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Pessimism about climate change does not justify inaction

Originally published in Al Jazeera America on November 10, 2014. “Even if the United States deals with its carbon emission problem, the Chinese won’t. So what’s the point?” “You can’t condemn the entire global South to abandon energy development, and you can’t provide enough with solar and wind. So what’s the point?” “Besides, the whole […]

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Community Stability and the Challenge of Climate Change (with Thad Williamson, 2010)

Consider the following: In all likelihood there will be well over 400 million people living in the United States in 2050, and possibly as many as one billion people by the year 2100. Where will those people live? And how can we, at that size, live in a sustainable manner, given the fact that the […]

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