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DOI Will Not Stop the Drilling in the Face of Climate Commitments

DOI Will Not Stop the Drilling in the Face of Climate Commitments

Dec 13, 2021 |

Brief #129 – Environment Policy
By Todd J. Broadman

With President Biden’s COP26 climate pledge as backdrop, his administration has been issuing oil leases at a record pace. Biden said that climate change is “the challenge of our collective lifetimes, an existential threat to human existence as we know it. And every day we delay the cost of inaction increases.” His pledge is to cut U.S. emissions by up to 51% over the next nine years. At the end of October, the administration had approved 3,091 new drilling permits on public lands at a rate of 332 per month, outpacing the Trump administration’s 300 permits per month in fiscal years 2018-2020.

Offshore Turbines a Windfall for the Transition to Cleaner Energy

Offshore Turbines a Windfall for the Transition to Cleaner Energy

Nov 5, 2021 |

Brief #126 – Environmental Policy
By Todd J. Broadman

Today, 67,000 wind turbines are spinning kilowatts of energy throughout the country. That is the wind behind President Biden’s back in his recent wind energy initiative; that, and his pledge is to cut the nation’s fossil fuel emissions 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The cost to make and deploy wind energy has gone down over 50 percent since 2008. The administration wants to seize the moment; the plan is to install 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind turbines in U.S. waters by 2030.

Offshore Turbines a Windfall for the Transition to Cleaner Energy

Offshore Turbines a Windfall for the Transition to Cleaner Energy

Nov 1, 2021 |

Brief #136 – Environmental Policy
By Todd J. Broadman

Today, 67,000 wind turbines are spinning kilowatts of energy throughout the country. That is the wind behind President Biden’s back in his recent wind energy initiative; that, and his pledge is to cut the nation’s fossil fuel emissions 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The cost to make and deploy wind energy has gone down over 50 percent since 2008. The administration wants to seize the moment; the plan is to install 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind turbines in U.S. waters by 2030.

Our Chance to Avert Climate Catastrophe May Have Gone Up in Smoke

Our Chance to Avert Climate Catastrophe May Have Gone Up in Smoke

Sep 29, 2021 |

Brief #131 – Environment Policy
By Todd J. Broadman

80% of the world’s energy comes from coal, oil and natural gas; carbon sources which account for 89% of human-derived CO₂ emissions. These daily emissions have accumulated in the earth’s atmosphere to produce a global climate crisis; a recent U.N Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report forecasts global average temperature will rise 2.7 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. Accordingly, the U.N. Secretary General António Guterres has warned, “the world is on a catastrophic pathway.”

Part 2: Drought and Our Plans to Deal With it are Running Dry

Part 2: Drought and Our Plans to Deal With it are Running Dry

Sep 6, 2021 |

Brief #126 – Environmental Policy
By Todd J. Broadman

This brief is another segment to help further explain the megadrought in the U.S. Southwest. The megadrought now encompasses Arizona, Nevada, Utah and parts of California, Colorado and New Mexico. This region has undergone chronic drought conditions since 2000, the year that the Lake Mead reservoir (the largest in the U.S. and now at an historic low) was considered close to full.

Drought and Plans to Deal with Running Dry

Drought and Plans to Deal with Running Dry

Jun 15, 2021 |

Brief # 116 – Environmental Policy
By Todd J. Broadman

A prolonged period with little or no precipitation combined with an extended period of abnormally high temperatures has created “extreme” drought conditions in much of the western half of the U. S. In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has placed 41 counties under a state of drought emergency. In some areas of Oregon and California, scientists conclude the drought is the most severe it has been in centuries.

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