Tag Archives: Obama

India – Energy Policy and Climate Change

Posted on March 17, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I summarized India’s current energy policy in terms of three objectives: access, security and climate change. While I looked into the challenges and apparent contradictions in the first two objectives, I left the discussion of its policy on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, India, Mitigation, Narendra Modi, Obama, PACE, Paris 2015, Population, Power, Power Plants, Solar, Sustainability, UNFCC | 8 Comments

Yes We Can! :(

Posted on November 11, 2014 by climatechangefork

Yesterday (November 4th) was Election Day in the US. It ended in a big victory for the Republicans, with a matching defeat for the Democrats and President Obama. It will be much more difficult for the President to push an … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, democracy, Democrats, Desalination, DNNer, Economics, Efficiency, Election, electrical power, Electricity, Energy, EROI, ethanol, Fatalists, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, IPCC, John Morgan, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Obama, Physics, Power Plants, Renewable, Republicans, Science, senate, Sequestration, Sustainability, Technology, Thermodynamics, threshold | 7 Comments

Assessment: Fall 2014

Posted on October 7, 2014 by climatechangefork

In my July 8, 2014 blog, I promised to check in with four self-assessment reports throughout the year, at the following times: The commemorations of the American and French Revolutions (first two weeks of July) The Jewish religion’s holy day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged academia, Adaptation, assessment, Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Democratization, denier, Earth Day, Education, finance, goal, Holocaust, Jewish, Katy Perry, Mitigation, Nazi, Obama, objective, quarterly report, Ramadan, Report, Self Inflicted Genocide, Social Media, Twitter, university, World Bank, Yom Kippur | 2 Comments

The World and Me

Posted on September 30, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I mentioned in my last blog, it’s been a busy month. Among other events, the semester started, and there was an enormous climate change march in Manhattan (paired with others globally) in anticipation of the United Nations special session … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Ban-Ki Moon, Climate Change, climatechange, decarbonize, deforestation, Democratization, Economics, Education, externality, Global, internality, Investment, NYC, Obama, People's Climate March, peoplesclimate, peoplesclimatemarch, personalize, Science, signs, UN, United Nations | 8 Comments

Income Inequality – Climate Change

Posted on September 9, 2014 by climatechangefork

I just came back from a very intense week in Israel. I went there in the “middle” of a war between Hamas and Israel, which paused for a cease-fire a day after my arrival. This war has been between a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, America, Boko Haram, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Drought, Economics, Egypt, Emissions, End of Now, Environment, greenhouse gas, Hamas, Income, Income Inequality, Inequality, IPAT, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, laws of war, Libya, NIC, Nigeria, Obama, Physics, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Terrorism, Tom Friedman, Ukraine, War, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Years of Living Dangerously, Yemen | Leave a comment

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

Posted on June 17, 2014 by climatechangefork

Unless my editors (LCG Communications) decide differently, this blog will be posted about two weeks after the EPA and President Obama announced the new proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. My folder library is already full … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Balance, Carbon, Chamber of Commerce, China, Clean Air Act, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Economics, Electrical Grid, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, EPA, EU, Fossil Fuels, greenhouse gas, India, Natural Gas, Obama, Obamacare, Power, Power Plants, Recession, Reference Year, Regulations, Renewable, Russia, US | Leave a comment

A Game Changing Public Relations Avalanche on Climate Change – Just When I’m About to Have a Break

Posted on June 3, 2014 by climatechangefork

Yesterday (May 29, 2014) was commencement day at my school, and the day that I was able to post my grades. Officially, the school year has ended and my summer break starts now (I do not take part in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Conference, Cosmos, Economics, Egypt, Energy, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Greenland, Heartland Institute, Iceland, Indonesia, International Climate Change Conference, Mitigation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Obama, Sandy, Science, Sustainability, Syria, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Years of Living Dangerously, Yemen | Leave a comment

Problems for a Contemporary Joseph

Posted on April 15, 2014 by climatechangefork

I am writing this blog one day before Passover. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the blog will be posted on Tuesday, April 15, the day of the 2nd Seder. Using Joseph as my timely hero is still permissible. Unlike the previous blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Desalination, DOE, Drought, Electricity, Energy, FERC, Food, Food Supply, Future, Global Warming, Infrastructure, Joseph, MIT, Mitigation, Obama, Passover, Sustainability, Technology, Variability, Water, Water Stress | Leave a comment

Unburnable Fuels: Removing Reserves From The Balance Sheet.

Posted on July 17, 2013 by climatechangefork

The New York Times recently reported (June 20, 2013) that shortly, President Obama would announce a new set of initiatives to combat climate change, and that he will make it a major focus to fight climate change during his second term. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Accounting, Cap, Climate Change, Education, EPA, ExxonMobil, Global Warming, Heartland Institute, Obama, Oil Companies, Proven Reserves, Real Estate, Reserves, SEC, Stock Exchange, Unburnable Fuels | 4 Comments

Conflicts and Navigation

Posted on February 18, 2013 by climatechangefork

The perspective of sustainability that I have advocated in the last three blogs was aimed toward the horizon and focused on maintaining equilibrium with the physical environment. I proposed reaching this equilibrium through a combination of recycling our resources, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Game, Global Warming, Horizon, IEC, Investment, Keynes, Lori Scarlatos, NIMBY, Obama, Romney, Science, Sustainability | 4 Comments

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India – Energy Policy and Climate Change

Yes We Can! :(

The World and Me

Income Inequality – Climate Change

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

A Game Changing Public Relations Avalanche on Climate Change – Just When I’m About to Have a Break

Problems for a Contemporary Joseph

Unburnable Fuels: Removing Reserves From The Balance Sheet.

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