Update Jan. 31, 2016 Over 200 people attended the DOT meeting Jan. 27, 2016, most offering less expensive suggestions that were discarded by DOT. You can read further reports of the meeting from news sources as well as the DOT … Continue reading →
A recent Doonesbury cartoon lays out an appropriate analogy. it joins another one of my favorites:
Continue reading →Interesting that not all Republicans are knee-jerk climate deniers or willing to be silent. Bush Administration Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson appears to recognize a need for some effective action and for the U.S. to show some serious commitment. Even if … Continue reading →
So this week, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a method and a goal for reducing carbon emissions (CO2) from power plants by 30%. And it leaves it to each state to come up with their own method for doing so. … Continue reading →
A couple of significant reports are out recently with respect to climate disruption. One is from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with their 2014 report on mitigation. Another is from the 3rd report of the National Climate Assessment Research … Continue reading →
I’ve now consolidated comity.blogspot.com and gotsense.wordpress.com to this site. The theme was Comity and Common Sense, an Alaskan’s View on our world For GVEA related posts after Nov. 2006, see gvea.blogspot.com
Continue reading →There doesn’t seem to be much sense in the world these days. Trying to do the right thing is either barking up a tree or gets one into trouble in the line of ‘no good deeds go unpunished’. Middle East-Africa … Continue reading →
We had a fast-paced but fun visit from Max’s band Nor’easter the beginning of February, coming to Fairbanks for the Contra Borealis Dancer’s Winter Dance Weekend. Got all the siblings out to dance (Alex wins the stamina award) and Joan … Continue reading →
This obituary of two notable individuals I found to be well blended, read initially in my print copy of the Economist.
Continue reading →I tried to send an email to Rep. David Obey, who Alaska’s congressional rep Don Young was castigating for suggesting it was time to do something about minimizing our contributions to the increased threat of climate change. Obey doesn’t want … Continue reading →