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Solutions That Work in America

Chapter 6 of "An American's Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper" — My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this…

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Mitigation vs. Adaptation

Chapter 3 of "An American's Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper" — My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this…

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What We Know (and What We Don’t)

Chapter 2 of "An American's Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper" — My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this…

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Welcome to Heavy Lifting

Real-world commentary on sustainability, capitalism, and climate change — Thanks for being here. This publication is about sustainability, capitalism, climate change, and related topics that will emerge over time. All of these topics are a…

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Why Climate Philanthropy Is a Dysfunctional System

…roles in financial services, at UBS and then at the Swiss stock exchange, before becoming chief operating officer of a philanthropically funded climate data organisation backed by two large climate foundations. I did and do believe in…

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The Sierra Club vs. The Ecoright

…with a Thought Experiment — In my piece “Eating Humble Pie in the Climate Change Debate” I have some discussion about the so-called “Ecoright.” These are conservative NGOs focused on climate change. I am very impressed with the work…

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A Hypothetical AI Bill of Rights for AI Edge Case Users

…account on May 19, 2025. I used it to help me with my work in in climate change, sustainability, and looking for bipartisan solutions for systemic issues. I tried using it to update my CV and that was a total failure. What would seem…

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The Department of Energy as a Political Rorschach Test

…energy. The second is to help Americans deal with the effects of climate change in terms of both mitigation and adaption. AI creates challenges and potential solutions to both. These problems cannot be solved …

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Three Eras

…before, America’s response to environmental challenges has changed course as circumstances have changed. Both times, the country adjusted and moved forward. We must do so again now. The first transformation built our national…

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Institutional Hardening

…Ecosystem: Part III, Chapter 6 — Part III: Baseline Conditions and Climate Stress Part III establishes the baseline against which all subsequent scenarios are evaluated. It does not yet introduce political change or alternative…

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