Maintaining road quality is good for the climate & the budget
It’s not exactly a secret that Cleveland’s roads are in rough shape right now. The city’s streets are pockmarked with potholes of all shapes and sizes, most of them enormous…. Read more »
Category Archives: Climate Change
Climate hawks should focus more on the persuadable, less on the trolls
For years, climate hawks have devoted considerable time and energy to refuting arguments proffered by those who deny the basic tenets of climate change. This focus on countering climate deniers… Read more »
Could climate change actually increase winter mortality?
If you already thought that the impacts of climate change were incredibly complicated and, often, downright confusing, I’ve got bad news for you – things just got even more complex…. Read more »
What climate hawks can learn from the ‘Meet the Press’ debacle
Ah, the Sunday morning political talk show, a throwback to a simpler time when old, well-connected white guys could get together in a safe space to tell everyone what they’re… Read more »
How big is the carbon footprint of the Keystone XL pipeline?
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline is set to pass through two countries, but it’s environmental impact would surpass that of many, many more. In its final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement… Read more »
The one issue that may determine if Keystone XL gets approved
Map of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, alongside the existing Keystone pipeline (courtesy of the Washington Post). The State Department released its final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) regarding… Read more »
Extreme heat increases migration from rural areas
The link between extreme weather and migration remains ambiguous, despite the hype surrounding so-called climate refugees, but new research appears to bolster the connection. A new study published this week… Read more »
January is the vanguard of climate change in the US
It’s been freaking cold in the Eastern half of the US, and it’s only gotten colder in the past 12 hours or so. Another section of the dreaded Polar Vortex… Read more »
2013 made 1988 look downright frigid by comparison
In his landmark testimony (PDF) before the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 28, 1988, Dr. James Hansen, then director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space… Read more »
Climate culprits: 7 countries account for more than half of global warming
Probably the single largest hurdle to negotiating a new global climate change treaty to replace the defunct Kyoto Protocol is the question of culpability for global warming. Determining who caused… Read more »