Category Archives: Climate Change

Universal Hydrogen Economy: Part 2

Posted on November 2, 2021 by climatechangefork

This week, we’re back to our discussion about the hydrogen economy. The Economist published a great summary of the related challenges we’re facing right now: Today’s hydrogen business is, in global terms, reasonably small, very dirty and completely vital. Some 90m … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, chemical, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, decarbonize, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EU, Gas, green, greenhouse gas, hydrochemical, hydrogen, Methane, Mitigation, Oil, petrochemical, Policy, Renewable, Solar, Technology | Leave a comment

Universal Hydrogen Economy

Posted on October 26, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last 5 blogs have looked at global energy companies’ apparent green shift, questioning their objectives: where are they shifting? Last week, I promised that I’d address both this and the timing needed for the transition. To address the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Electricity, Energy, Water | Tagged Adaptation, Battery, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, Daimler, Drought, Energy, energy production, Extreme Weather, fission, Flood, freshwater, fusion, green, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, Japan, Mitigation, Nuclear, nuclear fusion, Power, power plant, Solar, star, Transition, Water, Water Cycle, water energy nexus | 1 Comment

Learning from COVID-19 to mitigate the energy transition

Posted on October 19, 2021 by climatechangefork

Two years ago, I wrote a blog, “Cherry-Picking Data in an Energy Transition: Renewables & Polar Bears” (September 17, 2019) that took stock of where we stood in the ongoing energy transition. I am repeating the photos from that blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged Adaptation, alternative energy, Carbon, Climate Change, CO2, commitment, covid, Emissions, Energy, energy supply, Fossil Fuels, Gas, low carbon, Mitigation, Oil, Pollution, Renewable, stuttering transition, Transition | Leave a comment

The End of Oil?

Posted on October 12, 2021 by climatechangefork

The UN COP26 is almost here: The latest round of global climate talks will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Thousands of government delegates and people from civil society, business and the media … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, automotive, BYD, Cars, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economy, Electric Cars, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Gas, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, Investment, jobs, Methane, Mitigation, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Technology, Tesla, Toyota, volkswagen | Leave a comment

The Price of the Green Shift

Posted on October 5, 2021 by climatechangefork

I started this series of blogs about energy companies and their shift toward greener power sources with a citation from an earlier blog (July 17, 2013), quoting then-CEO of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, who opined, “What good is it to save … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Chevron, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Exxon, Fossil Fuels, Gas, green, Natural Gas, Oil, power plant, Renewable, Rex Tillerson, Shell, shortage, Solar, subsidize, UK, utilities, Wind, Wyoming | 2 Comments

Energy Companies Shifting Greener

Posted on September 28, 2021 by climatechangefork

What does it mean for oil companies to shift toward being “greener”? How can we measure that change? More than 8 years ago, I talked about how we can use the amount of unextracted fuels as a marker for this … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, Cap, carbon capture, carbon emissions, CCS, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, exploration, extraction, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, Iceland, Methane, motivator, new mexico, Oil, Oil Companies, Texas, trees | 2 Comments

External Pressures on Oil Companies May Prompt Change. We’ll See.

Posted on September 21, 2021 by climatechangefork

I posted my first blog here on Earth Day, April 22, 2012. I’m now approaching 500 (498) blog posts. Almost all of them, directly or indirectly, have focused on climate change and the energy transition that we are necessarily going … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability | Tagged BP, Chevron, Clean Energy, Climate Change, climate change denier, commitment, denier, Drought, Energy, energy transition, Extreme Weather, Exxon, fire, Flood, fossil fuel, Gas, Global Warming, green, Heartland Institute, Hurricane, IPCC, motivation, Netherlands, Norway, Oil, renewables, Shell, Solar, US | 1 Comment

Wet and Dry Global Divide

Posted on September 14, 2021 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog was “inspired” by hurricane Ida and the damage that it wreaked on Louisiana, the rest of the Gulf Coast, and the northeastern US. I promised that I would expand on the theme of climate change-related extreme weather, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, immigration, refugee, Water | Tagged Argentina, Arid, California, Colorado River, desert, Drought, dry, environmental refugee, EPA, Flood, Food, food security, immigration, Madagascar, migration, moisture, Precipitation, rain, Water, wet | 2 Comments

Where Should We Go When Disaster Strikes?

Posted on September 7, 2021 by climatechangefork

When I started writing this blog on Wednesday morning, we were just beginning to see Hurricane Ida’s effects as it climbed through the Northeast, scheduled to pass through my home city, NYC. Two seemingly unrelated pieces in that day’s NYT … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, US | Tagged California, Climate Change, climate refugee, Drought, dry, Environment, environmental refugee, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, Florida, Global Warming, Hurricane, Ida, Katrina, Las Vegas, Louisiana, New Orleans, NYC, Phoenix, Precipitation, rain, tropical storm, wet | 2 Comments

Calculating the Social Cost of Carbon: What Are We Already Spending?

Posted on August 31, 2021 by climatechangefork

Last week, I reintroduced the concept of the social cost of carbon and explored a recent University of Chicago working paper (WP). The WP delved into President Biden’s attempts to reframe the conversation about the economic impact of climate change, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Biden, Carbon, Climate Change, comparison, Cost, damages, discount rate, discounting, Economics, equity, Extreme Weather, Future, Global Warming, Policy, projection, scc, social cost of carbon, Trump, uncertainty | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Climate Change

Universal Hydrogen Economy: Part 2

Universal Hydrogen Economy

Learning from COVID-19 to mitigate the energy transition

The End of Oil?

The Price of the Green Shift

Energy Companies Shifting Greener

External Pressures on Oil Companies May Prompt Change. We’ll See.

Wet and Dry Global Divide

Where Should We Go When Disaster Strikes?

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