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Petrostates

Posted on February 8, 2022 by climatechangefork

Right now, in the energy transition, there is an emerging weaponization of energy. Russia’s confrontation with the West over Ukraine is the present focal point. The following two publications provide some details: “What Happens if Russia Cuts Off Europe’s Natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Electricity, Energy, energy transition Russia, Gas, Iraq, loser, Nigeria, Oil, petroleum, petrostate, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Ukraine, US, Venezuela, winner | Leave a comment

Vulnerabilities: Global Environmental Refugees

Posted on April 3, 2018 by climatechangefork

I am not the only one to predict (February 3, 2015 and October 3, 2017) that continuing our practices in a business as usual scenario will lead to destruction of the physical environment as we know it – as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Afghanistan, analysis, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, asylum, Bangladesh, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, Colombia, conflict, Congo, Dhaka, displaced, earthquake, EERC, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, extinction, Flood, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, Future, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, goldilocks, greenhouse gas, immigrant, intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, migrant, Mitigation, Nigeria, nile, Pakistan, Policy, Power, refugee, Research, resource, Salinity, Science, Sea-Level Rise, security, Self Inflicted Genocide, sixth extinction, South Sudan, storm, stuttering transition, Sudan, Sustainability, Syria, Technology, Transition, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, US, Volcano, Water, Water Cycle, water distribution, Water Scarcity, wildfire, World Population | 2 Comments

Who is at Fault? Do We Blame the Loser?

Posted on November 22, 2016 by climatechangefork

Samuel Kassow’s book describes the efforts of a group led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum who documented what was happening around them in the Nazi-occupied Warsaw Ghetto. The group aimed to provide an accurate account of the situation to counter the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged 22nd amendment, account, Afghanistan, amendment, blame, Bush, change, Clinton, constitution, Democrat, demographic, Donald Trump, economic, Economy, Education, elect, Election, Emanuel Ringelblum, Future, Gender, general election, H. W. Bush, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, historian, History, Holocaust, Iraq, loser, Obama, political party, politician, politics, Population, Power, president, President Obama, presidential campaign, presidential election, primary, Race, Reagan, Republican, rural, Samuel Kassow, Science, secretary of state, survivor, tactic, Transition, Trump, truth, Unemployment, urban, US, vote, voter, War, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, winner, World Population | 1 Comment

Global Family Vacation Part 3: Israel: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees, Resettlement, and the Right of Return

Posted on August 30, 2016 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – A map of refugee camps in the Middle East Successful resettlement is probably the most important aspect of the global refugee issue. Resettled refugees can make major positive contributions to their host societies. We have seen this … Continue reading →

Posted in immigration | Tagged annex, Arab, arab league, Arabist, attitude, Australia, bias, Brooklyn College, camp, choice, Citizen, Citizenship, Civil War, CUNY, document, Egypt, emigrant, emigration, Family, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Holocaust, home, homeland, Human Rights, identity, immigrant, immigration, Iraq, Iraqi, ISIS, Islam, Israel, Israeli, Jew, Jewish, Kuwait, land, Lebanon, middle east, migrant, migration, muslim, opinion, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian National Authority, partition, political, politics, privilege, property, pull factor, push factor, refugee, religion, resettlement, return, right, right of return, Saudi Arabia, security, settlement, Suez, Syria, teach, teacher, treaty, Turkey, UDHR, UN, UNRWA, US, War, west bank, Yemen | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Election | Tagged active, America, Arizona, Bernie, Bernie Sanders, candidacy, candidate, Candidates, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, constituent, credential, DC, Democrat, disorder, Donald Trump, early election, early voting, elect, Election, election day, eligible, Environment, experience, favorable, FiveThirtyEight, foreign policy, Fremont, Gary Johnson, Gender, Global Warming, govern, Government, governor, groundwork, Hillary Clinton, honesty, house, independent, Iowa, Iraq, Jill Stein, lie, likeable, Marist, McClatchey, methodology, metric, metrics, Minnesota, negative, neutral, Nuclear, nuclear weapons, Obama, Ohio, Olympics, outreach, party, party line, passive, Plato, Policy, political, political party, politics, poll, polls, pollster, positive, president, President Obama, presidential campaign, presidential election, psychology, qualification, quantify, quantity, register, registered, registered voter, relatability, Republican, rig, rigged, Science, senate, South Dakota, split-ticket, Sustainability, swing state, Technology, third party, Trump, trust, truth, unfavorable, US, vote, voter, Washington DC, World Population | Leave a comment

