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US climate change policy stuck on China
A NYTimes article from last month discusses the recent talks between China and the USA to see eye to eye on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The heart of the issue is that China will not commit to a specific GHG reduction quota and that the USA will not commit to enough reductions. Together, China and [...]
Posted in Climate Change, NYTimes, Politics Tagged China, Climate Change, Emissions, NYTimes, Politics, USA Comments closed
Back home
Sorry for not posting for a bit – I just got back home from 7 weeks of traveling. I’ll be back in the swing of things soon. AKB
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What’s the trouble with oil? (5/5)
In this final post on crude oil I’ll discuss why there’s so much controversy over oil. In short, using fossil fuels like crude has negative effects on the environment, economy, and therefore everyone. The organic material that is found in crude oil sometimes contain sulfur atoms which if combusted turns into SO2 and then into [...]
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Human Behavior, Oil & Crude Tagged Climate Change, Crude Oil, Energy, Human Behavior, Resources Comments closed
The switch to digital television
I only made it about 3 paragraphs into this NYTimes article about the switch to digital television when I thought of a quick article to write for this blog. Okay, so I hope you know the gist of this whole story. The US government decided to end analogue television signals on June 12, 2009 to [...]
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