09/29/2015 On August 3, 2015, in the East Room of the White House, President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan Here is a transcript of the video. “Our climate is changing. It’s changing in ways that threaten our economy, our security, and our health. This isn’t an opinion; it’s a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Environment
Native American Elder on The Environment
09/29/2015 Here is a transcript (of this video) by a wise Native American elder explaining why we must live in harmony with the environment. “The leadership that we’re looking for has to come from business. Very, very important now because business carries more authority and they carry the economics of … Continue reading
Greek Debt
July 7, 2015 It is in no one’s interest, including the United States, to let Greece collapse. Greece’s creditors might lose most -if not all- of what they’re owed and the Greek people would suffer immensely for an indefinite period of time. The potential social, political, economic and even military … Continue reading
Average Temperature for May 2015 Highest in 136 Years
June 18, 2015 Report from the National Centers for Environmental Information Excerpt The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for May 2015 was the highest for May in the 136-year period of record, at 0.87°C (1.57°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F), surpassing the previous … Continue reading
Crops and Climate: Plants Will Suffer as Earth Warms (Op-Ed)
June 16, 2015 By Marlene Cimons, Climate NexusMarlene Cimons writes for Climate Nexus, a nonprofit that aims to tell the climate story in innovative ways that raise awareness of, dispel misinformation about and showcase solutions to climate change and energy issues in the United States. She contributed this article to … Continue reading
NASA Climate Projection for 2100
A new NASA high-resolution climate forecast released to the public for the end of the 21st Century, capable of examining daily changes in individual cities and towns. Among its many benefits, it will help polities around the world prepare for catastrophic consequences such as floods and droughts. Of particular interest … Continue reading
California Needs 42 Cubic Km of Water
December 16, 2014 RELEASE 14-333 NASA Analysis: 11 Trillion Gallons to Replenish California Drought Losses It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) — around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir — to recover from California’s continuing drought, according to a new … 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 fog. … 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