Martin Wahl On May 1, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs conducted a hearing, “Examining Insurance Markets and the Role of Mitigation Policies.” The outcome of the polarized, politicized committee’s event was predictable: the game was stacked … Continue reading →
What’s This Costing Us ($)? Martin Wahl Well, Earth, we did it! Scientists have determined that 2024 likely exceeded the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 degree Fahrenheit) limit set for global warming above the average temperature between 1880 and 1900 at the … Continue reading →
George Harvey We have over ninety species of fish in the Northeast, and many of them are abundant, fun to catch, and tasty. With climate change and pollution, we have some cautionary notes, but the opportunities abound for sport fishing … Continue reading →
George Harvey Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is not quite a simple wildlife or nature preserve. It is accredited as by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and has a collection of captive animals it cares for because misfortune had … Continue reading →
What Must Be Done By Dr. James Hansen, 11 January 2017 I do few interviews because of the time required and my difficulty in making things clear orally. The Rolling Stone interview by Jeff Goodell (http://bit.ly/Rolling-Stone-interview) was an exception, a … Continue reading →
By George Harvey The declining costs of solar photovoltaics (PVs) and wind turbines have had effects on the entire energy market. These are clear in data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The FERC says that in the first quarter … Continue reading →
By N.R. Mallery According to the EPA, gas-powered mowers produce 5% of the US air pollution. Each weekend, nearly 54,000,000 Americans mow their lawn. They use 800 million gallons of gas per year, and produce millions tons of air pollutants, … Continue reading →
By R. Carter Scott Buildings account for about 42% of the carbon emissions in the United States. The transportation sector uses another 25%. Why not use the building sector to drive down its emissions as well as those of the … Continue reading →
We Will Win the Climate War! By George Harvey While the bad climate news looks bad, the good news is stunningly good. It is clear that economics now favor renewable power strongly. Many people expected the sharp reduction in fossil … Continue reading →
By George Harvey According to NASA, it is official: 2015 was the hottest year in the 136 years records have been kept. In achieving that goal, it blew away the record set in 2014, which beat a record set in … Continue reading →