at large. If we are well-off with a good job, we may prioritize … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Education, Election, politics, Trump, US
Tagged America, Biden, Climate Change, climate change denier, Climate Change Deniers, Democrat, Donald Trump, Future, Global Warming, harm, hispanic, Joe Biden, latina, latino, map, me, president trump, Republican, survey, them, Trump, US, vote, voter
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The Election as a Teachable Moment
Like many others, I stayed up late on Tuesday evening to watch the election results. Like them, my wife and I went to sleep not knowing the end results of the election but sure about two things: the Democratic landslide … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Election, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability, Trump, US
Tagged alaska, America, Arizona, BC, Biden, Climate Change, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, Future, Georgia, Global Warming, heat, heatwave, IPCC, Joe Biden, Nevada, North Carolina, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, presidency, president, Republican, scenario, teach, teacher, Temperature, temperature rise, Trump, uncertainty, US, vote, voter
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Freedom and Liberty
Today is election day. We’ll be voting for state and local officials but the race the whole world is watching is the one for US president. People everywhere are calling this the most important election of our lifetime. Of course, … Continue reading
Posted in administration, coronavirus, Election, politics, Trump, US
Tagged America, collective, constitution, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, doctor, Donald Trump, Election, freedom, Future, Health, individual, law, liberty, lockdown, mask, pandemic, religion, rights, safety, Science, Trump, turnout, US, vote, voter, voter turnout
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COVID and Climate: Learning From One to Use On the Other
I have mentioned the concept of “constructive destruction” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic before (June 16, 2020). By necessity, our status quo is being disrupted, but that also means we are beginning to grow in unexpected ways. At … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, coronavirus, politics, Trump, US
Tagged bacteria, Biden, Bill Gates, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, disease, Donald Trump, Economy, elections, Europe, fact, Fauci, fossil fuel, Future, ice melt, Joe Biden, lockdown, Oil, pandemic, Pennsylvania, Permafrost, permafrost melt, president trump, Science, Texas, Transition, Trump, truth, US, virus, zero carbon
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Last (Vice) Presidential Debate?
Like many others, I watched the vice-presidential debate on Wednesday evening (October 7th) with relatively low expectations. I figured that it would be much more civilized than the first presidential debate but would not have much new to offer. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Election, politics, US
Tagged administration, Biden, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, Donald Trump, Election, Harris, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, pandemic, Pence, politician, politics, president trump, Trump, vaccine, vote, VP
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Arguing Over Different Realities
The morning after it took place, I got an email from my Australian family about the debate: “Well, from what was shown here what a DEBACLE not a debate. Still laughing about Trump making fun of Biden’s son saying he … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Trump, US
Tagged America, apprentice, Australia, Biden, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, fact, fact check, fake news, Future, lie, moderator, News, Observation, Popperian, president, reality, Science, scientific method, socialist, Trump, truth, US
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Simultaneous Global Disasters
About a month ago (August 4th), I wrote a blog that used a Venn diagram to show the overlap of climate change, COVID-19, projected population change, job availability, and socio-economic status. My discussion was relatively abstract. Now, only one month … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, coronavirus, Extreme Weather, law, politics, US
Tagged air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, apocalypse, apocalyptic, asteroid, Belarus, blackout, California, Christianity, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Durer, Election, Electricity, Energy, Extreme Weather, fire, Gulf Coast, Hurricane, Islam, Judaism, Kenosha, Laura, Louisiana, Marco, Minneapolis, police violence, Policy, religion, Science, sins, social justice, storm, Texas, wild fire
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The Green New Deal and Coronavirus: Intersections
Remember the Green New Deal (see the February 19, 2019 blog)? Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Senator Ed Murphy introduced the broad resolution to both houses of congress last year. To emphasize the breath of the resolution, here is a … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, coronavirus, politics, Sustainability, US
Tagged adapt, Adaptation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Biden, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Drought, Economics, Economy, Ed Murphy, Election, equity, Extreme Weather, Fertility, fire, Future, GDP, Global Population, GND, green new deal, hope, Hurricane, India, intersection, Italy, Japan, jobs, Joe Biden, mitigate, Mitigation, overlap, pandemic, political, politics, Population, president, Spain, Trump, US, venn diagram
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The Federal Reserve and Climate Change
Four days ago, the NYT featured Paul Krugman’s op-ed, “Australia Shows Us the Road to Hell,” where he described the urgent situation of the fires now engulfing the entire continent and hypothesized about strategies for confronting the political issues blocking … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Election, law, politics, Trump, US
Tagged Australia, bank, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, Congress, Dallas, Fed, federal reserve, fire, Government, open market committee, Real Estate, reserve banks, San Fransisco, US, wildfire
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Campus Sustainability – National
About three weeks ago, shortly after spring began, The New York Times ran a short article about how local leaders in many communities are approaching adaptation to the major increase in flooding. Two short paragraphs capture the essence of the … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability
Tagged adapt, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, campus, Carbon, carbon neutral, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, college, Colorado, dike, Education, Efficiency, efficient, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, finger in the dike, Flood, fossil fuel, Future, Global Warming, Government, greenhouse gas, human caused, mitigate, Mitigation, Policy, private, public, School, Science, Sierra Club, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, technology fee, university, US
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