Green Financial Advisor Makes the Case for a “Free Market” Carbon Tax

Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to green fund manager Erik Kobayashi-Solomon a carbon tax is the free market solution to the climate crisis. Carbon Tax: The Ultimate Free Market…

California’s Wildfire History – in one map

Here is an interesting interactive graphic that depicts perimeters of more than 100 years of California wildfires recorded by Cal Fire and the U.S. Geological Survey. The map below shows…

Are Studies of High Penetrations of Wind Power Valid?

By Richard D. Patton When examining penetrations of wind power, there seem to be two types of papers. In one type, wind penetration up to 20% is difficult but doable,…

Spot The Volcano, 1815 Edition

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach It’s been a while since I played “Spot The Volcano”. The premise of the game is that the decrease in temperatures from volcanic eruptions is…

Growth of legal pot farms drives smog worries

From Science Mag Leaf enclosure measurements for determining volatile organic compound emission capacity from Cannabis spp. Summary Air pollution researchers are going to pot. The expansion of legal pot farms…

Inequality promotes deforestation in Latin America

What can’t you show with models?~ctm From EurekAlert! University of Bern Tropical deforestation is a major contributor to climate change and loss of local and global ecosystem functions. Latin America…