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What is “Grid Scale” Storage?
Utility Dive: Ask people how they segment the energy storage industry, and you’ll often hear them divide it between customer-sited or behind-the-meter storage and “utility-“or “grid-scale storage.” But if you then ask them what they mean by “utility-scale,” you can’t…
Heating Season has Many Considering Gas Alternatives
I know I am. Houston Chronicle: WASHINGTON – A decade after environmentalists championed natural gas as a “bridge fuel” to get the United States off fossil fuels and combat climate change, cities across the country are beginning to question whether…
“We Lost a Decade”: Florida Repubs Start to whisper “Climate Change”..
I’m damn proud my 2014 video includes the clip from Dr. Jim White, who reveals that Florida state employees were not allowed to use the words “climate change” – about 4 months before the mainstream press looked into it. With…
Motivated Sellers: Disaster Capitalism in the Bahamas, Coming to a Neighborhood near You
“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all.” – John Maynard Keynes Philadelphia Inquirer: It didn’t take long. Shortly after Hurricane Dorian damaged…
Salt Creep: Miami’s Ground Water Threatened by Oncoming Seas
Circle of Blue: It’s a gentle intruder, moving stealthily underground, out of sight but not undetected. Salt water continues to move farther inland in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, albeit at a slower rate, according to new U.S. Geological Survey mapping. Researchers…
Meat Companies Jumping on the No Meat Train
We’re used to the idea that oil and fossil fuel companies have interests in renewable energy. This makes sense for a number of reasons. It’s good PR greenwashing. It gives them a window into emerging (competing) technology. It gives them…
Carl Jung: The World Hangs on The Psyche of Man
Sobering warning from one of the 20th century’s most insightful human beings. Only more vivid with passage of time and the emergence of climate change. Video of Trump shooting media and political enemies comes to mind in the discussion of…
Hagibis Drowns Japan
My next video will be about how climate change is weaponizing tropical cyclones. For now.. Washington Post: Typhoon Hagibis proved to be extraordinarily devastating for northern Japan when it struck this weekend, unleashing more than three feet of rain in…
Climate Change is here. Mitigate, Adapt, or Suffer.
Above, worth a review. I spoke to Glacier specialists Lonnie Thompson and Konrad Steffen, one a specialist in tropical glaciers, another in the arctic. Worthwhile thumbnail of climate science history, and prospect for the future. Below, former New York Times…
Hydrogen Economy Rising Again
After a brief flurry of interest 20 years ago, hydrogen as an energy carrier has been somewhat eclipsed by the rise of solar and wind renewable energies. However, now that renewables are booming, carbon free hydrogen production is a viable…
Birds: Literally, the Canaries in the Coal Mine
Needed: More Wind Turbines. And solar panels. And efficiency. Now. Above, rural officials with wind turbines in their local area, and Garry George of the Audubon Society. Audobon: “A lot of people paid attention to last month’s report that North…
Hagibis Pounding Japan: Direct Hit on Tokyo
Heavy Rain Emergency WARNING issued.#Hagibis #Typhoonhttps://t.co/xZHPRNU5fb pic.twitter.com/F3Hr5hARt6 — NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) October 12, 2019 Typhoon #Hagibis made a direct hit on Tokyo, together with landslides, floods and an earthquake-Most powerful storm for 60+ years-Millions evacuating-500mm of rain to fall…
Even Texas Waking up to Climate Change
Above, in a 2014 interview, Katharine Hayhoe expresses chagrin at the state of climate denial in Texas. That’s changing, perhaps in response to repeated, crushing natural disasters. Grist: Does Texas, the metaphorical oil tank of the American petroleum operation, care…
Energy Disaster Animal Video of the Week: Dogs of Chernobyl
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Hilda Flavia Nakabuye of Uganda: “You Will Soon Feel the Same Heat that We Feel”
Statement from African activist at the C40 World Mayors Summit. Advertisements…
Gas Barons are Worried, and They Should Be
Above, new ad campaign from American Petroleum Institute. Desmogblog: Fracking has produced so much natural gas in the U.S. that prices are at historically low levels due to the “glut” of natural gas — something a recent article in Natural…
Flight Shaming, Personal Action, and Climate Catastrophe
Above, Travel guru Rick Steves imposes a carbon tax on his tour business. Confession: I, from time to time, as part of my mission to communicate global climate change in a comprehensive and convincing manner, fly in airplanes. I also…
Arctic Sea Ice Loss Visualized
Andy Lee Robinson’s annual summary of Arctic Sea Ice volume loss. Advertisements…
CBS News: PG&E begins power outage in California due to wildfire threat
More new realities in a climate altered world. Advertisements…
Climate Policies that People Actually Want
Stop apologizing for acting on climate change. Dammit. Atlantic: Voters are more worried about climate change than ever, but they also seem to dislike the Democratic Party’s move to the left. So how do voters feel about this new set…
When “Thousand Year Floods” Just Keep Coming..
I used an iPhone recording from youtube to open a 2016 video on weather casters and climate science. Now NPR is profiling the demise of Ellicott City, one of America’s most vulnerable towns – which looks like a dress rehearsal…
Fatboy Slim: Sampling Greta Thunberg’s UN Speech – “Right here, Right Now..”
#GretaThurnberg mashed with @FatboySlim – Right Here, Right Now. pic.twitter.com/InbZLf3awU — David Scott (@TheKiffness) September 24, 2019 Guardian: Fatboy Slim has paid tribute to Greta Thunberg in a performance in Gateshead over the weekend, mixing her speech to the United…
Trump: The Ultimate Deadbeat Wind-Bagger
“Great and unmatched wisdom” guy stiffs Scottish Court on costs of his predictably dumb war on wind turbines. Guardian: Donald Trump’s family firm is refusing to accept a legal bill worth tens of thousands of pounds after he lost a…
Take the Climate Blog Survey
I’m participating in a survey of climate blogs conducted by Cambridge University and Wageningen University, which should take about 12 minutes to complete. I invite any and all readers to participate as well. Details below. ——————————- Please share your views…
Greta Thunberg in Iowa Visit: Inspiration, and Threats
USAToday: DES MOINES, Iowa – A Waterloo high school teacher is on administrative leave after he left a threatening Facebook comment on a news story about climate activist Greta Thunberg’s Iowa City visit Friday. Matt Baish, a science teacher at…
New Video: Wind Turbines Supporting Hard Hit Rural Economies
Spending a lot of time last few months talking to citizens and officials in rural Mid-Michigan, where wind development is transforming hard-pressed small towns and rural areas with new revenue and opportunities. Advertisements…
Climate Disaster Dog Video of the Week: Post Dorian Dog Rescue
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Climate Lawsuits Follow Tobacco Template
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PBS: Why Extreme Climate Scenarios Seem More Likely
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