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Commbank Follows Super Funds in Curbing Investment in Fossil Fuels

August 20, 2024 admin Australia, banks, climate change, Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, Natural Disasters, stranded assets

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 11:31:12 +0000

I was incredibly pleased and excited to read this headline in my newsfeed this morning from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC): “Commonwealth Bank stops lending to fossil fuel companies without genuine emissions plan.” It’s about time. Add that to the withdrawal of support from some of Australia’s very well-funded superannuation … [continued]

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How Can Hurricane-Proof Houses Become More Common Across The US?

July 28, 2024 admin better buildings, buildings, climate change, energy efficiency, Extreme weather, hurricanes

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:49:30 +0000

The howling wind rises in pressure and sound, like an oncoming train. Then it arrives with speed and force, filling the landscape with leaves and branches in its path. Sheets of rain blow sideways. Large trees seem grabbed by a claw from their roots and crash to the ground, ripping … [continued]

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Many Small Countries At Risk Of Devastation & Death From Climate Change

July 5, 2024 admin climate change, Extreme weather, green economy, hurricanes, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:47:00 +0000

As you read this, climate change is wreaking havoc on island nations in the Caribbean in the form of Hurricane Beryl.

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Did You Know That Climate Hazards Are Raising Your Household Consumer Costs?

June 27, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate adaptation, climate change, Extreme weather, extreme weather climate change, HEALTH, investment

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:03:00 +0000

Along the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts, sea levels have risen at least 6 inches since 2010. You wouldn’t think that’s a big problem in the scheme of things, but it is forcing groundwater to rise, which leads to elevated risks of overflowing septic tanks. The impacts of climate hazards … [continued]

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Graph: Electricity Demand Surges in New England Amid Heat Wave

June 26, 2024 admin Connecticut, extreme heat, extreme heat waves, Extreme weather, heat waves, Illinois, maine, Massachusetts, New England, new hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Uncategorized, vermont

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:19:28 +0000

Electricity demand in New England surged this week as high temperatures persisted through much of the United States. Demand in the electric grid territory of New England’s Independent System Operator (ISO-NE) peaked at 23,324 megawatts (MW) during the evening of June 20, approaching last year’s peak hourly demand in this … [continued]

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Some U.S. Regions at Risk of Energy Shortfalls in Extreme Summer Conditions

June 24, 2024 admin climate change, energy security, extreme heat, Extreme weather, heat waves

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:28:40 +0000

Parts of the United States could be at risk for electricity supply shortages if electricity demand peaks are higher than anticipated or if less electricity is generated than expected, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2024 Summer Reliability Assessment. Under normal summer demand conditions, NERC expects the continental … [continued]

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“Moderate” Is the New “Extreme”: Weather’s Impact on Growing Renewable Grid Operations

June 17, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, Extreme weather, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:28:22 +0000

How Shifting Our Perception of Extreme Weather Can Aid Planning for a Reliable Wind- and Solar-Rich Power System From severe storms to recent unprecedented cold and heat waves, extreme weather events are impacting electric utilities, grid operators, and ultimately customers like never before. At the same time, the energy sources … [continued]

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FERC: Improved Preparations Mitigated January Winter Storms, Resulting in No Load Shed

April 30, 2024 admin cold-weather preparedness, derates, elliott, energy security, Extreme weather, ferc, force majeur, forced outages, full coverage, Gas, gerri, heather, Management, natura gas-electric coordination, nerc, news, power, reliability, uri, Winter Storm

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:17:13 +0000

Reliability measures implemented after Winter Storm Uri and Elliott were largely effective at averting distress on the power and natural gas systems during two severe arctic storms that swept across […]

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$95 Million for Water Resources & Ecosystem Health

April 21, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, climate change, deb haaland, department of the interior (doi), drought, Extreme weather, global weirding, investing in america, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, Natural Disasters, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:43:33 +0000

Albuquerque, New Mexico — During remarks at the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration in Albuquerque today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the availability of up to $95 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for projects to bolster water resources, advance ecosystem health and support resilience in … [continued]

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Winter Storms Have Disrupted U.S. Natural Gas Production

March 16, 2024 admin Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, global weirding, natural gas, us natural gas

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:35:52 +0000

Over the last four winters, winter storms Uri (February 2021), Elliott (December 2022), and most recently, Heather (January 2024) interrupted weekly U.S. natural gas production by more than 15 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to daily estimates from S&P Global Commodity Insights. These declines were the largest interruptions … [continued]

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