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Yes, most of us will be dead before the worst of the climate calamities and geopolitical wars happen. That is true. But, maybe we should all…
As we celebrate the passing of another year with the rituals of our religions, our families and our cultures, spare a thought for a poor benighted…
Every once and awhile, when I write about my experience in the 2018 Camp Fire, someone on the Internet thinks they can outsmart me by asking…
It’s been one of the warmest winters I can remember. I live in northern New York, just an hour from the Canadian border. Aside from a…
Real estate climate risk is getting some attention, notably in California and Florida, where insurance premiums are soaring and several major insurers are shuttering or no longer taking on…
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the American Evaluation Conference in Indianapolis. During that time, I attended several professional development workshops and panels, networked a…
While everyone knows that this summer has been a banner year for heat, few are thinking yet about the cost of that heat on our personal pocketbooks.…
Risk 1: Food Prices Will Keep Going Up For many years, environmentalists have decried the impact of climate change on “ecosystems,” which at least in my…
I’m on the brink of retirement. So are a lot of baby boomers. We built our nest eggs in IRAs, we plan to have social security,…
For decades, a select few have greatly benefited from the destruction of the planet. Their oil-driven businesses and investments paid out billions of dollars, while the…
It may come as a surprise, but the fifteen warmest years on record all happened in the last 18 years. 2020 and 2016 are statistically tied…
I still remember the water. As heavy rains flooded Chennai city, entire neighbourhoods were submerged in brown, murky water. People were stranded on their rooftops, waiting…
“Amid the doom-laden exhortations to change our ways, let us remember that we are striving to create a more beautiful world, and not sustain, with growing…
Geoengineering is the act of artificially engineering the climate of a planet. In the future, we could potentially use geoengineering techniques to turn Mars into a…
A recent UN report has found that we are on course for 2.9 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of the century. This figure…
It’s no secret that Biden is trying to get the USA back on track to meet its climate targets after the Trump administration and become a…
In the fight to save the planet from ourselves, good news is scarce. We are miles behind where we need to be, and the fundamental changes…
The travel and investment communities, as well as all of society, must no longer ponder questions of “what if?” or “when?”; 2024 will be the year…
Atthe end of September, President Biden hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Building Resilient Communities and launched a new National Framework for Climate Resilience. The new Framework identifies…
Are you tired of hearing about “climate change”? Do you see through the liberal hoax that they call “global warming”? Have I got a deal for…
The emails we send and archive, the television and music we stream, and Google Docs we edit — the more devices, servers, and antennas are needed…
Last week, on 27 September 2023, the UK government approved the Rosebank oil field, a project which will create more CO2 pollution than the combined emissions of…
California, the world’s fifth largest economy by GDP and home to tech industry behemoths like Apple, Google and Microsoft (all of which support the recently passed…
AI, we associate it with large language models like ChatGPT, self-driving cars navigating city streets and facial recognition systems that enhance security measures, but how about…
A few evenings back, we sat down for dinner in my apartment, basking in the warmth that had finally arrived after what felt like an endless…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (most of us aren’t that smart), you’ve probably become aware that climate disasters can happen anywhere and at almost…
Odd thought - climate change is real but accelerated by the appearance of humans and industrialisation. We see the effects and the extremities because we're a…
In my 25 years as a sailor I have witnessed the awesome power of storms at sea from vessels large and small. Spend enough time sailing…
Today — November 8th — is the fifth “anniversary” of the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people, destroyed 14,000 homes, and wiped the town of…
Not long ago, a science teacher at a local middle school graciously gave me some time at the end of her day to discuss what students…