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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), [...]

Intersection of Water and Energy

Posted 26 March 2009 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: energy, uncategorized, water | No Comments

This site has been largely ignored since I took a full-time position back in September 2008 with KEMA, Inc., a global technical and management consulting firm focused on the energy industry. As I wondered how best to archive old content including past articles that I'd written for green building publications, these pages have remained static. [...]