Monthly Archives: December 2018

Trump, Climate Change, and Smock Stacks

Trump, Climate Change, and Smock Stacks Trump tweeted twice this morning that there was no “Smocking Gun”. No wonder Trump does not realize that burning fossil fuel generates air and climate pollutants.  Every time he searches for “Smock Stack Pollution”, … Continue reading

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Orange County Midterm Vote Count Complete

Orange County Midterm Vote Count Complete Voter turnout was remarkably high at 71.0%.  This was last surpassed in midterms in 1970, which achieved about 76%.  But it was almost matched in 1978.  Somehow, 2014 was an all-time low at 44.9%, … Continue reading

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Introduction to the Planets Mercury, Venus, and the Earth by Dennis Silverman

Introduction to the Planets Mercury, Venus, and the Earth by Dennis Silverman For the OLLI course “Introduction to the Solar System”. SC215, on December 6, 2018. intro slides Mercury(1) Venus(1) Planet Earth

Posted in Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Earth, Earthquakes, F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Life in the Universe, Mercury, Nuclear Weapons, Science and Engineering Education | Leave a comment

Climate Action Shorts

Climate Action Shorts Monday at 4 PM on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter will be the Climate Town Hall on the West Coast, PST.  This will be on C-SPAN2 at 7:45 PM – 9:15 PM PST.  Monday at 6 PM starts … Continue reading

Posted in Al Gore, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Fossil Fuel Energy, Global Climate Action Summit, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Renewable Energy, Sea Level Rise, Transportation, Trump on Climate Change, US Climate Mayors | Leave a comment

Playing GM Executive on the Model Cuts

Playing GM Executive on the Model Cuts We examine why GM cut off the Chevy Cruze and the Chevy Volt production.  The previous article shows how Trump’s destruction of clean energy policies led to this. In Quarter 3, 2018, GM … Continue reading

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