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Tag Archives: Policy
Vulnerabilities: Global Environmental Refugees
I am not the only one to predict (February 3, 2015 and October 3, 2017) that continuing our practices in a business as usual scenario will lead to destruction of the physical environment as we know it – as well … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Afghanistan, analysis, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, asylum, Bangladesh, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, Colombia, conflict, Congo, Dhaka, displaced, earthquake, EERC, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, extinction, Flood, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, Future, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, goldilocks, greenhouse gas, immigrant, intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, migrant, Mitigation, Nigeria, nile, Pakistan, Policy, Power, refugee, Research, resource, Salinity, Science, Sea-Level Rise, security, Self Inflicted Genocide, sixth extinction, South Sudan, storm, stuttering transition, Sudan, Sustainability, Syria, Technology, Transition, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, US, Volcano, Water, Water Cycle, water distribution, Water Scarcity, wildfire, World Population
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Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day
In the span of a few months, the March for Science burgeoned into a global movement that galvanized support from hundreds of thousands of people in over 610 locations around the globe. The march’s organizers officially aim to create a … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Guest Blog
Tagged academia, academic, Anthropocene, antivax, apolitical, Bilingual, bottom-up, budget, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, critical thinking, denial, dialogue, Education, Einstein, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, engineering, Environment, eugenics, evil, faith, Fossil Fuels, fund, Global Warming, good, grassroots, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Islam, march, march for science, Math, mathematics, Mitigation, moral, nonpartisan, Organization, organize, outreach, partisan, physical world, Physics, Policy, political, politician, politics, protest, religion, Science, scientist, skeptic, Sofia Ahsanuddin, stem, sterilization, Sustainability, Technology, US, vaccine, Weill Cornell
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Saving the World Through the Pursuit of Self Interest
I took part in the March for Science on Earth Day in New York City, where I live. The photograph above is my introduction to the next two blogs, which will both focus on the march. This week I want … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN
Tagged Adaptation, administration, antarctic ice, Antarctica, Bill Nelson, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, conflict, conflict of interest, Congress, Donald Trump, drain the swamp, Earth, Earth Day, Economics, Emissions, Environment, Flood, Florida, Fossil Fuels, Future, Glacier, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Greenland, ice, Insurance, interest, IPCC, law, mar-a-lago, march for science, melt, Mitigation, model, national flood insurance, NOAA, NYC, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Physics, pleistocene, pliocene, Policy, Power, Power Plants, predict, Prediction, president, president trump, Real Estate, scenario, Science, sea ice, sea level, Sea-Level Rise, self interest, Sustainability, swamp, Tax, tax reform, tax returns, taxpayer, Technology, thermal ice, Trump, US, white house
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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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Let There be Light!
*Special note: I will stress that this blog pertains to my own reading/interpretation of the book described, but after hearing feedback from my friend, the author, I have made a few minor edits and added explanations. In last week’s blog … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, ash, Biology, bipartisan, bottom-up, budget, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, DOE, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, emphasis, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, Genocide, Global Warming, governance, Government, grassroots, Health, Hebrew, History, Holocaust, IPCC, Israel, Jew, Jewish, law, light, Mitigation, NIH, NSF, Obama, Palestine, Paris Agreement, Physics, Poland, Policy, president, protection, refugee, regulation, Relli Robinson, Research, Science, Scott Pruitt, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto
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Chinese Hoax?
Top Issues – Trump America First Energy Plan America First Foreign Policy Bringing Back Jobs And Growth Making Our Military Strong Again Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community Trade Deals That Work For All Americans Top Issues – Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, America, America First, build, building codes, China, Chinese hoax, civil rights, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, Energy, Environment, EPA, Exxon, ExxonMobil, foreign policy, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, health care, Heartland, Heartland Institute, hoax, immigration, Infrastructure, Iran, jobs, Kyoto Protocol, law enforcement, Military, Mitigation, Obama, Paris Agreement, Policy, politics, priority, resiliency, Rex Tillerson, Science, Sustainability, Technology, trade, Trump, US, white house
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Election: Battle of the Sexes
Last week, I posited that: “Donald Trump attempted to downplay or disregard any fallout from his actions, concentrating instead on throwing red meat to keep at least his most dedicated supporters happy.” In this blog I had initially planned to … Continue reading
Posted in Election
Tagged 19th amendment, amazon, America, campaign, Christopher Andersen, Clinton, college, constitution, country, Donald, Donald Trump, early voting, Education, Election, Evita, female, FiveThirtyEight, Gender, grope, high school, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Howard Stern, macho, male, men, Nate Silver, nonvoter, nonwhite, North Carolina, party, Pat McRory, Policy, politician, politics, poll, polls, Power, president, presidential campaign, presidential election, projection, registration, result, rights, sex, sexes, sexual assault, study, support, supporter, Supreme Court, Trump, university, US, vote, voter, voter registration, voter turnout, Voting, white, Women
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How to Influence Polls and Win Elections
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato Clinton is well ahead at the polls. Common opinion two weeks ago (August 9, 2016), was that convention bounces were … Continue reading
Posted in Election
Tagged active, America, Arizona, Bernie, Bernie Sanders, candidacy, candidate, Candidates, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, constituent, credential, DC, Democrat, disorder, Donald Trump, early election, early voting, elect, Election, election day, eligible, Environment, experience, favorable, FiveThirtyEight, foreign policy, Fremont, Gary Johnson, Gender, Global Warming, govern, Government, governor, groundwork, Hillary Clinton, honesty, house, independent, Iowa, Iraq, Jill Stein, lie, likeable, Marist, McClatchey, methodology, metric, metrics, Minnesota, negative, neutral, Nuclear, nuclear weapons, Obama, Ohio, Olympics, outreach, party, party line, passive, Plato, Policy, political, political party, politics, poll, polls, pollster, positive, president, President Obama, presidential campaign, presidential election, psychology, qualification, quantify, quantity, register, registered, registered voter, relatability, Republican, rig, rigged, Science, senate, South Dakota, split-ticket, Sustainability, swing state, Technology, third party, Trump, trust, truth, unfavorable, US, vote, voter, Washington DC, World Population
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The Election: Trust, Likability & Honesty
I am finishing writing this blog on Sunday, even though I had a draft ready yesterday. As I read the New York Times today, I came across Nicholas Kristof’s Op-Ed, “Clinton’s Fibs vs. Trump’s Huge Lies.” It coincided almost exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Election
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