Climate tipping effects may be kicking in By Valerie Gardner, cross-posted from Nucleation Capital. For those tracking the state of the climate, the report published by the BBC showing that tropical forests were being destroyed at the fastest recorded rate over the last year, was frightening, with the prospect of total forest dieback and "savannisation" of these areas [...]
California History journal publishes Dr. Tiemann's paper Dr. Tiemann's paper on the 1855 collapse of the banking houses of Page & Bacon (St. Louis) and Page, Bacon & Co. (San Francisco) appears in the current issue of the journal California History, published by the University of California press. Dr. Tiemann's essay analyzes the 1855 failures of the largest banks [...]
Dr. Tiemann's Year-End Book Report Another Year of Reading I started my Medium of Exchange Substack a year ago with a report on the books I had read in 2023. I had kept a resolution to read fifty books that year, and I enjoyed it so much that I resolved to do it again in 2024. I’ll confess [...]
What is the California Climate Credit? If you are one of millions of California residents and energy ratepayers, you may have received an unusual message from PG&E regarding a new credit that you will receive starting in April 2024 on your utility bill. It is a credit identified as the "California Climate Credit." This is a rebate designed [...]
Dr. Jonathan Tiemann and everyone at Tiemann Investment Advisors sends season's greetings and best wishes for healthy, happy and festive holidays. May your new year provide you with an abundance of love, laughter, learning and leisure. On behalf of our clients we are pleased to donate to Dr. James Hansen's Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative and towards the completion [...]
Dr. Tiemann's Year-End Book Report I cannot live without books, but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object. —Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 10, 18151 A Rarity—A Resolution Kept. Last year at about this time (late December, 2022), I made a New Year’s resolution. Several really, but one of them [...]
November 16, 2023 After years of disinterest, energy security concerns and the push for net zero are leading investors to bet on nuclear power. The fact that the world has not managed to meaningfully reduce emissions—despite commitments from most every country and billions spent on renewables—has made it clear that more dramatic action is needed. [...]
The Tiemann Investment Advisor team wishes everyone a safe, healty, happy and warm holiday season. We hope your 2023 provides you with ample time with loved ones and for leisure, while offering opportunities to do well and find fulfillment. We are pleased to announce that we have made a donation on behalf of our clients and in gratitude for [...]
Dr. Tiemann's Russian-American Co. and Alaskan fur rush research will be taught at the Global History of Capitalism project at Oxford in June 2022 Dr. Tiemann has written and will be teaching his third Oxford Case study on the topic of "The Alaskan fur rush and the Russian-American Company," in partnership with Dr. Christopher McKenna for the Global [...]
For nearly as long as he has lived in the San Francisco ara, Dr. Tiemann has attended weekend pickup baseball games with the Mission Baseball league. Read more to see how playing the game with this casual, yet dedicated group of fans has enriched his love of the game.