Green News & Opinion

72 Articles by Bryan Walker

Rising Sea Levels -An Introduction to Cause and Impact

Of all the consequences of human-caused global warming, sea level rise has always held special alarm for me in its inexorability, its extension into the future, and the enormous disruption it threatens to centres of high population and essential infrastructure. Scientist Scott Mandia   and writer Hunt Janin have teamed to ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in November 2012, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Greenwash: Big Brands and Carbon Scams

Greenwash: Big Brands and Carbon Scams by Guy Pearse was an eye-opener for a reader like me who pays practically no attention to brand advertising. I didn’t realise how many major brands are striving to present green credentials to their consuners. The book covers a multitude of them across ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in October 2012, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Emissions, Industry & Business, Retail

A Short Introduction to Climate Change - Review

Tony Eggleton’s A Short Introduction to Climate Change is an excellent account of climate science for the general reader. The author is a retired geology professor from the Australian National University. Two widely read climate change deniers, Ian Plimer and Bob Carter, are also retired Australian geology professors, but ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in October 2012, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Sustainability, Water, Weather (1 comment)

Deep Water: As Polar Ice Melts, Scientists Debate How High Oceans Will Rise

We know that sea level rise is an inevitable consequence of the global warming that our continued burning of fossil fuels is causing. What we don’t know is how much to expect and how soon to expect it. Journalist Daniel Grossman in his Kindle Single   Deep Water: As Polar ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in August 2012, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Farming, Polar Sea Ice, Sustainability, Weather (1 comment)

Ice, Mice and Men

Geoff Simmons and Gareth Morgan, with help from John McCrystal, have produced a book which one hopes will be read by many New Zealanders.  Ice, Mice and Men: The Issues Facing our Far South not only carries illuminating scientific information about the islands and seas to our south and the ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in August 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Polar Sea Ice, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans (1 comment)

Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Entrepreneurs

I’m no entrepreneur, but I enjoyed reading energy scientist Jonathan Koomey’s   book Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs. It’s comforting to be reminded that not everything in the mitigation of climate change depends on governments, that there is a lively creativity in the entrepreneurial ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in August 2012, about Clean Tech, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Innovation

"I am Not a Scientist "-Inhofe Gets That Bit Right , But That's All !

I decided to take a look at Senator Inhofe’s newly published book The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, thinking I might get a better understanding of what impels a politician like him into aggressive denial of climate science and opposition to any moves to ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in March 2012, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government (2 comments)

Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions For the New Energy Era

Is there movement already under way in the world of industry which will outstrip the painfully slow progress of the political world in facing up to the challenge of climate change?  Amory Lovins   certainly thinks so and his recent book, Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in March 2012, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (1 comment)

The Hockey Stick and The Climate Wars:Dispatches from the Front Lines

It was clearly never Michael Mann’s wish to be embroiled in the public controversy that has been manufactured by the denial industry around his and his co-authors’ work. He’s a scientist first and foremost, the nine-year-old who wanted to know what it meant to go faster than the ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in February 2012, about Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government

What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power

Kristin Shrader-Frechette   of the University of Notre Dame is rigorous in the presentation of her argument in What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power. In recent times a number of leading environmentalists have concluded nuclear power has to be employed to enable the transition away ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker in January 2012, about Children and Families, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Politics & Government, Solar, Wind Energy

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