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The Math Identity for Olympic Medals

Posted on August 17, 2021 by climatechangefork

One of the biggest shocks of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was Simone Biles’ historic withdrawal from several events. Her teammates expressed solidarity with her decision and she received a lot of positive feedback globally for placing her health above her … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, US | Tagged Australia, carbon emissions, China, Emissions, France, GDP, Germany, IPAT, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, OECD, Olympics, Russia, sports, State, Tokyo, UK | Leave a comment

Multilevel Confrontations with Climate Change: State Legislation

Posted on June 25, 2019 by climatechangefork

Wherever you live or work there is a very good chance that you are subject to multiple jurisdictions , with laws that you have to abide by. In my case, those include New York City and State, and the US … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Brooklyn College, California, carbon neutral, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, CUNY, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Future, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, jurisdiction, law, legislation, Mitigation, New York, NY, NYC, Policy, Renewable, renewable energy, rule, Science, socio-economic, socioeconomic, Solar, State, Sustainability, US, Wind | 2 Comments

Guest Blog: How is Carbon Affecting Energy Intensity in the US?

Posted on May 7, 2019 by climatechangefork

Hello to everybody, we are the guest bloggers Amged Haimed, Junfeng Lu, and Haosheng Chen. We are all undergraduate students majoring in physics. Under the guidance of Micha Tomkiewicz, PhD, we have been able to use our backgrounds and experiences … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Guest Blog, Sustainability, US | Tagged alternative energy, California, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commercial, Economics, Economy, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy efficiency, energy intensity, Energy Sources, fossil energy, fossil fuel, Gas, GDP, graph, greenhouse effect, Guest Blog, housing, Hydroelectric, industrial, industrial production, industry, Natural Gas, New York, Nuclear, Physics, Pollution, Population, PPP, Renewable, residential, Solar, State, students, Texas, trade, transportation, US, Wind, wood | 7 Comments

Midterm Elections 2018: A Victory for the Constitution

Posted on November 13, 2018 by climatechangefork

I posted early last week so I could emphasize the importance of voting to my students before Tuesday’s election. As of today, some states are still counting votes and some are proceeding to recounts because of the narrow margins. The … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, law, politics | Tagged Balance, blue, Brett Kavanaugh, Brooklyn College, census, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Congress, congressperson, constitution, democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Election, electoral college, electoral vote, Florida, founding fathers, ginsburg, Government, governor, house, house of representatives, I voted, Indiana, judiciary, Kavanaugh, land, midterm, midterm election, Missouri, nonvoter, North Dakota, NYC, participation, people, politics, popular vote, Population, Race, red, representation, representative, republic, Republican, ruth bader ginsburg, Science, senate, senator, stability, State, Supreme Court, system, Trump, US, US population, vote, voter, voter registration, voter turnout | Leave a comment

Me vs. Them vs. We – Nationalism/Populism vs. Globalism

Posted on May 30, 2017 by climatechangefork

The world is a shaky place right now. The best windows into this instability are countries where citizens can express their feelings in the voting booths. I am not alone in having mentioned repeatedly that the world is now entering … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged America, America First, American, americanism, Anthropocene, city, Climate Change, conservative, country, Donald Trump, era, fascism, fascist, free trade, Global, globalism, globalization, Godwin's Law, governance, governing, Government, Hitler, Homo Deus, immigration, me vs them, me vs them vs we, mtw, nationalism, Nazi, NIMBY, party, Passover, political, politics, populism, Republican, sovereign, State, TED talk, Timeline, Trump, UN, US, Yuval Noach Harari | 1 Comment

