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The Math of the American Commitment

Posted on December 7, 2021 by climatechangefork

A short entry appeared in the Scientific American journal in the middle of the COP26 meeting: “Doing the Math on Biden’s Climate Pledge.” The author was trying to explain how the Biden administration—only three months after assuming control from an … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, law, politics, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, carbon capture, carbon emissions, carbon zero, CCS, clean power, Climate Change, CO2, commitment, Congress, COP26, decarbonization, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EPA, GHG, hydrogen, Infrastructure, Mitigation, Net-Zero, Obama, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, renewables, Rhodium, zero emissions | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Heat and COVID Disparities

Posted on June 22, 2021 by climatechangefork

Walking outside in southern Arizona right now is akin to walking into a giant oven. Waves of heat waft toward you from all sides the moment you set foot out the door. We always joke, “but it’s a dry heat,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Guest Blog, law, Sustainability, US | Tagged air conditioner, Arizona, Class, coronavirus, COVAX, COVID 19, Economics, Education, essential worker, ethnicity, GDP, heat, heat wave, homelessness, housing, Income, Inequality, inequity, legislation, occupation, OSHA, pandemic, Phoenix, Race, safety, socioeconomic, Tucson, vaccine, Wealth, work | 7 Comments

Sputnik and China: US Response to Tech Rivalry

Posted on June 15, 2021 by climatechangefork

Back in April, I outlined President Biden’s new American Job Plan. Granted, the $2.3 trillion plan was more of a wish list than a proposal; given the 50-50 split in the Senate and the narrow majority in the House, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, law, politics, US | Tagged Adaptation, American jobs plan, Biden, bipartisan, China, Climate Change, Competition, Development, Economy, Education, engineering, GDP, Global Warming, Government, house, innovation, law, Math, Mitigation, NDEA, PPP, r&d, Research, rivalry, Russia, Science, senate, space race, Sputnik, stem, tech, Technology, Trump, US, USSR | Leave a comment

First-Principle Chemistry: Carbon Intensity

Posted on May 18, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last two blogs (May 4th and 11th) dealt with the challenges inherent in a new law that mandates carbon footprint reduction within large buildings in New York City, where I live and work. As with many other laws, there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity factor, chemistry, CO2, CO2 emissions, Emissions, Energy, law, Methane, mole, Natural Gas, New York, NYC | Leave a comment

From Commitments to Penalties: Measuring Carbon Emissions

Posted on May 4, 2021 by climatechangefork

Since President Biden’s inauguration, I have looked a lot at carbon emissions and what we are doing to minimize them. As an educator and a New York City resident, I am especially invested in this change. Not only do … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Biden, calculation, Cap and Trade, Carbon, carbon capture, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity factor, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Education, Emissions, enforcement, forest, Global Warming, law, legislation, limit, New York, NYC, Paris Agreement, standard deviation, teacher, US | 1 Comment

Shame!

Posted on January 8, 2021 by climatechangefork

My dear friends who now live in Poland sent me the image above. Both are now infected with and trying to recuperate from COVID-19 but they didn’t want my sympathy. They contacted me to say that they felt sorry for … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Election, Holocaust, law, politics, US | Tagged Arizona, Biden, capitol, Congress, coronavirus, coup, COVID 19, Democrat, Election, electoral college, fascism, Government, house of representatives, Mitt Romney, mob, Nazi, Pennsylvania, Poland, Polish, president, protest, Republican, riot, Romney, senate, shame, statue of liberty, Trump, US, vote, voter, Washington DC, WWII | 2 Comments

Teaching Moment 3: The Electoral College & Whose Vote Counts Most?

Posted on November 24, 2020 by climatechangefork

As of last Friday (November 20th) the election results were as follows: Total vote: Biden – 79.7 million (51%), Trump – 73.7 million (47%). The difference in the popular vote is around 4% or 6 million votes. As for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, law, US | Tagged Arizona, Biden, city, constitution, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, elector, electoral college, faithless elector, Georgia, Government, Joe Biden, legislature, mandate, mpopulation density, North Carolina, Obama, Pennsylvania, polarization, popular vote, Population Density, president trump, Republican, Romney, rural, suburban, Trump, urban, US, vote, voter, Wisconsin | 3 Comments

Simultaneous Global Disasters

Posted on September 1, 2020 by climatechangefork

About a month ago (August 4th), I wrote a blog that used a Venn diagram to show the overlap of climate change, COVID-19, projected population change, job availability, and socio-economic status. My discussion was relatively abstract. Now, only one month … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, law, politics, US | Tagged air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, apocalypse, apocalyptic, asteroid, Belarus, blackout, California, Christianity, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Durer, Election, Electricity, Energy, Extreme Weather, fire, Gulf Coast, Hurricane, Islam, Judaism, Kenosha, Laura, Louisiana, Marco, Minneapolis, police violence, Policy, religion, Science, sins, social justice, storm, Texas, wild fire | 5 Comments

Weaponizing Climate Change Ranking

Posted on March 3, 2020 by climatechangefork

Since I started this blog, I have habitually ranked countries with regards to their climate change indicators. These include changes in carbon emissions, energy use, forms of sustainable energy, and various ratios such as energy intensity (energy divided by GDP) … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, law, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Boris Johnson, BREXIT, carbon emissions, carbon intensity, Energy, energy intensity, energy use, Environment, environmental, EU, Future, GDP, greenhouse gas, Heathrow, Karl Popper, London, measurement, methodology, NDC, Netherlands, objective, Paris, Paris Agreement, Popperian, rank, Ranking, Science, scientific method, subjective, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, theory, UK | 3 Comments

The Federal Reserve and Climate Change

Posted on January 14, 2020 by climatechangefork

Four days ago, the NYT featured Paul Krugman’s op-ed, “Australia Shows Us the Road to Hell,” where he described the urgent situation of the fires now engulfing the entire continent and hypothesized about strategies for confronting the political issues blocking … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Election, law, politics, Trump, US | Tagged Australia, bank, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, Congress, Dallas, Fed, federal reserve, fire, Government, open market committee, Real Estate, reserve banks, San Fransisco, US, wildfire | 1 Comment

Category Archives: law

The Math of the American Commitment

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Heat and COVID Disparities

Sputnik and China: US Response to Tech Rivalry

First-Principle Chemistry: Carbon Intensity

From Commitments to Penalties: Measuring Carbon Emissions

Shame!

Teaching Moment 3: The Electoral College & Whose Vote Counts Most?

Weaponizing Climate Change Ranking

The Federal Reserve and Climate Change

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