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September 12, 2026Transitions Often Brings Out Creativity, New Ideas and Solutions
August 29, 2026Transitions are Messy and Our Move to Renewables is no Exception
February 14, 2026Climate Science: “Rise of the Renewables”
January 14, 2026The Arctic Is Changing: The John Franklin Expedition
November 8, 2025Our Planet Earth is Rare and So Are Many of its Elements
October 11, 2025And The Renewable Energy Story Continues: It is Unstoppable
September 13, 2025All Things Electric: Ferries, Buses, Cars. It’s Happening; Now.
August 9, 2025Flash Drought, Heat Domes and More
June 14, 2025Planet Earth is Still Warming and the Effects Are Obvious
May 17, 2025With Warming Climate, Planting Zones Are Changing: Animals Are Noticing Too
April 10, 2025Renewable Energy; Good News, Really!
December 15, 2024Earth’s Climate System: Complex, But Our Understanding Grows
October 15, 2024Warmer Ocean Waters, Climate Tidbits, Renewables and More
August 15, 2024New Vocabulary, Intense Rainfall, Renewables, and Then Norway
July 15, 2024We Have Been Through Energy Transitions Before
June 15, 2024Dead Trees Can Talk to Us, in a Way; Our National Electrical Grid
April 14, 2024Dunkelflaute? Zombie Fires? New Issues and Words Used in the Climate Crisis
March 22, 2024Sea Surface Temperatures are High: Good Chance for Another Record Weather Year
February 10, 2024F.U.D. … A Climate Related Acronym
November 15, 2023Dueling Banjo’s: Dueling Energy Report and Giant Oil’s Responsd
August 19, 2023The “Out of the Mouth of Babes” Proverb Shows the Wisdom of Youth and Helps in Our Fight Against Climate Chaos
June 11, 2023Solar: Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transportation and Power Generation
December 15, 2022Antarctica: A Birthday of Sorts, The Antarctic Treaty
November 12, 2022Permafrost Regions: What is Happening There?
October 8, 2022Science and Research: Understanding the Workings of Our Planet
September 15, 2022Transportation and the Transition Revolution
February 15, 2022Blue Hydrogen, Green Hydrogen; What’s with these Colors and Their Connection to Climate Change?
December 11, 2021Oceans: Our Buddy for Ameliorating Climate Change; But There Are Limits
October 15, 2021Oceans, The Twilight Zone, its Wonders and Importance
July 15, 2021An Artist and Science Look at Sea Level Rise, Drought and More
June 9, 2021Maya Lin, Ghost Trees and Sea Level Rise
February 13, 2021Transitions, Transitions and More Transitions
November 15, 2020Transitions, Disruptions, Problems and Possibilities
April 13, 2020Climate Change, Clean Energy Transition, and now COVID-19
December 9, 2018Tapas, Tapas and More Tapas; Some Actions, Good and Not so Good, Impacting Climate Change
April 8, 2018ERoEI and Climate Change
January 7, 2018The Clean Disruption: Will Help Reduce Emissions Causing Climate Change
March 4, 2017Climate Change and An Earlier Energy Transformation
October 5, 2014Climate Change Mission Impossible? Maybe, Maybe Not
December 1, 2013Science Supports Changing Climate: Positive Efforts with Renewables Underway
January 15, 2013Climate Change Consensus and a Call to “Photovoltaic” Arms
July 15, 2010Events of 2010 fit description of Global Weirding