Tag Archives: NYC

The Sky as an Inspiration

Posted on July 5, 2022 by climatechangefork

A week ago, I got a new email from a young friend, reacting to the recent verdict by the Supreme Court that negates Roe vs. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape for the last 50 years: I was reading … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, politics | Tagged Abortion, bottom-up, carbon emissions, change, China, choice, Climate Change, constitution, covid, COVID 19, democracy, economic, Economy, EPA, executive, Fertility, Future, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, guns, judiciary, law, legislation, minority, NYC, rights, Roe v. Wade, Russia, Second Amendment, separation of power, Supreme Court, surveillance, Technology, top-down, Ukraine, vote | 3 Comments

Guest Blog by Phil Gallagher: Going Solar in 2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by climatechangefork

This week, we have a guest blog from one of my friends, a retired Brooklyn College History professor, who just installed solar power in his home in Brooklyn. Going Solar in 2022 My wife and I recently succeeded in going … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Guest Blog | Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, building, coned, construction, Electricity, Energy, fire code, Incentives, NYC, Photovoltaic, Renewable, Solar, solar panel | 4 Comments

Single-Use Plastic and Decarbonization

Posted on April 5, 2022 by climatechangefork

Source: Advanced Waste Solutions As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I will temporarily leave the topic of the devastating Russian aggression against Ukraine and shift back to the impending global environmental threats connected to climate change. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged CUNY, legislation, NY, NYC, NYPIRG, plastic, Pollution, Russia, SUNY, SUP, Ukraine, university, War, waste, zero carbon | Leave a comment

Where Should We Go When Disaster Strikes?

Posted on September 7, 2021 by climatechangefork

When I started writing this blog on Wednesday morning, we were just beginning to see Hurricane Ida’s effects as it climbed through the Northeast, scheduled to pass through my home city, NYC. Two seemingly unrelated pieces in that day’s NYT … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, US | Tagged California, Climate Change, climate refugee, Drought, dry, Environment, environmental refugee, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, Florida, Global Warming, Hurricane, Ida, Katrina, Las Vegas, Louisiana, New Orleans, NYC, Phoenix, Precipitation, rain, tropical storm, wet | 2 Comments

Utilities: Calculating our Carbon Footprints

Posted on June 1, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have used Table 1 in the last few blogs (starting on May 11th) to show the carbon intensities for the various sources of energy that we use in large buildings (greater than 25,000ft2) in NYC. From there, I’ve shown … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged carbon efficiency, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, CO2, Coal, electric car, Electricity, electricity intensity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, EPA, fuel, Future, Natural Gas, Nuclear, NYC, Oil, scope, Solar, Wind | 1 Comment

First-Principle Chemistry: Carbon Intensity

Posted on May 18, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last two blogs (May 4th and 11th) dealt with the challenges inherent in a new law that mandates carbon footprint reduction within large buildings in New York City, where I live and work. As with many other laws, there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity factor, chemistry, CO2, CO2 emissions, Emissions, Energy, law, Methane, mole, Natural Gas, New York, NYC | Leave a comment

From Commitments to Penalties: Measuring Carbon Emissions

Posted on May 4, 2021 by climatechangefork

Since President Biden’s inauguration, I have looked a lot at carbon emissions and what we are doing to minimize them. As an educator and a New York City resident, I am especially invested in this change. Not only do … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Biden, calculation, Cap and Trade, Carbon, carbon capture, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity factor, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Education, Emissions, enforcement, forest, Global Warming, law, legislation, limit, New York, NYC, Paris Agreement, standard deviation, teacher, US | 1 Comment

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

Posted on August 18, 2020 by climatechangefork

My wife and I start our day with breakfast and the print edition of The New York Times (NYT). When the paper arrives, we split it between us—she gets the front section and I get the rest. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, Extreme Weather | Tagged Arizona, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, CUNY, Data, data set, Education, El Paso, Extreme Weather, heat, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, Heat Stroke, heat wave, humidity, NYC, NYT, online, Phoenix, sun stroke, Temperature, Texas, Tucson, US, Weather, weather report | 2 Comments

Looking at the Future Through Coronavirus-Infected Eyes

Posted on August 11, 2020 by climatechangefork

The iconic MAGA hat exemplifies the Trump administration’s unilateralist “America First” philosophy, to the detriment of global welfare I am starting to write this blog on Thursday, August 6th. The coronavirus situation is currently: Globally: around 19 million cases, more … Continue reading →

Posted in administration | Tagged Adaptation, administration, America First, arms control, atom bomb, atomic bomb, atomic weapon, blackboard, Brooklyn College, cases, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, death, distanced learning, Donald Trump, Future, google meet, Health, Hiroshima, immigration, Japan, John Bolton, lockdown, MAGA, Mitigation, Nagasaki, New York, nuclear war, NYC, pandemic, Paris Agreement, president trump, social distancing, treaty, Trump, unilateral, unilateralist, WHO, WWII, zoom, zosia samosia | 1 Comment

Energy Saving on Specific Campuses

Posted on July 21, 2020 by climatechangefork

There are two branches to making campuses more sustainable: reducing carbon emissions (with the objective of zero carbon by mid-century) and increasing resiliency in the energy supply. We have dealt with both objectives throughout this blog. One campus’ conversion to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged America, carbon emissions, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Drought, Energy, energy distribution, energy efficiency, energy production, energy transition, Extreme Weather, fossil fuel, fuel, global energy transition, Global Warming, independent grid, lab, laboratory, Microgrid, Net-Zero, New York, North America, NYC, NYU, Power, renewable energy, renewables, resiliency, smart grid, Solar, stuttering energy transition, Texas, university, US, UT Austin, Wind, zero carbon | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: NYC

The Sky as an Inspiration

Guest Blog by Phil Gallagher: Going Solar in 2022

Single-Use Plastic and Decarbonization

Where Should We Go When Disaster Strikes?

Utilities: Calculating our Carbon Footprints

First-Principle Chemistry: Carbon Intensity

From Commitments to Penalties: Measuring Carbon Emissions

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

Energy Saving on Specific Campuses

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