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Tag Archives: Mitigation
Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”
I’m still in lockdown but I have the resources to communicate with the world. I have the opportunity to expose myself to different kinds of information while avoiding exposure to the pandemic. The piece below came from Forbes magazine, which, … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged California, cherry picking global energy transition, choice, Climate Change, Coal, consequence, disease, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, fire, fire storm, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Germany, Global Warming, goals, Hydroelectric, hydroelectricity, individual bias, Insurance, Kenya, mitigating, Mitigation, Oil, Oregon, paradigm, phase-out, Policy, probability, prospect theory, Renewable, renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, UN, unlivable, Washington, wild fire, wildfire, Wind, World Bank
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Looking at the Future Through Coronavirus-Infected Eyes
The iconic MAGA hat exemplifies the Trump administration’s unilateralist “America First” philosophy, to the detriment of global welfare I am starting to write this blog on Thursday, August 6th. The coronavirus situation is currently: Globally: around 19 million cases, more … Continue reading
Posted in administration, coronavirus
Tagged Adaptation, administration, America First, arms control, atom bomb, atomic bomb, atomic weapon, blackboard, Brooklyn College, cases, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, death, distanced learning, Donald Trump, Future, google meet, Health, Hiroshima, immigration, Japan, John Bolton, lockdown, MAGA, Mitigation, Nagasaki, New York, nuclear war, NYC, pandemic, Paris Agreement, president trump, social distancing, treaty, Trump, unilateral, unilateralist, WHO, WWII, zoom, zosia samosia
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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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Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition
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, coronavirus, 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
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Corona and Climate Change: Is Climate Change a Pandemic?
I started to address COVID-19 in my March 17th blog, a few days after my college and almost everything else around me closed to try to minimize infection. In the eight years that I have been writing this blog, I … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, apex, asymptomatic, attribution, CDC, Climate Change, contagion, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, definition, Election, exit poll, Government, indicator, infection, mask, mitigate, Mitigation, pandemic, representative, social distance, symptom, test, viral
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Climate Change Economics: Present Costs and Long-Term Threats
The Davos meeting in Switzerland is in full swing. President Trump is there, as is Greta Thunberg; climate change will be at the top of the agenda. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is organizing the meeting. In preparation, the WEF, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, asset, Atlanta, BlackRock, Boston, Chicago, cities, Climate Change, construction, Dallas, Davos, debt, Detroit, economic, Economy, Environment, Extreme Weather, federal reserve, fire, Flood, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Greta Thunberg, gross value added, GVA, Houston, industry, Investment, LA, lending, Los Angeles, loss, losses, Miami, Minneapolis, Mitigation, mortgage, New York, Paris accord, Philadelphia, Physical Environment, Policy, politics, property, PwC, Real Estate, San Fransisco, San Jose, Science, sea level, Seattle, subprime, Sustainability, Trump, US, Washington DC, WEF
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Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?
Last week’s blog looked at Naomi Oreskes’ and Nicholas Stern’s October op-ed in The New York Times, “Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think,” which dealt with a report about the unexamined economic risks of climate change. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability
Tagged acceleration, Adaptation, aggregate, Agriculture, biodiversity, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Columbia, compound, Cost, Drought, economic, economic impact, economic model, Economy, ecosystem, Extreme Weather, Flood, Future, glaciers, Grantham, heatwave, ice sheets, impact, Mitigation, Naomi Oreskes, Nicholas Stern, op-ed, physical science, Policy, policy maker, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, references, Report, Research, risk, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Stern report, wildfire
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Carbon Footprints and Carbon Intensity: a Summary
Last week I strayed a bit from my series about the markers of our global energy transition, in which I have examined 15 populous countries in three income groups. When possible, I have used data from the World Bank. This … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability, US
Tagged Adaptation, Bangladesh, Brazil, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, China, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Election, Electricity, electricity access, electricity intensity, energy transition, France, GDP, Germany, high income, India, indicator, Indonesia, Japan, low income, medium income, Mexico, Mitigation, Nigeria, Obama, Pakistan, Paris Agreement, primary energy, promise, Resources, Russia, Trump, Turkey, UK, US, World Bank
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The Holocaust and Climate Change – Past Meets Future in Hillersleben
I have often reflected here upon my past experiences as a Holocaust survivor and have likened climate change to a self-inflicted genocide. One of my main objectives in this summer’s globetrotting trip was to look at the intersection between my … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Holocaust, Sustainability, Water
Tagged Adaptation, Berlin, Berlin wall, biogas, cemetery, East Germany, Fresh Water, Genocide, Germany, Greta Thunberg, Hillersleben, Holocaust, Jew, Jewish, Magdeburg, Mitigation, Nazi, renewables, Self Inflicted Genocide, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, solar power, Sustainability, Sustainable, topography of terror, Wastewater, Water, windmill
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Back to “Self-Inflicted Genocide”: Roger Hallam & the Holocaust
My original plan was to follow up on last week’s blog and look into the recurring complexities of the California fires. In light of the major power outages, some residents have gone so far as to claim that California has … Continue reading →