Americans, standing apart from the world, remain bitterly divided on taking action.
A U.S. Carbon Transition?
What factors have helped the United States reduce its per capita emissions?
Factoring in Deforestation Emissions
What percentage of global CO2 emissions from human activity stems from deforestation and land conversion?
Deforestation: Set The World On Fire
How deforestation is warming the planet and what polices might rein it in.
Paris Climate Talks Need to Focus on Innovation
Only when the unsubsidized cost of clean energy is cheaper than fossil fuels will nations switch en masse.
Pope Francis and the Environment
A geologist’s speed reading guide to the pope’s climate encyclical.
Thomas Paine’s Climate Solution: Would He Recognize It?
Paine’s revolutionary proposal to “share the wealth” from land and natural resources may help solve the climate crisis.
Carbon Permits: Paine’s Social Dividend
The issue that is poised to bring common-wealth dividends into the mainstream today is climate change.
China Vs. the West: The Renewables Arms Race
How should the West respond to China becoming a renewables superpower?
Climate Change: Like an Asteroid
The threat of climate change must be taken far more seriously, before it is too late.
























