The South Continent is, again, going through a massive heat wave with devastatingly hot temperatures in Pakistan and India. In 2015, the 1,300 killed in the heat wave overwhelmed capacity “and the fast-decaying corpses couldn’t be buried quickly enough.” Here is a sad, yet tangible example of adaptation in the face of mounting climate-change impacts: […]
Entries from May 2016
Digging mass graves for #climate-driven heat wave in Pakistan: “Thank G-d we are better prepared this time …”
May 23rd, 2016 · Comments Off on Digging mass graves for #climate-driven heat wave in Pakistan: “Thank G-d we are better prepared this time …”
Tags: climate change · climate disruption
Thinking about the outrage over @HillaryClinton’s #coal (non)gaffe
May 21st, 2016 · 1 Comment
UPFRONT: Hillary Clinton — unlike Donald Trump — has a serious and substantive plan to help American coal miners and mining communities flourish as the nation and global community move beyond coal. Because of reporting on Clinton’s (non)gaffe on coal and her (campaign’s) reaction to it, few Americans — and few in coal country — […]
Tags: 2016 Presidential Election · coal · media
Boiling India: some quick perspectives
May 19th, 2016 · 1 Comment
Areas of the South continent are burning up. All hell broke loose in India, as mercury in Phalodi, Rajasthan shattered all the temperature records on Thursday. The desert town recorded maximum temperature of 51°C, which is the highest day maximum ever recorded in the country. 51 degrees celsius. For those metric-challenged Americans, let’s put that […]
Tags: Energy