Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Jessica Gurevitch
Alan, Thanks for this. I watched the first 4 candidates, but I confess I fell asleep before your question, but I just watched the YouTube link. Excellently put, and an honest answer. I'm glad this is getting national attention. And if you don't debate skeptics, the Heartland thing is probably

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Alan Robock
Dear Andy, Yes, that is a great answer. I had not seen it, as those 3 hours were while I was on the train to NY for my 4 hours. Alan Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-848-932-5751 Rutgers

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Andrew Revkin
Glad you stuck in there, Alan. There actually was one other geoengineering question - asked by a Columbia student of Andrew Yang. His answer was pretty great: https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1169441473768710147 On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:03 PM Alan Robock wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Last

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread David Appell
Alan, you might talk to Scott Denning of Colorado State University and watch some of his interactions with the Heartland Institute. Just Google "scott denning heartland institute" and some videos immediately pop up. He's tried to present the science to them a few times at their conferences. David

[geo] Re: My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Jonathan Marshall
For me the problem is that the debate is run by the Heartland Institute. I would not expect them to play fair, or to moderate in an unbiased manner. I'd want to know who the other 'experts' are going to be in advance as well. jon From:

[geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Alan Robock
Dear Colleagues, Last night I attended CNN's Climate Town Hall, and asked my Senator Cory Booker a question about solar geoengineering research. You can see it starting at 27:44 on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHIMD2E6DgE=PL29Rq0wvBhgOcY9ew5490FwzT5U5N6CqT=11=0s He immediately called me

[geo] There is no Plan B for dealing with the climate crisis: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Vol 75, No 5

2019-09-05 Thread Andrew Lockley
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2019.1654255 ABSTRACT To halt global warming, the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by human activities such as fossil fuel burning, cement production, and deforestation needs to be brought all the way to zero. The longer it

[geo] FUNDING FOR SOLAR GEOENGINEERING

2019-09-05 Thread Andrew Lockley
https://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/blog/funding-solar-geoengineering HOME / BLOG / FUNDING FOR SOLAR GEOENGINEERING FROM 2008 TO 2018 November 13, 2018 By Ella Necheles, Lizzie Burns, Amy Chang, and David Keith. Our Project As the visibility of solar geoengineering research grows,