climate change

“In Winter’s Grip II”

Written February 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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Another day, another stroll in the snow, deeper now than the day before. Such is our fate as climate change utterly fails to make itself felt. This is the kind of winter we had several times in the 1970s and ’80s, if memory serves. (hh)

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Tags: climate change, Oregon weather, Oregon winter

The Blizzard of ’14

Written February 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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This winter storm may not become a routine event in western Oregon (we hope). Still, it is a useful reminder of what nature can do, and if we were not fully prepared this time, maybe we’ll do better from now on, or at least as long as we remember the Blizzard of 2014.

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Tags: climate change, coal, natural gas, Northwest Natural, Pacific Power, wildlife, Winter weather

Obama and his climate hubs

Written February 5th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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The federal government is doing something else to save us from climate change. The Washington Examiner’s headline: “Obama Administration Creates ‘Climate Hubs’ to Combat Extreme Weather.” Well, too bad they’re not in time to combat and perhaps repel what’s forecast for the Willamette Valley starting Thursday: another bout of snow and maybe ice.

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Tags: climate change, global warming, Global Warming Realists, Obama's climate hubs

Update on “warming’

Written February 4th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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It was only a shower, but it made a fitting background for a couple of points about winter in these latitudes. The main point is that we ought to be glad we still have thermal sources such as coal and natural gas to keep us warm and our houses and work places well lighted. Federal […]

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Tags: climate change, fossil fuels, Oregon winter

Cold facts about warming

Written December 20th, 2013 by Hasso Hering

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In the endless media coverage of climate change, we are bombarded with a lot of pseudofacts, so it’s nice now and then to come across just plain facts — cold facts, so to speak — and some of those became available a few days ago.

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Tags: climate change, Eugene temperatures, heat weaves, Mark Albright

‘Top climate expert’ faces prison

Written December 16th, 2013 by Hasso Hering

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Well, speaking of climate change, one of the federal government’s policy experts on the subject turns out to have been a crook. He is John C. Beale, 65, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Washington Wednesday after pleading guilty to defrauding the government by drawing almost $1 million in pay and benefits while doing no […]

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Tags: climate change, EPA, John C. Beale

Coast update: Sea level?

Written December 16th, 2013 by Hasso Hering

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Just in case you were wondering what was happening at the central Oregon coast, here’s a video update, shaky and wind-noisy it may be. The short answer is that nothing has changed since the last update a month or so ago. Except that on Dec. 16 the weather was sunny and mild, very nice. The main […]

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Tags: climate change, Oregon coast, sea level rise