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Wildfire Climate Misinformation Is Rampant, And Social Media Platforms Are Promoting It

January 11, 2025 admin 0 Comments climate change, climate misinformation, events, Media, meta, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:47:44 +0000

Devastating consequences of the climate crisis are being submerged by climate misinformation messengers, who are persuaded by a self-serving but very powerful minority to mistrust scientific evidence. In many cases such disbelief emerges from social media affordances, which could actually be tapped as a source for rapid public information dissemination … [continued]

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Stakeholder Collaboration Powers Charging Microgrid & Expansion

January 10, 2025 admin 0 Comments batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:46:26 +0000

Key Takeaways: Those benefiting from charging microgrids must spearhead their build Stakeholders must collaborate to share growth and revenues Use federal and state-level incentives to enhance bankability Edward Freeman, an American philosopher and scholar, is best known for his work in the field of business ethics and strategic management. In … [continued]

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Critical Minerals Are A Gold Rush The West Lost Sight Of

January 10, 2025 admin 0 Comments Australia, battery minerals, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, conflict minerals, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, mineral resources, policy & politics, rare earth minerals, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:35:02 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence with the British Geological Survey. He’s been doing leading research with global collaborators on how much of what resources we can actually get at. Below is the first half of our … [continued]

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A Better Way To Bring Canada & The US Together

January 10, 2025 admin 0 Comments Canada, climate change, Donald Trump, greenland

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:39:07 +0000

No matter where you go for news and commentary, it’s hard to have missed some crazy commentary from President Elect Trump in recent days. Not only is he saying that he wants to buy Greenland (perhaps because it looks bigger than it is on Mercator maps), but he wants to … [continued]

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Charging Ahead: Key Geographical Clusters For Electric Trucks

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:40:46 +0000

Key Takeaways: Focus on high-potential corridors with strong GDP, climate action, and low-carbon electricity Drill down to county-level data to align charging infrastructure with local needs Start with collaborative pilots and scalable microgrids to drive adoption When rolling out electric truck charging microgrids for depots and truck stops, a key … [continued]

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How Bird Flu, Big Ag, & The Climate Crisis Are Interrelated

January 7, 2025 admin Agriculture, Bird flu, centers for disease control and prevention, climate change, HEALTH, heather cox richardson

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:15:08 +0000

Remember how nearly five years ago, Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic? Now bird flu is on the short and serious watch list for health organizations. This is a national situation in the US that could have been avoided, or at least reduced, if the federal government had required Big … [continued]

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Factors Impacting the Transition to Carbon-Free Energy

January 6, 2025 admin carbon-free energy, cfe, climate change, Commentary, decarbonization, google, Legal & Regulatory, power

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:26:13 +0000

The production and consumption of carbon-free energy (CFE) has accelerated worldwide in recent years, driven by large private energy consumers who have been leading this transition. For example, Google has […]

The post Factors Impacting the Transition to Carbon-Free Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Why Is The Sea Level Rise Higher In The Southeast Than In Other Parts Of The US?

January 5, 2025 admin climate change, coastal flooding, HEALTH, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), sea level rise, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:04:57 +0000

Did you know that the first water level observing stations were established in the 1850s? Even back then sea level rise was important to monitor. Alexander Dallas Bache, second superintendent of the coast survey, explained in 1854, “It seems a very simple task to make correct tidal observations; but in … [continued]

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Global Overheating Is Making The Land Drier And Saltier

January 5, 2025 admin climate change, fao, global heating, global weirding, policy & politics, research, unccd

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 23:35:42 +0000

Global overheating is making the land drier and saltier, according to the United Nations which makes growing food more difficult.

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British Columbia Shows Norway How To Decarbonize Ferries

January 3, 2025 admin biofuels, boats, British Columbia, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric ferry, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, ferry, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:28:05 +0000

Moving people and vehicles across short distances is a no-brainer for batteries and electric motors. The only problem, as with most electrification of transportation, is getting electricity at sufficient power levels to the point of charging. British Columbia has a very obvious and straightforward strategy for its ferries. British Columbia … [continued]

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