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Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer
Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer We have been told that intermittent electricity from wind and solar, perhaps along with hydroelectricity, can be the basis of a green economy. Things are increasingly not working out as planned, however. Natural gas or coal used for balancing the intermittent output of renewables is increasingly high-priced […]
Fuel Poverty, the Cost of Living Crisis, and Climate Change: A Data Blog
Fuel Poverty, the Cost of Living Crisis, and Climate Change: A Data Blog Finding solutions to immediate problems and our future needs requires some difficult decisions, and if not thought-out, short-term thinking might create contradictory responses. Though often depoliticised by compartmentalising different problems, across society decisions on energy and the environment are innately tied to lifestyle […]
February is…
February is… …National Pesticide Safety Month. Let’s review some key points of safe pesticide use. Socrates said, “ The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms” So let’s define a pesticide. A simple definition is any substance used to control, deter, incapacitate, kill, or otherwise discourage organisms harmful to plants, animals or humans can be […]
Volcanoes and climate: How will the eruption in Tonga affect our gardens?
Volcanoes and climate: How will the eruption in Tonga affect our gardens? If you have watched the news at all in the last two weeks, you know that there was a huge underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on January 15, 2022, that spewed ash and gases into the atmosphere. It blew with […]
The past’s extreme ocean heat waves are now the new normal
The past’s extreme ocean heat waves are now the new normal More than half the global ocean experiences high temperatures that were rare a century ago Yesterday’s scorching ocean extremes are today’s new normal. A new analysis of surface ocean temperatures over the past 150 years reveals that in 2019, 57 percent of the ocean’s surface experienced […]
Climate change will damage energy infrastructure, costing trillions
Climate change will damage energy infrastructure, costing trillions Preface. Climate change and extreme weather will harm oil and gas exploration and production, electric power generation and increase energy demand due to sea level rise, heat, drought, floods, more storms, and blackouts. Extreme heat and drought will force electric power plants to shut down from lack of […]
Scientists Conclude Dire Climate Change Models Were Wrong, Now What?
Scientists Conclude Dire Climate Change Models Were Wrong, Now What? Scientists admit they did not model clouds accurately and that they need a supercomputer 1000 times more powerful to accurately do that. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, image by Mish, quote by Judy Collins Climate Change Modeling Meets Limits of Science The Wall Street Journal […]
Six-Month Sentence for Lawyer Who Took on Chevron Denounced as ‘International Outrage’
Steven Donziger speaks at a rally for his freedom outside his New York City apartment on July 6, 2021. (Photo: Steven Donziger via Twitter) Six-Month Sentence for Lawyer Who Took on Chevron Denounced as ‘International Outrage’ Conviction of Steven Donziger, said one critic, “perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect […]
Watch: Oil Production Ship Explodes Off Nigeria’s Coast
Watch: Oil Production Ship Explodes Off Nigeria’s Coast Nigeria could be facing an environmental disaster as a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel “Trinity Spirit” carrying 2 million barrels of crude exploded off the coast, according to The Independent. The incident occurred on Thursday morning at the Ukpokiti oil field off Nigeria’s coast. Shebah Exploration […]
Fact-Check: is more than 1.5°C of global warming already locked in?
Fact-Check: is more than 1.5°C of global warming already locked in? Claim: The lag between CO₂ emissions and warming means ~0.7°C of warming is yet to come, and aerosols are masking another ~0.7°C, meaning warming of much more than 1.5°C or even 2°C is already locked in even if we stopped all emissions right now. Reality: If […]
How Bad is Pollution Loading?
How Bad is Pollution Loading? Many people tend to forget about pollution loading as a predicament. After all, the primary focus often has more to do with more immediate concerns such as climate change, energy and resource decline (the REAL reason behind supply chain woes), disease, and other issues seen as being more important. However, when one […]
Fossil fuels vs climate action: A not-so-hidden dilemma
Fossil fuels vs climate action: A not-so-hidden dilemma When crossing the ocean by sea or by air small differences in the direction you take will result in huge differences in your ultimate destination. Back in the middle of the last century, human society might have made relatively minor adjustments in its trajectory, say, in the […]
Are Electric Cars the Solution?
Are Electric Cars the Solution? Or do visions of ‘clean’ robots supplying mobile freedom steer us down the wrong road? Makers of EVs also push ahead on self-augmenting automation. In other words, a car capable of driving itself while you doze. Is that truly ‘freedom’? Fifty years ago, the French political ecologist André Gorz explained that […]
Life on Earth Can’t Handle the Chemical Industry’s Onslaught
Our chemical habit is choking the Earth New research warns that we are producing too many chemicals, too fast, threatening the environment and human health. Photo by Pexels/Pixabay Listen to article Chemical companies have produced more chemicals — including plastics — than the planet can safely sustain without potentially causing irreversible harm to the environment […]
