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Tag Archives: EPA
Back to Energy Transition: Data
February in Brooklyn (Taken on our terrace toward the end of the month) It’s high time we return to climate change and the Anthropocene. My first target is the continuous availability of relevant data. The Anthropocene and climate change are … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Education, Election, IPCC, Sustainability, UN
Tagged access, Adaptation, Agriculture, Anthropocene, budget, budget cuts, chase, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Data, defense, distortion, Donald Trump, economic, Economics, Economy, Education, EIA, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, facts, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, hack, hacked, hacker, hacking, IPCC, mediacre, Mitigation, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, politics, Rick Perry, Science, Scott Pruitt, social security, sony, spending, statistics, Sustainability, target, Trump, Unemployment, US, war on facts, yahoo
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Chinese Hoax?
Top Issues – Trump America First Energy Plan America First Foreign Policy Bringing Back Jobs And Growth Making Our Military Strong Again Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community Trade Deals That Work For All Americans Top Issues – Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, America, America First, build, building codes, China, Chinese hoax, civil rights, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, Energy, Environment, EPA, Exxon, ExxonMobil, foreign policy, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, health care, Heartland, Heartland Institute, hoax, immigration, Infrastructure, Iran, jobs, Kyoto Protocol, law enforcement, Military, Mitigation, Obama, Paris Agreement, Policy, politics, priority, resiliency, Rex Tillerson, Science, Sustainability, Technology, trade, Trump, US, white house
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The Second Debate: Kenneth Bone Saves the Day
I am running behind. My intention this week was to cover two of the most contentious issues in this election period – not only within the US but globally: immigration and trade. I discussed immigration in a series of blogs … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, immigration
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, campaign, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, Coal, Debate, Democrat, Donald Trump, Economics, Election, Electricity, emigrant, Emissions, Energy, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, globalization, greenhouse gas, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, immigrant, immigration, Ken Bone, Kenneth Bone, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, politician, politics, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, Republican, Science, socioeconomic, Solar, Solar Energy, steel, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, town hall, trade, Trump, US, vote, voter, Wealth, wealth distribution, Wind
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COP21 and Paris – Evaluation of Commitments
Two weeks ago, through this blog, I was “on my way” to Paris. I wish I could actually be there (see the last two paragraphs for my sentiments on Friday’s terrorist attack and its ramifications); I like the city, I … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Accounting, Adaptation, attack, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Conference, COP21, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, European Commission, Family, Fossil Fuels, France, global energy transition, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, INDC, IPCC, John Kerry, JRC, meeting, Mitigation, model, Paris, ratify, scenario, Science, senate, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, terrorist, Transition, treaty, UN, UNFCCC, US
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China – Air Quality
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
Yes We Can 3: The Alcohol Debate
This will be the last in the series of blogs on EROI that started with John Morgan’s guest blog (November 4). The set of data in all three blogs was based on a paper by Weißbach et al. that suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, alcohol, Biofuel, Carbon, Clean Energy, Climate Change, corn, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy generation, energy return on investment, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, Environment, EPA, EROI, ethanol, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, greenhouse gas, Hubbert Peak, Hydropower, John Morgan, Joseph, Methane, Mitigation, Population, Power, Power Plants, RFS, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Thanksgiving, USDA, Water, Weißbach, Wind, World Population
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Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We
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
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A Game Changing Public Relations Avalanche on Climate Change – Just When I’m About to Have a Break
Yesterday (May 29, 2014) was commencement day at my school, and the day that I was able to post my grades. Officially, the school year has ended and my summer break starts now (I do not take part in the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Conference, Cosmos, Economics, Egypt, Energy, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Greenland, Heartland Institute, Iceland, Indonesia, International Climate Change Conference, Mitigation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Obama, Sandy, Science, Sustainability, Syria, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Years of Living Dangerously, Yemen
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Unburnable Fuels: Removing Reserves From The Balance Sheet.
The New York Times recently reported (June 20, 2013) that shortly, President Obama would announce a new set of initiatives to combat climate change, and that he will make it a major focus to fight climate change during his second term. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Accounting, Cap, Climate Change, Education, EPA, ExxonMobil, Global Warming, Heartland Institute, Obama, Oil Companies, Proven Reserves, Real Estate, Reserves, SEC, Stock Exchange, Unburnable Fuels
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Citizen of the World?
On my way back from Mauritius (see July 3 blog) we passed through Israel to attend a family wedding and meet up with some old friends. During a pleasant dinner with some of these good friends, I was asked if … Continue reading →