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Keeping Score = Quarterly Reports

Posted on July 8, 2014 by climatechangefork

On the evening of July 4th, I was sitting with my wife on our terrace – watching the beautiful firework display over New York City and New Jersey. As it happened, the New York Times that day came with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 4th of July, Adaptation, America, Bastille Day, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Data, Declaration of Independence, Economics, Economist, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fireworks, France, Global Warming, Independence, Jefferson, Mitigation, Quarterly Reports, Ranking, Revolution, Sustainability, Thomas Piketty, Transformation, UN, United States, World Bank | Leave a comment

I’m Back – Some Notes on Iceland and Sustainable Energy

Posted on July 1, 2014 by climatechangefork

Well, it’s now July 1st, and I am back home from my combined vacation, family meeting and conference in Iceland. My jet-lag is still in full swing but not enough to freeze me out of the blog schedule. The conference … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Aluminum, Australia, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Cod Wars, Conference, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy generation, Energy Saving, Environment, Erosion, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Geothermal, Glacier, Global Warming, heat, Hydroelectric, Hydropower, Iceland, Mitigation, Oil, Physics, Population, Power Plants, Reykjavík, Science, Sustainability, Technology, Topsoil, Volcano, Water, Water Cycle | Leave a comment

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

Posted on June 17, 2014 by climatechangefork

Unless my editors (LCG Communications) decide differently, this blog will be posted about two weeks after the EPA and President Obama announced the new proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. My folder library is already full … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Balance, Carbon, Chamber of Commerce, China, Clean Air Act, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Economics, Electrical Grid, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, EPA, EU, Fossil Fuels, greenhouse gas, India, Natural Gas, Obama, Obamacare, Power, Power Plants, Recession, Reference Year, Regulations, Renewable, Russia, US | Leave a comment

Europe in June: The Schedule of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change

Posted on June 10, 2014 by climatechangefork

By the time that this blog is posted I will be in England on my way to the Netherlands and France, ending up in Reykjavik, Iceland. In Iceland I will attend the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Activism, Adaptation, Agriculture, Antarctic, Anthropogenic, Arctic, Arid, Australia, Austria, Awareness, Bangladesh, Biology, Botswana, Brazil, California, Canada, Carbon, carbon dioxide, China, Class, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Colombia, Conference, Crisis, Denmark, Development, Disolved Organic Nitrogen, Ecohydrologic, Ecotourism, Education, Emissions, Energy, Energy Saving, Environment, Finland, Fish, Food, Fossil Fuels, France, Gender, Germany, Ghana, Global, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Grizzly Bear, Health, heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, Heat Syncope, Hurricane, Iceland, Impacts and Responses, India, International, IPCC, Japan, Lake, Mauritius, Media, Meteorology, Mitigation, Modernization, Net-Zero, Netherlands, News, Nitrogen, Nutrition, Ocean, Permafrost, Pesticide, Physics, Plants, Polar Bears, Policy, Power Plants, Precipitation, Race, Reykjavík, Science, Sea, Sequestration, Social Science, Sustainability, Teaching, Technology, Thermal, Tibet, Tornado, TRMM, Typhoon, UK, Urban Development, Video Games, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Watershed, Workshop, World, World Population | 1 Comment

Climate Change: Local Initiatives But Global Priorities

Posted on May 27, 2014 by climatechangefork

Previously, I described an effort to produce a film that monitors an energy transition in the Sunderban region of India. I am the “science guy” in the team and we are now working on expanding the movie to a longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged Australia, Cap and Trade, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Climate Casino, Climate Change, Developing Countries, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, Greenland, ice, Indian, IPCC, Lesley Stahl, Science, Showtime, Sunderban, Western Countries, William Nordhaus, World Population, Years of Living Dangerously | Leave a comment

Why Do We Care About Inequality?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by climatechangefork

Happy New Year! My last blog ended with a quote from Karan Singh, a former minister of population in India, who said, “Development is the best contraceptive.” This was supported by data which shows that fertility rates and population growth … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Bjorn Lomborg, Clean Energy, Climate Change, de Blasio, Education, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fertility Rate, Fossil Fuels, Gallup, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, Mayor, New York, NYC, Paul Krugman, Pollution, POP 19, Poverty, Sustainability, Warsaw, WHO, World Population | Leave a comment

“My Way or the Highway” Can Be a Problem With the Best of Intentions

Posted on November 26, 2013 by climatechangefork

I am an old guy. My wife is younger but also past her official retirement age. Like everybody else, we try to prepare for retirement times by investing our savings. She is also an academic so we share the responsibilities. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, Advocacy, Cap and Trade, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Diversify, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Fukushima, Investment, Jim Hansen, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Parallel Processing, Power Plants, Technology, Wastewater, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress | 2 Comments

Feedback on Desalination

Posted on November 19, 2013 by climatechangefork

Last week, after posting the newest blog here on CCF, I immediately received a response from Peter Gleick, one of the authors of the report about water desalination that I had discussed. Through my twitter account, he led me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Cost, Desalination, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Mitigation, Pacific Institute, Peter Gleick, Power Plants, Price, Science, Seawater, Sustainability, Technology, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, World Population | Comments Off

Desalination – Where Are We?

Posted on October 29, 2013 by climatechangefork

After last week’s detour, I would like to take the chance now to refocus on desalination as a possible remedy to the global fresh water stress the world is currently suffering. Here, I will discuss specific aspects of the prevalence … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, Science, Technology, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, World Population | Comments Off

Economic Growth and Problems With My Sourdough Bread.

Posted on February 11, 2013 by climatechangefork

One of the three conditions that I have previously (blogs January 28 and February 4) identified as necessary for sustainable society is that we must maintain equilibrium with the physical environment. Merriam Webster dictionary defines equilibrium in the following way: … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Bubbles, China, Climate Change, Emissions, Equilibrium, Foam, Global Warming, Growth, India, Physical Environment, Science, Sourdough Bread, Stagnation, Steady State, World Population | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Emissions

Keeping Score = Quarterly Reports

I’m Back – Some Notes on Iceland and Sustainable Energy

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

Climate Change: Local Initiatives But Global Priorities

Why Do We Care About Inequality?

“My Way or the Highway” Can Be a Problem With the Best of Intentions

Feedback on Desalination

Desalination – Where Are We?

Economic Growth and Problems With My Sourdough Bread.

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