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Richard Badalamente writes fiction and non-fiction on a variety of topics ranging from speculative fiction, and espionage, to science and technology, research, and alternative futures. He is a former US Air Force officer, and was a senior analyst with the National Security Directorate of a US government National Laboratory, where his focus was nuclear nonproliferation, counterintelligence, and counter terrorism.
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An Unexpected Error
http://anunexpectederror.blogspot.com/
Richard Badalamente was a senior analyst with a Department of Energy national laboratory. His focus was nuclear nonproliferation, counterintelligence, and counter terrorism. He was assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna in 1990-92, where he authored the 1991-95 Strategic Plan for Safeguards, and assisted the IAEA in evaluating the safeguards implications of events in Iraq. In late 2002, he was detailed to the Pentagon to assist in planning for Operation Iraqi freedom. He is now a writer living in Kennewick, Washington.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 269 )
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Tri-City Herald Editorial Talks About the Changing Climate and Water
Our Voice: Water storage projects still vital for Mid-Columbia June 27, 2014New water storage in the Yakima Basin is something Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., has... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Support Solutions to Global Warming -- Call Congress on June 23rd!
Our Tri-Cities chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby has two members meeting with our congressional delegation on Tuesday, June 24th to urge them to pass... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Who Pays for Climate Change (You Do and Your Children After You)
U.S. Taxpayers Outspend Private Insurers Three-to-One to Cover Climate Disruption Costs Natural Resources Defense CouncilSandy Storm SurgeDespite the lengthy... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTION: An Open Letter to Members of Congress
Devastation: Super Storm SandyDear Congressman / Senator;Climate change is a real and growing threat. Human-caused global warming has already caused billions... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Charleston 2107
Greetings from Charleston's Under Water FutureLindsay Koob Charleston City Paper , September 12, 2007Market Street, Downtown Charleston S.C. in 2012 Imagine... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Politicizing of the Carbon Management Debate by Monied Interests Has...
by Jon PhillipsA critical topic for us, our children, their children and so forth for generations.US carbon emissions in the energy sector have dropped since... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Now is the Time to Go to Low-carbon Energy
Tri-City Herald "In-focus" By Jim Amonette and Steve GhanMay 16, 2014 Read more here:... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Greenland is Not a Museum
Global warming, due to our burning of fossil fuel, is causing the Greenland ice sheet to shed massive amounts of ice. In effect, Greenland is melting. Read more
Posted on 19 May 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pricing Carbon-based Products Will Help Reduce Emissions
Guest Commentary in the Cheney Free PressMay 15, 2014 | Vol. 118 -- No. 4Richard BadalamenteWashington Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed an executive order... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cap-and-Trade Programs to Cut Global Warming Emissions
From the Union of Concerned Scientists, Center for Science and Democracy1. European Union's Trading Scheme2. The Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative3.... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Antarctic's Ice Paradox
The Rundown | PBS NewsHourThe Antarctic's Ice Paradox | The Rundown | PBS NewsHour Read more
Posted on 26 April 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Unexpected Teleconnections in Noctilucent Clouds
From Climate Change: The Next GenerationNASA, April 16, 2014 New data from NASA's AIM spacecraft have revealed "teleconnections" in Earth's atmosphere that... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change is a Risk Management Problem
The following video of the late Stephen Schneider speaking before the Commonwealth Club is from Schneider's web site, Understanding and Solving the Climate... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
The FEC loses 5 to 4, and so does government of the people, by the people, and for the people.Justice Breyer, summarized dissent for himself and Justices Ruth... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Who Do You Trust?
A former Halliburton manager pleaded guilty Tuesday October 15, 2013, to destroying evidence in the aftermath of the deadly rig explosion that spawned BP's... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Lesson in How Corporate Greed and Collusion Impacts Quality of Life in Our...
Pacific Electric Red Cars on Terminal Island awaiting destructionIn the early 1920s, Los Angeles had the largest and most effective trolley car system in the... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Hiatus in Global Warming Has Deniers in Paroxyms of Joy; It is However,...
From The Economist, March 8, 2014BETWEEN 1998 and 2013, the Earth’s surface temperature rose at a rate of 0.04°C a decade, far slower than the 0.18°C increase i... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Extreme Weather Events Fuel Climate Change
In an August 14, 2013 paper, Dr. Markus Reichstein, of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, stated that, “...droughts, heat waves and storms weaken... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Art of Failure
My son, who is a reference librarian at our local college, responded to my questions about video game design, by bringing home a book for me to read; "The Art o... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Verdict in Florida Loud Music Killing
Jurors in Florida found Michael Dunn innocent of murder in the shooting death of Florida teen, Jordan Davis, but guilty of three counts of second-degree... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY