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Resolved: I Will Write More About Climate

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David Roberts was quoted the other day by Harold Pollack:
For climate change, there are very few Jonathan Cohns, Ezra Kleins, and Merrill Goozners – very few in that non-government, non-NGO middle tier who combine serious knowledge of policy with the ability to write for the general public. The level of policy knowledge on cap-and-trade is abysmal. That goes for the journalists, pundits, and pols just as much as the public.
Something clicked when I read this. I've been feeling recently that I'm sort meandering in my purpose here, that I need to find a bit of a specialty and settle down some. Not that I won't keep publishing lots of random crap, but that I should focus a bit more.

Energy and climate make a lot of sense to me. I've got the science background. I'm a committed environmentalist--Edward Abbey is probably my favorite writer, even today. I know a bit about the policy, and the basic economic logic of externalities, but I don't have the policy depth, particularly on how greenhouse gases are regulated worldwide. 

So, I'm going to start studying. Any reading suggestions would be highly appreciated.
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  1. AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 12:49 AM

    I know it's tangential, but I think you'd enjoy reading some snippets from Dr. Brereton's Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Comtemporary American Cinema.

    ...And before you ask, yes, I sent a digital copy to your e-mail address. Enjoy, :)

    - B

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