Three Sure Things: Death, Taxes, and Committed Warming
There are now three things we can count on: Death, Taxes, and Committed Warming. Is it too late to make that third one go away?
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How To Cut Emissions By Half In Ten Years
Cutting emissions in half in a decade may not be as hard as we think, but we have to be proactive about it to make it work.
The Misguided Exile of Nuclear Power
Nuclear power could and should be our climate savior; instead its banishment will keep fossil fuels in the driver’s seat for the foreseeable future.
Slaying the Dragon of Fossil Fuels: Are We Tilting at Windmills?
In trying to switch from fossil fuels to renewables, are we no better than Don Quixote himself as he tilts at windmills he imagines to be menacing?
How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Helping Trash The Planet
Helping rich oil companies awash in record profits goes against common sense.
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.