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About climatechangefork

Micha Tomkiewicz, Ph.D., is a professor of physics in the Department of Physics, Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. He is also a professor of physics and chemistry in the School for Graduate Studies of the City University of New York. In addition, he is the founding-director of the Environmental Studies Program at Brooklyn College as well as director of the Electrochemistry Institute at that same institution.

Creation

Posted on July 26, 2022 by climatechangefork

My plan was to write a continuation of the previous blog about Campus as a Lab (CAL) (July 19, 2022) but as usual, reality interfered in a big way! I got a Facebook message from a friend that included the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, Future, galaxy, James Webb, milky way, nebula, Past, space, star, star birth, telescope | 1 Comment

Campus as a Lab: Part 1

Posted on July 19, 2022 by climatechangefork

Source: Rutgers Living Laboratories Campus as a lab (CAL) is becoming a teaching and organizational tool across campuses. I am including a schematic diagram of the dynamics of the concept, taken from the Rutgers University site, above. If you Google … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged academic, Adaptation, Brooklyn College, CAL, campus, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Columbia, CUNY, curriculum, decarbonization, diversity, Duke, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental studies, Florida State, Future, Interdisciplinary, lab, Mitigation, Net-Zero, offset, plastic, Princeton, Research, Sustainability, transportation, Water | Leave a comment

What Am I Doing??

Posted on July 12, 2022 by climatechangefork

Over the last few blogs I cried, together with many others, about the direction in which the country and the world are going. It reached a stage where a friend told me that she didn’t celebrate the 4th of July … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged Adam Tooze, Adaptation, Bergen-Belsen, Bomb, Brooklyn College, change, concentration camp, CUNY, decarbonization, Education, Future, Germany, lab, laboratory, mitigaton, Nazi, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, NY, Physics, Princeton, Research, Russia, Science, social physics, stem, Ukraine, WWII | 4 Comments

The Sky as an Inspiration

Posted on July 5, 2022 by climatechangefork

A week ago, I got a new email from a young friend, reacting to the recent verdict by the Supreme Court that negates Roe vs. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape for the last 50 years: I was reading … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, politics | Tagged Abortion, bottom-up, carbon emissions, change, China, choice, Climate Change, constitution, covid, COVID 19, democracy, economic, Economy, EPA, executive, Fertility, Future, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, guns, judiciary, law, legislation, minority, NYC, rights, Roe v. Wade, Russia, Second Amendment, separation of power, Supreme Court, surveillance, Technology, top-down, Ukraine, vote | 3 Comments

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

Guest Blog by Phil Gallagher: Going Solar in 2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by climatechangefork

This week, we have a guest blog from one of my friends, a retired Brooklyn College History professor, who just installed solar power in his home in Brooklyn. Going Solar in 2022 My wife and I recently succeeded in going … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Guest Blog | Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, building, coned, construction, Electricity, Energy, fire code, Incentives, NYC, Photovoltaic, Renewable, Solar, solar panel | 4 Comments

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Posted on June 14, 2022 by climatechangefork

In almost every news broadcast, fuel inflation holds the top spot. This is not surprising. With an energy inflation growth of around 30% per year (see Figure 1) and the average price of gasoline at around $5/gallon (occasionally up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, Brazil, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, covid, COVID 19, CPI, decarbonization, decarbonize, economic, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, inflation, Infrastructure, LNG, Military, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, oil company, pandemic, petrostate, politicians, politics, Power, Price, renewable energy, Russia, sanctions, security, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Turkey, Ukraine, US, vaccination, vaccine, Wind | 2 Comments

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

Electric Utilities Through the Lens of the IPAT Identity

Posted on May 31, 2022 by climatechangefork

The last two blogs focused on applying the IPAT identity to sub-country organizations. For obvious reasons, I started this analysis with a focus on oil companies and their supposed commitments to net-zero carbon emissions in the “near” (mid-century) future. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged carbon capture, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coned, decarbonization, Desalination, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, fossil fuel, G7, Gas, GDP, GHG, global energy transition, greenhouse gas, IPAT, Net-Zero, Oil, Population, Russia, Ukraine, US, utilities, Water Stress | Leave a comment

Incorporating Carbon Capture into the IPAT Identity

Posted on May 24, 2022 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – An artist’s depiction of carbon capture (Credit: Walter Newton) Last week, I opened the discussion about what it takes for oil companies to change their business model and fulfill the commitments that some of them are making … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged carbon capture, carbon dioxide, CCS, CO2, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Emissions, Energy, Environment, environmental, ESG, fossil fuel, Gas, index, Investment, IPAT, IPCC, Net-Zero, Oil, Renewable, stocks, Tesla | 1 Comment

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Creation

Campus as a Lab: Part 1

The Sky as an Inspiration

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

Guest Blog by Phil Gallagher: Going Solar in 2022

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Changes Too Quick to Follow!

Electric Utilities Through the Lens of the IPAT Identity

Incorporating Carbon Capture into the IPAT Identity

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