Why we need to link disaster risk reduction to the sustainable development goals
I know I said that my next post would be on the Syria climate change & conflict paper; that’s coming next, I promise. But I wanted to finally get around… Read more »
Climate overshadows disaster risk reduction. Here’s how to change that.
Next Saturday, the Third Wold Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) kicks off in the coastal city of Sendai. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. Disaster risk reduction (DRR)… Read more »
It’s time to include climate change in the immigration debate
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Last month, The New York Times released the results of a poll, showing that Hispanics are far more likely to view climate change as a pressing issue that directly affects them. Fifty-four percent… Read more »
Geoengineering makes climate change less polarizing! It’s still a bad idea.
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About 20 minutes after I posted my piece yesterday arguing that we are nowhere near ready to begin researching geoengineering, the Washington Post‘s new Energy and Environment section ran its own… Read more »
The NRC is wrong – we’re nowhere near ready to research geoengineering
Last week, the National Research Council released a lengthy, two-volume report on geoengineering. The central crux of the report and the surrounding debate seems to be that, sure, geoengineering is… Read more »
In the wake of the Detroit shutoffs, do Americans have a right to water?
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Originally posted on Drink Local. Drink Tap., Inc’s blog. In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly formally recognized there exists a human right to water and sanitation. The body called… Read more »
Your driveway is making you sick: On the health risks of coal tar sealants
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Originally posted on Drink Local. Drink Tap., Inc’s blog. Coal constitutes a hellish cocktail of toxic substances, ranging from heavy metals like mercury and lead to known carcinogens like cadmium… Read more »
Don’t blame it on the rain: On the root causes of Northeast Ohio’s flooding problems
“Après moi, le déluge” – King Louis XV (1710-1774) Northeast Ohio has a flooding problem, as anyone affected by the severe storms last evening can attest. The region has experienced at… Read more »
How Afghanistan is quickly becoming a resource conflict
Why don’t people who don’t know I exist (and wouldn’t care if they did) follow advice that they had no way of knowing I’d even written? Back in the winter/spring… Read more »
Sorry, Roger Pielke, climate change is causing more disasters
Back in March, controversial political scientist Roger Pielke, Jr. published his first post for FiveThirtyEight. The piece centered on the argument that climate change is not contributing to an increase in… Read more »