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The Nutmeg’s Curse
Trading rare and exotic spices has been a powerful force in history and economics for many centuries. Nutmeg is no exception. In the early 1600’s, the Dutch East India Company, known by its Dutch initials VOC, formed as the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment, History
Tagged amitav ghosh, book review, climate change, colonialism, gaia, genocide, nonfiction, nutmeg
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The Spirit of Green
In The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World, Yale economics professor William D. Nordhaus examines a wide range of economic, social and political issues from a Green perspective. Nordhaus won the 2018 Nobel Prize … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Economics, Environment
Tagged book review, carbon price, climate change, CO2 emissions, externality, nonfiction, Nordhaus, sustainability
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The Ends of the World
You might think a 290-page deep dive into mass extinction would be the most depressing book ever. But The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions by Peter Brannen is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, carbon cycle, climate change, extinction, geology, nonfiction, paleontology, peter brannen
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Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A lot of numbers get tossed around in discussions about climate change. Degrees of warming, meters of sea level rise, square miles burnt or flooded, and most important, tons of greenhouse gases emitted. I like to know exactly what these … Continue reading
Under a White Sky
Whether you believe that God gave man dominion “over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” or that humans have spent the last two hundred thousand years or so winning the Darwinian race, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged anthropocene, book review, climate change, elizabeth kolbert, geoengineering, nonfiction, sustainability
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Held v. Montana: A Landmark Climate Victory
This is worth celebrating. Yesterday in a Montana district court, 16 youths, aged 5 – 22, won a lawsuit against the State of Montana for violating their right to a “clean and healthful environment” under the state constitution. This trial … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Law and justice
Tagged climate change, greenhouse gasses, held v montana, law review, montana
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Timeline of Climate Change Warnings
I’m trying something different in this post: an infographic. Over the last couple of years I’ve been reading a lot about climate change. One thing I’ve learned is that the science of climate change is not new. Scientists have been … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged climate change, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gasses, infographic
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The Climate Book
Climate change is happening now. Record-setting heatwaves, devastating forest fires, intense tropical storms and extreme flooding are no longer distant predictions, they’re daily events. In The Climate Book, Swedish environmental activist Geta Thunberg has gathered the expertise of over 100 … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, carbon budget, climate change, greta thunberg, nonfiction, sustainability
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Podcast: What’s next for clean energy and climate mitigation?
Back on the 28th of June, I had the pleasure of attending a live recording of the Volts podcast hosted by David Roberts here in Seattle at an event sponsored by Canary Media. Roberts interviewed energy analyst and author Ramez … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Science and technology
Tagged clean energy, climate change, david roberts, energy transition, podcast, ramez naam, volts
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