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Yellow Vests, Al Gore, President Trump, Conflicts Between Present and Future

Posted on December 18, 2018 by climatechangefork

I love France. I have family there and many dear friends. I always look for opportunities to visit. Some in my family are social activists who “enjoy” demonstrating. So when the Yellow Vest (Gilets Jaunes) demonstrations started to take place, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged administration, Al Gore, Andrew Wheeler, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arc de Triomphe, belief, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, critical mass, Donald Trump, Economics, Emanuel Macron, Energy, energy affordability, energy cost, energy reliability, energy transition, Environment, EU, fissile material, France, Future, Gas, gas prices, GDP, Germany, gilets jaunes, gini coefficient, Global Warming, Gore, governance, Government, Italy, law, Macron, minimum wage, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Population, president trump, Science, Social Media, Spain, taxes, trigger, Trump, UK, wildfire, yellow jackets, yellow vests | 12 Comments

Prerequisites Part 2: Continuing Education

Posted on June 20, 2023 by climatechangefork

(Source: Education Corner) Last week’s blog ended with the following two short paragraphs: Mid-career or career-shift education seems to be the right remedy for acquiring job-relevant knowledge of the fast-changing reality. Adult education is being offered now in many colleges. … Continue reading →

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Fighting Energy Inflation: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up

Posted on June 28, 2022 by climatechangefork

Two weeks ago (June 14, 2022), I referred to Gina Raimondo, the US Commerce Secretary, whose thoughts of gas prices CNN summarized: “there is not much more the White House can do to tackle record high gas prices for Americans, … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged EIA, Energy, energy transition, fuel, Gas, Oil, Price, prices, renewable energy, Russia, solar power, Tax, Ukraine, US, yellow vests | 1 Comment

Changes Too Quick to Follow!

Posted on June 7, 2022 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Brooklyn College graduation at Barclays Center My summer break started last week. A day after Memorial Day we had our first in-person commencement ceremony since the start of the pandemic. It took place in the local Barclays … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged alternative energy, Atmosphere, Brooklyn College, climate, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, embargo, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Future, Gas, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, gun, Mitigation, NOAA, Oil, petroleum, Policy, politician, prices, Russia, Science, strategy, Sustainable, target, Ukraine | 3 Comments

Petrostates

Posted on February 8, 2022 by climatechangefork

Right now, in the energy transition, there is an emerging weaponization of energy. Russia’s confrontation with the West over Ukraine is the present focal point. The following two publications provide some details: “What Happens if Russia Cuts Off Europe’s Natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Electricity, Energy, energy transition Russia, Gas, Iraq, loser, Nigeria, Oil, petroleum, petrostate, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Ukraine, US, Venezuela, winner | Leave a comment

Winners and Losers: COVID and Coal

Posted on February 9, 2021 by climatechangefork

President Biden signed 17 executive orders immediately after his inauguration on January 20th (January 26th blog). Many of them nullified President Trump’s policies which had deliberately ignored climate change and thwarted mitigation efforts. Foremost of these new policies was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Angela Merkel, Biden, Climate Change, Climate Denial, Coal, Congress, coronavirus, covid, Democrat, economic, Energy, energy transition, EU, fossil fuel, Gas, Germany, Harris, house of representatives, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Kelly, Mitigation, Mitt Romney, Oil, pandemic, Poland, Policy, Renewable, Republican, senate, subsidy, Susan Collins, US, West Virginia, WV, yellow vest | 4 Comments

K-Shaped Global Disasters

Posted on January 5, 2021 by climatechangefork

In an earlier blog (August 4, 2020), I presented anthropogenic climate change, COVID-19, population, jobs, and equity as circles in a Venn Diagram. COVID-19 gives us an opportunity to quantify those relationships. In this case, jobs represent the economic impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics | Tagged amazon, Apple, AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Coal, college, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, economic, Economy, Education, energy transition, Future, GDP, gini coefficient, Global, Google, graph, high school, indicator, Inequality, Investment, jobs, model, Moderna, Netflix, pandemic, Pfizer, recovery, stocks, tech, Unemployment, US, vaccine, venn diagram, yellow vests, zoom | Leave a comment

Is California Unlivable?

Posted on December 10, 2019 by climatechangefork

A few weeks ago, I read an eye-opening op-ed in the NYT: “It’s the end of California as we know it” – By Farhad Manjoo But lately my affinity for my home state has soured. Maybe it’s the smoke and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, Sustainability, US | Tagged atomic bomb, BlackBerry, Blockbuster, California, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cost, electric, electric grid, electrical, Emissions, Evacuation, fire, Flood, floods, Future, GDP, GHG, greenhouse gas, Insurance, neutron, PG&E, Pollution, Population, Power, power lines, power outage, Prediction, Price, smoking, trigger, undergrounding, unlivable, Utility, Voltage, WMO, yellow vest | 1 Comment

Wisdom from Germany: How to Transition Away From Coal

Posted on October 8, 2019 by climatechangefork

This is the end of my series about my summer trip and the lessons I learned when I visited Germany. In last week’s blog, I promised to finish up my examination by comparing Germany’s energy transition efforts with those of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Angela Merkel, biomass, Capacity, carbon neutral, Coal, coal commission, coal mining, Electrical Grid, Electricity, Energy, energy mix, energy transition, EU, European Union, Fertility Rate, Fukushima, generation, Germany, global energy transition, goal, Infrastructure, Ireland, Japan, legislation, lignite, mineral oil, Natural Gas, Net-Zero, Netherlands, New York City, nuclear power, NYC, Policy, Power, power source, Renewable, renewable energy, Solar, target, US, Wind | 6 Comments

Wisdom From France: Mitigation and/or Adaptation of Global Ills Must be Inclusive

Posted on December 26, 2018 by climatechangefork

After an election, it is not unusual for the winners to declare that they were chosen to be the government of all the people. Such declarations, to be credible, require that the most important legislations include the equivalent of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, carbon dioxide, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, CO2, Earth Summit, economic impact, Economics, Electricity, Energy, energy cost, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, Gas, gas prices, GDP, gilets jaunes, Global Warming, governance, Government, inclusion, indicators, laws, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Policy, Population, Rio de Janeiro, Science, Social Media, Sovereign State, Temperature, urbanization, World Bank, yellow jackets, yellow vests | 7 Comments

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Prerequisites Part 2: Continuing Education

Fighting Energy Inflation: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up

Changes Too Quick to Follow!

Petrostates

Winners and Losers: COVID and Coal

K-Shaped Global Disasters

Is California Unlivable?

Wisdom from Germany: How to Transition Away From Coal

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