Category Archives: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Who is Responsible for Carbon Neutrality?

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Who is Responsible for Carbon Neutrality? I don’t have the answers to this. I just have a lot of questions. Hundreds of firms will at sometime sign up for Carbon neutrality. This may well include all large and important American … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 2

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Notes on the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 2 The YouTube video is at https://youtu.be/en9cDvXWPtw This is a long set of notes, but the video is seven hours long. High-Level Thematic Dialogues The Ocean-Climate Challenge Julie Packard, Executive Director of … Continue reading →

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America’s Pledge Report Launch by Gov. Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

America’s Pledge Report Launch by Gov. Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg A Half Hour YouTube Video. Searching on YouTube only turns up the 12 minute video before the questions. The America’s Pledge Report link is: https://www.bbhub.io/dotorg/sites/28/2018/09/Fulfilling-Americas-Pledge_Executive-Summary_2018.pdf Michael Bloomberg, UN Ambassador … Continue reading →

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Notes From the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 1

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Notes From the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 1 Over 4,000 people representing key climate action operators are taking part in GCAS. The sessions on Thursday and Friday, September 13 and 14, 2018, are being streamed live on YouTube, and … Continue reading →

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Our Hybrid and Elecric Car Future?

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Our Hybrid and Electric Car Future? Climate Activists want us to phase out new diesel and gas automotive vehicles by 2035. How easy or likely is that? Governor Brown has a goal of 5 million plug-in electrics by 2030.  There … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Sellout of Our Health to Big Coal is Truly Scandalous

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Sellout of Our Health to Big Coal is Truly Scandalous Trump has put forward an energy plan to the remade Environment Destruction Agency that will not only will not slow climate change, but will condemn us to decades more … Continue reading →

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Ocean’s 13 and the Trump Collusions

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Ocean’s Thirteen and the Trump Collusions In my past life as a theoretical particle physicist, I was keen to finding links between many phenomena that might point to an underlying theory. I still go to weekly seminars to hear the … Continue reading →

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Trump’s West Coast Trifecta of Doom

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s West Coast Trifecta of Doom Three environmental topics that I wanted to write about are now, in time and space, all connected, and all point to one villain: Trump. The three topics start with Trump’s toadying denial of climate … Continue reading →

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Comparison of the New 2017 California Power Content Label with That of 2016

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Comparison of the New 2017 California Power Content Label with That of 2016. The new SC Edison 2917 Power Content Label also includes the California 2017 Power Content Label. We will present that and compare it to the 2016 Power … Continue reading →

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SC Edison 2017 Power Mix Compared With 2016, and Green Rate Plans

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

SC Edison 2017 Power Mix Compared With 2016, and Green Rate Plans A perhaps early version of the 2017 Power Content Label for SC Edison has appeared called the July 2018 version. We will compare that with the 2016 label. … Continue reading →

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