The Darkness is filled with life and light. Video above is fascinating, and touches on how the marine ecosystem may be affected by changing climate and loss of sea ice. Below, David Barber of the University of Manitoba fleshed some…
Fortune favors the prepared mind. – Louis Pasteur RenewEconomy: Portugal’s renewable energy sources generated enough power to exceed total grid demand across the month of March, a new report has found, setting a standard that is expected to become the…
EPA Director Scott Pruitt’s penchant for bullet proof desks, sound proof booths, and first class flights are drawing a lot of fire. Trumpians accept the fiscal and moral rot because they are sure, absolutely sure, and delighted, that Pruitt is…
What about it? Reuters: NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Depression and anxiety afflict Americans who are concerned with the fate of the environment, according to a study of the mental health effects of climate change. Most hard-hit are women…
Offshore wind is exploding in Europe, and readying to blow up in the US. Prices no one expected for a decade now a reality. Coming to a coastline near you. Cleantechnica: Speaking at the International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum being…
Ryan Zinke faithfully executing fossil fuel template. If you don’t say it, maybe it will go away. Reveal: National Park Service officials have deleted every mention of humans’ role in causing climate change in drafts of a long-awaited report on…
New York Times: Every year, as the seasons change, a complex ballet unfolds around the world. Trees in the Northern Hemisphere leaf out in the spring as frost recedes. Caterpillars hatch to gorge on leaves. Bees and butterflies emerge to…
Swamp has been declared a protected wetland. This is so, so, smarmy. Update – New York Times: For instance, in a conversation with one of Mr. Pruitt’s closest aides, Mr. Chmielewski sharply objected to a proposal to buy a $100,000-a-month…
What Exxon knew, Shell knew too. They all knew. They all lied. I don’t believe in hell, but for these folks, one wishes it were true. Climateinvestigations.org: Newly unearthed internal documents from Royal Dutch Shell/Shell Group provide new insights into…
Above, shocking to see archival footage of scientists predicting, in the early 80s, what we are now seeing emerge in global climate. Still, with the Presidential bully pulpit and an international network of anti-science megaphones, the Trump/Putin administration has been…
Recent headlines somewhat alarming about retreat of Antarctica glaciers. Having just spent a lot of time interviewing a significant cross section of glacier and ocean experts, (although not the authors of the current study) – I have to raise a…
To adapt to climate change, we need to preserve the resilience that Biodiversity gives. Paradoxically, climate change is the greatest threat to that biodiversity. Scientific American: Climate change will be the fastest-growing cause of species loss in the Americas…
US Auto industry complains about mileage standards. While GM/Ford hire lawyers and lobbyists, China, Japan, Germany hire engineers. We know how this ends. BTW, keeping fuel use high yet one other bonus to Oil export-dependent Russia and Vladimir Putin. See…
Sniffing out the answers. Bloomberg New Energy Finance: London and New York, March 28, 2018 – Coal and gas are facing a mounting threat to their position in the world’s electricity generation mix, as a result of the spectacular reductions…
University of California: Two important statistics help frame any discussion about food waste: 1.3 metric gigatons of edible food goes to waste every year and at least 795 million people are undernourished worldwide. These numbers are nearly impossible to envision,…