Category Archives: Climate Change

Previous blogs on the decline in college enrollment (May 30th, October 25th, and October 31, 2023) were inspired by my teaching experience. I am returning to this issue from the broader perspective with a focus on the US. This blog … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – A bright future With the winter holidays, the coming new year, and the approaching inauguration of the Trump administration, last week’s blog was focused on longer-term global trends that can lead either to destruction or to a … Continue reading →

(Source: Pinterest)​ Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa all start on the same day this year. Ramadan starts a few months later (March 11th, the birthday of my ex-wife). In a diverse city like NYC, many of us greet each other with … Continue reading →

(Source: JD Supra) Last week’s blog included the following paragraph: President-elect Trump’s current attitude on climate change is not much different from his 2016 attitude (see the March 14, 2017 blog). He withdrew from the Paris Agreement as soon as he could. … Continue reading →

 (Source: Grist, Amelia Bates) Last week’s blog showed the continuing accelerated rise of average global temperature along with the continuing rise of global carbon emissions, in spite of the fact that the average carbon emissions of developing countries is starting … Continue reading →

To have a better idea about the impact that the coming Trump administration will have, it’s time to address the state of the energy transition before the January 20th inauguration. This blog will be data-heavy and next week’s blog will … Continue reading →

I am starting this blog on Friday, November 11th – the last scheduled day of the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan. The world is waiting for a “final” draft of the conclusions. The central issue to be addressed is the … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Map of Azerbaijan (Source: CDC) If I were president-elect, with the same results and history as President-elect Trump, I would have taken a short working vacation to Baku, Azerbaijan, where COP29 has just opened. As the map … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – 2024 Senate election results as of November 12th, 4:32 pm, ET Last week’s blog promised to discuss geographic trends in America’s election in terms of a strive to increase the entropy of the system (see last week’s … Continue reading →

This blog will be posted on Election Day, which marks the end of the election period. It is estimated that more than half of voters had already cast their vote before today. This evening, I and many million others will … Continue reading →