Tag Archives: climate change

The Obama-Republican Standoff on Climate Change

Americans, standing apart from the world, remain bitterly divided on taking action.

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A U.S. Carbon Transition?

What factors have helped the United States reduce its per capita emissions?

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Factoring in Deforestation Emissions

What percentage of global CO2 emissions from human activity stems from deforestation and land conversion?

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Deforestation: Set The World On Fire

How deforestation is warming the planet and what polices might rein it in.

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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.

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Pope Francis and the Environment

A geologist’s speed reading guide to the pope’s climate encyclical.

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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.

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Carbon Permits: Paine’s Social Dividend

The issue that is poised to bring common-wealth dividends into the mainstream today is climate change.

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China Vs. the West: The Renewables Arms Race

How should the West respond to China becoming a renewables superpower?

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Climate Change: Like an Asteroid

The threat of climate change must be taken far more seriously, before it is too late.

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