Category: global warming
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Climate Change Cheatsheet (2023 Edition)
TX Litblogger Robert Nagle summarizes the more interesting news and analysis about climate change from the previous few years.
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Climate Change Cheatsheet (2021 Edition)
2021 Reference Guide and Charts for Climate Charge — Gathered by TX Blogger Robert Nagle
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Letter to the Houston Chronicle
RJ Nagle responds to a Chronicle article about climate change skepticism.
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Chevron vs. Donziger…. (continued)
TX blogger Robert Nagle reports on the latest for the house arrest of attorney Steven Donziger
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Let’s not have a pity party for fossil fuel industries (Pt 2)
A few years ago I wrote a rhetorical piece saying we should not have a pity party for fossil fuel companies. Since that time, I have noted how often business reporters will write articles (and sometimes clumsy headlines) that suggest that the decline of fossil fuel consumption is somehow a terrible thing. In Houston, where…
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Climate Change Forum — CCL Katy (Mon Jan 6)
This page contains information about the nonpartisan CCL Climate Change Candidate Forum which is sponsored by the Katy chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby on Monday January 6. This event is free & open to the public, and all congressional candidates from TX7, TX10 and TX22 are invited to attend or send a campaign representative. Because…
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RE: the solar energy "threat" (Letter to Editor)
Dear Houston Chronicle: I need to quibble with some of the wording in the otherwise excellent report on the emerging solar industry by L.M. Sixel on Monday Dec 2. According to the article, “Solar, however, may pose an even greater threat because unlike wind, it produces the most power when demand is highest — hot,…
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Notes on Climate Change
Here are some notes for a presentation I prepared about climate change and Texas in November, 2019. Link to the Slides (On Google Docs) — Here’s the PDF. Climatebrief.org — climate change news, comparing policies, etc. Climate change impacts on Texas. My Climate Change Worksheet — I prepared this in 2014 (and updated in 2016)…
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Best Books about Climate Change for 2019 (annotated list)
(Last Update on October 31, 2019) A few years ago I put together a list of books about climate change. For over a decade I’ve been reading a lot of things on the subject. For this edition, I’m going to divide into different categories. Tip: A lot of these books are expensive as ebooks, but…
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Idiotprogrammer Climate Change Cheatsheet (2014 Edition)
It may not be as evident on my blog, but people who follow me on Facebook and Google Plus already know that I post lots of climate change links. I keep up with the latest policy debates and to a lesser extent, the science. But it is hard to reference a G+ post and harder…
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Let’s not have a pity party for fossil fuel companies
If an industry’s business model is dedicated to PERMANENTLY degrading the livable world for EVERY SINGLE baby born today, tomorrow, next year, next decade — even the next century, then it’s a no-brainer that we ought to act sooner rather than later to stop it, especially because we ALREADY HAVE the technology to solve the…
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Professional Ethics (My Most Expensive Blog Post Ever!)
I am linking to it casually (and making only superficial comments), but this professional code of ethics I have developed about working for the energy industry is one of my most important (and most expensive personally). I live in Houston, which is basically the center of many energy companies, most of which deal with fossil…
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Dear HISD Superintendent Grier
Hi, there. I read from the HISD superintendent’s speech that there are plans to start a small magnet high school for energy and technology. This is interesting news because that’s where most of the jobs and exciting new research will be over the next few decades. I realize that this magnet school may still be…
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Chron.com’s lack of coverage of hunger strikers is truly shocking
Progressives in Texas may already know about how Houston climate change activists are protesting the XL Keystone Pipeline with a hunger strike. But do most Houstonians know? A hunger strike is a blatant attempt to manipulate public opinion by staging a public act of self-denial. The thinking goes, if the activist demonstrates that his willpower…
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Two nastygrams about climate change
I often get irate about climate change, and here are 2 emails I have sent about climate change. They are not so much analytical but contemptuous in tone. Why? Frankly, because I think shaming is the only acceptable response. Certainly it would be possible to give a point-by-point response to Mr. Morano’s jabberings, but that…
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Drivers who nearly extinguished my life: a list
(the photos you see are for the intersection of Westheimer and Greenridge in Houston, Texas. Click here for a Google maps street view (here is the actual address in Google Maps) Pardon the macabre nature of this post, but I wanted to call attention to how often cars come to killing pedestrians and cyclists. It…