Tag Archives: Government

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

Let There be Light!

Posted on March 28, 2017 by climatechangefork

*Special note: I will stress that this blog pertains to my own reading/interpretation of the book described, but after hearing feedback from my friend, the author, I have made a few minor edits and added explanations. In last week’s blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, ash, Biology, bipartisan, bottom-up, budget, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, DOE, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, emphasis, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, Genocide, Global Warming, governance, Government, grassroots, Health, Hebrew, History, Holocaust, IPCC, Israel, Jew, Jewish, law, light, Mitigation, NIH, NSF, Obama, Palestine, Paris Agreement, Physics, Poland, Policy, president, protection, refugee, regulation, Relli Robinson, Research, Science, Scott Pruitt, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto | Leave a comment

Back to Energy Transition: Data

Posted on March 7, 2017 by climatechangefork

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 | 1 Comment

Back to Psychology: Self-Serving Bias

Posted on February 28, 2017 by climatechangefork

Alan Greenspan has been reflecting on the meaning behind Trump’s win and the Brexit vote: The rise of “economic populism” around the world has come from years of low growth that have “seriously impaired” the global economy, former Fed Chairman … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election | Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, Adaptation, America, Anthropogenic, bias, BREXIT, Capitalism, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, communism, cry of pain, Donald Trump, economic populism, Economics, Economy, Education, esteem, fact, failure, Global Warming, governance, Government, Greenspan, Mitigation, pain, political psychology, politician, politics, populism, psychology, Science, self, self-esteem, self-serving, socialism, success, Sustainability, Trump, US | 1 Comment

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

Posted on February 7, 2017 by climatechangefork

We have spent the last two weeks examining how to stabilize our main socioeconomic indicators in order to achieve a long-term sustainable existence. Since climate change is one of the main early signs of the emerging human-dominated geological era (Anthropocene), … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Democratization, Desalination, economic, Economic Growth, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, energy use, Environment, equality, Fossil Fuels, GDP, GDP per capita, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, gravity, greenhouse gas, hunger, immigrant, immigration, India, indicator, influence, Infrastructure, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Physical Environment, Physics, politics, Population, Poverty, Power, refugee, rural, Science, sea level, security, socioeconomic, Solar Energy, Stabilization, Stabilizing, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, watercycle, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Bank, World Population | 2 Comments

The Sun as an Example of Stability Through Balance of Forces

Posted on November 8, 2016 by climatechangefork

I am posting this on Election Day; I have no idea as to how the vote will pan out but I think all of us can agree that the results will be highly consequential. With this much at stake, any … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged angular momentum, Balance, big bang, black hole, candidate, chemistry, dead star, Election, election day, Equilibrium, force, Government, gravity, helium, hydrogen, hydrogen bomb, hydrostatic, hydrostatic equilibrium, linear momentum, momentum, nuclear fusion, Physics, pressure, protostar, red giant, rotation, satellite, Science, solar system, stability, stable, star, star birth, star stuff, sun, vote, white dwarf | 4 Comments

Election: Clustering

Posted on November 1, 2016 by climatechangefork

By the time this blog goes up, we will be exactly one week from the election. Most of us will be greatly relieved (almost independent of the results) when this presidential campaign is over. This was probably the most disturbing … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged baby boomer, Bill Bishop, California, campaign, census, Class, climate, Clinton, cluster, conservative, constitution, democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Education, Election, elector, electoral college, Florida, founding fathers, GDP, geography, gerrymandering, governance, governing, Government, Hamilton, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, hipster, house, housing, Iowa, liberal, Massachussetts, migration, millenial, move, New York, North Dakota, Obama, political, politics, poll, Population, president, Putin, Republican, Russia, Science, segregate, segregation, senate, Sustainability, Tax, Texas, Trump, US, vote, voter, Voting, Wikileaks, World Population | 1 Comment

Fear

Posted on September 20, 2016 by climatechangefork

“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny” – Thomas Jefferson This election, as characterized by the media, is dominated by fear: The vast majority of Americans say they are … Continue reading →

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How to Influence Polls and Win Elections

Posted on August 23, 2016 by climatechangefork

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato Clinton is well ahead at the polls. Common opinion two weeks ago (August 9, 2016), was that convention bounces were … Continue reading →

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Immigration: IPAT

Posted on June 29, 2016 by climatechangefork

Noah Smith wrote an article in Bloomberg about how to convince the Japanese to have more kids: Japan would like to stabilize its rapidly aging population, and there are really only two ways to do that. It can let in … Continue reading →

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Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!

Let There be Light!

Back to Psychology: Self-Serving Bias

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

The Sun as an Example of Stability Through Balance of Forces

Election: Clustering

Fear

How to Influence Polls and Win Elections

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