Environment

It’s been a year since the last UN Climate Summit (COP-26) in Glasgow. COP-27, will begin this coming Sunday, November 6, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. This year the United Nation’s flagship climate conference will take place against the backdrop of the climate, energy and food crises, and will place special emphasis on addressing the damage already done and making good on past … [Read more...] about COP-27 and The Lorax

Earth Month 2022 ended just a couple of days ago, so I decided to give it a late sendoff by talking a little bit about the environmental impact of war and its associated activities. I mentioned this briefly at the end of the post on The Lorax: Ted and the Truffula Trees, but it definitely deserves more of a spotlight. To start, I'd like to highlight some points from a … [Read more...] about The Environmental Impact of War

An Introduction Toward the end of the Cold War, from 1979 to 1989, the general public first came to a broad understanding of the causes and dangers of climate change. Scientists and government officials had been aware of the problem for many years. Now we know that the world has warmed more than one degree Celcius since the Industrial Revolution. But did you know that in … [Read more...] about The Cold War and Climate Change: Fast Forward to August 2022