Fossil Fuels

Coming to a City Near You: Horrifying Ramifications of Excessive Heat

Coming to a City Near You: Horrifying Ramifications of Excessive Heat

Reading the following article from Rolling Stone Magazine, I don’t know where to begin.  If you’ve ever read one of their feature articles you know how long they are.  So, I am reluctant to use them in my postings.  Yet, this one is so compelling.  It is about the impact of extreme heat that is coming as a result of climate change.…

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Do Melting Ice Sheets Matter to YOU?

Do Melting Ice Sheets Matter to YOU?

The last post I sent you emphasized how dramatically the earth is heating up and consistently smashing heat records worldwide by huge margins at a vastly higher pace than anytime in the past.  This is one of the results.    “What was once exceptional is becoming more frequent today.”   “The melting has reached parts of Greenland that typically stay frozen all year…

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What You Don’t See CAN Hurt You…And Already IS!

What You Don’t See CAN Hurt You…And Already IS!

I ran into a friend at a party a short while ago who I hadn’t seen in quite a while.  He gets this newsletter and remarked to me that he appreciated getting the info and my passion for the subject matter.  And then he asked me if we were really in any big trouble.   Of course I answered with a…

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Can Concrete Really Save the Planet? Part 2

Can Concrete Really Save the Planet? Part 2

On June 15th I sent you this article:  Can Concrete Really Save the Planet?  As a follow up to this is the following article which describes the pressure that investors are placing on cement companies to reduce and ultimately eliminate their CO2 emissions.   “Members of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate change and the Climate Action 100+, a coalition…

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Ever Heard of ‘Compound’ Disasters?

Ever Heard of ‘Compound’ Disasters?

  The last article I sent focused on dangerous heat events occurring all over the world but especially devastatingly in SE Asia.  This article delves into developing knowledge and research into the complications of how the changing climate is not linear but rather causing multiple factors of climate change to interact making climate disaster events exponentially worse.  Scientists are learning more and…

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The Climate Crisis is Already Displacing Millions

The Climate Crisis is Already Displacing Millions

Our youngest of 4, our daughter Melanie, got married last weekend.  What a spectacular, magical event.  We had hoped to hold the ceremony outside on the shore overlooking Lake Michigan.  Thank goodness we had an indoor backup plan.  The country was baking under a massive heat wave and the temperature that day was 96 degrees.     But this weather,…

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Follow the money: How’s $34 TRILLION – With a T

Follow the money: How’s $34 TRILLION – With a T

Continuing on the theme of how the growing climate crisis is being recognized by the financial community as an existential threat, the following article describes the growing recognition (can I say panic?) that has finally dawned on the financial world.  With this financial constituency now crying out for action maybe we have a chance of finally recognizing the urgency of action…

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111 degrees in France, a Record. This is What Climate Crisis Looks Like Today.  Imagine 10 Years from Now!

111 degrees in France, a Record. This is What Climate Crisis Looks Like Today. Imagine 10 Years from Now!

Normally I wouldn’t send you another piece of news so soon after my last post but this article was simply too compelling and extreme for me to wait. All I can say is read the whole thing.  It is horrifying.  And it’s coming to your city or town eventually. Especially if you are in Phoenix, LA, Las Vegas, Atlanta or…

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What Are Stranded Assets and Why Should You Care?

What Are Stranded Assets and Why Should You Care?

  On several occasions over the years I’ve written about “stranded assets”.  These can be categorized in more than one way. The article below discusses the cost that is on the books of companies of physical assets above ground such as plants and equipment that will become worthless as renewable energy pushes fossil fuel burning plants out of business.  There is also…

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The Corporate World is FINALLY Waking Up to Climate Change Disaster…For Whatever Reason

The Corporate World is FINALLY Waking Up to Climate Change Disaster…For Whatever Reason

  The last several articles that I’ve sent you were about how the warming climate is creating unprecedented weather events around the U.S. and the world.  CO2 levels have shattered concentrations such that it’s now, around 415 ppm, at a concentration that has never existed during human existence.  Or, for millions of years before that.  We are heading into new uncharted territory at a pace…

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