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  • Decarbonize to Jumpstart the Covid Economy

    July 29, 2020 | greenman3610

    Working on new vids with exactly this topic. Fast Company: As of early July, more than 30 million Americans were collecting unemployment. At some point, when the virus is defeated, they’ll need to return to work—but their old employer might…
  • Superior

    July 29, 2020 | attp

    Something I’ve done on this blog quite a lot is push back against the narrative that science is social. This doesn’t mean that I think individual scientists can’t be biased, or that we won’t sometimes go down the wrong path…
  • Fish Populations Collapsing

    July 29, 2020 | greenman3610

    But there is hope. Conflict between hydropower and wildlife. As more dams are removed, populations can rebound. This is why the credible plans for decarbonizing do not include more new hydro. AFP via Courthouse News: PARIS (AFP) — Populations of…
  • NORTH CASCADE GLACIER CLIMATE PROJECT 2020-37th Annual Field Program

    July 28, 2020 | mspelto

    Field season images from 2019 indicating crevasse stratigraphy, annotated by Clara Deck. Director: Mauri S. Pelto, mspelto@nichols.edu-Nichols College Field Artist & Scientist: Jill Pelto, pelto.jill@gmail.com Who we are? NCGCP was founded in 1983 to identify the response of North Cascade…
  • Tropical Storm Bearing Down on Caribbean

    July 28, 2020 | greenman3610

    Buckle up. Early predictions of an active storm season are bearing out in the Atlantic. Tropical wave has now become Tropical Storm 9, and is expected to become Named storm Isaias later today or tomorrow.Pronunciation guide here. Common Dreams: “Hate…
  • Powering the US with No Wildlife Impacts

    July 28, 2020 | greenman3610

    In just 17 states, there is a theoretical 1000 Gigawatts potential, enough to power the entire US solely from wind, available with minimal wildlife impacts, according to new Nature Conservancy study. The study focuses on Prairie and Great Plains areas,…
  • Science Denial Kills

    July 27, 2020 | greenman3610

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  • Climate Sensitivity Study Gives Reason for Caution and Hope

    July 27, 2020 | greenman3610

    Andrew Dessler PhD and Zeke Hausfather in The Hill: Climate change is real, caused by human activity and a serious problem that needs to be addressed. In a new study published last week, which one of us helped author, we’ve…
  • Fighting Overpopulation: Ten methods to exterminate most of humankind

    July 27, 2020 | admin

    First of all, a disclaimer: I am not advocating the extermination of anyone! This post is just an attempt of mine to place myself in the boots of the bad guys who could think of doing such a thing and…
  • Music Break: Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well..

    July 26, 2020 | greenman3610

    Guitarist Peter Green dead at 73.…
  • The Weekend Wonk: Eric Rignot – Update on Ice Sheets

    July 26, 2020 | greenman3610

    Recent talk – 2019 – from Eric Rignot. If you want the most recent, reliable take, this is your guy.…
  • Florida: A History of Science Denial

    July 26, 2020 | greenman3610

    In Florida, it was forbidden for years for state employees to use the words “climate change”.That ridiculous charade has come to an end, – you can say the words now, even if the science continues to be ignored. More recently,…
  • Dzhikiugankez Glacier, Russia Persistent Limited Retained Snowpack 2013-2020

    July 25, 2020 | mspelto

    Dzhikiugankez Glacier in 1985 and 2020 Landsat images with the snowline shown by purple dots. A tributary at Point A has disappeared and tributary at the red arrow has separated.  Thinning and marginal retreat is emphasized by blue and green…
  • Funny or Die: When Your Driver Won’t Stop Talking about Wind Power

    July 24, 2020 | greenman3610

    bonus below:…
  • Overpopulation: Are You Sure it is an Ignored Problem?

    July 23, 2020 | admin

    In the 1960s and 1970s, the problem of world overpopulation was often debated, and birth control was proposed as a solution. It soon became politically incorrect even to mention this subject in public, but it may be that it wasn't…
  • Dan Kammen on New Nuclear

    July 23, 2020 | greenman3610

    Above, the very well informed Dan Kammen on “New” nuclear power ideas. Below, my video from last year on the state of nuclear energy.…
  • Ohio’s Bribery Scandal Part of Larger Climate Denial Picture

    July 23, 2020 | greenman3610

    This Ohio story is really something, and significant to everyone. Leah Stokes in Vox: On Tuesday, the news broke that the FBI had arrested Ohio Speaker of the House of Representatives Larry Householder, the architect of HB 6, a law that…
  • Tesla’s Will Make Us All Utilities

    July 23, 2020 | greenman3610

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  • COVID-19: Failure

    July 23, 2020 | tamino

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  • Climate sensitivity – narrowing the range

    July 22, 2020 | attp

    Since I’ve discussed climate sensitivity on a number of occasions, it seems worth highlighting the new paper that assesses climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence. The authors include many who will be familiar to my regular readers. Credit: Sherwood…
  • Talking, typing, and the social model of disability

    July 22, 2020 | climatesight

    I wrote this article for Redefining Stammering, an excellent blog run by Sam Simpson (a speech therapist) and Patrick Campbell (a doctor and person who stammers). If you have an interest in stammering or disability theory, I encourage you to…
  • Ohio Coal/Nuclear Bailout at Heart of $60 M Bribery Case

    July 21, 2020 | greenman3610

    Fast developing story, I’ll know more tomorrow when I have a chance to catch up.Takeaway: The worst energy bill in the country turns out to be tainted with bribery. Fossil and nuclear industry involved. Allegedly. NPR: FBI agents arrested Ohio…
  • Electric Passenger Plane to be “Whisper Quiet”

    July 21, 2020 | greenman3610

    Asia Times: What’s green and carbon friendly to operate … is “whisper quiet” … can carry 70 passengers through the sky … and hardly use any fuel? According to a British firm that unveiled the concept, it will be the…
  • 3 Gorges Dam “Deformed Slightly” after Heavy Rains

    July 21, 2020 | greenman3610

    “Deformed Slightly” is not what you want to hear about the plane you are flying on, or the world’s largest dam project. Asia Times: In a rare revelation, Beijing has admitted that its 2.4-kilometer Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze…
  • Is Florida ready to re-open schools?

    July 21, 2020 | tamino

    (data from Johns Hopkins Univ.)…
  • COVID loves Bars … and Churches … and Classrooms

    July 21, 2020 | tamino

    COVID loves bars. Get lots of people together, indoors. Keep ’em together for hours. Love it! Go ahead, tell ’em to wear masks and practice “social distancing.” You did know they’re here to consume alcohol, right? How’s that “social distancing”…
  • B.C. warned of potential for ‘explosive growth’ as 102 new COVID-19 cases from over the weekend announced

    July 20, 2020 | Dan Moutal

    We have to keep social distancing and not interact with people outside our bubble if we want to keep COVID-19 cases down. The virus hasn’t gone away, if we let our guard down it will spread exponentially through the population,…
  • Defund the police

    July 20, 2020 | Dan Moutal

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  • COVID-19: Florida Schools

    July 20, 2020 | tamino

    It’s refreshing to see an interview of an erudite, educated person, conducted by a well-prepared journalist.…
  • What if your government has decided to kill you? An interpretation by Antonio Turiel

    July 20, 2020 | admin

    In the 1976 movie, "Logan's Run," the law is that everyone must die when they turn 30. And everyone accepts that law. "Necroeconomics" is a concept used by some economists to describe the results of the collapse of the Soviet Economy,…

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