Climate Science and Policy

The IPCC’s 1.5 deg Net Zero Trajectories are Too Ambitious in the Near Term. January 16, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The IPCC’s 1.5 deg Net Zero Trajectories are Too Ambitious in the Near Term

Book Review: Climate Pragmatism (Rightful Place of Science Series). January 17, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Book Review: Climate Pragmatism (Rightful Place of Science Series)

Book Review: Storm Warnings: Climate Change and Extreme Weather - from the editors of Scientific American (Dec. 2012). January 18, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Book Review: Storm Warnings: Climate Change and Extreme Weather - from the editors of Scientific American (Dec. 2012)

Scientific Paper Review: Future demand for electricity generation materials under different climate mitigation scenarios. January 28, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Scientific Paper Review: Future demand for electricity generation materials under different climate mitigation scenarios

The Benefits of High Atmospheric CO2: Fertilization, Global Greening, and Improved Food Production. January 29, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Benefits of High Atmospheric CO2: Fertilization, Global Greening, and Improved Food Production

Climate Science Paradigm Development, Clean Energy Policy Development, and Clean Energy Technology Development, Simultaneous Timelines. April 20, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Science Paradigm Development, Clean Energy Policy Development, and Clean Energy Technology Development, Simultaneous Timelines

Climate Reductionisms: A Big Picture View Gives Context, Including Complex Social Contexts. June 15, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Reductionisms: A Big Picture View Gives Context, Including Complex Social Contexts

U.S. Heatwaves: What Does the Data Say? The EPA’s Data Says Heatwaves Are Climate Change Indicators but Only Gives Data for Major Cities (But that may be OK if rural temperature changes during heatwaves are bigger as some researchers suggest). July 27, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Heatwaves: What Does the Data Say? The EPA’s Data Says Heatwaves Are Climate Change Indicators but Only Gives Data for Major Cities (But that may be OK if rural temperature changes during heatwaves are bigger as some researchers suggest)

The Tragic Maui Fires: Prioritizing Adaptation and Resilience Can Save Lives, August 25, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Tragic Maui Fires: Prioritizing Adaptation and Resilience Can Save Lives

What Does the Data Say About Climate Change and Hurricanes? September 19, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: What Does the Data Say About Climate Change and Hurricanes

Bias and Skepticism in Climate Science and Policy: It Goes Both Ways and It’s Important to Know Who is Who. October 31, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Bias and Skepticism in Climate Science and Policy: It Goes Both Ways and It’s Important to Know Who is Who

COP28: What Does the Agreement to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels Actually Mean? And More from the Meeting. December 14, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: COP28: What Does the Agreement to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels Actually Mean? And More from the Meeting

Climate Sensitivity: Quantifying It is Likely the Best Way to Validate Climate Change Models but Estimates Still Vary Considerably. December 18, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Sensitivity: Quantifying It is Likely the Best Way to Validate Climate Change Models but Estimates Still Vary Considerably

Climate Models Still Have Significant Uncertainties: Atmospheric Moisture in Dry Regions Defies Modeling. January 26, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Models Still Have Significant Uncertainties: Atmospheric Moisture in Dry Regions Defies Modeling

Climate Change and Future Generations: The Problem with Using the Prevailing Discount Rate Combined with the 20-Year Time Frame for Methane in the Atmosphere to Estimate Impacts: A Summary & Review of Ted Nordhaus’s article: Gaslighting Intergenerational Equity, in The Breakthrough Journal. June 3, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Change and Future Generations: The Problem with Using the Prevailing Discount Rate Combined with the 20-Year Time Frame for Methane in the Atmosphere to Estimate Impacts: A Summary & Review of Ted Nordhaus’s article: Gaslighting Intergenerational Equity, in The Breakthrough Journal

New Study Concludes Net Effect of Human-Made Reactive Nitrogen (Nr) is a Cooling Effect. July 31, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Study Concludes Net Effect of Human-Made Reactive Nitrogen (Nr) is a Cooling Effect

