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The surprising part of the recent (July) release of the Department of Energy’s report was the clear acknowledgment of climate change and humanity’s effect on it. In his foreword, U.S. Energy Secretary Christopher Wright states that “Climate change is real, and it deserves attention.” Simply acknowledging the scientific reality of climate change is a big deal. He goes on to say, “Climate change is a challenge—not a catastrophe.” Challenge and catastrophe are normative words as is “greatest threat,” clearly in the world of policy, not science. That’s not a criticism—that’s reality. It is also where, in my humble opinion as a scientist, the heated discussions should be: on the policy, not the science....

Unless you’ve been living under an air-conditioned rock, you might have noticed it has been getting warmer in Texas. Anyone who has been in Texas for more than a minute has surely felt the temperature rising – ample reason for us all to get “All Shook Up.” I’ve lived...

In 1878, John Wesley Powell assigned the 100th meridian line as the transition between the humid, moist east and the arid, dry west. A lot has been written about how the 100th is “moving” east due to climate change. The 100th marks an imaginary north-south line that...