Bruce Cooper

May 1, 2024 | butlereagle.com | Bruce Cooper |Mark Reynolds

In his recent State of the Union speech, President Biden highlighted how his climate policies are helping Americans by bringing record investment and jobs to the U.S. The positive economic impacts of investments in clean energy — a reported $240 billion in clean energy funding and 170,000 jobs from the Inflation Reduction Act alone — are welcome news at a time when the consequences of a warming planet continue to be felt all over the globe.

Feb 24, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Joosun Shin |Marilyn J. Hammer |Mary Cooley |Bruce Cooper

1 INTRODUCTION A comprehensive evaluation of shortness of breath warrants assessment of its sensory-perceptual experience, affective distress, and impact.1 The sensory-perceptual experience is assessed using ratings of severity.

Oct 5, 2023 | bcooper.wordpress.com | Bruce Cooper

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a 10-part series based upon Casey Luskin’s chapter, “The Top Ten Scientific Problems with Biological and Chemical Evolution,” in the volume More than Myth, edited by Paul Brown and Robert Stackpole (Chartwell Press, 2014). The full chapter can be found online here. Other individual installments can be found here: Problem 1, Problem 2, Problem 4, Problem 5, Problem 6, Problem 7, Problem 8, Problem 9, Problem 10.

Sep 7, 2023 | triblive.com | Bruce Cooper |Mark Reynolds

When it comes to climate change, sometimes it feels like we can’t see the forest for the trees — the smoldering, wildfire-ravaged trees. Public attention has been consumed this summer by shocking climate impacts. Acrid wildfire smoke has blighted skylines and polluted the air in nearly every region of the United States. Heat waves have put nearly half of Americans under heat watches as July temperatures soared globally to what scientists calculate is the hottest range in 120,000 years.

Aug 30, 2023 | triblive.com | Bruce Cooper |Mark Reynolds

One year after a major climate bill was passed, Pennsylvania is flourishing thanks to an influx of clean energy investment and jobs. When the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law last August, it unleashed a stream of clean energy projects, with Gov. Josh Shapiro quickly taking the initiative to welcome at least $116.1 million of investment for our state. He said: “We must reject the false choice between protecting jobs and protecting our planet.