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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

Extreme Heat: Big Cities, 2050

Posted on July 23, 2019 by climatechangefork

We are entering new levels of extreme heat. June 2019 was the warmest June ever recorded. The Weather Channel summarized it: At a Glance Four separate analyses, including from NOAA and NASA, found Earth’s warmest June on record was in … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged 1880, 2050, a/c, Adaptation, air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Beijing, Britain, C40, Cairo, China, city, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Delhi, Drought, Dubai, Egypt, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Europe, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Health, heat, heat wave, heatwave, India, Istanbul, Japan, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Mexico, Mexico City, Mitigation, Moscow, NASA, New York City, NOAA, NYC, Renewable, renewable energy, risk, Science, Seattle, Slovenia, Solar, Spain, summer, Sustainability, Temperature, temperature change, Tokyo, urban population, US, Water, water crisis, Water Shortage, Water Stress, Wind | 1 Comment

Me vs. Them vs. We – Nationalism/Populism vs. Globalism

Posted on May 30, 2017 by climatechangefork

The world is a shaky place right now. The best windows into this instability are countries where citizens can express their feelings in the voting booths. I am not alone in having mentioned repeatedly that the world is now entering … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged America, America First, American, americanism, Anthropocene, city, Climate Change, conservative, country, Donald Trump, era, fascism, fascist, free trade, Global, globalism, globalization, Godwin's Law, governance, governing, Government, Hitler, Homo Deus, immigration, me vs them, me vs them vs we, mtw, nationalism, Nazi, NIMBY, party, Passover, political, politics, populism, Republican, sovereign, State, TED talk, Timeline, Trump, UN, US, Yuval Noach Harari | 1 Comment

The Urban/Rural Voting Split: a Global Perspective

Posted on December 13, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog looked at the separation between the rural and urban vote in the just-concluded US presidential elections. This week I will examine whether this split is a unique American phenomenon or part of the global transition as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged Aberdeen, african american, Anthropocene, Beijing, Birmingham, black, Brazil, BREXIT, Bristol, Britain, Buenos Aires, Calcutta, Cardiff, change, China, city, Climate Change, Congress, constituency, constituent, Delhi, democracy, Democrat, democratic, democratic index, Dhaka, Edinburgh, elect, Election, electorate, Environment, Glasgow, Great Britain, Guangzhou, house, illiterate, India, Islam, Jakarta, Japan, Karachi, Kinshasa, Kolcata, LA, Lagos, Leeds, literate, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Manila, Mexico, Mexico City, Moscow, Mumbai, muslim, NDA, NYC, Paris, parliament, political, politician, politics, representation, Republican, Rio de Janeiro, rural, Sao Paulo, Sea-Level Rise, senate, Seoul, settlement, Shanghai, suburban, Tokyo, town, UPA, urban, vote, voter, Voting | 1 Comment

Election and Urbanization

Posted on December 6, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last month (November 22), I promised I would focus on some of the non-racial factors that significantly impacted the presidential elections. Last week’s blog explored educational aspects and today’s post will look at the urban/rural divide. The four figures below … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged Anthropocene, borough, census, census bureau, city, Clinton, college, democracy, Democrat, dense, density, Donald Trump, Education, elect, Election, electoral college, eligible, globalization, Growth, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, History, immigrant, immigration, Income, IPAT, Johnson, linear, logarithm, migration, popular vote, populat, Population, Population Density, president, presidential, republic, Republican, rural, scale, Stein, suburban, town, Trump, urban, urbanization, variable, village, vote, voter | 1 Comment

Mongolia’s Nomads

Posted on September 8, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I described sailing along a segment of the Yangtze River and my visit to the Three Gorges Dam – a project that displaced 1.3 million people. The Chinese government provided them with alternative housing, and in many cases, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged China, Chinese, city, culture, Dal, displace, environmental migrant, goat, Gobi, Gobi desert, Han, herd, Inner Mongolia, lifestyle, Manchu, minority, Mongol, Mongolia, nomad, Pope, Population, Quing, river, semi-nomad, sheep, Solar, solar power, steppe, Technology, three gorges dam, tradition, Yangtze | 1 Comment

China – Air Quality

Posted on August 25, 2015 by climatechangefork

My last two blogs described some of China’s largest cities’ attempts to limit their number of cars. A lot of this had to do with reducing the terrible air pollution in these cities. Pollution is one of the key reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged air, air quality, AQI, Beijing, Cars, China, city, culture, cyanide, EPA, face mask, haze, Health, Lhasa, Pollution, safety, Shanghai, Tianjin, Tibet, toxin, unhealthy, US, Warning, Weather | 2 Comments

Cars in China – Cap and Pay

Posted on August 18, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog ended with the following promise: “… a few of the largest cities in China are now taking drastic steps to limit car ownership – a fact that I was completely unaware of until my visit.” Time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged auction, automobile, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, bid, buying, Cap and Trade, car ownership, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Cars, China, city, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Economics, Emissions, Environment, Fossil Fuels, fraud, greenhouse gas, Guangzhou, license plate, lottery, mechanism, Mitigation, Pollution, Population, Public Transportation, quota, regulation, restriction, saturation point, selling, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Sustainability, traffic, trend | 11 Comments

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

Extreme Heat: Big Cities, 2050

Me vs. Them vs. We – Nationalism/Populism vs. Globalism

The Urban/Rural Voting Split: a Global Perspective

Election and Urbanization

Mongolia’s Nomads

China – Air Quality

Cars in China – Cap and Pay

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