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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

Cars That Think

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. This ad hoc committee will serve to better connect and coordinate these efforts. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? IEEE is here to listen to them.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. Dronning Louise’s Bro (Queen Louise’s Bridge) connects inner Copenhagen and Nørrebro and is frequented by many cyclists and pedestrians every day. The answer is perhaps some, but maybe not too much.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

Green Car Congress

—Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. The pace of reducing global carbon intensity has been slow despite growing international focus on climate change. nuclear war, radical climate change before 2050).

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Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

Creative Greenius

One of the other big business groups the WSJ is talking about is the motley group of US Senators and US Congress members who got their money directly from the oil, gas and coal industry. We’re going to end the use of coal in this country in the next ten years and we’re going to phase out the use of oil for transportation.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

Otherwise it will become impractical to constrain atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas produced in burning fossil fuels, to a level that prevents the climate system from passing tipping points that lead to disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity’s contro l.”. That’s 18 months away.

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Thankful To Be Home — And ALIVE!

Creative Greenius

“Do you think we ever hear the truth about what Chevron and Exxon are doing to kill the climate? Buying off politicians and everybody to make sure nothing gets done to fix things?” These kids claim to be connected with tens of thousands of other kids all across the country. ” Seldom Seen snarled.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

In the 15 months that have passed since I wrote the following, ALL the climate change news has gone from bad, to worse, to much worse than that. For the past three months I’ve been working night and day as the Chairman of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group. That’s 18 months away.