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We’re Making Too Many Babies

My Monday column: If someone asks you what is the planet’s most dangerous problem, your immediate answer should be overpopulation. There are simply too many people and nowhere near the resources to...

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Hang on Tight. The Climate Crisis is Going to Get A Lot Worse.

It doesn’t look like we’ll be able to hold the global temperature increase to under 2-degrees — the threshold at which the climate crisis becomes seriously dangerous. The amount of heat-trapping...

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Too Little Too Late

Could this be some good news on the climate crisis? Not really. President Obama is “putting in place the building blocks for a climate treaty requiring the first fossil fuel emissions cuts from both...

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The Climate Cliff

My Thursday column is pretty grim: Credit where credit is due, Matt Yglesias coined the phrase “climate cliff” via Twitter the other day in reference to the now inevitable 2°C global temperature...

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Good News: We’re Driving More Fuel Efficient Cars

We’re driving slightly less often, using less fuel and creating fewer emissions: Brad Plumer reports: New vehicles purchased in November of 2012 got 24.1 miles per gallon, on average. That includes all...

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A Light That Runs on Gravity (Sort Of)

Via Andrew Sullivan: Technically, as some of Sullivan’s readers have pointed out, the power comes from the human who lifts the bag of sand and hangs it from the light. Also, a spring-loaded wind-up...

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A Massive Step Backwards on Energy

Yeah, the recent push for coal as a substitute for oil isn’t helping matters: In a report destined to frustrate advocates for global action on climate change, the Paris-based International Energy...

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Feeling a Little Better About Brian Schatz

The incoming senator from Hawaii: “For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation,” Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz (D), whom Hawaii Gov. Neil...

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When Government Regulations Fail

The EPA has been laughably ineffectual, and here’s the latest awful example of their incompetence. They backed off a fracking investigation at the behest of the gas company being investigated. When a...

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Solyndra Loan Program Turning a Profit for Taxpayers

The same program that funded Solyndra, the great non-scandal of yore, is now turning a profit for the federal government and taxpayers. via Bloomberg The U.S. government expects to earn $5 billion to...

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