The ‘breaking news’, according to an EU official and Wall Street Journal reporting, Donald Trump and @TeamTrump might act (yet again) in ways to piss off their #MAGA-frothing base. After announcing, in front of a sweating audience of fossil fools on the White House lawn, that the United States would be leaving the Paris Accords, […]
Entries from September 2017
Trump might (MIGHT) not be leaving Paris Accords … Should we care?
September 16th, 2017 · Comments Off on Trump might (MIGHT) not be leaving Paris Accords … Should we care?
Tags: Trump · Trump Administration
Polluters as proud parents: Climate-enhanced weather event achievements
September 12th, 2017 · Comments Off on Polluters as proud parents: Climate-enhanced weather event achievements
Parents are (often too) proud of their children’s accomplishments (and it can go too far, from the screaming parents on the side-line to one-upmanship comments at back-to-school night to …). Considering the significant accomplishments of the past month’s climate catastrophes From Sea to Shining Sea, the public affairs staffs of the 90 global firms responsible […]
Tags: catastrophic climate change · climate change
Stunning contrast … must watch/consider video re #climate & #science denial politicians
September 11th, 2017 · Comments Off on Stunning contrast … must watch/consider video re #climate & #science denial politicians
Two Get Energy Smart Now blog posts inspired the above DeSmogBlog video: The contrast stuns me/should stun you: Climate Catastrophes vs Fossil Foolish Promotion http://getenergysmartnow.com/2017/09/04/climate-catastrophes-striking-from-sea-to-shining-sea/
Tags: catastrophic climate change · climate change · science denial
The morning after Back-to-School: Six points to explain climate change
September 8th, 2017 · Comments Off on The morning after Back-to-School: Six points to explain climate change
Like 10s of millions of American parents, the month of September brings back to school night. Writ large, mine last night was what you can hope for: with one exception, what appear to be good to excellent teachers; positive statements about ‘the kids’ and atmosphere; and some positive feedback about your child. Tensions issues related […]
Tags: science · Science Communication
Irma: considering the worst …
September 7th, 2017 · Comments Off on Irma: considering the worst …
The damage reports are coming in from Caribbean islands and the warnings are mounting for the Continental United States: Hurricane Irma could drive up the entire Atlantic Coast of Florida, a category 5 hurricane strike on Miami and the homes/work places of millions of American citizens. Prior to the first rain drops hitting Miami, people […]
Tags: Energy
The contrast stuns me/should stun you: Climate Catastrophes vs Fossil Foolish Promotion
September 7th, 2017 · 2 Comments
Whether purposeful or not, Donald Trump manages to provide stunning, jaw-dropping moments and actions at a pace impossible for a reasonable person to track while attempting to maintain anything close to a normal life. Amid outrageous actions (like against the Dreamers & DACA), immoral and despicable commentary (such as emphasizing those “very fine people” who […]
Tags: climate change · Donald Trump
#Trump’s @EPA to #Flint: let the #bedbugs bite (to scientists: don’t study/mention #climate change)
September 5th, 2017 · 1 Comment
As if Trump weren’t bad enough, The United States is currently experiencing a nightmarish epidemic of disgusting blood sucking parasites, and no, I am not talking about our politicians. There is a full blown bed bug epidemic happening all across America and it just seems to get worse with each passing year. What is Team […]
Tags: EPA · global warming deniers · science · science denial · Trump Administration
#Climate catastrophes striking “From sea to shining sea …”
September 4th, 2017 · 6 Comments
“From sea to shining sea …” America the Beautiful tugs at the hearts of all patriots … At this time, America the Beautiful is facing a painful reality of being flooded, scorched, and threatened from ‘sea to shining sea’ by climate catastrophes. Houston is just starting to dry out from Hurricane Harvey’s 50 inch rain […]
Tags: Energy
For @NASA, @RealDonaldTrump proposes #climate #science denier
September 2nd, 2017 · Comments Off on For @NASA, @RealDonaldTrump proposes #climate #science denier
In another Friday dump, Team Trump’s choice for NASA:Representative Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), a true climate zombie. Here is material from his statement that called on President Obama to cut climate science funding to move it to weather research. global temperatures stopped rising 10 years ago. False. This is such classic twisted denial that Skeptical Science created […]
Tags: climate zombies · Trump · Trump Administration