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Category Archives: Paris Climate Accord
Trump’s West Coast Trifecta of Doom
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
Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, Air Quality, Autos, CAFE Standards, California Housing Fires, California Smog, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Donald Trump, EPA, Equivalent Electric Car Emissions, Fire Risks, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Houston Flooding, Hurricane Irma, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Trump Administration
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EU Natural Gas Dependence Is Like US Oil Dependence
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
The US Is Now the Rogue Dictatorship of the World
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
Trump Awards Himself “His” Nobel Peace Prize
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
Posted in Affairs of State, Al Gore, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Donald Trump, Economies, Humor, Nobel Peace Prize, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Nuclear Weapons, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, State Department, Trade With Mexico, Travel Ban, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, Trump Truthiness, Trump Wall, Trump's Mental Health, United Nations, White House
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Ship of Fools Makes Wise Men Walk the Plank
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
Posted in Affairs of State, Bonn Climate Conference, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Science, Congress, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, State Department, Tax Laws, Trump Administration, Trump Budget, Trump on Climate Change, Trump Tax Cuts
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How Much Does Trump Hate California? Let Us Count the Ways
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
Posted in California Federal Funding, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coastal States, Conservation, Donald Trump, Dreamers, Fossil Fuel Energy, King Tides, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Offshore Oil Drilling, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Regulations, Secretary of the Interior Zinke, State Mariuana Laws, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, Trump Tax Cuts, Trump Wall, UC Berkeley, UC Federal Funding, US Climate Mayors
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SETI, UFOs, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and Donald Trump
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
Summary of Posts Relevant to Climate Action Plans for Southern California
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
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
Posted in Al Gore, Autos, Bonn Climate Conference, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Science, Donald Trump, Electric Power, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Laguna Beach Energy Savings, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, US Climate Mayors, Wind Energy
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Projections for Sea Level Rise
Projections for Sea Level Rise in the Forth National Climate Assessment We summarize the data on past Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) rise, on the recent increase in the rate of rise, and future projections for a century and two. … Continue reading