The Green Grok Blogs on Climate Change
Building Hope One House at a Time
by Bill ChameidesNov 20, 2009
filed under: Nancy Murray, buildings, greenhouse gas emissions, business, climate change, housing, recycling, global warming, Builders of Hope, sustainability, homelessness, waste
Nancy Murray has taken recycling to a whole new level — she recycles houses.
Changing Climate Change Legislation
by Bill ChameidesNov 17, 2009
filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, Lamar Alexander, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, energy, economics, legislation, green investments, global warming, Kerry-Boxer climate bill, Waxman-Markey climate bill, Jim Webb, nuclear, policy, politics, carbon dioxide emissions, United States, Jimmy Carter
A new bipartisan bill was proposed on Monday. Is it real or a pretender?
World Cries Uncle on Climate Deal
by Bill ChameidesNov 16, 2009
filed under: UNFCCC, U.S. Congress, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, legislation, global warming, Nancy Pelosi, United States, Barack Obama, politics, policy, international
News flash from Singapore: no climate deal from Copenhagen next month.
Another Volcano, Another Cold Snap
by Bill ChameidesNov 13, 2009
filed under: Greenland, volcanoes, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, solar cycle, La Nina, Mount Tambora, global warming, Antarctica, Pulse of the Planet, sulfur dioxide, Mount Pinatubo, global cooling, solar variation
Analysis of sulfur isotopes in ice cores fingers a volcano in the 19th-century dip in global temperatures.
A Global Diet on Livestock Emissions
by Bill ChameidesNov 10, 2009
filed under: Reductions in Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, fossil fuels, animals, waste, climate change, nitrogen oxides, forests, meat, deforestation, REDD, cows, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide emissions, methane
You’ve heard about REDD, the program to "reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation." Why not RECC, an effort to Reduce Emissions from Cows and Cattle?
Lovins Sees Bright, Efficient Future
by Bill ChameidesNov 09, 2009
filed under: Amory Lovins, electricity, climate change, energy, automakers, automobile, global warming, electric cars, integrated design, electric vehicle, energy efficiency, cars, Duke Environment and Society Lecture
Lecturing at Duke University last week, physicist Amory Lovins predicted the end of our energy and climate woes.
Global Warming Debate Gets Strange
by Bill ChameidesNov 05, 2009
filed under: John Kerry, Maldives, legislation, Chewang Norphel, Nepal, Africa, global warming, Kerry-Boxer climate bill, Waxman-Markey climate bill, glaciers, policy, politics, U.S. Chamber of Congress
Someone tell me … which is the real news and which is fake?
Can We Put a Brake on Homely Emissions?
by Bill ChameidesNov 04, 2009
filed under: Steve Pacala, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, global warming, Rob Socolow, Waxman-Markey climate bill, wedges, carbon dioxide emissions
Looking for the key to getting a jump on cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions? It may be in our homes.
Deforestation Role Demoted
by Bill ChameidesOct 30, 2009
filed under: greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, Reductions in Emissions from Deforestation an Forest Degradation, global warming, deforestation, Waxman-Markey climate bill, Kyoto Protocol, peatlands, rain forest
How well can we slow the growth of atmospheric carbon dioxide by slowing deforestation?
Cows Let Go a Sigh of Relief
by Bill ChameidesOct 29, 2009
filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, climate, animals, greenhouse gas emissions, farmers, climate change, enteric fermentation, global warming, farms, Environmental Protection Agency, ranching, methane
Congress acted on climate this week. And it's certainly a move to chew over.
Arctic Plankton Sing the Global Warming Blues
by Bill ChameidesOct 28, 2009
filed under: climate change, Arctic, oceans, Pulse of the Planet, global warming, research, phytoplankton, science
The canary in the climate change mine is singing a new and slightly different tune.
450 or 350 -- Choose One and Go
by Bill ChameidesOct 26, 2009
filed under: UNFCCC, COP-15, greenhouse gas emissions, policy, climate change, legislation, Gavin Schmidt, Jim Hansen, United States, 450 ppm, Bill McKibben, climate disruption, global warming, Copenhagen, carbon dioxide emissions, 350 ppm, temperatures
Thousands demonstrated around the globe on Saturday for 350 parts per million (ppm) while world leaders are still focused on 450 ppm.
Where Have All the Forests Gone - Bioenergy’s Legacy?
by Bill ChameidesOct 23, 2009
filed under: land-use changes, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, legislation, global warming, Kerry-Boxer climate bill, Waxman-Markey climate bill, bioenergy, Tim Searchinger, Kyoto Protocol, science, policy, politics, carbon dioxide emissions
Bioenergy’s free ride in Kyoto and national climate legislation is a recipe for disaster.
Ice Update: Not So Fast Antarctica
by Bill ChameidesOct 22, 2009
filed under: Global Positioning System, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, climate change, global warming, post-glacial rebound, ice sheets, ice age, ice, GRACE, GPS
Slower moving rocks under the Antarctic spell slower rates of Antarctic ice sheet melting.
Converging on a Climate Agreement
by Bill ChameidesOct 20, 2009
filed under: UNFCCC, climate, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, global warming, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, global economy, Kyoto Protocol, politics, policy, international, carbon dioxide emissions
With Copenhagen less than two months away, is there a formula for reconciling the positions of developed and developing countries?
Climate Update: Of Ice and Men
by Bill ChameidesOct 13, 2009
filed under: climate, National Snow and Ice Data Center, climate change, Arctic, Pulse of the Planet, global warming, ice, sea ice
If ice is the canary in the climate mine, the canary is melting.
Did the Kyoto Protocol Miss the Target?
by Bill ChameidesOct 12, 2009
filed under: UNFCCC, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, global warming, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, carbon dioxide emissions
Everyone knows that Kyoto was a failure. Right? "Scientists Say Kyoto Protocol Is 'Outdated Failure,'" "Lessons of Kyoto," "Commission Does Little About Climate Change."
Obama Scores Nobel for Climate Work?
by Bill ChameidesOct 09, 2009
filed under: climate change, Barack Obama, global warming, politics
Although the committee didn’t mention it, one of the reasons President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize must have been the fact that he single-handedly pushed through historic climate legislation in the United States ...
Stop and Smell the Bubbly
by Bill ChameidesOct 06, 2009
filed under: champagne, food, carbon dioxide, Marcel Proust, global warming, taste, climate change, carbon dioxide emissions, smell
Enough of global warming and toxic waste. Today TheGreenGrok breaks out the champagne.
The Waxing Sun and Warming Climate
by Bill ChameidesOct 05, 2009
filed under: greenhouse gas emissions, solar, Sun, solar cycle, greenhouse gases, global warming, radiative forcing, Pulse of the Planet, climate change, sunspots
You don’t have to be a climate scientist to know that the Sun is the main driver of climate.
