Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

Who Will Own The Earth?

Heavy rains in July 2023 caused flooding throughout New England. Route 113 in Madison, NH was damaged with thousands of yards of gravel washed across the road making it impassable. (Rachel Sharples/Conway Daily Sun)

John Bos

Recent columns in the press about the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in western Massachusetts […]

Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Environmental Regulations

(Photo by Mr. Kjetil Ree., CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons)

Janis Petzel. MD.

In yet another unprecedented action, the United States Supreme Court dealt the Environmental Protection Agency (and possibly the entire administrative bureaucracy of the U.S. Government) a blow with its ruling overturning a 1984 decision known as Chevron, which, per […]

Lobbying Congress for Bipartisan Climate Action

Jennifer Durgin, Vermont Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteer

From left to right, Barb Southard, Emmet Pim, John Gage, Mark Dugas, Quinn Dugas, Reid Dugas, Mary Beth Raven, WhartonSinkler, and Susan Richman represented the New Hampshire Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby. (Courtesy photos)

In June 2024, 53 volunteers from Maine, New Hampshire, and […]

Rob Jackson’s Recent Book Sheds Light on the Dangers of Natural Gas

Rob Jackson’s Recent Book Sheds Light on the Dangers of Natural Gas

Elizabeth Balzani

Natural gas is primarily composed of methane, and methane poses not only environmental risks, but also health risks, such as increased exposure to carcinogens, and safety risks. In his recent book titled Into the Clear Blue Sky, Rob […]

Taking the Long View on Climate Change

An Interview with Michael Mann

Michael Mann (Joshua Yospyn)

Janis B. Petzel, MD

In June, I had the opportunity to interview author and researcher Michael Mann, after he gave a fascinating talk on the science of climate change, hosted by the Historical Society in my hometown, Islesboro, Maine. He covered material […]

Days Are Getting Longer Due to Climate Change

Potentially Affecting Navigation and the Internet, Study Finds

Sunrise from the ISS, 10 August 2015. (Scott Kelly/NASA)

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch

Reprinted with permission from EcoWatch at www.ecowatch.com.

The climate crisis is not only having an impact on temperatures, weather and environment, it’s also affecting the length of a day, […]

To Win the Race Against Climate Change, Embrace “YES IN MY BACKYARD”

Peter Dugas

“There’s no free lunch when it comes to energy. There are always costs and benefits. There are always impacts that some people think are terrific and other people think are not too good. There are always tradeoffs… but we are in an existential race against climate change,” said Senator Angus King […]

Time to Join Mother Nature

We must listen to Mother Nature to help in the fight against climate change. (Flickr/Philofoto)

Alan Betts

The Exxon senior scientist James Black modeled the impact of doubling CO2 on climate in 1978 and told management that they would have a period of only five to 10 years before they […]

The Global Temperature Is Still Rising

Comments on Global Warming Acceleration, Sulfur Emissions, Observations

James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha, Makiko Sato, 16 May 2024

Global temperature (12-month mean) is still rising at 1.56°C relative to 1880-1920 in the GISS analysis through April (Fig. 1). (Robert Rohde reports that it is 1.65°C relative to 1850-1900 in the BerkeleyEarth analysis.) Global temperature is […]

Do Environmentalists Really Care About the Environment?

Created by CCL Chapter member Jennifer Durgin.

Bob and Suzannah Ciernia

Readers of the Green Energy Times (G.E.T.) are among the nation’s most knowledgeable supporters of renewable energy. If you want to know about solar, wind, electric vehicles, batteries, and a host of cutting-edge developments, the companies and columnists who appear […]