Above, latest jaw-dropping scandal for Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s EPA chief. He used his position to try to secure a Chik-Fill-A franchise for his wife. Let me repeat: He used his position to try to secure a Chik-Fill-A franchise for…
Minnesota Post: It’s easy to list the reasons that rural communities love wind — they provide a new source of tax revenue for counties and townships, lease payments for rural landowners, new jobs and economic development in areas that need…
Above, Minnesota solar farm optimized for pollinators. PV Magazine: In many ways California has led the transition to renewable energy in the United States. As the state continues to build more and more solar and modernizes its approach to electricity…
Inside Climate News: A new review of global data on hurricanes shows that since 1980, the number of storms with winds stronger than 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph, or a strong Category 3) have doubled, and those with winds…
Climate Denial meme: “Scientists who can’t tell you what the weather will be tomorrow want you to think they can predict weather 100 years from now.” Now add – same scientists are controlling Hurricanes to punish climate deniers. Sounds right.…
New York Times: When President Trump announced on June 1 last year that the United States would exit the Paris climate deal, many of America’s largest corporations said they would honor the agreement anyway, vowing to pursue cleaner energy and…
You don’t need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows, and you don’t need a thermometer to read the signs of climate change. Moving uphill helps adapt to rising temps. But sooner or later, you run out of…
Description: Take a virtual tour of the Moon in all-new 4K resolution, thanks to data provided by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. As the visualization moves around the near side, far side, north and south poles, we highlight interesting features,…
Lijing Change is a dynamic climate researcher from China, and co-author with American researchers on an important analysis of Hurricane Harvey’s record rains – the subject of my most recent vid. I wanted to post something to show how much…
Should scientists fly? My response – Hell yes, if they need to. Why, I know scientists who use computers, have watched a TV, and even driven a car. I know some that have even taken a shower. We’re not in…
Jeff Goodell’s book “The Water will Come” is a bestseller describing the oncoming freight train of impacts from sea level rise – much of which is already baked in and unstoppable. When I was with Jeff in Miami working on…
So remember all that stuff that Republicans have always said about how encouraging new technologies is “picking winners”, we need to honor the invisible hand of free markets, the pillars of our economic system, yadda yadda? In the face of…
Kevin Trenberth has a new paper, measuring the change in ocean heat content in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Harvey passed over. Turns out the heat-loss just matches the energy of precipitation that made Harvey an unprecedented catastrophe. Dr.…
Not saying mainstream media is racist. But how would it be different if they were? Lazy reporting focused on clickbait and celebrity trash news is not just making us stupider, it’s killing us. Media Matters: On Tuesday, Harvard researchers published…
“A cold spring is kindly, and fills the barn finely” – weather proverb My new video will be posted in hours – it’s about climate impacts on ocean heat and hurricanes like Harvey. Meanwhile, I’m waiting for the outer bands…
First the teapot brouhaha of Musk brushing off journalists. Bottom: GM’s Mary Barra bullish on EVs. Gizmodo: Talking to Elon Musk on the phone does not seem like a pleasant experience. The billionaire reportedly hung up on the head of…
Cyclone Mekunu has battered Socotra off the coast of Yemen and has made a bit of a mess of Salalah in southern Oman. Cat 3 downgraded in the last hour to Cat 1. pic.twitter.com/SoDZ9ZZv1Z — @GeoBex (@Bex2018Geobex) May 26, 2018…
Here in mid-Michigan we spent yesterday without power following unusually violent, (for this area) thunderstorms on Saturday night. Other parts of the Eastern US got pounded as well. More on the way. As soon as I saw the images coming…
Washington Post: KIEV, Ukraine — A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill…
The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -W. B. Yeats Above, Lee Atwater, famously ruthless political strategist for Ronald Reagan and the elder George Bush. He perfectly encapsulates the “Southern Strategy” – a…
NYTimes: WASHINGTON — Since Donald J. Trump began dominating American politics more than two years ago, Democrats concerned about his policies and behavior have taken solace in a group of influential Republicans who have consistently assailed the president as anathema…
I inform people that other states or countries are adopting some pretty aggressive renewable and efficiency standards. My follow up question is: “Your competitors are gearing up to run their economy on fuel that is free. What’s your response?” GreenTechMedia:…
This is a great series, glad to see its been discovered. Closer look at a little known episode of earth deep-time history. Caution: requires belief in science. Advertisements…
The most reliable information about ice mass balance has been coming from the Gravity Recovery and Environment Experiment (GRACE) satellites for the last decade. But that pair of satellites was reaching the end of its useful life, and scientists have…
Disruptive technology. Practice using this phrase in a sentence. Just trust me on this. A Perennial climate denier distortion is to claim that Electric vehicles do not run cleaner, because they are charged from a dirty grid (which…
My wife says I need to back away from obsessive concerns about climate change. Think I’ll take up knitting. EllieHighwood: Q. What do you get when you cross crochet and climate science? A. A lot of attention on Twitter. At…
Science literate readers respond to Wall Street Journal Op Ed that questioned first order physics of thermal expansion. Briefly, former scientist, tobacco apologist, and dotard Fred Singer questioned whether sea level was rising due to a warming planet. Must be…
Michigan Radio: General Motors says a new wind farm being constructed in Ohio brings it one step closer to running all its facilities worldwide on 100% renewable energy. The 100 megawatt wind farm in northwest Ohio was grandfathered in, before…
Hurricane Season starting soon, while many areas will still be recovering from last year’s record destruction. What’s the forecast? Peter Jacobs, above, is a PhD student and researcher at George Mason University Department of Environmental Science and Policy, and with…
a 55 knot phase of my recent @PromiceGL #Q18 Greenland 80 km ski-based snow survey. Yes, a #sufferfest but rewarding with 12 cores over 700 m vertical range on the #QTransect https://t.co/HNEFo5zZFJ pic.twitter.com/4mmpEZbgMr — Jason Box (@climate_ice) May 21, 2018…
