ON MATTERS OF DUBIOUS INTEREST
The Impeachment Question Climate Change in the American Mind: April 2019 Trump’s failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanity Maybe if the Democrats can pull off their wonderful stunt of withholding the Impeachment Articles until McConnell gives them a “fair deal” in the Senate trial, that will give them time to explore …
I make it a practice here of giving you three linked articles at the outset that reflect, to some degree, my opinions. It’s part of the tradition of argument to bolster one’s opinions with evidence. So maybe it’s time for my opinions unfiltered. Climate has become an imponderable, a cloud that never dispenses rain, a …
The Most Pressing Issue for Our Next President Isn’t Medicare Voters want more climate-change debate, but the Democratic event gave less than 10 minutes to the issue The climate science is clear: it’s now or never to avert catastrophe I couldn’t watch the last Democratic debate. I was busy talking politics with two friends, which …
Why Central Banks Need to Step Up on Global Warming Climate Finance Why We Need Finance to Fight Climate Change “That’s where the money is” was Willie Sutton’s reply when someone asked why he robbed banks. I’ve used his cool rejoinder before, but it’s especially apt when you think about the overwhelming problems coming: mitigating …
Don’t bother waiting for conservatives to come around on climate change What Motivates Voters More Than Loyalty? Loathing The GOP’s Opposition to Impeachment Is (Terrifyingly) Principled They say no to everything: no to impeachment, immigration, voter registration, Merrick Garland, anything Obama tried to do, anything the liberals advocate. However, it’s increasingly hard to say no …
New Documents Reveal Denial Playbook Originated with Big Oil, Not Big Tobacco Did Exxon Deceive Its Investors on Climate Change? Exxon Climate Plan Wasn’t Fake, Tillerson Says In N.Y. Trial We are just discovering how long and how deeply the tobacco and oil industries joined together to deceive the public about their toxic products. Their …
What If We Stopped Pretending? Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change Climate change is like diarrhea. You never know when or where it’s going to hit. Climate change is like getting old. You know what’s coming but are powerless to prevent it. …
Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors Days of 100-Degree Heat Will Become Weeks as Climate Warms, U.S. Study Warns Heat waves and climate change: Is there a connection? Air conditioning the outdoors? insanity reigns everywhere and it’s not just over Trump. Three days ago the Washington Post published this lengthy and …
Five Radical Climate Policies That Most Americans Actually Like To Fight Global Warming, Think More About Systems Than About What You Consume Climate denial is reported more than science “Don’t we deserve a little good news on the climate front, at least once in a while?” That’s a bit like asking, “Didn’t Rudy Giuliani do …
If you care about your impact on the planet, you should stop flying Air travel is a huge contributor to climate change. A new global movement wants you to be ashamed to fly. When it comes to the environmental costs of flights ‘we need to figure out how to turn that shame into action’ Most …