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Florence and the 5 Stages of Climate Change Acceptance
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Now that we’ve gotten through Hurricane Florence, Americans should be completely up to speed when it comes to dealing with disasters that have been amplified by anthropogenic climate change, right? Not so fast. Judging from…
Accused Abortion Smoothie Monster Jason Miller on Trump and Climate
Skip to 4:11 if rushed. Trump spokesman recently named in court documents “of slipping an abortion pill into his pregnant girlfriend’s smoothie”. (is there anyone that doubts this?) Climate denier, natch. Advertisements…
Al Gore on Florence, Democracy and Denial
Conservative’s pathological hatred of Al Gore is based on the deep seated recognition that George Bush, who was handed the Presidency with a minority vote, (due to a Supreme Court judges his Father had appointed) was, until recently, the worst…
Water from Wasteland in Texas Hill Country
Continuing the theme of bioremediation. Advertisements…
Be a Coal Miner!
Public Service spot from the UK, 1975. Back when coal mining was glamorous, I guess. GOP is dusting this off to recruit millennials to , I guess. Advertisements…
Renewables Help Communities Weather Hurricanes
Quartz People of the Carolinas are picking up the pieces after Hurricane Florence, the wettest tropical cyclone on record. Among the news of dozens of deaths, overflowing pig-manure lagoons, and flooded coal-ash fields, there are some bright spots. Solar-power installations…
Rethinking Cooling – In a Warming World
Above, new approaches to air conditioning – an emerging major energy suck. Below, Chicago’s district cooling technology – here today.…
Florence Waters, and Fears, Still Rising,
Washington Post: Floodwaters breached a dam near a Duke Energy power plant on Friday, the company said, raising fears that toxic coal ash could reach the nearby Cape Fear River. The rising waters also swamped a 625-megawatt natural gas plant…
More Evidence: East Antarctica a Sleeping Giant
Nature: Understanding ice sheet behaviour in the geological past is essential for evaluating the role of the cryosphere in the climate system and for projecting rates and magnitudes of sea level rise in future warming scenarios. Although both geological data…
PBS Newshour – Media Catching up with Science of Climate/Cyclones
The tracks of Cyclones in temperate regions may be affected by changes in arctic sea ice. But those watching these videos heard from the key players in this emerging science in 2012. When Jennifer Francis started finding tele-connections between the…
In China, Agriculture, Forests, and Solar Power Pushing Back Deserts
Model for pushing back deserts in China. Just to be clear, China is engaged in pillaging and raping environments around the world, – but credit where it’s due – this appears to be promising sustainable technology – and points the…
The Rush for Better Batteries
Above, gravity storage concept is a physically simple idea, one of dozens currently in development to tackle the variable energy of renewables. Wired: But this exhilarating progress in “decarbonizing the energy sector” (in the jargon of energy economists) misleads. Today,…
Even In Trump Era, GOP Must Still Pretend to Care about Environment
Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, and nowhere more evident here. Well known as a racist and Trump sycophant, (but I repeat myself..) Florida Gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis recently told reporters that sea level rise, might indeed be…
Music Break: Leon Bridges – Beyond
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One Power Plant in NC Did Not have a Toxic Spill
Photo of one of Cypress Creek’s solar plants in Eastern NC, taken after the hurricane – in solid shape. Resilient, sustainable power 💪 (and with on-site fuel supply!) pic.twitter.com/3q2RPMxAya — Tyler Norris (@tylerhnorris) September 18, 2018…
Animal Death Toll Heavy in Florence
Quartz: Another victim of Hurricane Florence: farm animals. Millions of animals left on farms in North Carolina during the record-breaking rainfall have drowned in the flooding. As of Tuesday (Sept. 18), the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,…
Reposting: Post Florence – Cold Blob now a Hot Topic
Gentle reminder: Those who follow these videos will get an early heads up on emerging topics in climate change. Stefan Rahmstorf’s 2015 paper (with Michael Mann and Jason Box) is, in the wake of Hurricane Florence, a hot topic of…
S**tStorm: Florence Brews a Toxic Poop Soup in NC
In other words, the ultimate Trumper wet dream. Yahoo News: About 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped dozens of farm buildings where the animals were…
Jennifer Francis: How Climate and Ice Melt Intensify Hurricanes
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New Video: Textbook Trauma – The Emotional Cost of Climate Change
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Lewis Black on Climate Change
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Florence in Tweets
Local beach and dune erosion (before and after) in Kill Devil Hills, NC from #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/AP17T3UPFj — Nick Cohn (@ntcohn) September 16, 2018 WATCH: A herd of deer attempt to cross a flooded road in Jacksonville, NC, during Hurricane Florence.…
How a Big Coal Based Utility Pivots to Wind, Renewables
Up until just a few years ago, Detroit based DTE, the second largest utility in Michigan, and a classic example of a big, coal-heavy rust belt electric producer, was still pushing back on efforts to decarbonize and enact more ambitious…
As Florence Still Drenches, Learning the Lessons
AP climate reporter Seth Borenstein is tallying the lessons of Florence – and doing a pretty great job of brushing off denial trolls on his twitter feed. Seth Borenstein for Associated Press: For years, when asked about climate change and…
Mangkhut Pounds Phillipines
Brutal effects of Super Typhoon Mangkhut over the northern Luzon Island, Philippines! Report: Jordan Rae Salinas / Amanda Smith pic.twitter.com/jnPuBD2BkP — severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) September 15, 2018 Advertisements…
Bill Nye on Hurricane Florence
I like Bill, but I don’t think he’s all that good at this climate comms stuff. (compare to Radley Horton below) But journalists will at least put him on television – because they think their audiences would turn off real…
PBS NewsHour: How Climate Loads the Hurricane Dice
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The Weekend Wonk: Is Florence a View of the Future?
Above, video from 2012. Most relevant passage starts at 3:15. Hurricane Sandy’s sharp left turn. Harvey’s slow walking thru Texas. Florence lingering over the East Coast. All one-offs? Or evidence of climate dynamics affecting storms in an unexpected way? ThinkProgress:…
As Florence Bears Down, GOP Steals from FEMA and Coast Guard to Jail Babies
New: In addition to FEMA, money being transferred to ICE for detention operations also came from the Coast Guard budget to the tune of $29 million. pic.twitter.com/d47UaaNqCo — Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 13, 2018 Priorities. Putting brown skinned babies in…