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Entries from January 2021

With Climate Hawk White House, Whitehouse to give last #TimeToWakeUp speech

January 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on With Climate Hawk White House, Whitehouse to give last #TimeToWakeUp speech

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a true Climate Hawk and has one of the few national-level politicians with an extended record of forcefully speaking about the urgent necessity for serious climate action. One element of this record will close out later today with an impressive record: 279 #TimeToWakeUp speeches to draw attention to the climate […]

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Tags: ActOnClimate · climate change · climate crisis · climate hawk · Climate Hawks

Four Wednesdays in January: From insurrection to innovative climate action

January 26th, 2021 · 1 Comment

The United States has been through a massive roller-coaster over the past month. The events of Four Wednesdays in January have been momentous: Wednesday, January 6th: Insurrection: At the instigation of Donald Trump, insurrectionists assaulted the Capitol and put the survival of U.S. Democracy on a knife’s edge. Of course, that first Wednesday began with […]

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Tags: ActOnClimate · BidenHarrisAdministration · climate change · Energy · Joe Biden

Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) returns to governance

January 20th, 2021 · Comments Off on Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) returns to governance

Amid the momentous events of today, President Biden has plans to exhaust his hand signing executive orders (see note below re broken link. note: that is a broken link) to reverse some of Donald Trump’s worse excesses and to start the process of righting the ailing Ship of State. Among these is an item that […]

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Tags: analysis · BidenHarrisAdministration · climate change · climate crisis

Trump’s Biggest Lie

January 15th, 2021 · Comments Off on Trump’s Biggest Lie

With over 30,000 documented lies just in his Presidency and the Big Lie central to Trump’s political power, there is one that truly stands out. A single $100,000,000,000,000 ($1T) lie — a lie that isn’t just Trump’s but permeates the Republican Party and the extremist right wing sound machine (RWSM). Trump’s Biggest Lie (that $100T […]

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Tags: analysis · Cost-Benefit Analysis · Donald Trump · Energy

Navy Blue Arctic Strategy Ignores Elephant (Polar Bear?) in the Room

January 8th, 2021 · Comments Off on Navy Blue Arctic Strategy Ignores Elephant (Polar Bear?) in the Room

In the last weeks of the Trump Administration, the Department of Navy and the U.S. Navy have released multiple significant strategy documents and long-term strategies including a decades-long force structure (shipbuilding) plan, a tri-service (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard) strategy, and, earlier this week, A Blue Arctic: A Strategic Blueprint for the Arctic. Commentators, including […]

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Tags: Energy

Climate/Energy: Washington Post starts off 2021 on wrong foot

January 5th, 2021 · Comments Off on Climate/Energy: Washington Post starts off 2021 on wrong foot

Following guidance for ‘truth sandwiches’, a simple truth upfront: Scientists have concluded, based on multiple strands of evidence, that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels (including in aviation operations) “damages the climate” system. This is NOT about belief. On the morning of New Year’s day, my heart went with excitement on turning to page […]

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Tags: Energy · journalism · Post Watch · renewable fuel · Washington Post