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Climate Change, Snowmelt, and Water Politics in the West

Climate Change, Snowmelt, and Water Politics in the West

Posted 23 April 2009 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: climate change, water | No Comments

There’s much talk about how climate change will affect weather patterns, causing more intense events such as hurricanes and tornadoes. In California, one consequence of the greenhouse gas buildup is a change in precipitation type; climate change is expected to cause a shift from snow to more rain during winter months (i.e., a diminished snowpack), [...]

Communicating Climate Change

Posted 09 July 2008 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: climate change, What is PR? | No Comments

The July/August 2008 issue of the Columbia Journalism Review examines climate change and asserts that "media coverage of climate change is at a crossroads." Essentially, the article is saying that we're [moving] "beyond the science of global warming into the broader arena of what governments, entrepeneurs, and ordinary citizens are doing about it." Hence… "Journalists [...]

Offsetting the Holidays

Posted 26 December 2007 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: climate change | No Comments

   By Nate Beeler  - The Washington Examiner

Global Warming’s Little Known Side Effect

Posted 13 September 2007 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: climate change | No Comments

Source: MktgLadder.com  P.S. As I do believe in climate change, feel free to call me about your communications projects. 

My Annual Carbon Emissions: 12,725 lbs

Posted 18 December 2006 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: climate change, news | 1 Comment

According to the Slate Green Challenge, my annual carbon emissions are 12,725 lbs. That's equivalent to the emissions from 1.25 passenger cars. I'll try to reduce these using the Green Challenge. Average carbon emissions (lbs) per year, per person: United States: 44,312 Qatar: 117,064 France: 13,668 India: 2,645 Kenya: 440 Start the Slate Green Challenge [...]