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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 →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, complement, complementarity, damage, deregulation, Donald Trump, Economics, EIS, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, game theory, GDP, GHG, Global Warming, governance, Government, Nash, NEPA, Policy, policymaking, politics, prisoner's dilemma, prosperity, regulation, SC-CO2, Science, social cost, somplementary, strategy, sustailable, Sustainability, Technology | Leave a comment

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

Yellow Vests, Al Gore, President Trump, Conflicts Between Present and Future

Posted on December 18, 2018 by climatechangefork

I love France. I have family there and many dear friends. I always look for opportunities to visit. Some in my family are social activists who “enjoy” demonstrating. So when the Yellow Vest (Gilets Jaunes) demonstrations started to take place, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged administration, Al Gore, Andrew Wheeler, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arc de Triomphe, belief, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, critical mass, Donald Trump, Economics, Emanuel Macron, Energy, energy affordability, energy cost, energy reliability, energy transition, Environment, EU, fissile material, France, Future, Gas, gas prices, GDP, Germany, gilets jaunes, gini coefficient, Global Warming, Gore, governance, Government, Italy, law, Macron, minimum wage, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Population, president trump, Science, Social Media, Spain, taxes, trigger, Trump, UK, wildfire, yellow jackets, yellow vests | 12 Comments

The Global Picture: Climate Hazards and Their Impact

Posted on November 27, 2018 by climatechangefork

More than three years ago, I posted a blog called, “What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?” I showed the 41 indicators that the World Bank lists under its climate change category. I then … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged acidification, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate hazard, Climate Skeptics, Donald Trump, Drought, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Extreme Weather, extreme weather event, fires, floods, Food, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, hazard, Health, heatwaves, impact, indicator, Infrastructure, meta, meta research, Mitigation, ocean acidification, ocean chemistry, Precipitation, Research, Science, sea level, security, Storms, Sustainability, Trump, warming, Water, Weather, World Bank | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC | Tagged Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, atomic, atomic bomb, AWG, boundary, carbon dating, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, define, definition, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, epoch, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, geological age, geology, Glacier, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hiroshima, holocene, IPCC, Japan, Nagasaki, new mexico, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, nuclear testing, nuclear weapon, pleistocene, Population, radiation, radioactive, radioactive waste, Science, Sustainability, trinity, urbanization, waste, WIPP, yardstick | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Guest Blog, immigration, refugee, Sustainability, Water | Tagged Adaptation, aquifer, Arizona, AZ, cacti, cactus, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, Colorado River, coyote, cultivation, death, desert, dry heat, Economics, ecosystem, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, farming, Florence, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, gray water, groudwater, ground water, Guest Blog, heat, heatstroke, History, hot, Hurricane, immigrant, immigration, life, Maldives, Maria, Mexico, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Phoenix, Population, Power, Power Plants, Puerto Rico, reclaimed water, refugee, Reservoir, roadrunner, Science, sea level, Solar, Solar Energy, solar panel, Sonora, Sonoran desert, Sonya Landau, Sustainability, Sustainable, Tucson, undocumented, US, Water, water level, water portfolio, Water Scarcity, Water Shortage, Water Stress, water supply | 5 Comments

Insanity at the Helm: Are We Steering the Wrong Way to the Future?

Posted on October 2, 2018 by climatechangefork

The last two weeks have seen a great deal of heavy breathing and crying. I summarized much of it in last week’s blog. The climax in this week’s news was probably Thursday’s testimonies of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine … Continue reading →

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John McCain’s Vision

Posted on September 11, 2018 by climatechangefork

“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.” – Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls … 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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The Global Picture: Climate Hazards and Their Impact

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?

Insanity at the Helm: Are We Steering the Wrong Way to the Future?

John McCain’s Vision

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

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