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“So to me, what’s interesting about it is that this catastrophe that occurred and the manmadeness of it, there wasn’t a single – there is no conspiracy single bad person that you can say “It all goes...
View ArticleSea Levels Rising at an Alarming Speed
Another bit of alarming climate news that most Americans will totally ignore: The global sea level is rising 60 percent faster than previous reports issued by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel...
View ArticleWe’re Making Too Many Babies
My Monday column: If someone asks you what is the planet’s most dangerous problem, your immediate answer should be overpopulation. There are simply too many people and nowhere near the resources to...
View ArticleHang on Tight. The Climate Crisis is Going to Get A Lot Worse.
It doesn’t look like we’ll be able to hold the global temperature increase to under 2-degrees — the threshold at which the climate crisis becomes seriously dangerous. The amount of heat-trapping...
View ArticleToo Little Too Late
Could this be some good news on the climate crisis? Not really. President Obama is “putting in place the building blocks for a climate treaty requiring the first fossil fuel emissions cuts from both...
View ArticleThe Climate Cliff
My Thursday column is pretty grim: Credit where credit is due, Matt Yglesias coined the phrase “climate cliff” via Twitter the other day in reference to the now inevitable 2°C global temperature...
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Good News: We’re Driving More Fuel Efficient Cars
We’re driving slightly less often, using less fuel and creating fewer emissions: Brad Plumer reports: New vehicles purchased in November of 2012 got 24.1 miles per gallon, on average. That includes all...
View ArticleA Light That Runs on Gravity (Sort Of)
Via Andrew Sullivan: Technically, as some of Sullivan’s readers have pointed out, the power comes from the human who lifts the bag of sand and hangs it from the light. Also, a spring-loaded wind-up...
View ArticleA Massive Step Backwards on Energy
Yeah, the recent push for coal as a substitute for oil isn’t helping matters: In a report destined to frustrate advocates for global action on climate change, the Paris-based International Energy...
View ArticleFeeling a Little Better About Brian Schatz
The incoming senator from Hawaii: “For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation,” Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz (D), whom Hawaii Gov. Neil...
View ArticleWhen Government Regulations Fail
The EPA has been laughably ineffectual, and here’s the latest awful example of their incompetence. They backed off a fracking investigation at the behest of the gas company being investigated. When a...
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Solyndra Loan Program Turning a Profit for Taxpayers
The same program that funded Solyndra, the great non-scandal of yore, is now turning a profit for the federal government and taxpayers. via Bloomberg The U.S. government expects to earn $5 billion to...
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