kevin drum
The world is giving up on climate change
Given the consistent global refusal to cut back on energy usage and the fact that building out current technology (mostly wind and solar) will only get us halfway to zero carbon, our only hope lies in better technology.
If Trump is reelected, California’s pollution waiver is history
Donald Trump, as part of his war against little ol' California, says he is revoking the state's waiver to set its own pollution rules under the Clean Air Act. Can he get away with it?
Should the left stop annoying people over climate change?
No one thinks that personal commitments to lifestyle changes will ever have a serious impact on global warming. Only large-scale government action can do that.
The Great Global Warming Plateau: A remembrance
On average, it's now nearly 4°F hotter than it was when your grandmother was born. At the rate things are going, by 2060 it will be 7°F hotter.
Liberals and climate change: Not yet a happy marriage
San Bernardino County is really big and really sunny. It's a great place for solar energy farms. But not everyone is thrilled about that.
What should a climate change “plan” look like?
Anyone with a 3-digit IQ can do a bit of googling and come up with a set of policies to reduce carbon emissions. But a plan—now that's a different thing.