climate crisis – Thinking Port

Hurricanes Were Extra Disruptive to US Energy Infrastructure in 2024 — I’m Shocked

December 20, 2024 admin climate change, climate crisis, energy information administration (eia), Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, global weirding, hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Oil

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:57:20 +0000

After warnings for years from climate scientists that hurricanes were going to get bigger and more destructive, I’m absolutely shocked to learn that hurricanes this year were bigger and more destructive than normal in the US. Sarcasm aside, I lived through a couple of serious hurricanes, including going through the … [continued]

The post Hurricanes Were Extra Disruptive to US Energy Infrastructure in 2024 — I’m Shocked appeared first on CleanTechnica.

CleanTech Energy News Science

The Tesla Ethicist: Musk, X, & Feeding Voter Indifference About The Climate Crisis

December 12, 2024 admin cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, climate crisis, climate disinformation, electric cars, elon musk, Fossil Fuels, tesla, voters

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:50:44 +0000

Dear Tesla Ethicist: My allegiance to Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been long-standing — at least until lately. I remember being excited at seeing my first sighting of a Model S in western Connecticut in the mid-2010s. It was sleek and alluring, and it gave me hope that battery-electric vehicles … [continued]

The post The Tesla Ethicist: Musk, X, & Feeding Voter Indifference About The Climate Crisis appeared first on CleanTechnica.

CleanTech Energy News Science

Earth Day 2024: The Climate Crisis & Why We Fight

April 22, 2024 admin cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, climate crisis, climate solutions, disney, Earth Day, Plastic, plastic pollution, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:04:08 +0000

In an echo of the World War II documentary series “Why We Fight,” Disney aims its storytelling firepower on the climate crisis.

The post Earth Day 2024: The Climate Crisis & Why We Fight appeared first on CleanTechnica.

CleanTech Energy News Science

Want People To Support Climate Legislation? Explain It In Everyday Language

February 26, 2023 admin climate change, climate crisis, Media

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:05:57 +0000

How people think and talk about our steadily warming world has a lot to do with the language we embrace to describe it.

CleanTech Energy News Science

World Risks “Doom Loop,” IPPR Warns

February 23, 2023 admin climate change, climate crisis, green economy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:24:14 +0000

A UK climate advocacy group is warning about a “doom loop” if we focus on the effects of global warming, not the causes.

CleanTech Energy News Science

Doomsday Clock Set At 90 Seconds To Midnight

January 29, 2023 admin climate crisis, doomsday clock, nuclear energy, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:45:59 +0000

This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.

CleanTech Energy News Science

Train Your Brain To Mind The Climate

December 18, 2022 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean tech, clean transport, climate change, climate crisis

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:06:35 +0000

How can we learn to appreciate climate-friendly behaviors that are beneficial in the long term? It will take conscious efforts to resist short-term consumer satisfaction that perpetuates climate pollution and risks a healthy future.

CleanTech Energy News Science

A Wave Of Technologies Uses Nature To Fight The Climate Crisis

September 23, 2022 admin Agriculture, clean tech, climate change, climate crisis, investment, nature based solutions

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:00:08 +0000

Innovative ventures in the newly-emerging category of “Nature Tech” are focused explicitly on accelerating nature’s natural ability to regenerate. Considering an estimated $44 trillion of economic value relies on nature, these investments are increasingly seen as sound propositions, both financially and for the sake of the planet.

CleanTech Energy News Science

We Can Have (Just About) Everything We Want For Energy & The Climate

July 4, 2022 admin air quality, batteries, clean power, climate change, climate crisis, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, hydroelectric, mark z. jacobson, Nuclear, nuclear energy, research, Solar, Solar energy, Water, Wind, wind energy, wws

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:05:31 +0000

The only things we have to give up are killing people and wrecking the environment. Okay, let’s start with a list of the things we would really like to have for energy and the climate in the year 2050. For many CleanTechnica readers, the list of things we want to replace the business-as-usual (BAU) approach […]