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Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is - in Rolling Stone August 2012.
from the National Academies July 2012
from the National Academies July 2012
The National Research Council has released a new booklet and video designed to help the public gain a better understanding of what is known about climate change. The new resources are based on a number of independent reports from the National Research Council that represent the consensus of experts who have reviewed hundreds of studies describing many years of accumulating evidence.
answers commonly asked questions about the science of climate change in three parts. The booklet lays out the evidence of climate change being observed around the world, summarizes projections of future climate changes and impacts expected in this century and beyond, and examines how science can help inform choices about managing and reducing the risks posed by climate change. The booklet is downloadable from the Climate Change at the Academies website. A new video, Climate Change: Lines of Evidence, follows Part 1 of the booklet. It explains the lines of evidence that have built the current scientific consensus about climate change and its causes. The video is available on YouTube in full length (26 minutes) and also in shorter pieces, segmented by the questions being addressed.
from Nature Climate Change May 2012
from Nature Climate Change May 2012
Teaching the science of climate change has become a political issue in many schools across the United States.
Mason Inman's Schools of Thought looks at an education battle against denialists.
from James Hansen
from James Hansen
Dr. James Hansen's paper: Scientific Case for Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change to Protect Young People and Nature. Valerie Serrels with iMatter is using this in her lawsuit.
James Hansen's New York Times Op-Ed piece May 9, 2012: Game Over for the Climate It provides many of the reasons that motivate us to work to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
James Hansen's website contains more of his publications including a video of his TED talk in February 2012
about fracking
about fracking
Methane: A New "Fracking" Fiasco appears in Chemical and Engineering News on 4/16/12 It is more technical than you might read in the general press, but is quite understandable.
electric vehicles
electric vehicles
State of Charge: Electric Vehicles’ Global Warming Emissions and Fuel-Cost Savings Across the United States from Union of Concerned Scientists 4/12/12. Electric vehicles (EVs) burn no gasoline and have no tailpipe emissions, but producing the electricity used to charge them does generate global warming emissions. The amount of these emissions, however, varies significantly based on the mix of energy sources used to power a region's electricity grid.
what we know about climate change
what we know about climate change
Climate change: what we do and don't know A column by news analyst Gerard Wynn 1/30/12. Good summary of what we know about climate change. Although the author is not a scientist and is an oil and gas analyst for Reuters, the article seems to be a very balanced summary of what scientists know and don't know about climate change.
EPA data tool
EPA data tool
EPA Data Tool for identifying greenhouse gas emitters
Mapping Greenhouse Gases is an article in the 1/30/2012 issue of Chemical and Engineering News about an interesting new tool that EPA has made available on the web. It allows a user to find all facilities that emit more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents annually.
About Dominion Power
About Dominion Power
Dominion Power and the (completely legal) $76 million scam Ivy Main's January 2012 piece that first appeared as a Washington Post editorial.
Follow her regular contributions on the subject at her blogsite at the Daily Kos
Also at Ivy Main's Virginia energy blog
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