“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…
Youth of the World Unite (via social networks)!
June 03, 2011 | No Comments
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about youth. The term “youth” really has several overlapping definitions but generally individuals between the ages of 15 and 30 can be considered youth. To be honest, to…
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US Congress and Climate Change
May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments
- Proof Positive That American Education is Falling Behind Lately I’ve been wondering about how some US Congresspeople (senators and representatives) can still flatly deny the possibility that human activities are emitting gases that can…
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Down with Earth Day! Up with Earth Year!
April 22, 2011 | No Comments
For the past 53 years people have celebrated an Earth Day. Its beginning years were extremely valuable and eventful. Before the first official Earth Day in 1969, we were slowly emerging out of what might…
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Roses are Red. Violets are Blue
April 05, 2011 | No Comments
- Politically speaking, US States are too… A common phrase one hears these days about education in America is that Americans are being dumbed down. How can that be? Earlier generations had less information at…
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20-Somethings and the 70-Somethings
March 14, 2011 | 2 Comments
- Make the Best Allies (Note: Be sure to see the Pickles cartoon at the end of this editorial.) Global warming of the earth’s atmosphere has been attributed to increases in the emissions of greenhouse…
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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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