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Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?

Posted on August 23, 2022 by climatechangefork

Where are we now and how can we advance or accelerate the energy transition to a more sustainable future? I am now in Europe, and this is the last blog that I wrote before I left. In fact, I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy | Tagged Australia, Canada, Carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, Climate Change, CO2, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Extreme Weather, Future, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, US, Weather | 2 Comments

Campus as a Lab: Part 1

Posted on July 19, 2022 by climatechangefork

Source: Rutgers Living Laboratories Campus as a lab (CAL) is becoming a teaching and organizational tool across campuses. I am including a schematic diagram of the dynamics of the concept, taken from the Rutgers University site, above. If you Google … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged academic, Adaptation, Brooklyn College, CAL, campus, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Columbia, CUNY, curriculum, decarbonization, diversity, Duke, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental studies, Florida State, Future, Interdisciplinary, lab, Mitigation, Net-Zero, offset, plastic, Princeton, Research, Sustainability, transportation, Water | Leave a comment

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Posted on June 14, 2022 by climatechangefork

In almost every news broadcast, fuel inflation holds the top spot. This is not surprising. With an energy inflation growth of around 30% per year (see Figure 1) and the average price of gasoline at around $5/gallon (occasionally up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, Brazil, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, covid, COVID 19, CPI, decarbonization, decarbonize, economic, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, inflation, Infrastructure, LNG, Military, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, oil company, pandemic, petrostate, politicians, politics, Power, Price, renewable energy, Russia, sanctions, security, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Turkey, Ukraine, US, vaccination, vaccine, Wind | Leave a comment

Incorporating Carbon Capture into the IPAT Identity

Posted on May 24, 2022 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – An artist’s depiction of carbon capture (Credit: Walter Newton) Last week, I opened the discussion about what it takes for oil companies to change their business model and fulfill the commitments that some of them are making … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged carbon capture, carbon dioxide, CCS, CO2, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Emissions, Energy, Environment, environmental, ESG, fossil fuel, Gas, index, Investment, IPAT, IPCC, Net-Zero, Oil, Renewable, stocks, Tesla | Leave a comment

The Role of Oil Companies in the Energy Transition

Posted on May 17, 2022 by climatechangefork

In last week’s blog, I included a citation from Nicholas Kusnetz’s article, “What Does Net Zero Emissions Mean for Big Oil?” which pointed out: Most glaring is that none of the companies has committed to cut its oil and gas … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, IPCC, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged bioenergy, biomass, BP, budget, capex, capital expenditure, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, CCS, Chevron, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economics, Emissions, energy intensity, energy transition, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Gas, GDP, Investment, IPAT, IPCC, Koch, Koch brothers, legislation, legislature, life cycle, Net-Zero, Nuclear, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Plants, Population, Renewable, renewable energy, Russia, Sequestration, Shell, Solar, Technology, trees, Ukraine, warming, Wind | Leave a comment

Managing the Energy Transition: Specifics

Posted on November 16, 2021 by climatechangefork

Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, may have asked, “what good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?” (September 21, 2021) but this week, in the context of COP26, the current CEO of Exxon expressed a different … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Australia, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, COP26, Darren Woods, decarbonize, Demand, energy transition, Exxon, fossil fuel, Gas, greenhouse gas, Hydroelectric, hydrogen, lobby, meat, Oil, pig, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Rex Tillerson, Solar, Supply, Transition, UN, UNDP, Wind | 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

Business as Usual: Part 2

Posted on July 13, 2021 by climatechangefork

The Connection Between Carbon Concentration and Temperature Last week, I used The Scripps Institute and NOAA’s recent measurements of the global carbon dioxide concentration (as measured in Mauna Loa, Hawaii) to calculate the acceleration in carbon dioxide atmospheric accumulation from … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged acceleration, Atmosphere, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, covid, Emissions, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IPCC, risk, Temperature, uncertainty, vaccine | Leave a comment

Heat Dome: Business as Usual

Posted on July 6, 2021 by climatechangefork

The “heat dome” has been at the top of the news in recent days, starting almost immediately after the official start of summer on Sunday, June 20th. Sonya Landau, the editor of this blog, wrote a beautiful and timely guest … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, CO2 emissions, dome, Emissions, heat, heat dome, Mauna Loa, NOAA, oscillation | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Sustainability, UNFCCC, US | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, business, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Earth Day, Emissions, Extreme Weather, Future, GHG, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, INDC, industry, Mitigation, Net-Zero, Paris, target, Trump, UNFCCC, US, warming | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: carbon dioxide

Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?

Campus as a Lab: Part 1

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Incorporating Carbon Capture into the IPAT Identity

The Role of Oil Companies in the Energy Transition

Managing the Energy Transition: Specifics

The Price of the Green Shift

Business as Usual: Part 2

Heat Dome: Business as Usual

Earth Day 2021

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