Is There a Case for Climate Optimism?
I bagged 20+ interviews with key scientists at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in DC. I’ll be bringing them out in coming months, but I think this message from Permafrost expert Ben Abbott...
View ArticleChristian Coalition on the Benefits of Wind Energy
I was raised a Catholic, but don’t take communion any more for fear I would burst into flames. Still, great to see significant slice of Christians represented by the Christian Coalition are proponents...
View ArticleThe Weekend Wonk: Impending Implosion of Big Auto/Oil
Chatty discussion of why internal combustion is doomed. More details below. Scads of new EV startups coming. Q. Can a vacuum cleaner company make an EV that doesn’t suck?
View ArticleWhy Uncle Dittohead Still Doesn’t Get Climate Change
Until he and Aunt Teabag start watching something besides Fox News, they’re doomed to be ignorant and obnoxious.
View ArticleVideo Year in Review: Ocean Heat and Hurricanes
More Ocean heat = stronger storms, more precipitation. Physics.
View ArticleMeet the Press Devotes Hour to Climate. Proof that Shame works?
Immediately after the dire National Climate Assessment projections were released a few weeks ago, NBC’s Chuck Todd gave his Meet the Press national forum to a climate denier – a choice so drearily sad...
View ArticleVideo Year in Review: Hansen’s Predictions 30 Years Out. How Did He Do?
In 1988, Jim Hansen’s Senate Testimony shook my world. How did his predictions hold up? Below, more on what scientists knew, and when.
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