Category Archives: Paris Climate Accord

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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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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EU Natural Gas Dependence Is Like US Oil Dependence

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s new attack on the EU and Germany is their dependence on Russian Natural Gas, and the completion of a northern pipeline through the Baltic Sea,, called Nord Stream, which bypasses the one through Ukraine, which Ukraine can block. Germany … Continue reading →

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The US Is Now the Rogue Dictatorship of the World

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The US Is Now the Rogue Dictatorship of the World It is now quite obvious that our history of conventional Presidents has led us to give them too much individual power in important realms. Even with restrictions or Constitutional limitations, … Continue reading →

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Trump Awards Himself “His” Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump Awards Himself “His” Nobel Peace Prize In several talks in the last few days, Donald Trump, our erstwhile President, has claimed “His” Nobel Peace Prize, for being the one who brought the Korean War to an end, and denuclearized … Continue reading →

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Ship of Fools Makes Wise Men Walk the Plank

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Ship of Fools Makes Wise Men Walk the Plank Apparently we are discovering a law of sociology, that a group of like people will guarantee that only similar people will enter or stay in the group. The case we are … Continue reading →

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How Much Does Trump Hate California? Let Us Count the Ways

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

How Much Does Trump Hate California? Let Us Count the Ways (Apologies to William Shakespeare) First of all, which state could harbor the three million undocumented and potential illegal voters that Trump dreams that he lost by. California not only … Continue reading →

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SETI, UFOs, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and Donald Trump

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

SETI, UFOs, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and Donald Trump Even the famous Dennis Overbye of the NY Times has written on SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) and UFO’s, Actually, Overbye’s article was confined to reporting. While I tried hard for … Continue reading →

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Summary of Posts Relevant to Climate Action Plans for Southern California

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Summary of Posts Relevant to Climate Action Plans for Southern California By Dennis Silverman UCI Physics and Astronomy My Blog is at: sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/  The Long-Term Outlook for Climate Sustainability An optimistic long-term outlook to 2100 to help survive the present … Continue reading →

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The Climate Action of the US at the Bonn Conference

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Climate Action of the US at the Bonn COP23 Conference Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City, noted that the US Climate Action effort called America’s Pledge involved 20 states, 110 cities, universities, and 1,400 businesses.   The … Continue reading →

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