Category Archives: Climate Change

US Energy Policy: Good Is Not Good Enough

By AKB | Published: August 10, 2009
Here are a few articles related to the current legislation in the US Senate right now: A Real Bill for the Climate: Here’s a quick one that explains the situation in congress right now with the current energy bill and why it should be more of a climate bill than an energy bill. A Missed [...]
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More on US-China Emissions

By AKB | Published: August 8, 2009
I did a bit of analysis on a set of data in the new Annual Energy Review 2008 (released June 2009). The Review is created by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) – the statistical agency of the US Department of Energy. Although there is a lot of information about energy production and consumption in this [...]
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US climate change policy stuck on China

By AKB | Published: August 5, 2009
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 [...]
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What’s the trouble with oil? (5/5)

By AKB | Published: June 16, 2009
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 [...]
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The Psychology of Climate Change

By AKB | Published: June 4, 2009
“Let’s start with the fact that climate change is anthropogenic. More or less, people have agreed on that. That means it’s caused by human behavior. That’s not to say that engineering solutions aren’t important. But if it’s caused by human behavior, then the solution probably also lies in changing human behavior.” Elke Weber An informative [...]
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