Books: Faith in a Changing Climate and Net Zero Redux
This post provides background to the decision to revive the books Faith in a Changing Climate and Net Zero.
After the Applause
Our most recent post at the Faith in a Changing Climate site is 'After the Applause. The theme is that, about a decade after the optimism associated wit
Process Safety, Gorillas and AI
Process safety is usually approached as a technical discipline concerned with hazards analysis, vapor dispersion, equipment limits, and layers of protection.
BSEE Safety Alert No. 509: SEMS (Process Safety) Analysis
Miscommunication and Trapped Pressure Causes Injury During Valve Maintenance
BSEE (the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement) has published Safety Alert 509. It describes an incident in which a worker was injured.
In our post BSEE Safety Alert No. 509 at we analyze this event using the elements of SEMS (Safety and Environmental Management System).
The Value of Models
At our Process Safety Report site we published the post All models are wrong,
Primer: International Process Safety Regulations
This primer provides a concise and structured overview of how major accident hazards are regulated around the world. It explains the foundations of process safety regulation, compares national and regional systems, and highlights global trends that are reshaping expectations in the process and energy industries.
All models are wrong, but some are useful
When Models Fail: What Process Safety Can Learn from LLM Hallucination
The title of this post is taken from a
Education, Grace, and the Climate Crisis: An Augustinian View
This post at our Faith in a Changing Climate site explores two different approaches to the Age of Limits crises that we face.