“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…
Climate Surprises that Shouldn’t Be Surprising
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 10 October 2005 “Surprise” is a funny word. Often it does not mean what it was originally intended to mean. The following definitions of surprise were taken from the Oxford English Dictionary. • …
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How Americans see Africa: Through their rear view mirrors
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archvies 13 September 2005 My perception of American perceptions about Africa People on the street in America, the average citizens, seem to be getting bored with news out of Africa . Some observers think…
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Hurricane Katrina Exposes a Myth about Vulnerability to Climate and Weather
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archvies 2 September 2005 For three decades now I have been challenging the prevailing view among climate scientists and policy people, both those who believe in global warming and those who don’t, that developing…
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Uncertainty Regarding Global Warming No Longer Excuse for Inaction
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 22 August 2005 By Dr. Eric Udelhofen : Guest Editorial udelhof@carleton.edu Two months ago, I was an outsider to the global warming discourse. I had heard mention of the phenomenon, but considered the…
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People and Pollution of Copsa Mica, Romania
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archvies 22 July 2005 By Dr. Eric Udelhofen udelhof@carleton.edu Historical Causes of Pollution in Copsa Mica Industrial units began appearing in the Copsa Mica area in 1935, but rapid development did not occur until…
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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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