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September 12, 2026Transitions Often Brings Out Creativity, New Ideas and Solutions
July 9, 2026The Arctic: Climate Change is Changing the Chemistry … and More
June 13, 2026He Is on The Way - El-Nino That Is
February 14, 2026Climate Science: “Rise of the Renewables”
December 13, 2025Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Rivers
September 13, 2025All Things Electric: Ferries, Buses, Cars. It’s Happening; Now.
August 9, 2025Flash Drought, Heat Domes and More
July 12, 2025Extreme Weather, Climate Change, Global Warming: It is Here
June 14, 2025Planet Earth is Still Warming and the Effects Are Obvious
April 10, 2025Renewable Energy; Good News, Really!
December 15, 2024Earth’s Climate System: Complex, But Our Understanding Grows
November 12, 2024The Oceans, Their Complexity and Their Major Role in Earth’s Climate
October 15, 2024Warmer Ocean Waters, Climate Tidbits, Renewables and More
September 14, 2024Earth Time is Changing and Renewables Too
August 15, 2024New Vocabulary, Intense Rainfall, Renewables, and Then Norway
July 15, 2024We Have Been Through Energy Transitions Before
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
May 15, 2023Perspective: The Nations Clean Power Goals Will Require Changes In
April 8, 2023Connectedness, The Recent Climate IPCC Report, and More
March 15, 2023Youth at Work! … Also, We Now Have a New Mantra, “Electrify Everything.”
February 10, 2023In Time?: Globally, The World Invested $1.1 Trillion in 2022 on Renewables
January 15, 2023A Distant View of Earth: “Earth Set” from Beyond the Moon
December 15, 2022Antarctica: A Birthday of Sorts, The Antarctic Treaty
October 8, 2022Science and Research: Understanding the Workings of Our Planet
September 15, 2022Transportation and the Transition Revolution
July 15, 2022It’s All About Time, Do We Need a New Name for Earth’s Condition Today?
April 29, 2022Energy of all Kinds: Plans for Change do Change
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
September 12, 2021Weather Happenings and Some Peoples Response
August 15, 2021Domes, the Climate Crises and the Energy Transition
July 15, 2021An Artist and Science Look at Sea Level Rise, Drought and More
June 9, 2021Maya Lin, Ghost Trees and Sea Level Rise
May 8, 2021Climate Crises: The New Clock is Ticking, and it’s in Union Square, NYC, No Less
April 15, 2021Rivers of Air, Rivers of Water: Major Parts of our Changing Climate System
February 13, 2021Transitions, Transitions and More Transitions
January 15, 2021We Have a Climate Emissions “Gap” Problem but Solutions Exist
November 15, 2020Transitions, Disruptions, Problems and Possibilities
October 15, 2020The Science of Climate Change and the Role of Greenhouse Gases
August 7, 2020Pandemic or Not, Large Renewables Projects are Moving Forward
July 11, 2020Transitions and Disruptions of the Status Quo
June 11, 2020In New York State the Grid [Not Grill] Just Got Cleaner
May 8, 2020Phenology: It’s All In The Timing
December 13, 2019Tuktoyaktuk: An Inuvialuit Town at the Frontline of Climate Change
September 15, 2019Climate Change and Losses
August 15, 2019Climate Change: Are Trees The Solution?
July 15, 2019Climate Change and the Irony of it all
June 8, 2019Climate, Its Complexity and the Clean Disruption
February 15, 2019Climate Change: “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”
January 10, 2019Climate Change: People vs. Entrenched Interests
December 9, 2018Tapas, Tapas and More Tapas; Some Actions, Good and Not so Good, Impacting Climate Change
October 11, 2018“That thou canst not stir a flower / Without troubling of a star” – Climate and Man
July 15, 2018Climate Science and Smorgasbord Have a Lot in Common
June 9, 2018Leadership and Climate Change
May 13, 2018“Extra! Extra! Read All About It!”
April 8, 2018ERoEI and Climate Change
March 1, 2018Coal: Are We Beating a Dead Horse?
February 1, 2018Artists Engage the Science of Climate Change