Huh. I see the video above has gotten 125k views while I wasn’t looking. Climate blogger Collin Maessen and I interviewed Richard Muller in 2014 at the American Geophysical Union. Muller, a one-time darling of denierville, got funding from, among…
If you saw John Oliver’s satirical piece on the joys of coal and coal mining, (posted here) – that’s earned him a legal threat from the coal baron he made fun of. Coal barons don’t like being made fun of.Filed…
Trump announces magical wall will be solar powered. I’m told, that as communicators, we’re not supposed to make jokes about the stupidity of Trump voters, – because it makes them sad. But c’mon, people. Fox and Friends are on board,…
We’ll adapt. Just don’t plan on travel, don’t burn yourself with the cold water from your tap, and don’t walk your dog – you might kill it. Pacific Standard: What’s an extreme heat wave like in a place that’s accustomed…
One thing that history shows is a 100 percent renewable and limitless heat source – the fight between those who think we can go to an all-sun-wind-water powered world, and those who think you can’t go carbon-free without nuclear energy.…
This is interesting. Alternet:: Electronic artist Moby’s new animated music video sends a clear message about his feelings on capitalism, greed, and President Donald Trump — and the latter’s supporters aren’t having it. Once Trump supporters caught wind of Moby…
In a cabinet full of fawning, shamelessly pandering, dim bulbs, Rick Perry, well, shines. It would appear that 97 percent of below-average ex-cheerleader animal husbandry majors do not believe in human caused climate change. That’s good enough for me. By…
It’s been an axiom of climate science that “we can’t attribute a specific weather event to climate change”. Now, at least in relation to certain kinds of events, that’s changing – as the warming signal emerges ever more clearly from…
Scientific conclusions derive from an understanding of basic laws supported by laboratory experiments, observations of nature, and mathematical and computer modeling. Like all human beings, scientists make mistakes, but the scientific process is designed to find and correct them. This…
There’s a well organized and well funded anti-wind movement in the US, that above all, serves the needs of the Koch brothers and the fossil fuel industry – but in the process corrodes economic opportunities in rural areas, which in…
While the Trump Train trundles back into the nineteenth century, a lot of cities and states in the US are making their own alliances with countries, cities and provinces around the world to insure that Paris Climate goals are met.…
Believe it. They are better at messaging than we are. It’s not that they go for the gut. Think a few inches lower. Time: Let’s talk about President Donald Trump’s “Pittsburgh not Paris” slogan. It may seem like an ill-conceived…
Per one White House official: “Dear God, Keep him away from Twitter.” Meanwhile, President still has staunch supporters. Filed under: Crock of the Week…
Former NASA astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly sat down with CNN’s Rachel Crane at the Breakthrough Awards to discuss the future of scientific research under a Trump administration. Noting that “97 percent of scientists” agree on climate change, the Kellys…
I’ll be heading to Greenland next month, first stop, Ilulissat. Ilulissat is at the mouth of the fiord where Jacobshaven glacier, the world’s fastest moving ice stream, is pouring icebergs in to the sea. Most of the cool visuals you…
Long article here, worth reading the whole thing at the link. Seth Miller in Medium: The Keystone XL will go down as the world’s last great fossil fuels infrastructure project. TransCanada, the pipeline’s operator, charged about $10 per barrel for…
Above, my interview 2 years ago with Keith Schneider, long time writer for the New York Times who specializes in International environmental and energy issues. I’ll be visiting him again next week for an update, in light of Paris. For…
Dummies don’t lie. Electric vehicles are safer for several reasons, not least of which are a lower center of gravity, and the flexibility and additional space that an electric drive system gives to engineers in providing best possible protection. Close…
Remember that story a few years ago about the Antarctic researchers trapped in the ice? Deniers made a lot of mirth about that one, as if it showed something inconsistent with the climate change process. What they didn’t get, being,…
Ah love yew, Mr. Trump. blub blub blub….. Richmond Times-Dispatch: TANGIER — The mayor of the tiny Chesapeake Bay island community of Tangier says President Donald Trump called him after seeing a news report about the threat the Virginia village…
Today seems to be the day the 2017 arctic #seaice extent crosses with the 2012 ice extent. Wild card: big summer storms in the #Arctic. pic.twitter.com/H83LLXlbhd — David Titley (@dwtitley) June 13, 2017 After a winter of record low sea…
They hacked the election. in a pinch, they will hack the grid. Bet on it. Washington Post: Hackers allied with the Russian government have devised a cyberweapon that has the potential to be the most disruptive yet against electric systems…
Most popular article ever on Yale Climate Connections, just updated. Yale Climate Connections: There’s an issue where the underlying science remains a political football, and scientists are regularly challenged and called out personally. Where energy needs and short-term economic growth…
Oftentimes mass media is a mirror for profound movements in society – I watch movies always with an eye to what they may be telling us. Have not seen Wonder Woman yet, maybe next week – but the enthusiasm seems…
Made a few minor adjustments on this one. Still worth a look if you have not seen. Positive feedback is great from your boss. Not so great from an Ice Sheet. This is the kind of communication you get for…
CBC: A move by OPEC sent a brief surge of optimism through the Canadian petroleum industry last week, when the oil cartel announced it was extending its production cuts. But according to research released shortly after that announcement, the world…
