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Entries from November 2015

Growing Dutch Electric Vehicle fleet not driving Rotterdam coal use

November 28th, 2015 · Comments Off on Growing Dutch Electric Vehicle fleet not driving Rotterdam coal use

an electric car is a relatively low-polluting vehicle today and will be even less polluting tomorrow. A simple truth upfront: All things being equal, electric vehicles (EVs) reduce pollution loads. Now, there are many caveats and corollaries to this truism. For example, Better to reduce transport requirements (build/live in walkable communities; telecommute; etc …) than […]

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Tags: coal · electric vehicles · electricity · emissions · Washington Post

Climate Change and the US national security rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific

November 18th, 2015 · 1 Comment

The Center for Climate and Security released a report yesterday with a series of looks at the intersection of climate, the rebalance to Asia, and US national security concerns (pdf of the report). the effects of climate change are likely to both shape, and be shaped by, the U.S. role in the Asia-Pacific. If the […]

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Tags: Energy

The ultimate buzz kill: climate change drives down sex drive …

November 3rd, 2015 · Comments Off on The ultimate buzz kill: climate change drives down sex drive …

We’ve known that climate change threatens agricultural productivity, infrastructure near oceans, human health, biodiversity (and huge numbers of species), sea turtle intercourse, national security, allergy sufferers, economic output, beer, chocolate and coffee, wine, whiskey, cherry blossoms, maple syrup, and, oh by the way, human civilization …. but sex … now we’re talking about something serious. […]

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Tags: climate change · economics