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California’s Battery Storage Fire: Precursor Or Outlier?

January 21, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, batteries, battery storage, bess, California, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, demand response, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid batteries, grid storage, HEALTH, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:27:08 +0000

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, not too far from San Francisco, on January 16, 2025, prompting the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents and the temporary closure of Highway 1. No one was harmed in the incident. Given the massive growth in grid storage battery systems, … [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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Is 2025 The Year Of Food Consumption Patterns That “Break the Rules?”

January 6, 2025 admin Agriculture, bees, FOOD, Food security, food tank, HEALTH, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:17:32 +0000

Food consumption is on the minds of many individuals as the new year rolls on, with nearly half of US adults saying that they’re starting a new diet. Our contemporary food selections have been carefully cultivated for taste and convenience; exotic food luxuries in many of our childhoods are now … [continued]

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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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In The New Year, Climate Activists Must Resolve To Appeal To Emotional Intelligence And Local Contexts

January 2, 2025 admin activism, air quality, Bill McKibben, climate activism, climate change, climate science, HEALTH, social networking

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 04:47:44 +0000

The new year is usually a time for us to resolve to do better, to make decisions that are healthy and lead to personal and collective satisfaction and growth. This year is a bit different, though, with an oligarchy ready to pursue anti-climate goals once it’s ensconced in the US … [continued]

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Year In Review: The State of Biodiversity 2024

December 31, 2024 admin Agriculture, biodiversity loss, bioeconomy, HEALTH, investment, nature climate change

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:58:43 +0000

The state of biodiversity is at a critical crossroads as 2024 comes to an end. Nature in all its gifts provides the basic elements on which all life depends: clean air, temperature control, fertile soil, and clean water. Too few people, though, seem to grasp the centrality of protecting and … [continued]

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Truth In Food Labeling Would Reveal Hidden Harms To Biodiversity, Including Humans

December 11, 2024 admin Agriculture, FOOD, HEALTH, policy & politics, usda

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:58:55 +0000

Should we let businesses that contaminate community water systems write their own rules for what counts as unhealthy? Should we allow factories to spew dangerous emissions into the air? Should we turn our backs when employers force workers to endure dangerous conditions? Of course not. We want to protect each … [continued]

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Lyme Disease Risk Has Increased Because Of Climate Change

December 8, 2024 admin climate change, HEALTH, INTERVIEWS, lyme disease

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:50:48 +0000

Whether you believe climate change is caused by humans or not, climate change and its impacts are happening. Most obviously, extreme weather events are taking place with regularity. The impacts of droughts, hurricanes, record temperatures, floods, coastal erosion from storms, wildfires, and more, are active and measurable. The damage caused … [continued]

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Musk Stirs The Trump 2.0 Inner Circle — And Adds In A Splash Of Cronyism

December 4, 2024 admin China, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, HEALTH, policy & politics, renewable energy standards, tesla stock, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:51:11 +0000

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now an integral part of the Trump 2.0 administration. How Musk will fare in the long haul is yet to be determined — Musk’s mercurial nature may be, ultimately, undone by Trump’s furious outbursts and inability to maintain attention or loyalty for extended periods. Perhaps … [continued]

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