Immigration: The Physics

Posted on June 21, 2016 by climatechangefork

Next week I will leave for my summer break. This time we are taking a complicated tour, starting in England a week after the Brexit referendum. Next we will spend a few days in Israel before continuing to Poland, Malta, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Berlusconi, BREXIT, Britain, candidate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, conservation, Democratization, disorder, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, emigration, Emissions, Energy, England, Entropy, Environment, Europe, France, Global Population, Global Warming, Hungary, immigration, interrupt, Israel, Jacques Chirac, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Pen, Lionel Jospin, Malta, Marine Le Pen, Mexico, migration, Mitigation, National Front, Nazi, neo-Nazi, nominee, obstacle, order, Physics, politician, politics, Population, Power, president, refugee, Republican, safe haven, Science, Silvio Berlusconi, Slovakia, social entropy, society, sovereign, Sovereign State, State, Thermodynamics, Trump, US, Vacation, Victor Orban, wall, Water, World Population | Leave a comment

Climate Change and the Election: What is at Stake?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by climatechangefork

I started writing this blog on Wednesday, April 13. On that day, 71 years ago, I was liberated by American Army soldiers while on my way from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt (Terezin). This blog will be posted on Tuesday, April 19 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, American, analysis, Bergen-Belsen, Bernie Sanders, camp, candidate, China, civilization, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, concentration camp, death, democracy, Democrat, Democratization, detail, disaster, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, election day, eligible, Emissions, employment, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Germany, Global Warming, governance, greenhouse gas, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Holocaust, income distribution, indicator, Infrastructure, Jew, John Kasich, Judaism, liberator, Marco Rubio, Mitigation, Murder, Nazi, New York, NY, Obama, Past, Physics, political party, politician, politics, Population, Population Growth, Poverty, Power, president, presidential election, primary, Republican, sanitation, Science, soldier, State, survivor, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, Terezin, Theresienstadt, Unemployment, US, victim, vote, voter, Voting, Water, World Bank, World Population, Yom Hashoa | Leave a comment

State Destruction and the Cuban Embargo

Posted on February 9, 2016 by climatechangefork

My small series of blogs regarding Cuba cannot possibly have a global impact on these issues, so what am I doing writing it? In last week’s blog I warned about the dangers of a country (or group of countries) trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Education, IPCC, Sustainability, UN | Tagged accountability, Adaptation, Africa, Argentina, Asia, automobile, Batista, bloqueo, car, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, CO2 emissions, Congo, corruption, Cuba, cuban revolution, democracy, Democratization, Economics, Economy, Education, effectiveness, Eisenhower, Electricity, embargo, Emissions, enforcement, Ethiopia, execution, export, force, governance, Habana, Havana, Human Rights, import, India, Indonesia, Jean Bodin, law, Leviathan, Max Weber, Mitigation, monopoly, monopoly on violence, Nigeria, Obama, Pakistan, political stability, politics, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, Raymond Aron, regulation, Revolution, rule of law, sovereign, stability, State, Sustainability, Tanzania, Technology, Thomas Hobbes, Uganda, UN, US, Violence, voice, World Bank, World Population | 1 Comment

Citizen of the World?

Posted on August 6, 2013 by climatechangefork

On my way back from Mauritius (see July 3 blog) we passed through Israel to attend a family wedding and meet up with some old friends. During a pleasant dinner with some of these good friends, I was asked if … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Africa, American, Botswana, Citizen, Citizenship, Climate Change, Comment, Conference, Democratization, E B White, Einstein, Environment, EPA, Garry Davis, Global Population, Global Warming, Government, Holocaust, Israel, Madagascar, Mauritius, One World, Peace, Republican, Sartre, Schweitzer, Science, Sovereign State, State, Sustainability, World, Zimbabwe | 8 Comments

Tag Archives: State

The Math Identity for Olympic Medals

Multilevel Confrontations with Climate Change: State Legislation

Guest Blog: How is Carbon Affecting Energy Intensity in the US?

Midterm Elections 2018: A Victory for the Constitution

Me vs. Them vs. We – Nationalism/Populism vs. Globalism

Climate Change and the Election: What is at Stake?

State Destruction and the Cuban Embargo

Citizen of the World?

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