Category Archives: Climate Change
Global Warming Not Slowing
A study published on June 4 2015 by the National Climatic Data Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that a UN 2013 report erroneously concluded that there had been a 15-year hiatus in global warming. Turns out, the rate of global warming was measured incorrectly: the hiatus … Continue reading
Climate Change, Differentiation and Money
December 14, 2014 The United Nations climate change conference in Lima ended with a less than comprehensive accord. There’s an anecdote from the age before radar that illustrates where the world stands today with respect to climate change: A brand new dreadnought-class battleship is steaming at 15 knots in thick … Continue reading
Compromise at the Convention on Climate Change, Lima 2014
December 7, 2014 As at previous similar conventions, there is agreement on the overall goal, not on who should do what, when, and pay how much. Rather than repeating the entire list of disagreements, the following might become the basis for a possible compromise. The overall goal is to reduce … Continue reading
Climate Change & Lima, Peru 2014
December 2, 2014 The ongoing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (December 1 through 12, 2014) in Lima must not fail to slow, and eventually halt, the use of fossil fuels and nuclear energy to generate electricity. That would greatly reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the … Continue reading
The Truth Marches On
The November 1, 2014 Synthesis Report for Policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) leaves no doubt that climate change is real, caused by human action, and that time is running out for our illustrious leaders to take action commensurate with the scope and gravity of the monstrous … Continue reading
Consequences of Climate Change Assessment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Excerpted from the full report August 2012 Executive Summary The 2010 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment is the fifth report prepared in response to the mandate in the 1974 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (Public Law 93–378, 88 Stat 475, as amended). This report summarizes findings about the … Continue reading
Remarks Of Secretary Jacob J. Lew On The Economics Of Climate Change
Editor’s note: does not offer a solution to drought. Excerpt of the full transcript …The need for action is clear. The world can either choose to ignore the challenge today and be forced to take more drastic action at greater cost down the road. Or we can make sensible, modest … Continue reading
Comments of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Climate Change at Arequipa, Peru
(Excerpt of his complete remarks) October 13, 2014 The Security Implications of Climate Change Today, this region has become one of the most stable in the world. In many nations of the hemisphere, economies are growing and democracy is flourishing. But we must be ready to confront emerging and future … Continue reading
Another Perspective to Secretary John Kerry’s Comments on Climate Change
October 12, 2014 Secretary Kerry is of course correct in his understanding that climate change must be quickly addressed. However, his prescription –clean energy- the equivalent of a vaccine, is not a remedy for the full blown disease our planet is suffering from. No doubt it might have helped 45 … Continue reading