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Tag Archives: emissions
Lessons on Containment for the Climate Pandemic
Climate change and COVID19 are similarly explosive problems, with similar dangers from missing the opportunity for containment. One silver lining is that the pandemic has led us to change our lives in some ways that could be made permanent, to simultaneously rein in climate change. Continue reading
Posted in climate, opinion, water
Tagged chronic, climate, containment, coronavirus, covid, emissions, exponential, flood, mitigation, New York City, nuisance, pandemic, sea level rise, sunny, tidal, tide
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Pants on Fire, Causing Higher Carbon Emissions
President Trump, concerned about poor performance with Millennials and Independents is now touting his record in reducing US carbon emissions. This Pants-On-Fire lie has him taking credit for a decade-long trajectory toward lower emissions that is predominantly caused by a … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, climate
Tagged carbon dioxide, climate, coal, emissions, greenhouse gas, lies, natural gas, pants-on-fire, policy, Trump
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Next Mayor: Continue to Lead on Climate
This is an Op-Ed published in the New York Times Room for Debate forum . It was solicited by the RfD editor, with the topic being “transportation challenges for the next mayor”. It was eventually published under a somewhat different debate topic, … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, bicycle, Bloomberg, carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, debate, DeBlasio, emissions, flooding, marine, mayor, New York City, New York Times, nyc, Quinn, SBS, sea level rise, transportation
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