Category Archives: Climate Change

Earth Day 2021

Posted on April 20, 2021 by climatechangefork

Earth Day is in two days. It’s a big day. Among other distinctions, it is both my wife’s birthday and that of this blog (this is now 9 years!). From a climate change perspective, this year’s celebration is special because … Continue reading →

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The American Jobs Plan

Posted on April 6, 2021 by climatechangefork

I started to write this blog a day after President Biden presented his infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The location’s symbolism was obvious; this was the same city where President Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: I was … Continue reading →

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Production Gap: Actual Emissions vs. Paris Promises

Posted on March 30, 2021 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Relative country contributions to total global carbon emissions and percentages of emissions over time, 2017 The new administration and the accompanying new leadership of many federal offices have strongly signaled a renewed and strengthened dedication to confront … Continue reading →

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Help: How Can We Set Up an Energy Education Park?

Posted on March 24, 2021 by climatechangefork

In 2012, I was with Vinit Parmar, filming the energy transition in the Sundarbans region in India as it moved from traditional hunter-gatherer life to an electrified society (Quest for Energy – 2012, see the April 29, 2014 blog). In … Continue reading →

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Green Taxonomy

Posted on March 16, 2021 by climatechangefork

On December 27, 2016, I posted a blog, “Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle.” I cited an Op-Ed from Benjamin A. Franta: Last December, a committee at the University of Toronto released a report on the issue of divestment, drawing … Continue reading →

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My “Now”

Posted on March 9, 2021 by climatechangefork

We are reaching the anniversary of one full year since we moved teaching and learning online. My school is preparing for face-to-face classes for the next semester (starting in the beginning of September), with some healthy skepticism and the provision … Continue reading →

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The Green Climate Fund

Posted on March 2, 2021 by climatechangefork

President Biden signed 15 executive orders and two agency directives on the day of his inauguration (January 20th). Most of this activity was targeted at trying to reverse President Trump’s previous directives. One of the new executive orders that attracted … Continue reading →

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Energy Resilience: Winter in Texas

Posted on February 23, 2021 by climatechangefork

 I have written often about resilience and its importance in our energy transition. You can put the word into the search box and see a plethora of posts. Most of them focus on California and Australia, where climate change has … Continue reading →

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Climate Change, Social Media & Politics

Posted on February 16, 2021 by climatechangefork

I teach different levels of climate change courses and do my own research on the subject. My semester started at the end of January and I had four senior students who needed to select their own research topics regarding the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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