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Dynamic Scoring: Taxes and Climate Change

Posted on November 14, 2017 by climatechangefork

Our government’s executive and legislative branches, are in the midst of discussing two important issues: tax breaks and climate change. Well, in truth, the only real discussion going on has to do with the tax legislation. Climate change is only … Continue reading →

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Long-term Adaptations II – Following the Netherlands: Food and Habitability

Posted on October 24, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Indoor lattice growing setting from National Geographic magazine article The photograph above resembles the one I included in last week’s blog. Both show the process of growing crops in a glass enclosure – except that Matt Demon’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged a/c, Adaptation, Agriculture, air conditioner, armageddon, Carbon Footprint, carrot, chili, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, cooler, cucumber, dam, doomsday, dutch, Emissions, End of Now, end of the world, Energy, energy transition, Environment, farming, fertilizer, Flood, Flooding, Food, Food Supply, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse, greenhouse gas, habitat, Iceland, Mitigation, Netherlands, Ocean, ocean levels, onion, pear, pepper, Pesticide, Population, Population Density, potato, Science, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, tomato, uninhabitability, uninhabitable, US, virtual water, Water, water footprint, Water Management, Water Stress, wet bulb, yield | 1 Comment

Doomsday: Local Timelines

Posted on October 10, 2017 by climatechangefork

The last few blogs focused on the ultimate consequences of continuing to make “progress” by relentlessly using the physical environment to serve humanity as if it were as a limitless resource. I tried to make the case that such efforts … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN | Tagged Adaptation, AOGCM, apocalypse, Arizona, Bangladesh, business as usual, Clean Energy, climate central, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, doomsday, dry bulb, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Eun-Soon Im, Evaporation, evaporative cooling, Fossil Fuels, Ganges, GDP, Global Population, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, heat dissipation, heat stress, heat wave, Himalayas, India, Indus Valley, IPCC, Local, Matthew Huber, Mitigation, MRCM, Pakistan, Phoenix, Population, projection, public health, rural, Science, sea level, simulation, South Asia, spatial resolution, Sri-Lanka, Steven Sherwood, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Weather, wet bulb, World Population | 2 Comments

Visible Transition to the Middle Class

Posted on August 1, 2017 by climatechangefork

I am back from a family vacation that took me to Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and a few other Asian countries. I still haven’t completely recuperated from the jet lag (distance, duration, and age) so this blog will … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Australia, automobile, Bangkok, bicycle, bike, Cambodia, car, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, developed, developing, Development, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hanoi, Korea, middle class, Population, Power, power plant, Power Plants, rural, Science, scooter, Solar Energy, South Korea, Sustainability, Technology, Thailand, transportation, urban, Vietnam, World Population | Leave a comment

Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 2 – Shift in Carbon Emissions Dominance from Electricity to Transportation

Posted on July 25, 2017 by climatechangefork

The global shift that I talked about last week – from electricity to transportation as the biggest contributor to carbon emissions – is complicated. It has to do with the increased demand for transportation (mainly fueled by gasoline) within developing … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, bicycle, carbon dioxide, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, consumption, Economics, EIA, Electricity, electrification, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Population, global trends, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, middle class, Mitigation, Natural Gas, OECD, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, rural, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, transportation, urban, World Population | Leave a comment

Coal

Posted on July 4, 2017 by climatechangefork

Happy 4th of July, everyone! Figure 1 – The rooftop of the Coal Mining Museum in Kentucky A coal mining museum in Kentucky is switching to solar energy, hoping to save money on energy costs. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, owned … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, administration, America First, Arizona, Carbon, China, clean, clean coal, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, electric, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydro, Hydroelectric, India, IPCC, job, jobs, Kentucky, mine, miner, mining, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Navajo, Nuclear, Obama, Ohio, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, politics, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, renewable energy, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, US, utilities, Utility, West Virginia, withdrawal | 1 Comment

America First and American Sovereignty

Posted on June 27, 2017 by climatechangefork

I have cited President Trump’s withdrawal speech a lot in my previous two blogs so I will restrict myself to the directly relevant paragraphs. Below is the part of his speech on American sovereignty: At what point does America get … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN | Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, acid rain, Adaptation, America, America First, build a wall, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, comodity, conflict, constitution, developed, developed countries, developing, Developing Countries, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gary Cohn, GDP, Global, global community, Global Population, global trends, Global Warming, globalization, Goldman Sachs, greenhouse gas, H.R. McMaster, immigration, insecurity, IPCC, migration, Mitigation, national security, North Korea, Obama, ozone layer, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Power, Power Plants, scarcity, Science, sea level, Sea-Level Rise, security, shortage, Solar Energy, sovereign, Sovereign State, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, UN, US, wall, Water Scarcity, weather pattern, withdrawal, World Population | 6 Comments

“America First” and the Green Climate Fund

Posted on June 20, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Cumulative Carbon Emissions In his exit speech from the Paris Agreement on Thursday, June 1st (see the previous two blogs), President Trump characterized the parts of the agreement that call for developed countries to help pay for … Continue reading →

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Remedies for Abdication of Duties?

Posted on June 13, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Trends in global urbanization I am starting to write this blog on Tuesday, June 6th. I am doing this a bit earlier than usual in preparation for a trip that I will be taking in July to … Continue reading →

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Politicizing Science or Quantifying Governance?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by climatechangefork

I opened last week with a sarcastic sign from the March for Science in New York City. I attended, along with thousands of others in NYC and hundreds of thousands all over the world, in celebration of Earth Day. This … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: GDP

Dynamic Scoring: Taxes and Climate Change

Long-term Adaptations II – Following the Netherlands: Food and Habitability

Doomsday: Local Timelines

Visible Transition to the Middle Class

Driving Forces in the Anthropocene 2 – Shift in Carbon Emissions Dominance from Electricity to Transportation

Coal

America First and American Sovereignty

“America First” and the Green Climate Fund

Remedies for Abdication of Duties?

Politicizing Science or Quantifying Governance?

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