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Stop Emitting Nasty GHG Methane & It Will Disappear From Air In Our Lifetime

October 13, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, HEALTH, heat pumps, investment, lng, lng terminals, methane, natural gas, policy & politics, SCIENCE, Shipping, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:00:54 +0000

Methane is so hot right now. Well, it’s making the world a lot hotter, because it’s a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and we’ve been increasing the amount we’re dumping into the air. That’s not a good kind of hot. The United States is the worst emitter … [continued]

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Electric Vehicles Must Be Catching On: Fox News Is Now Covering Them For Its Audiences

October 12, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, ev sales

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:10:09 +0000

As part of my morning scan of the news, I was surprised to see an article from a Fox News about electric vehicles which seemed, on first glance, to be told from an empathetic point of view. The article, culled from Nexstar Media Wire, was curious to me, as I … [continued]

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Today’s Hurricane Ratings Are Inadequate For Climate Change-Fueled Storms

October 11, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, global weirding, HEALTH, hurricanes, policy & politics, SCIENCE, usa, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:31:38 +0000

Currently, hurricanes severity is measured by either the Saffir-Simpson scale or the Accumulated Cyclone Energy scale. Neither of them really was adequate in the massive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, in the years since or in this years devastating season. Let’s explore why. Note: I published a version of this article … [continued]

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Electrify Everything, Eradicate Energy Poverty

October 10, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, HEALTH, renewable energy, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:30:37 +0000

When will world leaders reimagine their approach to improving the prospects of developing nations in health, employment, nutrition, and access to affordable and clean energy? Those were ambitious goals set by world leaders in 2015, at a time in which there were only 38 million hungry people in the world. … [continued]

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Criticisms Of LNG Export Emissions Study Don’t Withstand Scrutiny

October 9, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, FRACKING, green economy, grid, investment, lng, marine energy, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewable energy, Shipping, the breakthrough institute, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:58:33 +0000

For the past year, a preprint paper has been undergoing one of the most public, rancorous and extensive peer-review processes in the history of US academics. Is it on race relations? Tax cuts for the rich? Hollywood starlets? No, it’s on liquified natural gas (LNG) emissions of greenhouse gases. The … [continued]

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EVs Are Good For The Environment And Electricity Rates

October 9, 2024 admin California, california public utilities commission (cpuc), carbon emissions, clean transport, cpuc, demand response, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electricity prices, ev benefits, ev charging, research

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:26:58 +0000

Can the electric grid handle all the electric vehicles (EVs) we need to address the climate crisis? Most people now accept that EVs are companions to solar and wind generation. The electricity system is built for the most demanding hour of the year, but during every other hour there’s excess … [continued]

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Why Are You Paying To Subsidize The Fossil Fuel Industry?

October 8, 2024 admin 350.org, carbon emissions, climate change, fossil fuel subsidies, Fossil Fuels, investment, policy & politics, Sierra Club

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:14:18 +0000

How much are you willing to subsidize the government and prop up the fossil fuel industry? Governments across the world now spend a total of $2.6 trillion per year on subsidies that harm the environment, jeopardizing global climate and biodiversity targets. The public should not be paying at the pump … [continued]

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Our Favorite Activists From The Independent’s Climate 100 List — And, Yes, Musk Makes The Grade

October 6, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, elon musk, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:44:12 +0000

The Independent created the Climate 100 List to make transparent the difficult work of climate activists. The UK publication argues that, although we are near tipping points at which the drastic effects of the climate crisis caused by humans will become irreversible, innovators around the globe have offered hope. They’ve … [continued]

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Quebec Hydrogen Fleet After Four Years: $500 Per Kg Hydrogen, & No One Used Them

October 5, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, policy & politics, Quebec, toyota mirai

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:20:42 +0000

A year ago, I was having fun with the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, a tragicomedy in six parts. One of the many enactments of this tragicomedy had left Act 5, where the hydrogen fleet is permanently parked. The provincial government of Quebec quietly returned roughly 50 fuel cell cars … [continued]

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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

October 5, 2024 admin batteries, blue hydrogen, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, grid, grid storage, heat pumps, hydrogen, India, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, mass transit / public transit, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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