2005 Climate Scientist Government 
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 15, 2022
Tehuacán Valley, Mexico in 2005. Hardship swiftly followed: the government began periodic water shutoffs in early 2022, and declared a state of emergency in June. The current water shortages continue the region’s seven-year dry spell, an event that climate scientists link to the warming of the planet.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 20, 2023
This new research found that ExxonMobil’s climate projections from its internally developed models accurately projected the temperature rise that has happened since then and that its calculations were in line with independent research produced at the time by academic and government scientists.
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A Greener Life
JUNE 24, 2022
I had just turned nine years old in 1988 when one of the world’s most prominent and daring climate scientists James Hansen gave evidence to the US Congress on the link between fossil fuels and climate change. In 1990 the IPCC completed their First Assessment Report climate report. This has since changed many times.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. Multiple crises colliding with climate change.
Environmental Progress
AUGUST 3, 2020
The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. Beyond mischaracterizing my position toward nuclear and other energy sources, Gleick suggests I ignore problems with them.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 15, 2024
The federal government is woefully behind university researchers in calculating the current and future mortality of heat and smoke. It should be just as much an emergency for the government to tell us the toll of heat and wildfire smoke. Especially since the government itself says “most heat-related deaths are preventable.”
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