Tag Archives: CO2

Oil companies have researched climate change for 50 years– accurately

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Long before climate change was controversial, before Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth, before the public was even aware of greenhouse gases and sea level rise, the oil industry knew pretty much what we now know today. They have been studying, researching, … Continue reading →

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California’s dirtier-than-tar-sands secret

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Not all oils are created equal. Crude oil, which is not yet refined into gasoline and other products, ranges from thick and black to rather light and yellowish. Among the “cleanest” oils is Bakken, fracked from North Dakota. It has … Continue reading →

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The basics of sea level rise

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

I was lucky to be out of town for a week during “the greatest statewide heat wave ever recorded in California.” When I arrived in Seattle, I was quickly informed that they had just set a record of 55 consecutive … Continue reading →

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A Deal with the Devil: Los Angeles’ On-Going Greenhouse Gas Disaster

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Aymara of the Andes have a saying:  everything on the earth and above it belongs to God; everything under it belongs to the devil, whom they call El Tio (the Uncle).  When they work the mines, risking life and … Continue reading →

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