Author Archives: Harry Katz
Nonfiction November 2024 Week 2: Choosing Nonfiction
It’s Week 2 of Nonfiction November hosted by Frances at Volatile Rune. The topic this week is Choosing Nonfiction. What are you looking for when you pick up a nonfiction book? Do you have a particular topic you’re attracted to? Do … Continue reading
Nonfiction November 2024 Week 1: Your Year in Nonfiction
Nonfiction November has kicked off once again to brighten the dreary autumn days! Well, they’re dreary here in the Pacific Northwest anyway. Heather @ Based on a True Story is hosting the first week’s topic: Celebrate your year of nonfiction. What books … Continue reading
Vote No on Washington’s Initiative 2117
If you live in Washington State, there is something you can do this November to make a direct personal impact on climate change. Vote NO on Initiative 2117. I first saw the effects of climate change during a family vacation … Continue reading
Jesse Jenkins’s Course on the Electricity Sector
Prof. Jesse Jenkins of Princeton University teaches a course called Introduction to The Electricity Sector. He’s made the presentations from his course lectures available to the public at no charge. Continue reading
Into the Clear Blue Sky
Getting to net zero isn’t enough. Rob Jackson makes the case in Into the Clear Blue Sky that we must first reduce greenhouse gas emissions and then restore the levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the Earth’s atmosphere to pre-industrial levels. It’s a tall order. Continue reading
Autocracy in America
I recently started listening to a new podcast called Autocracy in America that I want to recommend. It’s a five-part series that looks at authoritarian tactics already in use here in the United States. Continue reading
Hot Mess
Hot Mess is an informative, easy-to-understand introduction to climate change for a general audience. The “hilarious” and even “side-splitting” humor promised by the cover blurbs mostly didn’t work for me, but the book describes the problem of climate change in a refreshingly non-academic way. Continue reading
Harris Trump Debate 2024
Maybe someday someone will write a book about last night’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. I’m not waiting. Here’s my review of the debate. Continue reading
How Infrastructure Works
How Infrastructure Works is a wonderful book that looks deeply at the function, development and future of infrastructure. It might seem like a nerdy topic, but Deb Chachra writes that infrastructure is so much more than pipes and cables, dams and bridges. Infrastructure is how we care for each other. Continue reading
Climate News: American Families Claimed over $8 Billion in IRA Tax Credits in 2023
More than 3.4 million US families claimed over $8 billion in tax credits for residential clean energy and home energy efficiency upgrades under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2023, according to a new report from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) … Continue reading
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