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
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
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.
Trump, I'm sorry to say, is a buffoon.
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
Attacks Reveal What U.S. Won’t: Victory Remains Elusive in Afghanistan
Monday, January 29, 2018
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)
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)
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
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
Oil Boom Gives the U.S. a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy
Friday, January 26, 2018
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.
1. Mobilize at local level of cities and states to move to renewables.
2. Stop new fossil fuel infrastructure.
3. Divest.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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%.
Helps understand how the tariff will hurt U.S. solar jobs, mostly in installation of imported panels. Utility scale solar expected to fall 9%.
Monday, January 22, 2018
Sunday, January 21, 2018
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.
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.
Friday, January 19, 2018
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?
Thursday, January 18, 2018
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)
2017 Was One of the Hottest Years on Record. And That Was Without El Niño. (via NYT)
