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Teaching Moment 3: The Electoral College & Whose Vote Counts Most?

Posted on November 24, 2020 by climatechangefork

As of last Friday (November 20th) the election results were as follows: Total vote: Biden – 79.7 million (51%), Trump – 73.7 million (47%). The difference in the popular vote is around 4% or 6 million votes. As for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, law, US | Tagged Arizona, Biden, city, constitution, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, elector, electoral college, faithless elector, Georgia, Government, Joe Biden, legislature, mandate, mpopulation density, North Carolina, Obama, Pennsylvania, polarization, popular vote, Population Density, president trump, Republican, Romney, rural, suburban, Trump, urban, US, vote, voter, Wisconsin | 3 Comments

The Election as a Teachable Moment

Posted on November 10, 2020 by climatechangefork

Like many others, I stayed up late on Tuesday evening to watch the election results. Like them, my wife and I went to sleep not knowing the end results of the election but sure about two things: the Democratic landslide … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Election, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability, Trump, US | Tagged alaska, America, Arizona, BC, Biden, Climate Change, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, Future, Georgia, Global Warming, heat, heatwave, IPCC, Joe Biden, Nevada, North Carolina, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, presidency, president, Republican, scenario, teach, teacher, Temperature, temperature rise, Trump, uncertainty, US, vote, voter | 3 Comments

Where Are We Living? Can We Stay There?

Posted on January 7, 2020 by climatechangefork

A New Year! A New Decade! By now, we have all made our wishes and resolutions. I am sure that everyone is hoping for better times. However, the news around the world has been very bleak. Globally, since the New … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, immigration, Sustainability | Tagged anti-semitic, Arizona, atomic bomb, Australia, Brisbane, Cape Town, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Colorado, degradation, Economy, fire, Florida, Future, generation, Global Warming, Gold Coast, Growth, habitat, Idaho, immigration, Iran, Mauritius, Melbourne, New Year, North Carolina, NYC, Population, Real Estate, retreat, Science, sea level, shifting baseline, Soleimani, South Africa, South Carolina, states, suicide, Texas, tide, US, Utah, Washington, wildfire | 3 Comments

To Make America Great Again, Please Stand Tall

Posted on February 26, 2019 by climatechangefork

I interpret standing tall as holding your head up and meeting oncoming challenges rather than burying it in a pile of sand to avoid reality (see the October 16, 2018 post on ostrich myths and the American government’s deliberate obtuseness … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Election, immigration, law, politics, refugee, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, administration, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, Balance, Chuck Todd, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Congress, coral, Cost, damage, Dan Coats, Democrat, democratic socialist, denial, Donald Trump, Economics, EIS, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental refugee, evidence, Extreme Weather, fire, Florida, forest fire, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, GOP, governance, Government, green, green new deal, greenhouse gas, heat stress, house of representatives, immigration, impact, Industrial Revolution, intelligence, IPCC, law, legislation, Local, Media, Mitigation, North Carolina, North Korea, objective, opinion, ostrich, politics, reef, refugee, reporter, Republican, resolution, responsibility, Science, senate, socialist, subjective, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Trump, UN, US | 6 Comments

Burying our Heads in the Sand

Posted on October 16, 2018 by climatechangefork

Ostriches don’t actually bury their heads in the sand in the belief that it makes their predators unable to see them – but many of us do. Unfortunately many such human ostriches occupy high level positions of our government, putting … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, Alabama, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arizona, build, censorship, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, coral, damage, develop, developers, Donald Trump, Drought, Extreme Weather, fear, Flood, Florida, Future, Georgia, Global Warming, governance, governing, Government, Hurricane, hurricane florence, hurricane michael, IPCC, North Carolina, ostrich, Policy, policy makers, predict, Prediction, projection, reconstruction, Science, sea ice, sea level, Sea-Level Rise, storm, Trump, US | 2 Comments

Election: Battle of the Sexes

Posted on October 25, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last week, I posited that: “Donald Trump attempted to downplay or disregard any fallout from his actions, concentrating instead on throwing red meat to keep at least his most dedicated supporters happy.” In this blog I had initially planned to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged 19th amendment, amazon, America, campaign, Christopher Andersen, Clinton, college, constitution, country, Donald, Donald Trump, early voting, Education, Election, Evita, female, FiveThirtyEight, Gender, grope, high school, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Howard Stern, macho, male, men, Nate Silver, nonvoter, nonwhite, North Carolina, party, Pat McRory, Policy, politician, politics, poll, polls, Power, president, presidential campaign, presidential election, projection, registration, result, rights, sex, sexes, sexual assault, study, support, supporter, Supreme Court, Trump, university, US, vote, voter, voter registration, voter turnout, Voting, white, Women | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: North Carolina

Teaching Moment 3: The Electoral College & Whose Vote Counts Most?

The Election as a Teachable Moment

Where Are We Living? Can We Stay There?

To Make America Great Again, Please Stand Tall

Burying our Heads in the Sand

Election: Battle of the Sexes

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