Scientific Facts and the Paris Climate Agreement

Today’s guest post is by Joe Jordan. Joe worked in the atmospheric and space sciences for decades at NASA’s Ames Research Center (Bay Area), before teaching at Cabrillo College and in the meteorology/climate, mathematics, and environmental sciences departments at San Jose State University.  In addition, he has done science media work (especially radio), and leads occasional public outings…

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Still Afraid of Hydrogen? Check This Out.

Watch this short video to dispel the myth that hydrogen is dangerous! My good friend David Vasquez just released this timely film on the safety of hydrogen. Now that climate change is clearly on the table for discussion about alternative energy, learn the truth about hydrogen.  When produced by solar or…

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February OBLITERATED Climate Change Records

I realize that everyone – that includes YOU – is busy.  And I know you’re REALLY BUSY – making money, maintaining your home, helping your kids and parents.  I get it.  What I don’t get is that my very intelligent, socially correct, politically active friends and family AREN’T LISTENING to the…

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Do Your Part for Earth Day: Don’t Drive Tomorrow!

What’s the fuss about?  Logan Conover, the founder of WHEN, NOT IF…, sums it up with his description about the Positive Feedback Loop.  If this doesn’t scare the bejeezus out of you, I don’t think you’re listening.  Leave it to a 17-year-old student to lay out the facts.  Remember, DON’T DRIVE YOUR…

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Countdown to Sat, Apr 23rd: Your Car Type Matters!

You’re probably wondering why I’ve dedicated a whole week to Logan Conover’s WHEN, NOT IF… campaign.  He’s a passionate young 17-year-old student who hopes to get the world on board to reduce our CO2 emissions.  With over a billion internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles on the road today, something has to give……

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3 Days to Sat, April 23rd: Ban on Driving Day!

So you’re a climate change believer but feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the problem.  And what’s worse? You feel like driving your little Honda Civic, or NOT driving it, won’t impact climate change, right? WRONG! With one billion internal combustion engine (ICE) cars on the road worldwide, our transportation systems…

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Countdown to Saturday April 23rd

Don’t drive your gas-guzzling cars this Saturday, April 23rd! Last weekend, Logan Conover debuted his WHEN, NOT IF… project at the Santa Cruz Earth Day festival.  He met with hundreds of people to encourage them to join him in not driving their cars on Saturday, April 23rd.  While some might think that…

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When Kids Speak, People Listen

Claim to be a Climate-Change Believer? Prove it!  Don’t drive your car on Saturday, April 23rd! Back in October 2015 when Logan Conover (my 17-years-old client) learned that there was 398 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere, he was shocked.  Then, when we checked CO2 levels last week and found that we…

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Why Aren’t We Talking about the Melting Glaciers?

Everyone (who is paying attention) knows that Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Antarctica are losing a lot of ice. According to NASA and Princeton University’s Harig and Simons, they are losing 387 billion tons of ice/glaciers per year. I need to say this again: 387 billion tons of ice per year!  And that’s not the…

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