James Rodger Fleming, Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control (Columbia University Press, 2010) has received best book prizes from both the Society for the History of Technology and the American Meteorological Society. Here are the details: [Read more…] about Fixing the Sky wins two major book awards
Fleming, Travel Schedule Sept.-Dec. 2011
Sept. 9-11, New Haven, CT: Geoengineering conference at Yale University
Sept. 15-18, Paris, France: Conference on climate knowledge and politics, XVIII-XX C
Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Orlando, FL: DARPA/NASA meeting, 100-year Starship
Oct. 6-12, Washington, DC: Research
Oct. 13-15, Pittsburgh, PA: University Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University
Oct. 29-30, New York City: Media event on geoengineering science and science fiction
Oct. Nov. 3-6, Cleveland, OH: History of Science Society and Society for the History of Technology
Nov. 9-12, Hamburg, Germany: Workshop on geoengineering at University of Hamburg
Nov. 18, Orono, ME: Seminar in marine science at University of Maine-Orono
Speaking in Seattle, Tuesday, Jan. 25th
Gizmodo article on “fixing”
How the USSR Tried to Melt the Arctic, GIZMODO (2010)
WICN Public Radio, “Inquiry”
Radio and Podcast Interview with Mark Lynch on WICN “Inquiry,”
James Rodger Fleming:
FIXING THE SKY: THE CHECKERED HISTORY OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE CONTROL.
Wilson Center, New Security Beat
“Fixing the Sky,” at the Wilson Center.
US government reports on geoengineering
1. Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN), chair of the House Science and Technology Committee just released a report, Engineering the Climate: Research Needs and Strategies for International Collaboration. Press release here…
2. The Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) also has released one of its two studies, CLIMATE CHANGE: A Coordinated Strategy Could Focus Federal Geoengineering Research and Inform Governance Efforts
3. The Congressional Research Service also has some reports, International Governance of Geoengineering AND Congressional Research Service,
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy
Cloud Car
Andrea Polli, Cloud Car.
Two interviews
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Late Night Live, Fixing the Sky: The chequered history of playing with the weather, Interview with Philip Adams, 10/19/2010. Audio here…
AHA National History Center, New Books in History, Fixing the Sky, Interview with Marshall Poe, 10/20/2010. Audio here…
60 guests at Wilson, 60 at AAAS
The book launch on Wednesday, October 6 drew 60 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the following day at AAAS there were also 60 guests. Thank you for turning out, for the good questions, and for your kind and helpful comments. Wilson is posting the video of their event and AAAS is preparing a news report.