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Around the World in 5 Weeks: Three Weddings, Climate Change, and the Holocaust

Posted on September 4, 2019 by climatechangefork

Travel My wife joined me on a whirlwind trip from New York City to Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia to Dubai, UAE to Paris, France to The Hague, Netherlands to Farsleben and Berlin, Germany to Krakow, Poland. We returned a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Holocaust, Sustainability | Tagged airplane, Anthropogenic, Australia, Berlin, Brisbane, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, contribution, D Day, Dubai, Emissions, Farsleben, flight, fossil fuel, France, fuel economy, fuel efficiency, Germany, Greta Thunberg, human contribution, invasion, Krakow, Melbourne, Mitigation, Netherlands, New York City, NYC, Paris, plane, Poland, Science, Sustainability, The Hague, travel, UAE, Vacation, Warsaw, WWII | 3 Comments

Campus Sustainability – National

Posted on May 28, 2019 by climatechangefork

About three weeks ago, shortly after spring began, The New York Times ran a short article about how local leaders in many communities are approaching adaptation to the major increase in flooding. Two short paragraphs capture the essence of the … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability | Tagged adapt, Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, campus, Carbon, carbon neutral, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, college, Colorado, dike, Education, Efficiency, efficient, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, finger in the dike, Flood, fossil fuel, Future, Global Warming, Government, greenhouse gas, human caused, mitigate, Mitigation, Policy, private, public, School, Science, Sierra Club, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, technology fee, university, US | 1 Comment

Guest Blog: How is Carbon Affecting Energy Intensity in the US?

Posted on May 7, 2019 by climatechangefork

Hello to everybody, we are the guest bloggers Amged Haimed, Junfeng Lu, and Haosheng Chen. We are all undergraduate students majoring in physics. Under the guidance of Micha Tomkiewicz, PhD, we have been able to use our backgrounds and experiences … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Guest Blog, Sustainability, US | Tagged alternative energy, California, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commercial, Economics, Economy, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy efficiency, energy intensity, Energy Sources, fossil energy, fossil fuel, Gas, GDP, graph, greenhouse effect, Guest Blog, housing, Hydroelectric, industrial, industrial production, industry, Natural Gas, New York, Nuclear, Physics, Pollution, Population, PPP, Renewable, residential, Solar, State, students, Texas, trade, transportation, US, Wind, wood | 7 Comments

Electric Cars: What’s Driving the Transition?

Posted on March 26, 2019 by climatechangefork

In the last two blogs I tried to show that without a parallel effort to decarbonize the power sources of electricity generators, our efforts to promote electric car fleets mean little in the scheme of progress against climate change. So—why … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Sustainability | Tagged America, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Belgium, Britain, California, car, Carbon, carbon neutral, carmaker, China, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Connecticut, Copenhagen, Costa Rica, decarbonize, Denmark, Electric Cars, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, fossil fuel, France, Future, Geothermal, Germany, global energy transition, Government, hydro, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Maryland, Massachusetts, Morocco, New York, Nicaragua, Norway, Oregon, Paris, power plant, Quebec, regulation, Rhode Island, Rome, Science, Scotland, Solar, solar power, subsidize, subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Sweden, Taiwan, Transition, transportation, UK, Uruguay, US, USA, vehicle, Wind, wind power | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, politics, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, Benjamin Disraeli, best, Biden, bill, bipartisan, Cap and Trade, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economist, Economy, Edward Markey, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hemingway, Henry Waxman, Inhofe, John McCain, Koch brothers, Lieberman, lobby, marketplace, mccain, Mitigation, NRDC, Obama, Oil, politics, quantification, Science, Sustainability, US, worst | Leave a comment

Vulnerabilities: Coral Reefs

Posted on June 26, 2018 by climatechangefork

In one of my earliest blogs (July 31, 2012), I talked a little bit about the start of my interest in man-made contributions to global climate change. Up until that time my main academic interest was focused on energy use. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water | Tagged acid, acidification, adapt, Adaptability, Adaptation, algae, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Australia, carbon dioxide, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coral, coral bleaching, Earth Summit, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, great barrier reef, greenhouse gas, habitat, heat, heat wave, ice age, Israel, Keeling-Whorf, Mexico, Mitigation, NOAA, Oil, Power, Power Plants, reef, reversibility, Science, sea level, Solar Energy, stress, Sustainability, thermal stress, US, vulnerability, vulnerable, Water, World Resources Institute | Leave a comment

Fossil Fuel Preferences and BP’s Energy Outlook

Posted on March 13, 2018 by climatechangefork

I started this series on February 20, 2018 to explore the IPAT identity. The last term within that identity that I have yet to cover includes the nature of the fossil fuels used. The popular perception is that use of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, BP, Brazil, Carbon, carbon emission, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, Congo, consumption, Denmark, developed, developing, Economics, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy demand, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, Finland, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, fracking, Future, Gas, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, indicator, Indonesia, IPAT, Mexico, Mitigation, Natural Gas, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, outlook, Pakistan, Physics, Population, Power, Power Plants, primary energy, Russia, scenario, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sweden, Technology, US, World, World Population | 9 Comments

Back to the Global Energy Transition

Posted on February 13, 2018 by climatechangefork

A short while back, I got an email from a Dutch friend’s brother, who had just finished reading my book on climate change. I have taken out any personal comments but am including his thoughts on renewable energy as well … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, amortize, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, bbl, btu, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, crude oil, Dieter Helm, Donald Trump, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, fracking, fusion, gas reserve, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, horizontal drilling, kl, Mitigation, mmbtu, oil reserve, peak oil, Physics, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, subsidy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, Yale | 1 Comment

Global Trends 2035

Posted on May 23, 2017 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog opened with a figure from the January 2017 intelligence report titled, “Global Trends Paradox of Progress.” It showed the projected average surface temperature change based on two emission scenarios: RCP8.5 – a high emission scenario that approximately … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, Bret Stephens, calculation, Carbon, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Donald Trump, Earth, earth system, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, impact, intelligence, IPCC, Mitigation, National Intelligence Council, Obama, paradox, Physical Environment, Power, progress, Report, Rising Tides, risk, scenario, Science, scientist, society, spring, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, uncertainty, US | Leave a comment

Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!

Posted on April 4, 2017 by climatechangefork

During the first two months of the new Trump administration, climate change and science were hardly visible on the agenda; things have changed in a major way over the last two weeks, with the government living up to some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, administration, bitcoin, Bloomberg, bottom-up, California, carbon dioxide, clean air, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Congress, Demand, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, EIA, electric, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, governance, Government, grassroots, greenhouse gas, house, IPCC, LA, law, low emission, Mayor, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, progress, regulation, Renewable, Science, senate, Solar, Solar Energy, standards, Supply, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, white house | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: fossil fuel

Around the World in 5 Weeks: Three Weddings, Climate Change, and the Holocaust

Campus Sustainability – National

Guest Blog: How is Carbon Affecting Energy Intensity in the US?

Electric Cars: What’s Driving the Transition?

John McCain’s Vision

Vulnerabilities: Coral Reefs

Fossil Fuel Preferences and BP’s Energy Outlook

Back to the Global Energy Transition

Global Trends 2035

Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!

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