Capitalism Empowers Prosperity, Quality of Life, Environmental Protection, and Climate Adaptation. September 18, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Capitalism Empowers Prosperity, Quality of Life, Environmental Protection, and Climate Adaptation

Climate Change is Making Atlantic Hurricanes Wetter and Faster to Gain Strength but Not Stronger, Bigger, or More Frequent: Models Predict Wetter Hurricanes. October 9, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Change is Making Atlantic Hurricanes Wetter and Faster to Gain Strength but Not Stronger, Bigger, or More Frequent: Models Predict Wetter Hurricanes

While I Mostly Agree with Conservative Climate Scientist Roy Spencer’s Op-Ed That Climate Change is Not a Crisis, I Also Know His Willingness to Put Politics Ahead of Science by His Embarrassing Denial of Trump’s 2020 Election Loss. October 11, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: While I Mostly Agree with Conservative Climate Scientist Roy Spencer’s Op-Ed That Climate Change is Not a Crisis, I Also Know His Willingness to Put Politics Ahead of Science by His Embarrassing Denial of Trump’s 2020 Election Loss

Microbial Biogenic Methane is the Driver for Recent Atmospheric Methane Increases: Carbon Isotopes Confirm That Thermogenic Methane from Fossil Fuels is Not the Culprit. October 22, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Microbial Biogenic Methane is the Driver for Recent Atmospheric Methane Increases: Carbon Isotopes Confirm That Thermogenic Methane from Fossil Fuels is Not the Culprit

Putting Politics Ahead of Science in the Climate Narrative War: Both Sides Do It and We Would Be Better Off If Neither Did. November 16, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Putting Politics Ahead of Science in the Climate Narrative War: Both Sides Do It and We Would Be Better Off If Neither Did

Defending Economic Productivity and Capitalism for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: Summary and Review of Patrick Brown’s two-part article for Breakthrough Institute. December 16, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Defending Economic Productivity and Capitalism for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: Summary and Review of Patrick Brown’s two-part article for Breakthrough Institute

Plants are a Better CO2 Sink Than Previously Understood, New Research Finds. January 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Plants are a Better CO2 Sink Than Previously Understood, New Research Finds

A Revised Ocean-Atmosphere Sulfur Cycle Model: Methanethiol (MeSH), a Biogenic Sulfur Gas from Marine Organisms, Helps Cool the Climate, New Research Finds. January 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Revised Ocean-Atmosphere Sulfur Cycle Model: Methanethiol (MeSH), a Biogenic Sulfur Gas from Marine Organisms, Helps Cool the Climate, New Research Finds

Carbon Source/Sink Balance from the Arctic-Boreal Zone: Sources Continue to Increase Relative to Sinks: Carbon Cycle Changes in the Arctic Permafrost Region Led by Accelerated Arctic Warming. January 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Carbon Source/Sink Balance from the Arctic-Boreal Zone: Sources Continue to Increase Relative to Sinks: Carbon Cycle Changes in the Arctic Permafrost Region Led by Accelerated Arctic Warming

Global Greening: Boreal, Temperate and Tropical Vegetation Reaches Record in 2020. February 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Global Greening: Boreal, Temperate and Tropical Vegetation Reaches Record in 2020

Greenhouse Gas Releases from Exposed Groundwater Discharged During Low Stream Flow Conditions: New Research Quantifies Releases. April 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Greenhouse Gas Releases from Exposed Groundwater Discharged During Low Stream Flow Conditions: New Research Quantifies Releases

Rapid Temperature Flips May Be an Underestimated Effect of Climate Change, New Research Suggests. April 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ethylene Oxide: Uses, Exposure, Toxicity, and Regulation

Global Warming Benefits? New Approaches to Climate Change That Prioritize Adaptation and Technology Can Be Better Returns on Investment Than Catastrophism and Too-Much-Too-Fast High-Cost Mitigation. May 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Global Warming Benefits? New Approaches to Climate Change That Prioritize Adaptation and Technology Can Be Better Returns on Investment Than Catastrophism and Too-Much-Too-Fast High-Cost Mitigation

