Citizens Climate lobby Roscommon/Crawford Chapter

             Roscommon/Crawford Chapter Bill Gates’s Big Ideas About Climate Change   Bill Gates has some big ideas about climate change. So many ideas, in fact, that he wrote a book about them. The book is now being pitched on various mediums, (think radio, TV, podcasts, and magazines) and I must admit, seeing this much marketing effort to sell books made me a little suspect about the content, especially since Gates’ previous philanthropy and expertise has not involved climate science. Full disclosure: I haven’t read the book yet, only several reviews that have shown Gates’ considerable data and engaging thoughts about the topic.   Here is what I have learned from the things I have read about his book “How To Avoid a Climate Change Disaster.”   Gates says we need to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions promptly. He uses an engaging simile; It’s like filling your bathtub, he says, with the end result being that everyone drown...

                                                                Roscommon/Crawford Chapter Climate Change News   The biggest news on the climate change front just now is in two parts: 1. Our newly unfolding plan from President Joe Biden about climate change remedies 2. The Canadian government’s revised climate plan released this past December.   The Canada news takes a bit of explaining: In 2018, the Canadian government decided to implement a price on pollution by requiring cash payments to the government from fossil fuel companies according to the type and amount of the fossil fuel to be supplied to consumers. Sound familiar? Here is the language from Canada.   “A price on carbon pollution is an essential part of Canada’s plan to ...

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                                                              Roscommon/Crawford Chapter Merry Christmas   As winter begins to again cover our fields and forests with a white blanket, your friends at the Roscommon/Crawford Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby want to wish you a Merry Christmas. We are anxiously awaiting 2021 and its promise of newness: a vaccine for COVID for everyone, a new administration for our federal government, and the near certainty of more effective treatments for the ills created by increasing air pollution from carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. We think now is the time for an outpouring of ideas for local action to dovetail with expected federal programs that will slow down continued air pollution and set the stage for eventual...

                                                   Roscommon/Crawford Chapter Biden Plan for Fixing Climate Change   Now that we have fired the old President, we can expect the incoming Biden/Harris Administration to take immediate and aggressive action in fixing climate change, unlike the former administration whose work on climate reminds of those sailors who re-arranged the deck chairs on the Titanic. Here is a summary of the Biden action plan for fixing climate change. John Kerry has been named as special envoy for climate protection and a standing member of the U.S. National Security Council, responsible for global climate leadership as the United States resumes its former role   encouraging world-wide cooperation in reducing air pollution. It is expected that Biden will name other men and women to additional climate leadership jobs in ...

                                                                             Roscommon/Crawford Chapter What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage (Editor’s note – The New York Times has two investigative journalists who regularly report on climate change topics. This blog was prepared using two of their most recent offerings. Note that the quoted text portions of this blog are verbatim excerpts from their recently published reports.) “WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will use the next four years to try to restore the environmental policies that his predecessor has methodically blown up, but the damage done by the greenhouse gas pollution unleashed by President Trump’s rollbacks may prove to be one of the most profou...

    Roscommon/Crawford Chapter Since we have learned that the transportation sector in the United States has surpassed electricity generation as the leading cause of carbon dioxide pollution, we need to focus on changes to reduce air pollution from that source. Here are some tips for reducing the amount of gasoline used when you need to travel. Drive less Burn fat instead of gas by walking or biking when you can. One of my favorite memories of a work-related trip to Sweden some years ago was the image of middle-aged woman on her way to town. I passed by her while in a vehicle on the way to the factory that I was scheduled to visit. It was snowing and the stylish lady was carrying an umbrella to shield her attractive dress and hat from the wet snow. She seemed entirely nonchalant as cars passed by her bicycle that she pedaled alongside the busy street, steering with one hand and avoiding the accumulating snow with her umbrella. She was not alone in her use of a bicycle in the v...