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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.

Vacation Notice

Posted on July 21, 2015 by climatechangefork

This week I am taking a break from the blog, so there will be no post. Please do come back next Tuesday, when I promise to continue our discussions.

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The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means

Posted on July 14, 2015 by climatechangefork

The test of any major transition is in its response to a sharp perturbation. Often such disturbances come in the form of a major war. Fortunately, the present global energy transition is being tested in a much more peaceful manner. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, BP, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Cars, Clean Energy, Climate Change, crude oil, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, Energy Consumption, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Global Warming, hybrid car, Hydroelectric, Hydropower, Market, Market Prices, Oil, oil price, oil prices, Photovoltaic, Power Plants, Prediction, Renewable, SEIA, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Wind, wind power | 1 Comment

Predicting the Future and its Impacts

Posted on July 7, 2015 by climatechangefork

In the last blog (June 30th) I started to investigate the impact of the recent large drop in global oil prices on the global energy transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources. The sharp decline in oil prices has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Agua Caliente Solar Project, Arizona, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, crude oil, Electric Cars, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, global energy transition, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Niels Bohr, Oil, oil price, oil prices, Photovoltaic, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, S&P, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, stock market, stocks, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Transition, US, Wind, wind farm, Yuma | 2 Comments

NIMBY as a Business Strategy

Posted on June 30, 2015 by climatechangefork

The June 9, 2015 blog focused on traditional NIMBY arguments in the context of attitudes toward wind farms. The main issue I raised was that if we are making the statement that we object to wind farms because they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Batteries, Battery, Berkshire Hathaway, business, Catholic, Christia, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Denis Ladyzhensky, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Elon Musk, Emissions, encyclical, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Future, Germany, Guest Blog, Jewish, muslim, net metering, NIMBY, Omaha, oracle, Papal Encyclical, Photovoltaic, Pope, Pope Francis, Power, Power Plants, Prediction, SEIA, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Solar, Storage Capacity, Technology, Tesla, US, utilities, Utility, Warren Buffett, Wind, wind farm | Leave a comment

Fortissimo

Posted on June 23, 2015 by climatechangefork

For those of us who aren’t fluent in music or Italian, fortissimo means “very loud —used especially as a direction in music.” My own kind of scientific fortissimo came unexpectedly, but quite pleasantly, in the last few weeks. It started … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Catholic Church, Catholics, Climate Change, Climate Change Fork, ecological crisis, ecology, encyclical, Environment, fortissimo, Global Warming, gospel, Holy Father, Jeb Bush, laudato si, Marco Rubio, Michael McKenna, morality, New York Times, Papal Encyclical, Peace, Poor, Pope, Pope Francis, religion, Republicans, spirituality, St. Francis of Assisi | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Sacred Earth, Sacred Self

Posted on June 16, 2015 by climatechangefork

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful The Animals’ Lawsuit Against Humanity is a 1,000-year-old Islamic tale that examines the conception of Promethean Man and his domination and destruction of the natural world. Embedded within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged animals, Arabic, ayat, Bani Adam, Climate Change, Earth, Environment, fable, fasting, Global Warming, God, Guest Blog, Hebrew, humanity, Ikhwan al-Safa’, Iraq, Islam, islamic law, Koran, lawsuit, Muhammad, muslim, Muslims, Promethean Man, Qur'an, Ramadan, religion, rights, sharia, Shari’ah, Sufi, Sustainability | 2 Comments

NIMBY: Wind vs. Fossil Fuels

Posted on June 9, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I focused on Texas. In spite of its strong inclination toward state autonomy, reluctance to implement new taxes, and its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, it is playing a vital role in the energy transition: The state is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Economics, EIA, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Georgetown, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Mitigation, NIMBY, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, public opinion, Renewable, Roscoe Wind Farm, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Texas, Texas Interconnection, Transition, turbine, US, Wind, wind farm | 8 Comments

Texas

Posted on June 2, 2015 by climatechangefork

Carbon taxation in any form will probably never make it in Texas. It’s a red state that likes its independence, especially when a Democrat presides in Washington. Historically, its residents have shared an intense hatred of regulations and taxes. To … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Baytown refinery, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, deregulated, Economics, EIA, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, federal tax credits, Fossil Fuels, Georgetown, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, high voltage, Power, power lines, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Spindletop, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, Texas, Texas Interconnection, transmission | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

Posted on May 26, 2015 by climatechangefork

I got involved in the second annual SE4All (Sustainable Energy For All) forum through an email from Brooklyn College’s Magner Center. The United Nations staff needed interns for the event so they asked for volunteers. Of course I agreed because … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, America, Angola, Asia Pacific, Bahrain, Barbados, Biofuel, biomass, Brazil, Brooklyn College, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Caribbean, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, Conference, Congo, Economic Growth, Economics, Economy, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Europe, Expo 2017, Fiji, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green energy, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Magner Center, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mitigation, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nuclear, Pacific Island, Philippines, Population, Poverty, Power, Power Plants, Romania, Science, SE4All, Sierra Leone, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Sudan, Sustainability, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Technology, Turkey, UAE, UK, UN, United Nations, US, Wind, World, World Bank, World Population | Leave a comment

Back to the United States: Smaller Scope, Bigger Hope?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by climatechangefork

Lately I have been looking at Canada’s progress in the stuttering energy transition, however the United States might be a better focal point for assessing the impact that bottom-up policies (from smaller regions below the level of sovereign states) can … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Canada, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Drought, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hawaii, IPAT, Mitigation, Nuclear, Population, Power, Power Plants, RGGI, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Texas, United States, US, Years of Living Dangerously | 1 Comment

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About climatechangefork

Vacation Notice

The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means

Predicting the Future and its Impacts

NIMBY as a Business Strategy

Fortissimo

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Sacred Earth, Sacred Self

NIMBY: Wind vs. Fossil Fuels

Texas

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

Back to the United States: Smaller Scope, Bigger Hope?

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