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...]
McKinsey and Company Talks Energy and Climate at MIT
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...]
Zero Emissions Economy to Reversing Global Warming
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...]
Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring
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...]
atmospheric carbon dioxide at a maximum of 350 ppm
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...]
On platforms and paper footballs
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...]
The Great Transformation
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...]
CO2 emissions: Why can’t we do that?
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...]