Besides my showing you the science of climate change and the actual real world physical consequences of it (i.e. more and stronger hurricanes, more intense storms, melting glaciers, changes in the jet and gulf streams, tropical diseases moving north, flooding, mud slides, drought, fires, etc.) I have tried to alert you to the impact that a warmer climate is having…
Last week I presented you with a smorgasbord of environmental news. This week I’m going to display a variety of good and bad news that has been published in the last number of days. I’ll start with the good news that should give us some level of optimism that we have the ability to do something effective to alter our society in order to…
Today’s messaging is going to be a smorgasbord. I am going to display for you a variety of items pertaining to several of the topics I cover. Transportation, insurance, real estate (primarily housing), water shortages and biodiversity. Since the last few blogs have been about the auto industry let me start there. If there is still any doubt in your mind as…
The focus of today’s commentary is about the insurance industry and the role and the consequences that the warming planet is having on the industry and how this is and will effect your daily life. There are two principal aspects that I am going to address. First, how climate change is impacting insurance and the implications to each of us…
It’s been a few weeks since you’ve heard from me as I was on vacation. My son Zack (35) and I went on a wilderness kayaking trip on the Allagash River in very northern Maine with a group from Sierra Club. We had a great time. It was so very nice to get removed from civilization for 8 days and just relax.…
It’s been a few weeks since my last post as I took some time off to enjoy the summer as it quickly slips away from us all. Unfortunately, the deteriorating climate doesn’t take a vacation. You’ve undoubtedly heard about the UN report that documents how dire and irreversible the climate circumstances are. (See the long article posted at the end of my portion.)…
I was listening to the radio yesterday and the “disk jockey” asked the listeners what covid habit you got into you were going to get ride of/change now that restrictions are being lifted a bit. I realized that one that I have fallen into is writing this article pretty much every Sunday. You may have noticed, but probably not, that I missed…
It is hard to comprehend that we are around half way through summer. It sure doesn’t seem like it to me. It’s going by so quickly and for some reason I feel like I’m missing out. Maybe because of the weather? Too hot, too dry, too wet, too cool, too windy (meaning being unsuitable to kayak on Lake Michigan). But…
As usual, it’s been a busy week for environmental news. This week I am going to stay focused on what’s going on in the automotive realm and on the transition to an EV future. Before I do, though, I want to start with some good news. Having been rightfully accused of being the bearer of doom and gloom in many…
Happy 4th of July! Boy, where is this year going? I hope you have a great holiday weekend and enjoy a new sense of independence as the pandemic restrictions lift as more and more people get vaccinated. I know though that some of you receiving this are not yet vaccinated so please go do it now. You don’t want to…