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Tag Archives: Power Plants
The Politics of the Anthropocene Part 1: The Triggers.
Last week I listed three articles that prompted me to shift my focus from the ongoing 2016 presidential campaigns to the more abstract aspects of politicizing the Anthropocene, but I did not have time to speak about the articles in … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, anti-science, Bernie Sanders, bias, binary, campaign, candidate, center, Chernobyl, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, conservative, Donald Trump, Economics, Election, Emissions, Energy, Environment, environmental, Fossil Fuels, Fukushima, G.O.P, GDP, Gender, Global Population, Global Warming, GOP, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, law, liberal, Mitigation, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, nuclear power, pew, Physics, political, politician, politics, poll, Power Plants, president, progressive, regulation, Science, single story, Sustainability, Technology, TED, US, World Population
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COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises
Last week’s blog looked at Unilever’s CEO’s attempts to make his company sustainable. Unilever is not alone in promising to be more environmentally friendly in the long term. One of the less discussed achievements of COP21 was the mobilization of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Apple, Australia, Autodesk, Belgium, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, consumer, consumer pressure, COP21, Economics, Elion Resources, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Finland, Fossil Fuels, France, Germany, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Google, greenhouse gas, H&M, IKEA, India, Infigen Energy, Investment, investor, IPCC, Italy, Marks and Spencer, Mars, Microsoft, Mitigation, Nestle, Netherlands, Nike, Organization, peer pressure, Power, Power Plants, Procter and Gamble, Renewable, Royal Philips, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, Starbucks, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable production, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, UK, UN, UNFCCC, Unilever, US, Walmart, Wind
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COP21- Anticipations
The COP21 meeting is over, as is my student’s final exam, 60% of which depended on an evaluation of the conference. What’s next for my students and the world at large? My class material for next semester will answer the … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, Education, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged accord, adapt, Adaptation, agreement, Bill Gates, candidate, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Conference, contribution, convention, COP21, Decline, Democratization, developed countries, developing, Earth Summit, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, enforcement, Environment, finance, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global, Global Population, global suicide, Global Warming, globe, greenhouse gas, implementation, India, Industrial Revolution, IPAT, IPCC, Kyoto, mitigate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, NIMBY, Obama, objective, Oil, Paris, Physics, Policy, political, politics, pollute, polluter, Pollution, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, progress, punishment, renege, Republican, responsibility, responsible, Rio, scenario, Science, security council, Self Inflicted Genocide, senate, socioeconomic, Solar, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, suicide, Sustainability, Technology, treaty, UN, UNFCCC, US, Wealth, World, World Population
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The Extended Golden Rule
Last week I looked at how Pope Francis used the Golden Rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Mt 7:12) as an anchor for his call for global change. I ended with an attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Albedo, Anthropogenic, biosphere, California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, cloud, condensation, Desalination, do unto others, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy balance, energy budget, energy cycle, energy flow, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, freshwater, Global Population, Global Warming, golden rule, greenhouse gas, Lake, Mitigation, Ocean, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Power Plants, rain, river, saltwater, Science, Sea-Level Rise, snow, Solar, Solar Energy, solar radiation, stream, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, vapor, Water, Water Cycle, water distribution, Water Stress, World Population
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The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means
The test of any major transition is in its response to a sharp perturbation. Often such disturbances come in the form of a major war. Fortunately, the present global energy transition is being tested in a much more peaceful manner. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, BP, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Cars, Clean Energy, Climate Change, crude oil, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, Energy Consumption, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Global Warming, hybrid car, Hydroelectric, Hydropower, Market, Market Prices, Oil, oil price, oil prices, Photovoltaic, Power Plants, Prediction, Renewable, SEIA, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Wind, wind power
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Predicting the Future and its Impacts
In the last blog (June 30th) I started to investigate the impact of the recent large drop in global oil prices on the global energy transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources. The sharp decline in oil prices has … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Agua Caliente Solar Project, Arizona, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, crude oil, Electric Cars, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, global energy transition, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Niels Bohr, Oil, oil price, oil prices, Photovoltaic, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, S&P, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, stock market, stocks, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Transition, US, Wind, wind farm, Yuma
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NIMBY as a Business Strategy
The June 9, 2015 blog focused on traditional NIMBY arguments in the context of attitudes toward wind farms. The main issue I raised was that if we are making the statement that we object to wind farms because they are … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Batteries, Battery, Berkshire Hathaway, business, Catholic, Christia, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Denis Ladyzhensky, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Elon Musk, Emissions, encyclical, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Future, Germany, Guest Blog, Jewish, muslim, net metering, NIMBY, Omaha, oracle, Papal Encyclical, Photovoltaic, Pope, Pope Francis, Power, Power Plants, Prediction, SEIA, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Solar, Storage Capacity, Technology, Tesla, US, utilities, Utility, Warren Buffett, Wind, wind farm
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NIMBY: Wind vs. Fossil Fuels
Last week I focused on Texas. In spite of its strong inclination toward state autonomy, reluctance to implement new taxes, and its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, it is playing a vital role in the energy transition: The state is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Economics, EIA, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Georgetown, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Mitigation, NIMBY, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, public opinion, Renewable, Roscoe Wind Farm, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Texas, Texas Interconnection, Transition, turbine, US, Wind, wind farm
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