Climate Emergency?
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – Most sensible people would agree today that climate change due to global...
Tag: Environment
China’s Economic Slide And Its Political Repercussions The stock market fall may be an indication of more bad news to come
WASHINGTON – The big 7% Shanghai stock market loss right at the start of the new year is surprising....
Keystone Pipeline Is Dead – The Triumph Of Politics Getting more oil from Canada would have enhanced US energy security
WASHINGTON – Now it is official. President Obama announced that he is against the proposed Keystone pipeline that would...
China’s Plans To Improve Air Quality Fall Short Chinese reserachers estimate that official goals will not be met. Air pollution will continue
WASHINGTON – After decades of denials, at least the Chinese authorities now recognize that they have a huge environmental...
“Reef Balls” Help Rehabilitate Marine Habitat Hollow concrete balls create the habitat on which coral will cling and grow
WASHINGTON – We humans are unfortunately very good at damaging or destroying the world in which we live. Delicate...
Floating Homes Will Neutralize Rising Sea Levels A creative Dutch architect successfully built entire communities on water
WASHINGTON – Those who warn us about the worst possible consequences of global warming predict that coastal areas around the world will...
Historic US-China Deal To Fight Global Warming? A non binding agreement that commits China to do something after 2030 does not amount to much
WASHINGTON – President Obama went to Beijing and –surprise, surprise– he pulled a huge rabbit out of a hat in...
Man Made Global Warming? Not So Sure Anymore US engaged in a major energy policy shift to combat a problem that may not be what we are told
WASHINGTON – Until a few years ago there was a semi-universal consensus on “global warming”. It was settled that...
Fighting Climate Change Is Useless – Invest In Adaptation Without China, India and others participating, US expensive carbon restrictions mandates will make no difference
WASHINGTON – If you want a cogent and well explained argument about the complete uselessness of US carbon restriction laws...
Germany’s Green Energy Revolution Based On Belief, Not Economics The government is mandating the use of renewable energy, even though it is more expensive than fossil fuels. Will this bet pay off?
WASHINGTON – An interesting WSJ story, (Germany’s Expensive Energy Gamble, August 27, 2014), provides a good illustration of top-down...