Energy Policy, the Health of Our Planet & the Opportunity to Lead
A good engineer or scientist is trained to plan for the worst. While the engineer may hope for the best, his or her job is to think about worst case scenarios in fine detail. The…
A good engineer or scientist is trained to plan for the worst. While the engineer may hope for the best, his or her job is to think about worst case scenarios in fine detail. The…
Global warming is having a massive impact on wildlife in the Arctic. This photograph of a frail polar bear was taken by photographer Kerstin Langenberger off the Barents Sea on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.…
Using the Tobacco Strategy Against Big Oil Exxon Mobil has been in the news recently as it begins to defend itself against charges of covering up climate change research that proved risks to the environment…
Climate change is impacting things large and small, from individual people to entire countries. The general consensus is that reducing the rate and magnitude of climate change can help protect the world’s ecosystems and the…
NASA, despite congressional attempts to quash scientific research about the earth’s climate, has come out with a large number of multimedia presentations to help people understand what’s happening to sea ice, sea levels, carbon dioxide levels,…
The instant I had internet access in the 1990s I started researching the state of renewable energy and CO2 sequestration. There were two thrusts to all this – first was ‘what is possible?’, the second…
C40 Cities: The Global Climate Leadership Group Siemens is well aware of the increasingly central role major cities will play in humanity’s future. With the majority of humanity expected to live in big cities over…
Climate change is already affecting US Department of Defense (DOD) installations and infrastructure around the world. The image above shows a submarine dry-dock in San Diego; the U.S. Navy is concerned that these facilities are…
According to the following video by John Holdren, US Science Advisor to President Obama, climate change is making wildfire seasons in the US longer and more intense. And as the fires increase, pollution in the…
The old saying is that fish are unaware of the water they swim in. Humans, being creatures of comfort and habit, are similarly unaware of their carbon footprint. Take for instance the idea that consumption…