Category Archives: US Climate Mayors

Thanksgiving for Environmental Actions

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Thanksgiving for Environmental Actions While many (most) environmental articles are negative, there is yet an abundance of research, knowledge, education, plans and commitments to solve these problems, especially climate change.  We can celebrate these for Thanksgiving. First of all, the … Continue reading →

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Rates of Emission Declines to Reach California’s Goals

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Rates of Emission Declines to Reach California’s Goals Estimates of rates needed to meet climate goals or GHG (greenhouse gases) reductions by 2030 and 2050 have come out.  These seem to be generated by simple mathematical methods, so we will … Continue reading →

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Main California Cities in the Top 20 in Clean Energy

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

California’s main cities rank in the top 20 in The 2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard of the ACEEE, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy We list the rank, city name, and overall score out of 100 of California cities. Rank … Continue reading →

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America’s Climate Action Dilemmas

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

America’s Climate Action Dilemmas About half of Americans are taking climate action on state, city, industry, and individual levels.  Polls show between 2/3 and 3/4 think the US should take such action.  However, we are currently in one of our … Continue reading →

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Keys to Climate Action

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Keys to Climate Action This is a talk that I gave to OLLI on National, State, Cities, and Businesses involved in Climate Action.  It also covers utilities, and individual actions.  It emphasizes California, wildfires, and sea level rise predictions and … Continue reading →

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Climate Action Shorts

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

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 →

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Summary of US Climate Assessment: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Summary of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II:  Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States.  Americans Respond to the Impacts of Climate Change The climate report is required every four years by Congress, is completed by 13 agencies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cladding Fires, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Congress, Donald Trump, Economies, Fire Risks, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Sea Level Rise, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, US Climate Mayors | Leave a comment

It’s Not Only What Climate Change Will Do to Our City, It’s to Our Whole Network

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

It’s Not Only What Climate Change Will Do To Our City, It’s What It Will Do To Our Whole Network We live in a complex interdependent world, where most of the connections are invisible to us.  Our city does not … Continue reading →

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Hazardous Climate Change Effects in a Conservative IPCC Report

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Hazardous Climate Change Effects in a Conservative IPCC Report The earth’s mean temperature has risen one degree Centigrade or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit from the pre-industrial age in 1750.  The European and Paris Agreement goal has been only a total 1.5 … 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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