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the oil industry's push to accelerate global warming

An opportunity with a Republican government  (via The New York Times)

 

what coal can do

The most polluted capital city in the world. Perhaps Trump's vision for America?

 

 

greenhouse gases emissions are accelerating

More terrible news.  The Global Carbon Project referenced here is an exceptionally well-respected group.

 

 

 

 

a carbon tax bill

A lot of economists believe a carbon tax is the best way to lower carbon consumption.  Taxes, of course, are dead on arrival these days, but a very small one ($15 a ton) has been introduced.  It won't pass, but you have to start somewhere.  Most of the proposals by economists have rebates that are distributed by person or household that aren't based on one's carbon consumption.  So you "win" by using less than average.  

 

 

on the damage dams do

An interview with Ted Scudder of Caltech

He's a social anthropologist, but his path gave him other interests.

 

that explains it!

Jesus and Mo on human activity and global warming

a tip of the hat to Bjarne.

 

beyond bizarre

Republicans scream a Democrat is beholding to "dirty coal money" and is blocking action on climate change. 

sorting out the costs of travel

We mostly aren't paying for the impact of our carbon emissions and travel time often involves multi part travel.  Here's a look showing how aviation isn't always the best choice (Europe centric).  You can build a variety of models depending...  but interesting.

the bad news we need

Scientific American is hopeful, but probably far too optimistic. The latest IPCC report is dire, but the IPCC is a very slow and political body.  It is more in line with the views of more than half of climate researcher for the past five or more years.  There will only be change in the US when we have different leadership.  Public option is somewhat in favor of action, but if you rank order it with other desires, it's often at the bottom of lists ten or twenty items deep.  

 

dealing with global warming

Many developing countries will be devastated by rising seas and more intense storms that result from global warming.  Wealthy nations might look to Dutch engineering.  That is probably a mistake on several levels.  First the obvious- translation of complex systems that are a function of local environments don't necessarily transfer.  The more important message is the really bad things that global warming is likely to bring is ecosystem collapse.  That's a very difficult and possibly impossible probably to deal with.  Not dealing with greenhouse gases now is a tragic mistake.