How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Helping Trash The Planet
Helping rich oil companies awash in record profits goes against common sense.
Warming World
We Have Met The Enemy … And He is Us
Climate change may be intractable given our preference for self-interest over helping others. Indeed, our greatest enemy may be ourselves.
On a Par with Flat Earthers: The Irrationality of Climate Change Denial
It’s not surprising that some of us don’t think climate change is worth worrying about given that ~2 percent of Americans stil think the Earth is flat.
Adaptation: A Dangerous Chimera
We imagine that we can actually adapt to a climate that will no longer be a single climate but a succession of ever-worsening climates. We can’t.
The Deadly Gift of the Carboniferous Period
An accident of history—the uninterrupted buildup of carbon in our trees—made modern life possible, but now it may destroy it…
How Geothermal Energy Should Be Used
With climate change once again in the spotlight, it’s important to look beyond just solar & wind to the largely underutilized geothermal energy.
1960-2019 By the Numbers: It Isn’t Rocket Science
Fully 80% of all manmade CO2 emissions ever produced have been generated since 1960, and half of all emissions have been generated just since 1990.
The Madness of Our Indifference
While a handful of scientists & activists raise the alarm re: climate change, the rest of us go about our business as if there were nothing to worry about.
The Myopia of Living on Land
As the atmosphere’s air conditioner, the Ocean has saved us from an early demise, but its capacity to absorb heat, though large, is not infinite.
Now What? Rising To The Challenge of Adaptation As We Face Climate Change
We will reach the critical 1.5-degree threshold that portends severe and irreversible climate change even without another iota of emissions. Now what?