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Tag Archives: Coal
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Happy 4th of July, everyone! Figure 1 – The rooftop of the Coal Mining Museum in Kentucky A coal mining museum in Kentucky is switching to solar energy, hoping to save money on energy costs. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, owned … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, administration, America First, Arizona, Carbon, China, clean, clean coal, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, electric, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydro, Hydroelectric, India, IPCC, job, jobs, Kentucky, mine, miner, mining, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Navajo, Nuclear, Obama, Ohio, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, politics, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, renewable energy, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, US, utilities, Utility, West Virginia, withdrawal
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“America First” and the Green Climate Fund
Figure 1 – Cumulative Carbon Emissions In his exit speech from the Paris Agreement on Thursday, June 1st (see the previous two blogs), President Trump characterized the parts of the agreement that call for developed countries to help pay for … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, America, America First, business as usual, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, developed, developing, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, EIA, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, gcf, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green climate fund, greenhouse gas, incentive, India, IPCC, jobs, Mitigation, Nauru, Obama, OECD, Paris, Paris Agreement, pollutant, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, UN, US, Vatican, World Population
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Assessment: Earth Day and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome
The April assessment is usually a busy time here. It coincides with Earth Day, my wife’s birthday, and birds singing to celebrate the arrival of spring. Today is no different. The last three months have been kind of dark. Accordingly, … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, assessment, Climate Change, Election, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Assad, assessment, Baseline, Bashar al Assad, Biology, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, clean air, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, conservancy, conservation, Daniel Pauly, degradation, degradation continuum, Donald Trump, Earth, Earth Day, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Environment, Facebook, Fish, fishery, Future, Gary Johnson, generation, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, habitat, hery, Howard Frumkin, Ian McHarg, Jeremy Jackson, legacy, legacy thinking, libertarian, Linda Fried, marine biology, Nature, Now, oceonography, Oil, Policy, political, politics, Pollution, Population, president, Randy Olson, Rick Moody, salmon, sarin, Science, scientist, shifting baseline, spring, Sustainability, syndrome, Syria, Technology, Trump, Twitter, US, war crime, white house
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Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!
During the first two months of the new Trump administration, climate change and science were hardly visible on the agenda; things have changed in a major way over the last two weeks, with the government living up to some of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, administration, bitcoin, Bloomberg, bottom-up, California, carbon dioxide, clean air, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Congress, Demand, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, EIA, electric, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, governance, Government, grassroots, greenhouse gas, house, IPCC, LA, law, low emission, Mayor, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, progress, regulation, Renewable, Science, senate, Solar, Solar Energy, standards, Supply, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, white house
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The Paris Commitments and What to Expect
Figure 1 – IEA-projected impact of the Paris Agreement on the global energy sector The Paris Agreement, negotiated at the end of 2015, is the current anchor of global efforts to mitigate anthropogenic contributions to climate change (December 14, 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, auto, Bannon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, DAPL, Donald Trump, Economics, Emissions, Energy, energy secretary, energy sector, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, INDC, Infrastructure, Inhofe, IPCC, Ivanka, Ivanka Trump, Keystone, mining, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris Agreement, pipeline, politics, Power, regulate, regulation, Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, withdraw
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Audience Assessment: End of Year Test
2016 is about to end. It was a very challenging year around the world. Certain factions gained ground internationally, winning significant majorities in publicly elected government. In some senses, globalization has become a curse – when it gives rise to … Continue reading
Posted in assessment, Climate Change
Tagged Anthropocene, assessment, audience, Brooklyn College, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, CUNY, Donald Trump, Earth, Earth Day, EIA, Election, elections, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, exam, fake news, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Warming, globalization, goal, greenhouse gas, IEA, India, institution, nationalism, Natural Gas, News, Paris Agreement, petroleum, Population, Power, Power Plants, reader, Science, student, Sustainability, teach, teacher, Technology, test, Trump, US, vote, voter, Water, World, World Bank, xenophobia
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The Second Debate: Kenneth Bone Saves the Day
I am running behind. My intention this week was to cover two of the most contentious issues in this election period – not only within the US but globally: immigration and trade. I discussed immigration in a series of blogs … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, immigration
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, campaign, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, Coal, Debate, Democrat, Donald Trump, Economics, Election, Electricity, emigrant, Emissions, Energy, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, globalization, greenhouse gas, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, immigrant, immigration, Ken Bone, Kenneth Bone, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, politician, politics, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, Republican, Science, socioeconomic, Solar, Solar Energy, steel, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, town hall, trade, Trump, US, vote, voter, Wealth, wealth distribution, Wind
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COP21- Anticipations
The COP21 meeting is over, as is my student’s final exam, 60% of which depended on an evaluation of the conference. What’s next for my students and the world at large? My class material for next semester will answer the … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, Education, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged accord, adapt, Adaptation, agreement, Bill Gates, candidate, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Conference, contribution, convention, COP21, Decline, Democratization, developed countries, developing, Earth Summit, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, enforcement, Environment, finance, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global, Global Population, global suicide, Global Warming, globe, greenhouse gas, implementation, India, Industrial Revolution, IPAT, IPCC, Kyoto, mitigate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, NIMBY, Obama, objective, Oil, Paris, Physics, Policy, political, politics, pollute, polluter, Pollution, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, progress, punishment, renege, Republican, responsibility, responsible, Rio, scenario, Science, security council, Self Inflicted Genocide, senate, socioeconomic, Solar, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, suicide, Sustainability, Technology, treaty, UN, UNFCCC, US, Wealth, World, World Population
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