Risk Science, Risk Psychology, Irrationality, Belief, and Bias

Energy Misinformation, Shadow Bans, Biased Fact-Checking, Effects on Project Opposition, and Valid Concerns. January 24, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Misinformation, Shadow Bans, Biased Fact-Checking, Effects on Project Opposition, and Valid Concerns

ESG Pros and Cons: ‘Woke’ Capitalism vs. ‘Anti-Woke' Capitalism and Some Tragedies of ‘Woke-ism and Anti-Woke-ism’. January 29, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ESG Pros and Cons: ‘Woke’ Capitalism vs. ‘Anti-Woke' Capitalism and Some Tragedies of ‘Woke-ism and Ant-Woke-ism’

Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Risk Perception. January 31, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Risk Perception

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

Environmental Risk Transition: Communities with Different Socio-Economic Capabilities Face Different Environmental Risks and Those Risks Show Characteristic Changes with Development and Economic Growth in Societies. March 23, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Environmental Risk Transition: Communities with Different Socio-Economic Capabilities Face Different Environmental Risks and Those Risks Show Characteristic Changes with Development and Economic Growth in Societies

Risk Assessment History of Fracking and Fracking’s Path as a Successful Technology. July 17, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Risk Assessment History of Fracking and Fracking’s Path as a Successful Technology

Risk Assessment: Summary and Review of Chapter 32 of Environmental Health: From Global to Local. Scott Bartell (Editor: Howard Frumkin, 2005), Pages 940-960. September 19, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Risk Assessment: Summary and Review of Chapter 32 of Environmental Health: From Global to Local. Scott Bartell (Editor: Howard Frumkin, 2005), Pages 940-960

Environmental Psychology: Summary & Review of Chapter 5 of Environmental Health: From Global to Local. Daniel Stocols & Chip Clithero. Ed. Howard Frumkin, pgs 96-127. (2005, Wiley). November 7, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Environmental Psychology: Summary & Review of Chapter 5 of Environmental Health: From Global to Local. Daniel Stocols & Chip Clithero. Ed. Howard Frumkin, pgs 96-127. (2005, Wiley)

Para-Environmentalism: How Do Implausible Ideas Become Popular? And Other Tales of Ideological Manipulation and Lunatic Fringes. December 21, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Para-Environmentalism: How Do Implausible Ideas Become Popular? And Other Tales of Ideological Manipulation and Lunatic Fringes

Politicized Science vs. Pseudoscience: Which Erodes Public Trust More? March 19. 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Politicized Science vs. Pseudoscience: Which Erodes Public Trust More?

Libertarian Paternalism (Nudging) and Dark Patterns: Deceptive and Manipulative Business Practices. March 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Libertarian Paternalism (Nudging) and Dark Patterns: Deceptive and Manipulative Business Practices

Factual Completeness: An Important Concept, Especially in Energy Debates. March 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Factual Completeness: An Important Concept, Especially in Energy Debates

How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts. By David Ropeik. Summary & Review. (McGraw-Hill, 2010). April 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts. By David Ropeik. Summary & Review. (McGraw-Hill, 2010).

RFK Jr. and MAHA are Subverting Science and Elevating Pseudoscience (but they are not the only ones). April 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: RFK Jr. and MAHA are Subverting Science and Elevating Pseudoscience (but they are not the only ones)

Chemtrails, Weather Modification, and Geoengineering Conspiracies: People Are Gullible. July 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Chemtrails, Weather Modification, and Geoengineering Conspiracies: People Are Gullible

The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths – by Michael Shermer (Henry Holt, 2011) – Book Summary and Review. July 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths – by Michael Shermer (Henry Holt, 2011) – Book Summary and Review

Study Estimates ‘Functional Biosphere Integrity’: Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Continues Useful ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Idea That, Unfortunately, Often Feeds Catastrophist Headlines. August 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Study Estimates ‘Functional Biosphere Integrity’: Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Continues Useful ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Idea That, Unfortunately, Often Feeds Catastrophist Headlines

With Observation Comes Knowledge, With Technology Comes Expanded Knowledge: A Contemplative Essay about Epistemology. October 17, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: With Observation Comes Knowledge, With Technology Comes Expanded Knowledge: A Contemplative Essay about Epistemology

Bias and Trustworthiness in Science: ‘When Are Scientific Claims Untrustworthy?’ Review and Summary of Patrick Brown’s Article in ‘The Ecomodernist’. November 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Bias and Trustworthiness in Science: ‘When Are Scientific Claims Untrustworthy?’ Review and Summary of Patrick Brown’s Article in ‘The Ecomodernist’

Scientific Censorship, Inappropriate Expertise, and Bias: Obstacles to Keeping Science Real. November 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Scientific Censorship, Inappropriate Expertise, and Bias: Obstacles to Keeping Science Real

Pielke Jr: Science Under Siege’ by Mann and Hotez Demonizes Detractors as Anti-Science. March 9, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pielke Jr: Science Under Siege’ by Mann and Hotez Demonizes Detractors as Anti-Science

Greenpeace’s Blocking and Delay of Golden Rice Has Led to Over 100,000 Unnecessary Deaths and Hundreds of Thousands of Unnecessary Blindnesses Due to Vitamin A Deficiency, According to New Calculations. June 18, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Greenpeace’s Blocking and Delay of Golden Rice Has Led to Over 100,000 Unnecessary Deaths and Hundreds of Thousands of Unnecessary Blindnesses Due to Vitamin A Deficiency, According to New Calculations

Scientific Fact-Checking and Quality Control: Guidelines and Trends. June 29, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Scientific Fact-Checking and Quality Control: Guidelines and Trends

Europe Needs Air Conditioning Amid Intense Heat Wave: AC is a Form of Climate Adaptation, and it Saves Lives. July 2, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Europe Needs Air Conditioning Amid Intense Heat Wave: AC is a Form of Climate Adaptation, and it Saves Lives

Perceived Naturalness, Whether Real or Framed, Leads to Human Acceptance of Sustainable and Climate Tech, According to Social Psychologists. August 20, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Perceived Naturalness, Whether Real or Framed, Leads to Human Acceptance of Sustainable and Climate Tech, According to Social Psychologists

Status vs. Wealth: Psychologist Argues That Humans Prefer Status Over Wealth; However, Many of Us Are Not Interested in Status, and Wealth Creation Is Not Easy. August 28, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Status vs. Wealth: Psychologist Argues That Humans Prefer Status Over Wealth; However, Many of Us Are Not Interested in Status, and Wealth Creation Is Not Easy

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