Category Archives: Overview

What is Going on This Winter?

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Toasty

While the winter of 2009/2010 is not yet over, Europe has suffered from record low temperatures and heavy snowfalls, while the Mid-Atlantic United States has experienced record-braking snowfalls, the most recent crippling the Nation’s Capitol city of Washington, D.C.   Meanwhile … Continue reading →

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U.S. Federal Government to Reduce GHG Emissions by 28% by 2020.

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Toasty

On January 29, 2010 President Obama today announced that the Federal Government will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020.  While the base year was not specified in the press release (below) it is elsewhere defined as 2008, … Continue reading →

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Terminology – Essential to Understanding Climate Change

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Toasty

Comprehension of a complex process is often aided by a clear, common understanding of the vocabulary.  This is especially true in the study of climatology.  "Global Warming" and "Climate Change" are two terms that are often, and erroneously, used interchangeably.  … Continue reading →

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Americans Need a Better Understanding of Science

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Toasty

A May, 2009 post on this site presented the results of a cooperative Yale and George Mason Universities study which reported that only about 51% of Americans believe that climate change is real and a serious problem.  Other, recent polls … Continue reading →

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To really save the planet, stop going green!

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Toasty

I have written elsewhere, including this blog, about the folly of such “feel-good, green gestures” as screwing in compact fluorescent bulbs as a meaningful effort to address climate change.  While such gestures may have some value as a sensitizing tool, … Continue reading →

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Progress?

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Toasty

Twelve years ago the nations of the world met in Kyoto, Japan to chart a course of action that would reverse global warming.  187 nations ratified and signed the resulting “Kyoto Protocol”, pledging to reduce their emissions of the four … Continue reading →

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New Government Report Describes U.S. Climate Change Impacts

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Toasty

The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released a major, new report on June 15, 2008 detailing the science and impacts of climate change on the United States. The USGCRP was established by the Global Change Research Act of … Continue reading →

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Americans Don’t Agree About Climate Change

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Toasty

While the United States makes up only about 5% of the worlds population it is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases.  While the U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases per capita are greater than for any other nation, a … Continue reading →

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MIT Research Shows Greatly Increased Odds of Climate Change

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Toasty

Recently published(1) results from the most comprehensive, predictive computer modeling show that unless rapid and drastic actions are taken, global warming over the next century will be about twice as severe as previously estimated.  Developed at the Massachusetts Institute of … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse Gases – EPA News Release

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Toasty

EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare / Proposed Finding Comes in Response to 2007 Supreme Court Ruling Release date: 04/17/2009 (Washington, D.C. – April 17, 2009) After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the … Continue reading →

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