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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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How the Presidential Election Could Impact Renewable Energy Tax Credits

October 11, 2024 admin biden, Business, climate change, Commentary, distributed energy, election, Energy Storage, Environmental, EPA, harris, Hydro, inflation reduction act, irã, IRS, Legal & Regulatory, offshore wind, power, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, tax credits, Technology, Trump, Wind

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:14:09 +0000

President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law in 2022. The IRA is the largest public investments in renewable energy in American history and created more than 20 […]

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Hurricane Milton Made Up To 800 Times More Likely By Hotter Water In Gulf Of Mexico

October 11, 2024 admin climate change, Extreme weather, Florida, hurricane milton, hurricanes, NOAA, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:33:55 +0000

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, its governor and acolytes of Donald Trump are using it to promote more lies about global heating.

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Living Through Hurricane Helene in Buncombe County — Part 1, Days 0–4

October 11, 2024 admin asheville, buncombe county, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, grid, helene, North Carolina, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:06:26 +0000

Buncombe County, Water Scarcity, & The Muddy Submerging Waters of Climate Change Starting on Day 4 and moving back to Days 0–3, here’s a look at what’s been happening in the Appalachians after Helene. Day 4 His eyes widened in alarm as I suggested to the kind man in the … [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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Readout of US Energy Secretary Granholm & Deputy Secretary Turk’s Conversation with Electricity Sector Leaders About Hurricane Helene Response

October 10, 2024 admin climate change, Extreme weather, global weirding, hurricanes, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, kamala harris, Natural Disasters, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:50:19 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On October 4, 2024, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and Deputy Secretary David M. Turk joined electricity sector leaders to discuss the ongoing response and recovery effort to Hurricane Helene, which caused devastating impacts to communities across the Southeast and Appalachia. The leadership of the Electricity … [continued]

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Severe Solar Storm Threatens Power Grid Amid Hurricane Helene, Milton Recovery

October 10, 2024 admin Business, climate change, coronal mass ejection, critical infrastructure, energy reliability, energy security, full coverage, Gas, geomagnetic storm, hurricane helene, hurricane milton, news, news and notes, NOAA, power grid, power outages, solar flare, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:27:12 +0000

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G4-level severe geomagnetic storm watch, urging the North American power grid to prepare for a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) […]

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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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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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Why the 2035 Zero-Emission Car Target is Crucial

October 8, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, green economy, grid, research, te, transport & environment (t&e)

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:50:49 +0000

A T&E briefing outlines why the 2035 goal is so important and why the EU should not reverse it. 1. Why is it important for the climate, the economy and jobs in Europe? Maintaining the ambition of the EU car CO2 standards, including the 2035 100% zero emission target is … [continued]

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