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Electric Cars, Power Sources, and Truth in Advertising

Posted on March 12, 2019 by climatechangefork

Close to three weeks ago (February 24th), I watched a 60 Minutes segment on electric car production in China. I was impressed with the Chinese efforts to promote the transition, including waiving the high tax on license plates in Shanghai … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, air pollution, altima, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, BAIC, BMW, Cars, Chery, China, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Cost, Economics, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, fuel, fuel economy, Gas, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Japan, kwh, leaf, license plate, mpg, Natural Gas, nissan, Nuclear, Pollution, Power, power plant, Power Plants, renault, renewable energy, Science, Shanghai, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, Tesla, US, vehicle | 1 Comment

To Make America Great Again, Please Stand Tall

Posted on February 26, 2019 by climatechangefork

I interpret standing tall as holding your head up and meeting oncoming challenges rather than burying it in a pile of sand to avoid reality (see the October 16, 2018 post on ostrich myths and the American government’s deliberate obtuseness … Continue reading →

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The Green New Deal Resolution: Is it Viable?

Posted on February 19, 2019 by climatechangefork

The “Green New Deal” that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, have proposed has became the talk of the town. People are alternately warning it could spell disaster and praising it as our potential saving grace. To … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, immigration, law, politics, refugee, Sustainability, Trump, UN, Water | Tagged Adaptation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Congress, coral, Cost, damage, Democrat, democratic socialist, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fire, forest fire, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, GOP, Government, green, green new deal, greenhouse gas, heat stress, house of representatives, Industrial Revolution, Mitigation, politics, reef, refugee, Republican, resolution, responsibility, Science, senate, socialist, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, UN, US, Water Stress, wildfire | 8 Comments

Living in Ice and Trees: Interesting, But How Can it Work Year-Round?

Posted on February 5, 2019 by climatechangefork

I am starting to write this blog at home in NYC on Thursday, January 31st. The temperature this morning was 3oF (-16oC) and by early afternoon it went all the way up to 6oF. I started to read the paper … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Complementarity: Optimization?

Posted on January 8, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week I looked into complementarity, including the Oxford Dictionaries’ definition: A relationship or situation in which two or more different things improve or emphasize each other’s qualities. I’d like to follow up on the question posited there: do countries … Continue reading →

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Wisdom From France: Mitigation and/or Adaptation of Global Ills Must be Inclusive

Posted on December 26, 2018 by climatechangefork

After an election, it is not unusual for the winners to declare that they were chosen to be the government of all the people. Such declarations, to be credible, require that the most important legislations include the equivalent of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, carbon dioxide, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, CO2, Earth Summit, economic impact, Economics, Electricity, Energy, energy cost, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, Gas, gas prices, GDP, gilets jaunes, Global Warming, governance, Government, inclusion, indicators, laws, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Policy, Population, Rio de Janeiro, Science, Social Media, Sovereign State, Temperature, urbanization, World Bank, yellow jackets, yellow vests | 7 Comments

My Anthropocene

Posted on October 30, 2018 by climatechangefork

I went on a short vacation to southern New Mexico For Columbus Day weekend. Aside from the region’s great weather in this season, that was one of only two weekends per year when the Trinity site (see last week’s blog) … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Unsustainable Desert: People Have Been Living in Tucson for Thousands of Years; How Much Longer Can That Continue?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by climatechangefork

I have been Micha’s editor and helped run this blog since the beginning. I’m excited to have the chance to contribute to Climate Change Fork. Tucson is a magical place. Then again, I’m biased – it is my home town … Continue reading →

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Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

Posted on September 4, 2018 by climatechangefork

In the July 31st blog and several of the ones following it, I focused on an effort by four Republican senators to investigate federal grant making as it pertains to climate change: “Research designed to sway individuals of a various … Continue reading →

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Just Hot Air?

Posted on August 28, 2018 by climatechangefork

A few days ago I got a message on Facebook from my friend who edits this blog. She sent me the cartoon above by Rex A. Jones with the caveat that it seemed reductionist and inaccurate. I was a bit … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Electricity

Electric Cars, Power Sources, and Truth in Advertising

To Make America Great Again, Please Stand Tall

The Green New Deal Resolution: Is it Viable?

Living in Ice and Trees: Interesting, But How Can it Work Year-Round?

My Anthropocene

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Unsustainable Desert: People Have Been Living in Tucson for Thousands of Years; How Much Longer Can That Continue?

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

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