Fukushima’s Last Resident
Naoto Matsumura is the only person living inside the exclusion zone and he has no electricity or running water. Reader Martha R recommended running this video as a way to commemorate the anniversary of the disaster.
Nordhaus: Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong
William Nordhaus takes on the climate skeptics: ...I have identified six key issues..., and I provide commentary about their substance and accuracy. They are: Is the planet in fact warming? Are human influences an important contributor to warming? Is carbon...
The Benefits of a Gas Tax
MIT energy economist Christopher Knittel says a gas tax would pay for itself, or nearly so, with the benefits the tax would bring: Fuel for thought, by Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office: ...Christopher Knittel ... is the William Barton Rogers...
Current Rate of Ocean Acidification Worst in 300 Million Years
Science has published a troubling but not entirely surprising article on the fact that the oceans are acidifying at the fastest rate in 300 million years. Actually, it could be the fastest rate over an even longer time period, but we can only go back with any degree of accuracy for 300 million years.
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"Fracking Would Emit Large Quantities of Greenhouse Gases"
Another reason to be suspicious of fracking: Fracking Would Emit Large Quantities of Greenhouse Gases, by Mark Fischetti, Scientific American: Add methane emissions to the growing list of environmental risks posed by fracking. Opposition to the hydraulic fracturing of deep...
Doctors Call for Fracking Moratorium
Wow, this bit of news is amazing, in both a good and bad way. Just to mention one fracking contaminant, benzene is a particularly nasty carcinogen (not that this Bloomberg article mentions it, but it is the sort of thing that too often gets into water tables thanks to fracking). The fact that fracking...
"Climate Change – Our Real Bequest to Future Generations"
Dean Baker: Climate change – our real bequest to future generations, Commentary, by Dean Baker: It is remarkable how efforts to reduce the government deficit/debt are often portrayed as a generational issue, while efforts to reduce global warming are almost...
Paul Krugman: Springtime for Toxics
The EPA's new rules on mercury and other airborne toxics should produce large benefits -- if they can survive opposition from the GOP: Springtime for Toxics, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Here’s what I wanted for Christmas: something that...
Assessing the Climate Talks
Robert Stavins assess the Durban climate talks: Assessing the Climate Talks — Did Durban Succeed?, by Robert Stavins: The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adjourned on Sunday, a day...
Cheer Up, FTAdviser: At Least You Don’t Publish Threadbare Excuses from Scammers, Like Reuters Does
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