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Climate Deadlines

March 11, 2022 By gmoke

According to this carbon countdown clock (https://www.mcc-berlin.net/fileadmin/data/clock/carbon_clock.htm), at the current rate (1,337 tonnes per second or 42.2 gigatonnes [Gt] per year), the most CO2 we can emit to stay below 1.5ºC rise … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: backcasting, carbon budget, carbon-dioxide, climate, forecasting, futorology, greenhouse-gases, planning, r-buckminster-fuller, world-game

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – March 2022

February 27, 2022 By gmoke

These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Africa, AI, Brookings, climate, conferences, ecology, energy, environment, events, greenhouse-gases, harvard, information, lectures, listings, mit, robotics

Planning the Energy Transition

December 23, 2020 By gmoke

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve run across what might be a few really useful reports on the energy transition. The Lancet is doing an annual climate countdown report to monitor our progress. Here is this year’s edition: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, co2, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, infrastructure, sustainability

McKinsey and Company Talks Energy and Climate at MIT

December 6, 2016 By gmoke

On November 21, 2016 Scott Nyquist of McKinsey & Company (http://www.mckinsey.com) spoke to the public at MIT's Sloan School. Over the next 20 years, there are projections for 80% more demand on resources as a result of growing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, McKinsey and Company, mit

Zero Emissions Economy to Reversing Global Warming

October 1, 2015 By gmoke

Meteor Blades recently (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/28/1425368/-Open-thread-for-night-owls-Mobilizing-for-the-climate-crisis) wrote about The Climate Mobilization (http://www.theclimatemobilization.org) which is asking people to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: carbon farming, climate-change, economics, greenhouse-gases, politics, Rescued, zero-emissions

Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring

March 10, 2014 By gmoke

HEET [Home Energy Efficiency Team http://www.heetma.com ], a Cambridge, MA nonprofit which organizes public weatherization parties and barnraisings, is crowd funding a natural gas leak monitoring project in Cambridge and Somerville. Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, bu, cambridge, climate-change, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, heat, heet, massachusetts, methane, Nathan Phillips, natural-gas, somerville

atmospheric carbon dioxide at a maximum of 350 ppm

June 9, 2009 By arkmundi

Massachusetts is a state already known for its leadership on the climate change front.  Its progressive leaders, including Congressman Markey, are working on new federal energy legislation - the American Clean Energy and Security Act … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350-ppm, climate-change, convention, cop15, greenhouse-gases, markey, platform

On platforms and paper footballs

April 22, 2009 By arkmundi

But a process of true transparency would have provided a version of the platform for consideration by all who participated, including those who posted language. I am one of those who did participate, wrote language, showed up to my City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350, april-25, carbon-footprint, committee, democratic-party, greenhouse-gases, platform

The Great Transformation

December 11, 2008 By skifree_99

We are on the cusp of a dramatic transformation of our economy caused by energy security concerns, past and future oil shocks, and imminent and dramatic climatic disruptions caused by greenhouse gases. Take a look at the 2025 Global Trends … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cap-and-trade, greenhouse-gases, redd

CO2 emissions: Why can’t we do that?

August 1, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

Andy points us to Nick Kristof's column in the Times Sunday (yeah, yeah, TimesSelect bleccch), which suggests that arguments that dealing with global warming will hurt the economy are so much Chicken Littling:But all across the country, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: environment, global-warming, greenhouse-gases, massachusetts, portland-or, rggi

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headlineoptics Headline Optics @headlineoptics ·
3 Apr

OTR: Diana DiZoglio discusses potential retaliation from Mass. Legislature over audit https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/04/03/otr-diana-dizoglio-discusses-potential-retaliation-from-mass-legislature-over-audit/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter @masspolicy #MApoli #Massachusetts

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Mass. Conservatives Win Big in Second MassGOP Caucus: Crush Baker 2.0/Establishment Candidate https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/04/03/mass-conservatives-win-big-in-second-massgop-caucus-crush-baker-2-0-establishment-candidate/ #Massachusetts #MApoli #bospoli #MassPolicyReport

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3 Apr

A huge pleasure to join @RepDylan as he launched the #Massachusetts Friends of UK Legislative Caucus at the home of the @FCDOPeterAbbott. It was wonderful to talk about how we can collaborate to benefit constituents and deepen long-standing ties! #mapoli

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theaaholcomb Thea Holcomb @theaaholcomb ·
3 Apr

If you're familiar with #mapoli I have questions for you!

My intern is applying for an internship there - obvs I'm thrilled. 😊 What should she know about how the MA legislature is staffed? What other essential knowledge would you pass along?

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3 Apr

Mounting evidence that the citizens of MA are over taxed https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/04/03/mounting-evidence-that-the-citizens-of-ma-are-over-taxed/ #Massachusetts #MApoli #bospoli #MassPolicyReport

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erintiernan Erin Tiernan @erintiernan ·
3 Apr

It's April in #mapoli which means budget season is in full swing. The House will soon pitch a tax relief proposal alongside their 2024 fiscal plan.
- @MBTA staffing shortage cou;d keep trains from running on time
- Auditor DiZoglio won't back down
https://masster-list.com/2023/04/03/massachusetts-house-tax-package-could-be-a-tango-with-healey/

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