To start off today I want to share with you some information that may be of great interest to you or someone you know. Many of you know that my wife Debbie has asthma. For some time now we have been receiving from Sierra Club text messages when the air quality is dangerous for her so she can act accordingly…stay inside and…
I am going to take some time off with my family so this will be my last post in 2021. I’ll list some recent news at the end, as usual, but I want to reflect and share some thoughts about this past year in order that we grasp how much and how quickly our circumstances have changed, are changing and…
The title says, Forget Glasgow. I don’t really mean that. Glasgow is important. And I know that some, or even many, will think I’m off my rocker for saying this, but it’s not the most critical factor on how quickly and how far we implement changes to our society that will mitigate climate change to allow our civilization to function with some semblance of…
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…
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.)…
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…
It is a shame, but not surprising, that things have to be this bad to wake up people to the fact that “we ARE there” already. In case you have any doubts, the following headlines from this week should provide a sobering jolt to your consciousness. We all know people who either don’t get that there is a problem or don’t comprehend…
Happy Father’s Day and first day of summer! Today’s article is about science and a new way of measuring what we humans are doing to our atmosphere and subsequently the climate. Here’s a fundamental premise of the piece that follows. “The miracle of life on Earth hinges on a delicate balance. The sun’s rays enter the Earth’s atmosphere, warming the planet. At the…
Recently, I’ve mostly been writing about what is going to happen to our society as a result of a warmer climate. Real estate, insurance, finance, fossil fuel industry, carbon taxes, transportation (especially cars and trucks), etc. I decided today to remind everyone why these consequences are all going to happen. Paraphrasing what someone once said, It’s the Climate Stupid. As CO2…
Boy oh boy. A guy can’t go on vacation for a couple of weeks without the world turning up side down. Yeah, after a year and a half barely leaving my house and now that the whole family is fully vaccinated, we took a nice break on the beach for a couple of weeks. It sure felt good! Fishing, tennis,…