Hoping that We Will Never Spend Again $200 B for a Worldwide Sport Event?
(E) I have to say, the final game of the 2022 Football World Cup between France and Argentina was a blast! I wish France would have won. But I am […]
Containing the Growth of the Human Population
(E) As tweeted by Antonio Guterres: “As we welcome the 8 billionth member of our human family, we must think ahead. By 2050, the world’s population will be approaching 10 […]
Energy Transition Has Never Existed and Will Never Exist
(E) The latest report of the 2022 IPCC working group III mentioned in its 2,900 pages 2,517 times the word “transition”. According to the historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, energy transition has […]
COP 27 – As Always No Decision to Stop Carbon Dioxide Emissions!
(E) The major outcome of the COP 27 this week in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, was that wealthier countries have agreed to set up a fund to help the poorest ones […]
Today’s Presentation from Dr Valerie Masson-Delmotte about the State of Global Warming to the French Government
(E) Following are the key points of Dr Valerie Masson-Delomotte‘s presentation about the state of global warming to the French Government, that she shared in a thread on Twitter. The […]
The Monarch is Back in Pacific Grove
(E) When we arrived yesterday close to the overwintering site of the monarch in Pacific Grove this Sunday, we could already see several monarchs above the trees canopy. Arriving at […]
The Rebirth of the California Condor, Threatened with Extinction 40 Years Ago
(E) With the disastrous effect of climate change, there are so many endangered species. See the picture below for the predictions of the United Nations on how climate change will […]
1933, 1945, and 2020: What do those Years have in Common?
(E) 1993, 1945, and 2020 are the only years, since the beginning of the industrial revolution around 200 years ago, when worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide dropped. And, why did […]
We Will Lose the Habitability of our Planet in Just Two Decades!
(E) According to the latest and 6th assessment report from the IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) “emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C […]
Energy Observer Leaving San Francisco This Week-End!
(E) Energy Observer, a 100-foot catamaran, is the first vessel that both generates and is powered by hydrogen. The boat started its seven-year voyage from Saint-Malo, France, in 2017, and […]
The U.S. is Back in the Paris Climate Agreement!
(E) Today, the U.S. is back in the Paris Climate Agreement. What a good news! Merci Monsieur Le President, but please make the U.S. a leader and an example in […]
Saving the Dark
(E) I had the pleasure to visit Point Reyes and its beautiful ecosystem of birds this week-end. On Saturday night, a group of astronomers from Santa Cruz were showing to […]
Leaving no Plastic to Landfills and to the Ocean
(E) You use plastic first thing in the morning when you grab your toothbrush, you probably have your lunch in a plastic container, and you drink water from your plastic […]
Re-Planet Closing its Recycling Sites
(E) Every quarter, I usually go to the Re-Planet recycling center located close to California Avenue in Palo Alto. I bring any bottle or can that I can recycle to […]
We Still Have Not Made any Drastic Changes Required to Win Over Climate Change
(E) The earth is transforming itself much faster than we are acting to mitigate climate change. Another summer. And, new record high temperatures. And, more wildfires destroying the world’s largest […]
The Unfolding of the Climate Change Crisis Imminent
The IPCC has published a new report on “the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels”: Global Warming of 1.5 ºC We have clearly now entered a phase […]
Zero Hour
(E) It is so refreshing to see teenagers fighting together for climate justice, many of them marching today in particular, in Manhattan and Washington D.C. Those teenagers simply want the […]
When Too Tall Might be Too Tall!
(E) The New York Times has published a very interesting article “San Francisco’s Big Seismic Gamble” about the risks of building taller and taller, in the San Francisco downtown when […]
Cleaning the Oceans from Plastic
(T) It is a blast to see a young social entrepreneur willing to start new ventures for the good of global society. So is the case of Boyan Slat, a 23-year […]
The First Solar Road
(T) While Elon Musk recently announced Telsa’s first solar roof titles in Southern California, the French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Ségolène Royale, announced at the end of […]
Data Science for Sustainability
(T) There are many data science meet-ups in the Bay Area mostly about the latest algorithms and tools, but very few are focusing on a specific application domain such as […]
We Need an Energy Miracle
(E) I wrote a few weeks ago an article on Bill Gates encouraging the new generation of young kids to start researching new technologies which will help our world to […]
In Short We Need an Energy Miracle
(E) Bill and Melinda Gates, in their 2016 annual letter are responding to some high school students questions: “If you could have one superpower, what would it be?” While Melinda responded […]
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