“Is Coal losing its share of America’s Energy Mix?” Mickey Glantz. October 28, 2012
October 28, 2012 | 2 Comments
Mickey Glantz. October 30, 2012. “Is Coal losing its share of America’s Energy Mix?” There is a ‘war on coal,” so says the coal industry, its representatives and those vulnerable communities dependent on the coal…
Rio1992, Rio+20 and the UNFCCC
June 28, 2012 | 1 Comment
- Conference of Parties: Don’t compare apples to oranges! I started to write about the happenings at Rio+20, while sitting in one of its food courts. But I realized I needed more time and distance…
Climate Change and Energy Development
April 30, 2012 | 1 Comment
- We Live in Two Different Worlds If the climate scientists’ projections about the dangerous impacts of the increasing emissions of greenhouse gases are valid and if the energy community’s optimistic projections about future fossil…
Global Warming: Stakeholders can’t see the forest for the trees.
January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments
Each tree represent an organization or perspective about the climate change issue. Without looking at the big picture — climate change as a global phenomenon — one’s views are distorted by what is going on…
Insight into the American Election Re-Cycle
January 06, 2012 | 3 Comments
I was listening to election results on the radio recently and a phrase caught my attention. The commentator said that the Iowa caucus in the first week of 2012 was the beginning of the 2012…
Insight into the American Election Re-Cycle
January 06, 2012 | 3 Comments
I was listening to election results on the radio recently and a phrase caught my attention. The commentator said that the Iowa caucus in the first week of 2012 was the beginning of the 2012…
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A Cynical Optimist’s View of CO2
December 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
- An interview with Mickey Glantz From an Email interview on climate change; what is needed to cope with greenhouse gas emissions. In late November 2011, I was asked by a reporter from a foreign…
Posted in All Fragilecologies, Climate Affairs
Whose Flood is it Anyway?
December 07, 2011 | No Comments
Floods occur on the earth’s surface in scores of different locations every year. Some cause minor damage, while others can be labeled blockbuster events. For example, consider two major flood episodes from 2011: the tens…
True Believers and Naysayers – Durban, S. Africa
December 02, 2011 | No Comments
Views on climate change negotiations converge at COP17 – Durban, South Africa The views of those setting up the COP 17 event in South Africa, many negotiators and skeptics’ seem to have converged. Generally speaking,…
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Violence in Mexico: What’s the Cold War got to do with it?
November 30, 2011 | No Comments
Mexico is plagued (the correct choice of words. Another might be infested) with gangs that live and die by violence. While philosophers and economists have labored for centuries about how to put a monetary value…
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“A Curse on Being Creative” GUEST EDITORIAL by Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway. September 24, 2012
September 23, 2012 | No Comments
“A Curse on Being Creative”. GUEST EDITORIAL by Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway September 24, 2012. I am often treated to the quotation, or variations thereof, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of…
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