New York Times: Ford Motor’s latest offering seems like an oxymoron twice over: It’s a sport utility vehicle that’s electric … that’s a Mustang. It’s also Detroit’s biggest bet yet on a mass-market future for battery-powered cars. The big automakers…
Flat Earth movement apparently has some “influential minds”. What does that even mean? We live in the age of science denial, and we’d better figure out how to cure that disease. CNN: (CNN)”I don’t want to be a flat Earther,”…
Above – Anthrax from melting permafrost. Below, exotic viruses spreading in newly opened waterways. Science Daily: Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North…
CNBC: McDonald’s has inked two power purchase agreements which will see the fast food giant buy renewable energy generated by wind and solar projects in Texas. In an announcement Thursday McDonald’s described the agreements as “long term” and “large scale.” Construction…
Description: Scientists in Minnesota and Kansas are developing a grain called Kernza, which, unlike most of our food crops, is a perennial plant with a whole host of environmental benefits. While it’s still far from hitting the market widely, food…
Arctic infrastructure depends on the solid surface provided by permafrost. But what happens when that formerly reliable foundation begins to melt due to climate warming? Potential to lose not only an airport, but important staging area for scientists working on…
Robbie Andrew at CICERO: We have a big challenge ahead of us if we are to hold global warming to under 2°C. This is largely because we have already used up most of our collective ‘carbon budget’. The amount that…
I spent a few days in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for a talk on Solar Energy, then ran down to Northern Central Michigan College in Petoskey for a Climate presentation. All just in time to get hammered by the latest polar…
Today: It turns out the massive storm surge from Hurricane Dorian didn’t entirely wipe out the wild horses and cows that lived on North Carolina’s Cedar Island when it made landfall in September. Three of the wild cows simply changed…
WKRC Cincinnati: COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) – Ohio lawmakers are weighing in on how public schools can teach things like evolution. The Ohio House on Wednesday passed the “Student Religious Liberties Act.” Under the law, students can’t be penalized if their…
Motherboard: According to a new U.S. Army report, Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The study found that the US military itself might also collapse. This could all happen…
Anthropocene Magazine: Want to buy a house by the sea? If your neighbors are climate deniers, you’ll pay a premium, according to a new study. The analysis focuses on houses that are likely to be inundated by sea level rise…
Heated: On Monday night, with more than 2.8 million people watching, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he really, truly cares about the environment. (Amazing!) And because he really, truly cares about the environment, Carlson added, he doesn’t want a bunch…
Hurricanes are relatively rare events, in that you only get about 90 of them globally each year, and only a dozen or so of those will be in the Atlantic. Thus there has been some fuzziness about whether we have…
10 Years ago, emails hacked from a climate research center, were selectively edited and released strategically to a credulous, ignorant and click-seeking media. Sound familiar? I think it was the opening shot in the global fossil oligarchy’s war on democracy.…
CBS News: Climate change could punch a hole through the financial system by making 30-year home mortgages — the lifeblood of the American housing market — effectively unobtainable in entire regions across parts of the U.S. That’s what the future…
Like a number of other mainstream companies, Volvo wants to tap into Americans overwhelming desire to move beyond fossil fuels. Some of my favorites: As long as we’re at it, here’s the full Donovan piece.…
Omg, her parents should be arrested for this. They have clearly done some brain damage to her. pic.twitter.com/TPc0m2svNC — Jeff Hudson (@ItsJeffHudson) November 9, 2019 Who will pay for her therapy when she finds out?…
PV Magazine: Lazards has released their two levelized cost of hardware reports – 2019 Levelized Cost of Energy (pdf) and the 2019 Lazards Levelized Cost Storage (pdf) analysis. At a high level, both solar power and energy storage have shown…
Bill Gates recent interview has drawn some fire. Relevant passages come between about 3:00 and 8:00, above. Maybe Bill thinks he’s just being cagey, but even giving the slightest scintilla of air to the idea he might vote for Trump…
Yale Climate Connections: In 2018, five electric school buses hit the streets of White Plains, New York. They provide a quiet ride with no tailpipe emissions. Soon, they’ll do even more. Ari Kahn is with Con Edison, the utility serving…
Too late. Inhofe’s snowball will forever be the legacy of the Republican Party. E&E News: Top House Republicans are talking through how to proceed with their own climate change legislation, and it could be the moment conservative climate advocacy organizations…
Every Animal Knows more than You do. – Chief Joseph Will life be gone before we even begin to understand it? USAToday: WILMINGTON, Del. – This year, a little bird signaled a Delaware researcher that the 2019 tropical storm season…
Above, I took a look at climate-change themed movies some years ago. We’ve not seen anyone do it right, although the anguished scream in “Mad Max Fury Road” comes close. Variety: Roland Emmerich’s movies have a distinct DNA: They unfold…
Utility Dive: A March 5 cyberattack of U.S. wind and solar assets is back in the news, with fresh documents helping shed light not just on the extent, but also the simplicity of the first-of-its-kind intrusion. Cybersecurity experts say it…
Bloomberg: For decades, scientists have sought an affordable and effective way of capturing, storing, and releasing solar energy. Researchers in Sweden say they have a solution that would allow the power of the sun’s rays to be used across a…