HFC-23 Emissions from East China Chemical Plants Magnitudes Higher Than Reported, According to Remote Monitoring, In Violation of Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol. May 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: HFC-23 Emissions from East China Chemical Plants Magnitudes Higher Than Reported, According to Remote Monitoring, In Violation of Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol

Climate Litigation Insanity: More Theatre Than Science and It Invites Backlash. May 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Litigation Insanity: More Theatre Than Science and It Invites Backlash

The Science Behind Soil and Water Conservation: Measuring Trace Gases and Greenhouse Gases CO2, Methane, and N2O. Webinar Summary and Review. University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture. June 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Science Behind Soil and Water Conservation: Measuring Trace Gases and Greenhouse Gases CO2, Methane, and N2O. Webinar Summary and Review. University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture

Health, Safety, Environmental, and Climate Impact Comparisons of Energy Sources: Fossil Fuels Measure the Worst, Nuclear and Renewables Measure the Best – By Far. July 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Health, Safety, Environmental, and Climate Impact Comparisons of Energy Sources: Fossil Fuels Measure the Worst, Nuclear and Renewables Measure the Best – By Far

The Kaya Identity Formula for Carbon Emissions Drivers: Human Population, GDP Per Capita, Energy Intensity, and Carbon Emissions Intensity. July 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Kaya Identity Formula for Carbon Emissions Drivers: Human Population, GDP Per Capita, Energy Intensity, and Carbon Emissions Intensity

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McClusky Argues Successfully That New York State’s Climate Change Superfund Act is Bonkers, Unconstitutional, and Unfair. July 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McClusky Argues Successfully That New York State’s Climate Change Superfund Act is Bonkers, Unconstitutional, and Unfair

Will Striking Down the ‘Endangerment Finding’ Lead to State Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules? July 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Will Striking Down the ‘Endangerment Finding’ Lead to State Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules?

A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate by Climate Working Group. (John Christy, Ph.D., Judith Curry, Ph.D., Steven Koonin, Ph.D., Ross McKitrick, Ph.D. and Roy Spencer, Ph.D.) U.S. Department of Energy: Summary, Review, and Commentary. August 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate by Climate Working Group. (John Christy, Ph.D., Judith Curry, Ph.D., Steven Koonin, Ph.D., Ross McKitrick, Ph.D. and Roy Spencer, Ph.D.) U.S. Department of Energy: Summary, Review, and Commentary

If True, Trump Administration Ordering De-Orbiting and Burning Up of NASA Atmospheric Carbon Monitoring Satellite Seems to Be an Egregious Waste of Investment and An Unnecessary Retribution Against Science Itself. August 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: If True, Trump Administration Ordering De-Orbiting and Burning Up of NASA Atmospheric Carbon Monitoring Satellite Seems to Be an Egregious Waste of Investment and An Unnecessary Retribution Against Science Itself

A Paper Published in Nature That Predicted Huge Drops in GDP Due to Climate Change Shown to Be Inaccurate When the Data Was Examined: The Paper was Widely Cited and Widely Adopted in Climate Risk Modeling. August 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Paper Published in Nature That Predicted Huge Drops in GDP Due to Climate Change Shown to Be Inaccurate When the Data Was Examined: The Paper was Widely Cited and Widely Adopted in Climate Risk Modeling

A Review of Ted Nordhaus’s Article ‘How Bill McKibben Lost the Plot,’ and Insights into the Current State and the Future of the Climate Movement. August 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Review of Ted Nordhaus’s Article ‘How Bill McKibben Lost the Plot,’ and Insights into the Current State and the Future of the Climate Movement

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Transmitted by Infected Midges Kills Deer: Southeastern Ohio is a Hotspot in 2025: Climate Change is Certainly an Important Factor. September 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Transmitted by Infected Midges Kills Deer: Southeastern Ohio is a Hotspot in 2025: Climate Change is Certainly an Important Factor