Taking a Sharpie marker to the map
Do you have a globe in your home? Well, it’s time to break it out. Spin it over to Asia, and try to find the Aral Sea. I’ll give you a hint: it’s on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, east of the Caspian Sea. What color is it on your globe? It’s probably blue, [...]
Why cold weather does not equal global “cooling”
This graph is from the NY Times Dot Earth blog written by Andrew C. Revkin. Mr. Revkin mentioned a few days ago that while, yes, it is pretty darn cold out there, this current activity is not a result of the Earth’s warming, nor is it an indication that the Earth is cooling. It’s more [...]
Climate Killers
Happy New Year, and Happy New Decade everyone! Here’s to hoping we can make big strides this year in our efforts to save energy, reduce waste, and generally try to keep the Earth as hospitable to human life as possible.
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, there are some pretty vocal people who are still working hard [...]
Top 9 of 2009
Today is the last day of 2009, or, if you take the long view, the last day of the first decade of the new millenium. There are many outlets devoting copious amounts of coverage to what a miserable year 2009 was, as well as giving plenty of room to “Top 10″ lists of the last [...]
Copenhagen … Continues
So much for keeping you up to date with news from the United Nations COP15, aka, the Copenhagen Climate Conference, as it happened. It turns out that not a lot has gone on that was worth reporting, aside from a brief kerfuffle on Monday when much of the developing nations’ delegation walked away from the [...]
“When Al Gore sees his shadow, it means the Earth is dying”
I had the absolute privilege of seeing Al Gore here in Portland last Thursday, at an event where he was standing up in support of our gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradbury (who himself seems like a committed supporter of environmental issues). I’m happy to say that after departing Portland, Al Gore traveled to New York, where [...]
Rogue Wave
First of all, no, this post is not about the outstanding indie rock band called Rogue Wave. (Although they are quite good and I do encourage a listen.)
This post was actually inspired by a somber anniversary that I missed last week, and I’ll use it to make an analogy to get where I’m going. Bear [...]
Quietly practicing my “religion”
I (obviously) haven’t had a lot to say lately about green design, mainly because I’ve been working hard at my new job, trying to get acquainted with projects and staying on top of current news in the energy efficiency and green building markets. There have been a couple of interesting things going on, but none [...]
Thank you, Senators
“Thank you” is not a phrase I imagine many of us utter in the direction of U.S. Senators these days. I, myself, tend to think that there are many Senators who are so far deep in the pockets of corporations that not only are they NOT representing the interests of the American people, they are [...]
2015
It’s been nearly 12 years since the Kyoto Protocol was initially adopted for use, and over 4 years since it was enacted. Over 183 parties have ratified the Protocol. In the map below, the countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol are shown in green; the countries that have no intention of ratifying the Protocol are [...]
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