In Madison, WI, that is.
In response to my post on the effort to eliminate the Bureau of Science Services in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, reader Ed Hanson rises to the defense of the effort.
Category Archives: environment
No Time for Scientists – Wisconsin Edition
With apologies to Mac Hyman …and Andy Griffith
Leaders at the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are proposing elimination of the Bureau of Science Services within the department.
Keystone XL Employment Effects
[Updated 2/5]
They’re small. Really small. From the Congressional Research Service (Jan. 5, 2015):
Because job projections, in particular, involve numerous assumptions and estimates, the State Department’s job estimates for Keystone XL have been a source of disagreement. One challenge to State’s analysis is that different definitions (e.g., for temporary jobs) and interpretations can lead to different numerical estimates and “fundamental confusion” about the Final EIS numbers. Consequently, it may be difficult to determine what overall economic and employment impacts may ultimately be attributable to the Keystone XL pipeline or to the various alternative transport scenarios if the pipeline is not constructed.
Hottest on Record
Global temperatures in 2014, that is.
“The Costs of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change”
From a CEA report written under the leadership of James Stock, released today:
Economic Implications of Anthropogenic Climate Change and Extreme Weather
In my ten years living in Madison, this has been the coldest Winter thus far. Keeping in mind everything is probabilistic, it’s likely that I have anthropogenic climate change to thank for experiencing this event. [1] [2] [3] (Just like one can’t say Hurricane Sandy was directly a result of global climate change, the likelihood of such events rises with global climate change.)
The geography of success
Weak U.S. economic growth continues to be discouraging. But it’s worth taking a look at a few places where things going well for America.
Some Economic Implications of Global Climate Change
Each time I post something on the environment, a number of readers admonish me to get back to economics. Well, it’s been obvious to many observers that the two are interlinked. Consider one graph from NOAA, and two others from Economic Benefits of Increasing Electric Grid Resilience to Weather Outages, a joint CEA and DOE report, released on Tuesday.
It’s Been a Hot July
As noted by NBC News, but it’s absolutely, positively, definitely got nothing to do with global climate change (!!!).
Koch’s Coke
…in Detroit
Here is striking photo of a pile of by-product of processing Canadian tar sands oil, from NY Times: