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Tag Archives: Environment
Deadly Confusions: Administration Doesn’t Believe its Own EPA Reports; That Could Cost Lives, Economy
In this blog I will continue to analyze the economic damage that the US government’s insistence on carrying on business as usual practices in the face of climate change will likely inflict on the country. Last week I discussed the … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged Adaptation, air pollution, air quality, allergens, analyses, analysis, Andrew Wheeler, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, carbon emission, CIRA, Clean Energy, climate assessment, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, Donald Trump, economic damage, Economics, Emissions, Environment, EPA, GHG, Global Warming, green energy, greenhouse gas, Health, Labor, mortality, NCA, Pollution, RCP, scenario, Science, Scott Pruitt, Solar, Temperature, Trump, US, Wind
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Governing Through Denial
The consequences of continuing the business as usual activities that result in climate change are not a mystery. We are in the middle of an avalanche of credible reports about the present state of the world and near future prognoses … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged Adaptation, administration, air quality, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, bias, black friday, business as usual, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, censor, China, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, conspiracy, Donald Trump, doubling time, economic damage, Economics, Economy, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Exponential Growth, FEMA, Flood, Flooding, GHG, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Heartland, Heartland Institute, heat, heat wave, hoax, IPCC, Japan, keystone xl, Labor, mortality, NASA, NCA, Policy, Power, Power Plants, RCP, Report, security threat, Thanksgiving, Trump, tweet, US, Weather, WMO, worst, worst-case
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Climate Skepticism and Schools?
A few days ago, my wife emailed me a piece from PBS about the state of climate change education in K-12 classes: Dueling Books Compete to Educate Kids on Climate Change: The group that mailed books and DVDs arguing that … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, American Meteorological Society, AMS, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Brooklyn College, clilmate change deniers, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CUNY, Data, database, Debate, denier, DeVos, Education, eligible voter, Emissions, Environment, false debate, Future, Global Warming, Heartland, human caused, ignorance, K-12, k12, Meteorology, misinformation, Mitigation, multidisciplinary, NASA, Policy, political, politician, politics, prevention, professor, School, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, teach, teacher, teacher training, Teaching, voter, Voting
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My Anthropocene
I went on a short vacation to southern New Mexico For Columbus Day weekend. Aside from the region’s great weather in this season, that was one of only two weekends per year when the Trinity site (see last week’s blog) … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC
Tagged Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, atomic, atomic bomb, AWG, boundary, carbon dating, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, define, definition, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, epoch, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, geological age, geology, Glacier, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hiroshima, holocene, IPCC, Japan, Nagasaki, new mexico, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, nuclear testing, nuclear weapon, pleistocene, Population, radiation, radioactive, radioactive waste, Science, Sustainability, trinity, urbanization, waste, WIPP, yardstick
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Two Anthropocenes
The alarming tone of the new IPCC report caught the immediate attention of the world’s media and triggered a quick dismissal from the president of the United States. The report, which spans about 1,300 pages, covers all the indicators that … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC
Tagged 1945, Anthropocene, Anthropocene Working Group, Anthropogenic, AWG, boundary concept, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, decarbonize, Earth, energy industry, energy supply, energy transition, Environment, environmental, epoch, extinction, Future, geological age, geology, Global Warming, green energy, greenhouse gas, holocene, human contribution, indicator, Industrial Revolution, inhabitable, IPCC, NOAA, Nuclear, nuclear waste, nuclear weapon, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physical Environment, pliocene, radionuclide, Report, Science, Temperature, time scale, UN, UNFCCC, uninhabitable, US, WWII
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Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Unsustainable Desert: People Have Been Living in Tucson for Thousands of Years; How Much Longer Can That Continue?
I have been Micha’s editor and helped run this blog since the beginning. I’m excited to have the chance to contribute to Climate Change Fork. Tucson is a magical place. Then again, I’m biased – it is my home town … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Guest Blog, immigration, refugee, Sustainability, Water
Tagged Adaptation, aquifer, Arizona, AZ, cacti, cactus, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, Colorado River, coyote, cultivation, death, desert, dry heat, Economics, ecosystem, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, farming, Florence, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, gray water, groudwater, ground water, Guest Blog, heat, heatstroke, History, hot, Hurricane, immigrant, immigration, life, Maldives, Maria, Mexico, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Phoenix, Population, Power, Power Plants, Puerto Rico, reclaimed water, refugee, Reservoir, roadrunner, Science, sea level, Solar, Solar Energy, solar panel, Sonora, Sonoran desert, Sonya Landau, Sustainability, Sustainable, Tucson, undocumented, US, Water, water level, water portfolio, Water Scarcity, Water Shortage, Water Stress, water supply
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Naming Seasons and Weather Events
Thursday, September 6th in New York City was really hot and humid with temperatures well above 90oF. The next day the temperatures plunged to mid-70s and stayed there for several days, with almost constant rain. Today (Saturday, September 15th), while … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather
Tagged astronomy, Australia, Calendar, celtic, China, Climate Change, cosmology, damage, death, definition, Earth, Economy, ellipse, Environment, equinox, Extreme Weather, fall, Finland, Flood, Florence, Future, Global Warming, heat wave, Hurricane, Ireland, Israel, Kepler, Mangkhut, meteorological, Meteorology, name, naming, New York, New Zealand, NYC, orbit, Philippines, rain, rotation, Science, season, semester, solstice, spring, storm, summer, sun, Sweden, Temperature, Typhoon, Weather, winter
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John McCain’s Vision
“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.” – Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, politics, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, Benjamin Disraeli, best, Biden, bill, bipartisan, Cap and Trade, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economist, Economy, Edward Markey, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hemingway, Henry Waxman, Inhofe, John McCain, Koch brothers, Lieberman, lobby, marketplace, mccain, Mitigation, NRDC, Obama, Oil, politics, quantification, Science, Sustainability, US, worst
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Just Hot Air?
A few days ago I got a message on Facebook from my friend who edits this blog. She sent me the cartoon above by Rex A. Jones with the caveat that it seemed reductionist and inaccurate. I was a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, alternative energy, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Australia, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, Cars, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, comic, deregulate, driver, driving, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy intensity, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, fuel, Future, GDP, Germany, Global Warming, Government, greenhouse gas, hot air, lyft, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, OECD, Oil, Paris Agreement, Population, regulation, Rex A. Jones, ride share, Sustainability, Sustainable, uber, US
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