The Green Grok
blogging towards a more sustainable path with Dr. Bill Chameides
The State of the Union’s Climate Education
by Bill ChameidesJan 27, 2012
filed under: Barack Obama, carbon dioxide, climate change, climate science, climate skeptics, education, environment, evolution, global warming, high school, legislation, Louisiana, Oklahoma, policy, politics, science, scientists, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Does racing to the top include no opinion left behind when teaching climate science?
On the State of the Union, Blueberries, Cranberries, and Grapes
by Bill ChameidesJan 25, 2012
filed under: Barack Obama, climate change, fruit, global warming, North America, politics, State of the Union, U.S. Congress
Foraging for North America’s native fruits more difficult than finding “climate change” in president’s address to Congress.
A Climate-Pandemic Connection?
by Bill ChameidesJan 24, 2012
filed under: climate change, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, ENSO, flu, global warming, health, influenza, La Nina, viruses
Could changing climate affect the likelihood of contracting a new deadly strain of the flu?
Global Warming and Severe Weather: Is There a Link?
by Bill ChameidesJan 20, 2012
filed under: climate change, extreme weather, Fukushima, Germany, global warming, Mississippi, Roger Pielke Jr., science, United States, weather
Are 2011's weather-related disasters part of a long-term trend?
Obama 'Takes Stand,' Rules Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
by Bill ChameidesJan 19, 2012
filed under: American Petroleum Institute, Barack Obama, Bill McKibben, Canada, carbon dioxide emissions, energy, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy independence, energy industry, fossil fuels, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Jack Gerard, Keystone XL, Nebraska, petrodollars, petroleum, pipeline, politics, tar sands, TransCanada
Separating the substance from the rhetoric and symbolism.
Recipe for 80% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction
by Bill ChameidesJan 13, 2012
filed under: California, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, electric cars, electric vehicle, electricity, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, transportation
Here comes the electric car?
Greenhouse Gas Emitters Mapped, and Carbon Captured?
by Bill ChameidesJan 12, 2012
filed under: carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprint, chemistry, climate change, Environmental Protection Agency, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, North Carolina
A double-header for Thursday: New online tool shows big greenhouse gas emitters, and a potential new way to capture carbon.
Notable Quote – From the Father of Wildlife Ecology
by Bill ChameidesJan 11, 2012
filed under: Aldo Leopold, ecology, quotation, wildlife
Today, 125 years ago, the man considered the “father of the wildlife movement” was born.
Minds Meet on Shale Gas, Fracking
by Bill ChameidesJan 10, 2012
filed under: Avner Vengosh, carbon dioxide, climate change, coal, Cornell University, David Jewett, Duke University, Environmental Protection Agency, ExxonMobil, fracking, fugitive emissions, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracking, methane, Michael Parker, natural gas, oil, Richard Newell, Robert Howarth, shale, shale gas
Highlights from a workshop on the environmental and social implications of fracking.
On Being Amber Instead of Green
by Bill ChameidesJan 06, 2012
filed under: agriculture, America the Beautiful, corn, Iowa, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential campaign, wheat
Is poetic license about vegetation OK in a political campaign?
