Category: ethics

• Hansen et al.

  adaptation . Antarctica . Anthropocene . Arctic . astrophysics . bifurcations . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . Cauchy distribution . chance . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate zombies . COP21 . denial . differential equations . dynamical systems . ecology . economics . environment . ethics . floods . forecasting . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . IPCC . James Hansen . mathematics . maths . meteorology . nor’easters . oceanography . physics . politics . probability . rationality . reasonableness . science . sea level rise . statistics . Student t distribution . Tamino . temporal myopia . the right to know . transparency . UNFCCC . zero carbon

  Jul 28.2015
• Professor James Hansen responds and explains:

  Anthropocene . arXiv . astrophysics . bifurcations . biology . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate models . COP21 . denial . disingenuity . dynamical systems . ecology . education . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . geophysics . global warming . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . James Hansen . maths . meteorology . NASA . NCAR . new forms of scientific peer review . NOAA . oceanography . open source scientific software . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . probability . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . temporal myopia . the right to know . time series . WAIS . zero carbon

  Jul 27.2015
• Draft elements of COP21 agreement for Paris

  Anthropocene . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate justice . compassion . consumption . COP21 . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . global warming . history . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . investing . IPCC . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . UNFCCC . zero carbon

  Jul 25.2015
• Tea Party member Debbie Dooley on solar power (from The Guardian)

  bifurcations . carbon dioxide . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . ethics . finance . fossil fuels . global warming . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . maths . microgrids . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . solar power . statistics . Tea Party . time series . Tony Seba . wind power . zero carbon

  Jul 24.2015
• Spectra Energy (and others) Plan to Expand Pipeline to Feed Gas to DownEast LNG (Maine) for Export! – Natural Gas Watch.org

  bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . climate . climate change . climate disruption . consumption . denial . economics . environment . ethics . finance . geophysics . global warming . methane . natural gas . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . statistics . temporal myopia . the right to know

  Jul 22.2015
• disruption to global electricity production during the next 25 years

  adaptation . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . dynamical systems . economics . energy . engineering . environment . ethics . exponential growth . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . fracking . global warming . history . investment in wind and solar energy . mathematics . maths . methane . microgrids . natural gas . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . sociology . solar power . statistics . stochastics . sustainability . taxes . the right to know . Tony Seba . transparency . wind power . zero carbon

  Jul 13.2015
• Excellent. With musings on religion and mass extinctions.

  art . atheism . Bill Nye . Boston Ethical Society . bridge to nowhere . Carl Sagan . citizenship . climate . climate change . climate education . climate justice . climate zombies . Darwin Day . denial . ecology . environment . ethics . fossil fuels . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . history . humanism . mass extinctions . Neill deGrasse Tyson . physical materialism . politics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sociology . temporal myopia . the right to know . UU Humanists

  Jul 10.2015
• Climate Justice

  adaptation . Anthropocene . bifurcations . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . climate justice . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . dynamical systems . economics . education . energy . energy reduction . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . history . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . temporal myopia . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . zero carbon

  Jul 2.2015
• ARTICLE: “Why the rise of green energy makes utility companies nervous”

  biology . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . environment . ethics . investment in wind and solar energy . rationality . reasonableness . solar power . sustainability . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 25.2015
• China, solar power, the Gobi Desert, and 3 years

  Anthropocene . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . conservation . decentralized electric power generation . efficiency . energy . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . global warming . investment in wind and solar energy . NASA . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . temporal myopia . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 21.2015
• “Laudato Si”

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . geophysics . global warming . humanism . IPCC . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . temporal myopia . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . zero carbon

  Jun 18.2015
• Why decentralized electrical power has to win, no matter what Elon Musk says, and utilities are doomed

  bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . diffusion processes . dynamical systems . ecology . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . ethics . exponential growth . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . living shorelines . mass transit . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . microgrids . natural gas . NCAR . NOAA . nor’easters . obfuscating data . oceanography . open data . optimization . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . solar power . state-space models . statistics . temporal myopia . testing . the right to know . time series . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 16.2015
• “Time to take out the trash”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . compassion . conservation . decentralized energy . denial . ecology . economics . education . energy . environment . ethics . exponential growth . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . living shorelines . meteorology . physics . politics . population biology . public transport . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . sociology . zero carbon

  Jun 15.2015
• One year, and ten years of carbon dioxide concentration readings, Mauna Loa

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . consumption . diffusion processes . dynamical systems . ecology . environment . ethics . exponential growth . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . NOAA . open data . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . statistics . sustainability . temporal myopia . the right to know . time series . zero carbon

  Jun 14.2015
• ‘The Solutions Project’

  bifurcations . civilization . clean disruption . climate change . climate disruption . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . ecology . economics . efficiency . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . microgrids . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science education . sea level rise . solar power . sustainability . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 12.2015
• The United States does not need any more darn natural gas pipelines

  carbon dioxide . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . microgrids . natural gas . rationality . reasonableness . risk . solar power . wind power

  Jun 6.2015
• On the Climate Club

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . geophysics . global warming . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . NASA . NCAR . NOAA . open data . open source scientific software . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . state-space models . statistics . stochastic search . stochastics . sustainability . temporal myopia . time series . transparency . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 3.2015
• On the futility of speaking with (and working with) local politicians

  demand-side solutions . environment . ethics . exponential growth . global warming . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . sociology . sustainability . transparency . UU Humanists

  May 18.2015
• “el Niño and the Non-Spherical Cow”

  Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . ecology . economics . ENSO . ethics . forecasting . global warming . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . statistics . stochastics . temporal myopia . time series . transparency

  May 13.2015
• “Hot Water”, from Tamino

  bridge to nowhere . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . environment . ethics . geophysics . living shorelines . meteorology . oceanography . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . temporal myopia . the right to know

  May 10.2015
• United States found liable in Katrina flooding of New Orleans

  citizenship . climate change . ecology . engineering . environment . ethics . living shorelines . oceanography . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . sea level rise . seawalls . temporal myopia . the right to know

  May 2.2015
• Oklahoma: Not OK

  bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . citizen science . citizenship . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate education . education . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . fracking . geophysics . maths . natural gas . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics . time series

  Apr 24.2015
• “I’m sorry.”

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . humanism . meteorology . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Apr 23.2015
• The ShoutROC action on the climate rally, Concord, MA, 19th April 2015.

  Boston Ethical Society . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . conservation . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . history . humanism . reasonableness . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Apr 20.2015
• Earth Day, my hope

  carbon dioxide . Carl Sagan . Charles Darwin . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . conservation . Darwin Day . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . privacy . probit regression . R . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sociology . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . WHOI . wind power

  Apr 9.2015
• Climate week at Harvard, 6th-10th April 2015

  citizenship . civilization . climate education . economics . education . environment . ethics . humanism . investing . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education

  Apr 3.2015
• “Gray matters [not much, truly]” (Christian Robert)

  atheism . Boston Ethical Society . capricious gods . citizenship . civilization . education . ethics . history . politics . rationality . reasonableness . the right to know

  Mar 20.2015
• “Human activity has nothing big enough to affect Earth”

  Anthropocene . biology . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . methane . natural gas . notes . open data . physics . politics . population biology . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . solar power . statistics . the right to know . time series . wind power

  Mar 14.2015
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, online Nuclear Notebook

  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . climate . ecology . ethics . geophysics . meteorology . nuclear weapons . open data . open source scientific software . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Mar 6.2015
• “Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco”

  carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . IPCC . meteorology . new forms of scientific peer review . obfuscating data . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology

  Feb 26.2015