Free the Data
Hurricanes, floods, heat waves, droughts: weather events are increasing in severity as the earth’s atmosphere warms. The consensus is that we need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Yet recent reports show waning interest in initiatives such as Climate Action 100+. “When performance is measured, performance improves,” according to Pearson’s law, and “when performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement accelerates.” Such is the reasoning behind the data repository known as the Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU). On February 21, 2024, three panelists from NZDPU spoke about the “why” and the “how” of their new organization. The […]
R.I.P. Ross Gelbspan
Approximately three decades ago, scientists studying the earth’s atmosphere began to raise concerns about global warming. To counteract the public outcry, certain research institutions promoted the message that “everything was okay.” Soon, a campaign of disinformation by oil and gas lobbyists to sow doubt about their findings. One journalist, Ross Gelbspan, dug deep into the research. He looked at who funded the research and found the oil & gas industry was covertly funding climate change denialism. His series of articles alerted the public that there was a campaign to deny climate change. The articles, collected, formed the book The Heat […]