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BEVs & Renewables Apparently Are Not the Answer

November 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, clean transport, climate change, climate science, Electric vehicles, myths, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:26:53 +0000

This article is about critical thinking and bias. If you are interested in why people (all of us) often hold “incorrect” beliefs, read on. This subject is big and “hairy” in that there are many “forcings” that impact how we humans think, understand, and believe. This topic really deserves a … [continued]

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How Networks Of Ocean Sensors Can Improve Marine Weather Predictability

November 15, 2024 admin 0 Comments climate change, data analytics, Extreme weather, NOAA, Shipping, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:44 +0000

What difference would it make to be able to unlock ocean data at scale? How would deploying hundreds of marine sensing platforms improve marine weather predictability and accuracy? A company named Sofar is answering some of those questions these days due to their capacity to use real-time data to improve … [continued]

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The Tesla Ethicist: How Can I Reconcile My Tesla Stock Gains With Musk’s Skewed Self-Interest?

November 14, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, elon musk, green economy, investment, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:40:17 +0000

Today, CleanTechnica’s Tesla Ethicist columnist answers a question about the tensions among being true to one’s morals, Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s absolutist tendencies, and personal Tesla stock portfolios increases. Dear Tesla Ethicist: I’ve always prided myself on my personal wherewithal. I self-financed my own college education by working and extending … [continued]

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Southern CEO: Data Center Demand, Regulatory Changes Could Keep Coal-Fired Units Online

November 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments chris womack, climate change, Coal, data centers, DOE, EEI, Environmental, Georgia Power, Legislative, news, plant bowen, power, Southern Company

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:21:20 +0000

Utilities recognizing the need to produce more electricity, in part to satisfy demand from data centers, may keep coal-fired units in operation longer than anticipated. A lessening of environmental regulations […]

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Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Chooses Inaccuracy, Irrelevancy, & Attack

November 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments ballard power systems, California, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, enbridge, Energy, ev batteries, fuel cell, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, Media, policy research, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:06:13 +0000

Over the past three weeks, I’ve been assessing various aspects of the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium’s (CUTRIC) positions, research, and publications on transit bus decarbonization. I’ve published ten articles directly about CUTRIC’s material and reports, or closely related and with serious implications for their claims that both … [continued]

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Should Democrats Abandon Florida?

November 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments climate change, Democrats, Florida, policy & politics, Republicans

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:43:22 +0000

Florida is famous for “Florida Man” news stories and memes, for the extreme heat frying people’s brains, and for more and more extreme Republicans taking over the state. When I was younger, it was a swing state in national elections— one of the key swing states. It seems that it’s … [continued]

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“Brink of Irreversible Climate Disaster”

November 12, 2024 admin 0 Comments climate change, climate science, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:57:04 +0000

While the world toils over issues like inflation, immigration, and idiocrasy, there’s a monster growing beneath the surface that will increase all of those dramatically. Oh, well, I don’t know for sure if it will increase idiocrasy, but given how humans deal with disaster and crisis, I’d bet on it. … [continued]

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Tribes Fight “Precedent-Setting” Alaskan Land Exchange Proposal

November 12, 2024 admin 0 Comments climate change, deb haaland, HEALTH, native americans, policy & politics, tribal lands

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 02:27:12 +0000

Seventy-seven Alaskan tribes are asking Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to end what they say is her “dangerous attempt to exchange lands at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.” The tribes say, by moving forward, the Secretary stands to jeopardize all federal Alaskan land protections and refuges. The US Fish and Wildlife Service … [continued]

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The Success Of Artificial Islands Strengthens Resilience From Coastal Storms

November 11, 2024 admin 0 Comments blue energy, climate change, Energy, policy & politics, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 03:39:37 +0000

As you look out of the harbor, you see a series of small rocky outcrops breaking through the swells. These artificial islands are popular nesting areas for a wide variety of birds due to the islands’ elevation, which was designed to consider the effects of potential boat wakes, natural wave … [continued]

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Drought Causes Renewable Energy Generation to Drop Again

November 11, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, climate change, energy information administration (eia), hydroelectric, us hydropower

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 03:26:04 +0000

Climate change grows year after year. Climate disruption becomes the norm, and then more disruption comes. We’re in a race against time, and time is winning. The good news is that renewable energy dominates new power capacity installations and new electricity generation. However, sometimes, renewable energy generation goes down, because … [continued]

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