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Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization?
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization? To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society as a whole with a World War II-level of effort, the reality is that there’s never been […]
Living on a Quagmire Planet: This Could Get a Lot Uglier
Living on a Quagmire Planet: This Could Get a Lot Uglier Sixty-six million years ago, so the scientists tell us, an asteroid slammed into this planet. Landing on what’s now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, it gouged out a crater 150 kilometers wide and put so much soot and sulfur into the atmosphere that it created what […]
Supreme Court Blocks ExxonMobil’s Effort to Conceal Decades of Documents in Probe of Oil Giant’s Climate Deception
Supreme Court Blocks ExxonMobil’s Effort to Conceal Decades of Documents in Probe of Oil Giant’s Climate Deception The high court’s ruling means the company must hand over records to the Massachusetts attorney general for her ongoing investigation In a win for climate campaigners and Massachusetts’ Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey on Monday, the U.S.Supreme Court rejected […]
Let’s do follow the climate money!
Let’s do follow the climate money! The climate crisis industry incessantly claims that fossil fuel emissions are causing unprecedented temperature, climate and weather changes that pose existential threats to human civilization and our planet. The only solution, Climate Crisis, Inc. insists, is to eliminate the oil, coal and natural gas that provide 80% of the […]
Fusion is the only possible way to replace fossil fuels. So how is ITER doing?
Fusion is the only possible way to replace fossil fuels. So how is ITER doing? Preface. This website, and my book, When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the future of transportation, and Martin Hoffert, et al in the 2002 Advanced Technology Paths to Global Climate Stability: Energy for a Greenhouse Planet, Science. Vol 298 argue […]
Carbon Crossroads: Can Germany Revive Its Stalled Energy Transition?
A wind turbine operating next to the Niederaussem coal-fired power plant near Bergheim, Germany. LUKAS SCHULZE/GETTY IMAGES Carbon Crossroads: Can Germany Revive Its Stalled Energy Transition? Although Germany has been a global leader in moving to decarbonize its massive economy, the country’s ambitious clean-energy transformation is faltering. Now, a broad spectrum of energy experts are […]
Fossil Fuels and Climate Denial Still Reign in Louisiana Despite Scientists’ Dire Warnings for the State
Fossil Fuels and Climate Denial Still Reign in Louisiana Despite Scientists’ Dire Warnings for the State Louisiana is ground zero for the devastating impacts of climate change. Even though the state is already feeling the costly impacts to life and property due to extreme weather and an eroding coastline linked to a warming planet, its […]
Energy Transition Under Fire As Power Bills Soar
Energy Transition Under Fire As Power Bills Soar For a long period of time, the energy transition was primarily a technical topic concerning the transformation of the energy grid. Technological developments and the decreasing costs of renewables have made it a viable alternative to fossil fuels. The integration, however, of these new systems requires considerable […]
Can an Unequal Earth Beat Climate Change?
Can an Unequal Earth Beat Climate Change? Some 250 million years ago, life on Earth survived an existential climate crisis. But that Earth had a distinct advantage. No rich. We either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or all of us are going to fry. So essentially posits still another new blockbuster study on climate […]
From Obama to Trump, Climate Negotiations are Being Run by the Same Crew of American Technocrats
FROM OBAMA TO TRUMP, CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING RUN BY THE SAME CREW OF AMERICAN TECHNOCRATS ON MONDAY, THE Trump administration hosted an event on behalf of the fossil fuel industry at the United Nations climate talks in Poland, known as COP24. It was almost identical to the one it hosted at last year’s climate […]
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future Once is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities. Yet with the global […]
Powering the Tesla Gigafactory
Powering the Tesla Gigafactory Tesla has repeatedly claimed in publications, articles and tweets from Elon Musk that its Reno, Nevada Gigafactory will be powered 100% by renewables. Specifics on exactly how Tesla plans to do this are sparse, but the data that are available suggest that Tesla’s 70MW rooftop solar array won’t come close to […]
The Riots in France Are NOT Just About Taxes
The Riots in France Are NOT Just About Taxes The recent protests in France seem to have caught everyone by surprise, particularly the French government. Macron’s government seems to have underestimated the demonstrations and the determination of the protesters. The Western media seems confounded in their attempts to understand or explain them and the rest of […]
Guest Post: Carbon emissions will reach 37 billion tonnes in 2018, a record high
Guest Post: Carbon emissions will reach 37 billion tonnes in 2018, a record high Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia; Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Robbie Andrew, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo, and Rob Jackson, Stanford University Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions […]
Warnings of Doom, Amid a Smokescreen of Denial and Distraction
Warnings of Doom, Amid a Smokescreen of Denial and Distraction Photo Source reurinkjan | CC BY 2.0 The Trump administration predictably tried to bury the dire warnings contained in the fourth National Climate Assessment by releasing it the day after Thanksgiving, when many people would be distracted by the mass consumption frenzy known as Black Friday. […]
