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- About Me My profile and links to my Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions The successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
- Climate Progress NYT columnist Tom Friedman called this “the indispensable blog”. I agree. Climate science, policy and solutions.
- Climate Reality Dedicated to unleashing a global cultural movement demanding action on the climate crisis.
- Inside Climate News Pulitzer prize-winning, non-profit, non-partisan news organization that covers clean energy, carbon energy, nuclear energy and environmental science.
- Recommended Reports, Articles, Websites, Books My recommended climate change resources. Suggestions welcome!
- Skeptical Science This website gets skeptical about global warming skepticism. Do their arguments have any scientific basis? What does the peer reviewed scientific literature say?
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Author Archives: Duncan Noble
Tapping Big Data: Was Global Warming Changed to Climate Change?
If you follow climate change/global warming, you will likely encounter people who insist that the term “global warming” was changed to “climate change” for various reasons (e.g., “global warming stopped, so they changed the name”, etc.). One way to test … Continue reading
Open Letter to Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq
28-Nov-13 Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, M.P. Minister of Environment House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Re: Living Up to Our Climate Change Promises Dear Minister Aglukkaq, On behalf of Canada, your government made a promise to the world to reduce … Continue reading
Government Newspeak & Greenwash: We Demand Better
Shouldn’t we hold our elected governments to a higher standard than we expect from the folks who sell soap? Or at least as high a standard as we expect from marketers? In October 2013, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Canada, climate change, GHG emissions
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What Does it Take to Become a Climate Leader?
Image: Duncan Noble There is a crack, a crack, in everything That’s how the light gets in Leonard Cohen, Anthem Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas … Continue reading
Book Review: Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail by William Ophuls
Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail by William Ophuls My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews
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Greenhouse Effect: CO2 Concentrations Set to Hit Record High of 400 PPM
When I was born, CO2 was 316 ppm. You work it out ;-). At this rate, we are set to blow right past 450 ppm and any hope of staying within 2C of warming in less than 20 years. Not … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Management, Climate Change, Sustainability
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Is Sustainability Naked?
Image Source: Gutenberg.org In the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, almost everyone is willing to go along with the emperor’s delusion. Only a child is willing to say the emperor is walking around naked. “Out of the mouths of babes…” … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Sustainability
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Sometimes it’s not WHAT is said, it’s WHO is saying it. When large (OK, very large, perhaps ginormous) banks are saying this, perhaps Paul Gilding is right that Victory is in sight for the climate movement.
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10 Tips – How to Improve Your CDP Scores and Generate Business Value
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization working to drive greenhouse gas emissions reduction and sustainable water use by business and cities. Responding to the CDP requires significant effort. Here are ten tips to help you … Continue reading
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