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Real Environment: Progress in China
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Friday, April 27, 2007. Two news items caught my attention this week. The first, in the journal Science. Article points out, China (and other developing nations) will be the primary losers from climate change. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Ecology, the social sciences, and enviromentalism.
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Real Environment: ‘Wildlife-friendly farming’ versus ‘Land sparing’
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Friday, January 26, 2007. 8216;Wildlife-friendly farming’ versus ‘Land sparing’. I recently came across a two year old paper. By four biologists published in the journal Science. Brazenly titled “Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature,” the authors less than subtlety suggest that there is a lot at stake. There is! Two general strategies have been proposed to mitigate the adverse affects of agriculture:. The authors’ primary purpose with t...
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Real Environment: Skepticism and Climate Change
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Thursday, February 15, 2007. Skepticism and Climate Change. Climate change skeptics contend that we do not have enough evidence to authorize significant policy changes. In taking a position of ignorance, they assume 1) that we do have enough evidence to justify not making significant changes and 2) that current policies are optimal, such that adopting policies targeted at mitigating climate change could only cause harm. Glad I found your blo...
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Real Environment: May 2007
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Monday, May 07, 2007. Irony on Climate Change. I came across a news article. In the journal Nature. What about the Iraq War, which costs the US about $250 billion per year ( 1.89% of GDP), most of which is above and beyond the $500 billion defense budget? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Irony on Climate Change.
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Real Environment: Brief comment on the value of nature
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Friday, March 23, 2007. Brief comment on the value of nature. A commentator on Ecolog (an ecology list-serv to which I subscribe) had this to say:. I say everything should have equal value and that value is priceless.". I emailed him a response, which I have copied below as it pertains to the subject of this blog:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Brief comment on the value of nature.
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Real Environment: October 2006
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Monday, October 30, 2006. Breaking News: Bush Administration Ignores Science! Excuse the titular sarcasm. Anyway, I came across yet another report. In the Washington Post. Monday, October 23, 2006. The Good, the Bad, and the Confounding: Biological Response to Climate Change. First, the good news, sort of. A recent paper. Examined a well-characterized species of fruit fly, Drosophila subobscura. Like many other small organisms, is special in...
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Real Environment: November 2006
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Friday, November 17, 2006. Though I have read numerous book reviews, having never written a book one, I do not have a good sense of how to compose them. I will remedy that deficiency with a review of Freakonomics. By University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt. And journalist Stephan J. Dubner. I came to Freakonomics. Does not invite casual readership. The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.". Is mor...
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Real Environment: Busy...
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Monday, March 19, 2007. Between work and travel, I have been swamped lately, and thus my blog postings have clearly tapered off. I hope that things will settle down in the next couple weeks and I will be able to resume posting more regularly. Stay tuned! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Brief comment on the value of nature.
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Real Environment: December 2006
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Thursday, December 28, 2006. Oil and the Trade Deficit. In an earlier post. I speculated that the US trade deficit is largely due to the increasing price of oil. I found this report. Tuesday, December 26, 2006. Population Density and Gasoline Consumption. In an earlier post. By state. The graph below depicts the relationship with a linear regression that is statistically significant, barely. I did not include Washington D.C. because ...On Ch...
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Real Environment: February 2007
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Economic and scientific investigations of environmental issues. Thursday, February 15, 2007. Skepticism and Climate Change. Climate change skeptics contend that we do not have enough evidence to authorize significant policy changes. In taking a position of ignorance, they assume 1) that we do have enough evidence to justify not making significant changes and 2) that current policies are optimal, such that adopting policies targeted at mitigating climate change could only cause harm.
