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In today’s news below, Biden Administration is starting to undo the damage from Trump and with climate change impact from the last 4 yrs have been seen, there is a bit more willingness to get to work on carbon emission reduction.  That said, those who oppose or want to maintain the status quo are also … Read more

I am a big fan of the KISS method (Keep It Simple Stupid) for dealing with complex problems.  Climate Change is certainly one of those and it is very easy to get lost in the details.  Simply stated, Climate Change is going to affect every living thing on the planet, it is here and it … Read more

FINALLY!  Trump is out of office and the Biden Administration is rolling up its sleeves and getting to work on Covid, vaccines, economic support and a million other challenges, not the least of which is Climate Change.  But wait a minute, that is a long and urgent list and many of us just want to … Read more

1-6-21, What a day today is!  While we all waited to hear the outcome of the Georgia Senate runoffs, Trump’s army stormed the US Capital and stopped the proceedings of Congress.  Wow!  Taking freedom of speech to insurrection at his urging. What a sore loser!!  So glad that we only have 14 more days of … Read more

First of all, thanks to anyone who has been reading this blog site and put up with my ranting and raving about climate change!  Second, my apologies for what appears to be such a negative outlook, but sometimes reality sucks and I just want people to spend a bit more time thinking about what is … Read more

For those that have read or will go back and read my concern that we have already past a major climate tipping point, this last month there has been a flurry of articles about how fast the Arctic is warming.  One thing we have seen from climate scientist over the last few years is the … Read more

The Washington State project is sort of the result and focus of a lot of things to do with CASA Earth.  As I said in my first blog post, I have been worried about Climate Change for the last 40 yrs and realized it is now time to start preparing in earnest for its unavoidable … Read more

What the heck is Lead Lag?  Lead Lag is an engineering term that is typically used in thermodynamics but is applicable to a broad range of things.  In thermodynamics, it means that energy is applied and there is then a delay as that energy soaks into the system before the full effect is felt (ergo: … Read more

  This year is on course to be one of the three warmest ever recorded and could even top the record set in 2016, the United Nations said Wednesday. © JOSH EDELSON Massive wildfires that devastated vast areas in Australia, Siberia, the US West Coast and South America in 2020 have been tied to climate change … Read more

Back many years ago when I was a young plant manager for a large technology company, I came up with the theory of cumulative vulnerability.  This is where an entity, person or society (in my case back then, a business), is juggling a bunch of balls in the air where one gets away causing a … Read more