Tag Archives: Climate Change Denial

Managing the Energy Transition: Specifics

Posted on November 16, 2021 by climatechangefork

Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, may have asked, “what good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?” (September 21, 2021) but this week, in the context of COP26, the current CEO of Exxon expressed a different … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Australia, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, COP26, Darren Woods, decarbonize, Demand, energy transition, Exxon, fossil fuel, Gas, greenhouse gas, Hydroelectric, hydrogen, lobby, meat, Oil, pig, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Rex Tillerson, Solar, Supply, Transition, UN, UNDP, Wind | Leave a comment

The End of Oil?

Posted on October 12, 2021 by climatechangefork

The UN COP26 is almost here: The latest round of global climate talks will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Thousands of government delegates and people from civil society, business and the media … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, automotive, BYD, Cars, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economy, Electric Cars, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Gas, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, Investment, jobs, Methane, Mitigation, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Technology, Tesla, Toyota, volkswagen | Leave a comment

Job and the Just World Hypothesis

Posted on December 15, 2020 by climatechangefork

I asked my wife, a psychologist and college administrator, to help explain climate change denial. She suggested the “just world hypothesis.” I included her proposal in the last chapter of my book, Climate Change: The Fork at the End of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Bible, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate denier, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, faith, God, Hebrew, job, just world, morality, Old Testament, pandemic, psychology, rationality, religion, Satan, sin, social behavior, social distance, test, Tim Walberg | 1 Comment

Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

Posted on September 8, 2020 by climatechangefork

The political fight over mitigation of climate change now spans more than two generations. The fossil fuel industry has long seen mitigation as a direct threat to its business model. It has, whether directly or indirectly, used institutions such as … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, bankrupt, bankruptcy, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, denier, drilling, Energy, energy efficiency, fossil fuel, garbage, Gas, great pacific garbage patch, Heartland Institute, Kenya, lobby, microplastic, Ocean, Oil, Oil Companies, oil industry, pandemic, plastic, shale, Sustainable, sustainable energy, trash | 3 Comments

The Green New Deal and Coronavirus: Intersections

Posted on July 28, 2020 by climatechangefork

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, 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 | 1 Comment

Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition

Posted on June 23, 2020 by climatechangefork

All over the world, people are getting tired of the lockdowns and frozen economies, and yet the virus is still on the rise in many places. As countries and states reopen, carbon emissions are resurging. Here is what that means … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability, Trump, US | Tagged Adaptation, Brazil, China, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Donald Trump, Election, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EU, Europe, financing, Freddie Mac, Future, green new deal, greenhouse gas, India, Investment, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, pandemic, Population, Recession, Renewable, renewable energy, Sustainable, US | 3 Comments

Global Disasters at Different Speeds: How Do We Teach and Learn Now?

Posted on May 26, 2020 by climatechangefork

Israeli beach, May 16th My university just wrapped up its 2020 spring semester. As in most schools, our classrooms all moved online shortly after the semester began. This shift has applied to most other activities as well. In the US … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged Australia, Bangladesh, Bolsonaro, Brazil, bushfire, chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, Climate Denial, climate denier, contagion, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, cyclone, dam, disaster, fire, Flood, Future, Gulf States, heat wave, India, Israel, Michigan, middle east, natural disaster, Online Education, pandemic, peak, Physical Environment, quarantine, refugee, Rohingya, Science, scientist, Scott Morrison, social distance, social distancing, socialism, time scale, Trump, US, Virginia, virus | 1 Comment

How Do We End a Pandemic?

Posted on May 12, 2020 by climatechangefork

When I read my morning paper on May 4th, three articles jumped out at me: As Trump Pushes to Reopen, Government Sees virus toll nearly doubling WASHINGTON — As President Trump presses states to reopen their economies, his administration is … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Economics | Tagged administration, Bloomberg, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, coronavirus, COVID 19, Cuomo, disease, Economy, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, flu, Future, Global Population, heat, hospital, infection, NY, NYC, projection, Science, social distancing, spanish flu, test, Trump, US, virus | 1 Comment

Anti-Semitism: Local, National & International

Posted on February 11, 2020 by climatechangefork

As I described last week, I participated in my college’s “We Stand Against Hate” series. While my talk commemorated International Holocaust Day, I didn’t speak directly about anti-Semitism. Instead, I focused on my experiences in the Holocaust and the connections … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust | Tagged ADL, Anti-Defamation League, anti-semitic, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, denier, discrimination, Holocaust denier, Israel, Jew, Jewish, Palestine, prejudice | Leave a comment

Climate Change Refugees: Where Will They Go?

Posted on January 28, 2020 by climatechangefork

I have seen some alarming new reports of late. Two of them describe the start of environmental, climate change-powered migrations within rich countries. In the US, the key motivator is sea level rise: The Great Climate Retreat is beginning with … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, immigration, refugee, UN, US | Tagged Army, asylum, Australia, bushfire, buyout, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate migrant, climate refugee, Davos, Developing Countries, Donald Trump, Environment, environmental refugee, fire, Flood, Florida, global trend, home, Houston, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Military, National Intelligence Council, New Orleans, New York, NIC, refugee, Russia, Sea-Level Rise, security, Staten Island, Trump, UN, US | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Climate Change Denial

Managing the Energy Transition: Specifics

The End of Oil?

Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

The Green New Deal and Coronavirus: Intersections

Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition

Anti-Semitism: Local, National & International

Climate Change Refugees: Where Will They Go?

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