The Election: Trust, Likability & Honesty

Posted on August 9, 2016 by climatechangefork

I am finishing writing this blog on Sunday, even though I had a draft ready yesterday. As I read the New York Times today, I came across Nicholas Kristof’s Op-Ed, “Clinton’s Fibs vs. Trump’s Huge Lies.” It coincided almost exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged assessment, Bernie, Bernie Sanders, candidacy, candidate, Candidates, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, credential, Democrat, disorder, Donald Trump, ego, Election, eligible, Environment, experience, favorable, FiveThirtyEight, foreign policy, Fremont, Gary Johnson, Gender, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, honesty, Iraq, Jill Stein, lie, likeable, Lincoln, manic, McClellan, metric, metrics, Mitt Romney, Nate Silver, negative, neutral, Nuclear, nuclear weapons, Obama, Olympics, party, Policy, political, political party, politics, poll, polls, positive, president, President Obama, presidential campaign, presidential election, psychology, qualification, quantify, quantity, relatability, Republican, Robin Williams, Science, Sustainability, Technology, third party, Trump, trust, truth, unfavorable, US, vote, voter, War, World Population | Leave a comment

Immigration: Quantifying Migration

Posted on July 26, 2016 by climatechangefork

The Scope of Present Global Refugee Issues: Global migration (June 21, 2016) arises from people’s quest to survive and attain better opportunities. More specifically, people leave their homes: Due to war/civil war As a result of broken states In search … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, affiliation, Afghanistan, Africa, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Civil War, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Congo, danger, death, Democratization, demographic, Demographics, discrimination, displacement, DNNer, DRC, Economics, Economy, emigrant, emigrate, emigration, Emissions, Energy, Environment, estimate, Europe, Fertility, figure, forced displacement, forcibly displaced, Fossil Fuels, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, graph, greenhouse gas, HUD, immigrant, immigration, India, IPAT, IPCC, Iraq, migrant, migration, minority, Mitigation, Physics, Population, Prediction, projection, quantify, quantitative, quantity, Race, refugee crisis, religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Sustainability, Syria, Technology, trend, UN, UNHCR, US, War, World Population | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Immigration

Posted on July 12, 2016 by climatechangefork

“You broke the ocean in half to be here. Only to meet nothing that wants you.” – Nayyirah Waheed, Immigrant Dear Reader, I am writing this blog post at a critical transitional point in my life. I have just graduated … Continue reading →

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Immigration: My Migration History

Posted on July 5, 2016 by climatechangefork

This is what remained of my family’s house in Warsaw after WWII. There is no longer any trace of it. I gave a brief summation of my early life when I wrote my first blog (April 22, 2012). I was … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Sacred Earth, Sacred Self

Posted on June 16, 2015 by climatechangefork

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful The Animals’ Lawsuit Against Humanity is a 1,000-year-old Islamic tale that examines the conception of Promethean Man and his domination and destruction of the natural world. Embedded within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged animals, Arabic, ayat, Bani Adam, Climate Change, Earth, Environment, fable, fasting, Global Warming, God, Guest Blog, Hebrew, humanity, Ikhwan al-Safa’, Iraq, Islam, islamic law, Koran, lawsuit, Muhammad, muslim, Muslims, Promethean Man, Qur'an, Ramadan, religion, rights, sharia, Shari’ah, Sufi, Sustainability | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Iraq

Petrostates

Vulnerabilities: Global Environmental Refugees

Who is at Fault? Do We Blame the Loser?

Global Family Vacation Part 3: Israel: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees, Resettlement, and the Right of Return

How to Influence Polls and Win Elections

The Election: Trust, Likability & Honesty

Immigration: Quantifying Migration

Immigration: My Migration History

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Sacred Earth, Sacred Self

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