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I was quite depressed of how instead of being sympathetic to LA Residence, some Key figures and Fox news got…

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On Honoring Michael Zischke (1954-2025)

Great discussion of the issues. Thanks, Marc

On Did California Policies Make the LA Fires Worse?

Relevant to your excellent point about the denominator, it's pretty basic that one should not select cases based on the…

On Collecting useful data on NEPA

Dan, This is a very informative, respectful and comforting obituary. Michael Zischke was fortunate to have a friend like yourself.…

On Honoring Michael Zischke (1954-2025)

President Biden also brought back from the brink the Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA regulations, which will no doubt be…

On Joe Biden, Hail and Farewell

David asked? "....Where does that leave us with our current economic and energy policies? I don’t know..." Dear David, You…

On Talking Climate Policy with an Energy Economist

Thanks for those insights. I am concerned that we seem to think we can buy/build our way out of the…

On Talking Climate Policy with an Energy Economist

Link for above article: https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/new-york-climate-change/2025/01/15/id/1195134/ Have a good day and remember to smile and be nice to everyone, including those…

On Huge Snub for Big Oil at the Supreme Court

Judge Dismisses Climate Change Suit vs Exxon, BP, Shell: ".....A judge has dismissed New York City's lawsuit alleging that Exxon…

On Huge Snub for Big Oil at the Supreme Court

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