J.C. Moore Online

Current Events from a Science Perspective.

Kyoto Treaty

  • Climate Change: Extreme Weather and Wildfires

    In 1998 the US refused to ratify the Kyoto Treaty which would have limited the release of CO2 into the atmosphere. The increasing CO2 may be leading to extreme weather, crop failures, droughts and wildfires. The recent heat waves, droughts, and wildfires in Oklahoma should bring home to us what our failure to ratify the… Read more

  • Cap and Trade Requires Paying “True Cost”

    Cap and trade reflects the true cost of using a resource as it includes the cost of cleaning up the environment and disposing of the waste. No one really knows what the cost of a cap-and-trade bill would be – or what the cost would be of doing nothing. Cap-and-trade has worked successfully in the… Read more