The Union of Concerned Scientists on Trump's State of the Union: The Values that Can Stop a Wrecking Ball Presidency

The Union of Concerned Scientists, more or less parallel to my comments in class.



State of the Union: The Values that Can Stop a Wrecking Ball Presidency

Big Oil displacing smaller frackers, now fracking at industrial scale. Not good news. Exxon plans fivefold rise in Permian Basin shale oil production

Exxon plans fivefold rise in Permian Basin shale oil production

Trump Says Climate Is Both ‘Cooling’ and ‘Heating.’ He’s Only Half Right.

Trump Says Climate Is Both ‘Cooling’ and ‘Heating.’ He’s Only Half Right.



Trump, I'm sorry to say, is a buffoon. 

Here is how the fossil fuel industry guts American democracy and the protection of health and environment: 66 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump

66 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump

Attacks Reveal What U.S. Won’t: Victory Remains Elusive in Afghanistan

For my students, for most of your life on this earth, we have been fighting, killing, and dying in Afghanistan.  This has everything to do with America's long war in the Middle East (Bacevich).  Which in turn has everything to do with the cycle of oil, militarism, and the fading imperial urge.



Attacks Reveal What U.S. Won’t: Victory Remains Elusive in Afghanistan

Two recent articles on the shale (fracking) oil boom, both saturated with fossil knowledge, not much critical insight

The Dark Side of America’s Rise to Oil Superpower  (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg's take, marginally better than that of the New York Times, here:

Oil Boom Gives the US a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy (New York Times)

Source: Bloomberg - article here. 

Oil Boom Gives the U.S. a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy

Lacks critical knowledge and critical insight -- merely cheerleading for the fossil fuel apparatus.  A "new edge" is nothing good if you only use it to continue in the wrong direction.  Little mention of war, health, or climate.   Notice how both the reporter and those interviewed are fixated on "price" - what Mitchell calls economic calculation.  Fossil knowledge at its best.



Oil Boom Gives the U.S. a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy

10 Monkeys and a Beetle: Inside VW’s Campaign for ‘Clean Diesel’

10 Monkeys and a Beetle: Inside VW’s Campaign for ‘Clean Diesel’

We'll be talking offshore, oilspills, and shipping, and here's the Sanchi disaster: Why more people aren't talking about the Asian oil spill as big as Paris

Why more people aren't talking about the Asian oil spill as big as Paris

3 Strategies to Get to a Fossil-Free America

3 Strategies to Get to a Fossil-Free America



1.  Mobilize at local level of cities and states to move to renewables.



2.  Stop new fossil fuel infrastructure.



3.  Divest.

ABInBev To Attach 100% Renewable Electricity Label To Budweiser Beers

ABInBev To Attach 100% Renewable Electricity Label To Budweiser Beers

Trump issues 30% tariff on solar panel imports

Trump issues 30% tariff on solar panel imports



Helps understand how the tariff will hurt U.S. solar jobs, mostly in installation of imported panels.  Utility scale solar expected to fall 9%.

Trump Slaps Steep Tariffs on Imported Washing Machines and Solar Products

Trump Slaps Steep Tariffs on Imported Washing Machines and Solar Products

The Connection Between Mass Incarceration and Environmental Justice

The Connection Between Mass Incarceration and Environmental Justice

Prisons (and communities) near coal ash dumps have a higher likelihood of negative health impacts.

Read the report here: http://abolitionistlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/no-escape-3-3mb.pdf or click image below.

Should Seattle declare war on parking to fight climate change?

Should Seattle declare war on parking to fight climate change?



File under practical things that have to happen to address carbon emissions - here's the Seattle case:



A) Raise parking costs so that more people takes buses?

But that hurts low-wage workers who have to come to work before the busses start running.



B) Eliminate car access to downtown altogether?

But that gets the well-paid commuters upset.



C) B, paired with improved bus service?

Oslo Norway has done this successfully. (And they are much healthier than we are, due to biking and walking, even in the cold).



I'd say C.



Full story here:



Should Seattle declare war on parking to fight climate change?

2017 Was One of the Hottest Years on Record. And That Was Without El Niño.

As we discussed in class -- by any measure, the Earth is getting hotter, here's another graphic representation of that

2017 Was One of the Hottest Years on Record. And That Was Without El Niño. (via NYT)

Mozambique's Gas-Rich North Faces Specter of Further Attacks

Mozambique's Gas-Rich North Faces Specter of Further Attacks

He Leaked a Photo of Rick Perry Hugging a Coal Executive. Then He Lost His Job.

He Leaked a Photo of Rick Perry Hugging a Coal Executive. Then He Lost His Job.

Wastelands - A Mellon Sawyer Seminar | America, Energy and War

Wastelands - A Mellon Sawyer Seminar | America, Energy and War

The Force Is With Clean Energy: 10 Predictions for 2018 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance

The Force Is With Clean Energy: 10 Predictions for 2018 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Shuttered coal plant fixer-uppers for sale all over the U.S.

Shuttered coal plant fixer-uppers for sale all over the U.S.

By 2020, renewables will be cheaper than fossil fuels around the world

By 2020, renewables will be cheaper than fossil fuels around the world

Illinois' Teachable Moment: The True Cost of Coal, Slavery and Historical Markers

Illinois' Teachable Moment: The True Cost of Coal, Slavery and Historical Markers

Big Oil strikes it rich in tax overhaul and looks to repeal landmark transparency law

Big Oil strikes it rich in tax overhaul and looks to repeal landmark transparency law