Climate Emergency XV

• New look at climate data shows substantially wetter rain and snow days ahead: Research shows that by the end of the century the biggest rain and snow days will be 20 to 30% wetter than they are today

  A new look at climate data shows that, by the end of the century, the heaviest days of rain and snowfall across much of North America will likely release 20 to 30 percent more moisture than they do now. Much of the increased precipitation will occur in winter, potentially exacerbating flooding in regions such as the upper Midwest and the west coast. Researchers also found that heavy precipitation days historically experienced once in a century will become more frequent -- as often as once every 30 or 40 years in the Pacific Northwest and southeastern United States.

• G7 minister pledge to speed up clean energy transition – DW – 04/16/2023

  Environment ministers from G7 countries, which account for a quarter of carbon emissions, vowed to mainly "decarbonize power sectors" and eliminate new plastic pollution in their countries by the end of the next decade.

• First turbine rises at Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park - 68 more to follow - Innovation Origins

  First turbine rises at Hollandse Kust Noord. It has a rotor diameter of 200 meters. One turbine blade is 97 meters long.​​​​​​​

• First turbine rises at Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park - 68 more to follow - Innovation Origins

  First turbine rises at Hollandse Kust Noord. It has a rotor diameter of 200 meters. One turbine blade is 97 meters long.​​​​​​​

• Dozens of climate activists arrested after shovelling coal from train bound for Newcastle

  Police charged about 50 protesters after coal train was brought to a standstill for four hours

• UK bird populations continue to crash as government poised to break own targets

  Data shows 48% of species declined between 2015 and 2020 with woodland birds faring worst

• Will the Climate Crisis Trigger Nuclear War? | Transformatise

  Reading Time: 5 minutes We’re hurtling into a world of profound uncertainty The deciding factor in the Soviet Union building a Doomsday Machine in Dr Strangelove was a paranoid fear America would do the same and thereby create a Doomsday gap. The Doomsday Machine was designed to create a radioactive cloud that would encircle Earth for 93 years. The […]

• How is India addressing its water needs?

  World Water Day 2023: How India is addressing its water needs

• Banking on Climate Chaos 2022 - Banking on Climate Chaos

  The world’s 60 biggest banks poured over 4.6 Trillion dollars over 6 years into the fossil fuel industry, driving climate chaos & causing deadly local community impacts. Explore the data behind this number in this years Fossil Fuel Financing report.

• Earth Week phone bank into Mableton, GA

  Join the Environmental Voter Project on Earth Week to turn out low propensity environmental voters in Mableton, Georgia ahead of their April 18th municipal runoff election!

• Global Wind Energy Set to Surpass 1 Terawatt Threshold by End of 2023, Says Wood Mackenzie

  Wind energy is set to hit a major milestone, with global installed capacity predicted to surpass 1 terawatt (TW) by

• New tech could one day scrub ‘forever chemicals’ from your tap water

  While there are already developed technologies to remove PFAS from water, experts say these existing approaches have several major limitations.

• Adrift in the Atlantic, a boat of death and lost dreams

  BELLE GARDEN, Tobago (AP) — Around 6:30 a.m. on May 28, 2021, off the beach near the Caribbean island of Tobago, a narrow white-and-blue boat drifted onto the horizon. From a distance, it seemed no one was aboard.

• G7 ministers agree to speed up transition to clean energy -communique

  The Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to speed up the development of renewable energy and accelerate the phasing out of unabated fossil fuels by 2050, the group said in a communique released on Sunday.

• Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition

  U.S. envoy on climate change John Kerry says so much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions. Kerry says while the business case for reducing emissions is clear, much more needs to be done much faster to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. He spoke to The Associated Press after attending talks of the Group of Seven wealthy nations in Sapporo in Japan, where energy and environment ministers agreed on the urgency of phasing out carbon emissions with a faster shift to clean energy. Kerry also held out hope for cooperation with China on climate despite friction over other issues, saying he had a “very good conversation” with his Chinese counterpart.

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• The $25,000 electric vehicle is coming, with big implications for the auto market and car buyers

  The $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles isn't the only way EV prices are coming down for auto buyers.

• An innovative solution to a devilishly hot problem facing Sydney’s newest city

  Scientists have discovered that a green roof can keep temperatures cool and improve the ability of solar to produce power on the hottest days. A bio-solar green roof will be showcased on the first building in Bradfield city centre, south of Penrith, where temperatures have hit nearly 50 degrees.

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• A 15-year-old law would end fossil fuels in federal buildings, but it's on hold

  A 2007 law could help the country meet its climate change goals by barring fossil fuels from new and remodeled federal buildings. But the law has been on hold and gas utilities want to repeal it.

• California’s ‘big melt’ has begun and could bring perilous flooding with it

  The snowpack contains enough water to fill downstream reservoirs ‘multiple times over’, which could mean a rapid runoff

• Gun deaths among children are soaring

  Gun deaths among America’s kids rose 50% in the last two years.

• Ignoring science, environmental protection and international law – G7 endorses Japan’s Fukushima water discharge plans - Greenpeace International

  The nations of the G7 have chosen politics over science and the protection of the marine environment with their decision today to support the Japanese government’s plans to discharge Fukushima radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean.

• For Young Threatened Desert Tortoises, These Technologies Have Arrived to Help

  Biologists are deploying 3D-printed replicas of hatchlings, lasers and drones to curb predation

• The role of aeroponic container farms in sustainable food systems – The environmental credentials

  Sustainable food production and consumption are key to face the current climate and environmental crisis, hence innovation to produce food with lower …

• Apartments, offices, open-air shopping: 1st peek inside Foothills' redevelopment plans

  Fort Collins got its first peek inside Foothills' redevelopment plans at an open house Saturday. Here's what's proposed for the shopping center.

• Drastic climate action is the best course for economic growth, new study finds

  New study adds to growing body of evidence that the economic benefits of climate action outweigh the costs.

• Native tribe in Louisiana highlights challenges of climate-driven relocation

  In 2022, the Biden administration announced it would pay to help several Native American tribes move away from coastlines and rivers, where waters are rising due to climate change. Special correspondent Megan Thompson reports on an earlier relocation effort in Louisiana that ran into some unexpected complications.

• Top scientists warn ‘the next pandemic is coming and we’re not ready’

  Sir John Bell and Sir David King among leading scientists to argue UK is no better prepared than it was in 2020, as new variant in India causes concern

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• California’s ‘big melt’ has begun and could bring perilous flooding with it

  The snowpack contains enough water to fill downstream reservoirs ‘multiple times over’, which could mean a rapid runoff

• Germany ends nuclear era as last reactors power down

  Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.While many Western countries are upping their investments in atomic energy to reduce their emissions, Ge...

• Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of toxic soil from East Palestine train derailment site crashes on highway

  The driver of the truck was cited for "operating a vehicle without reasonable control" after he went off the side of the road, hit a ditch and pole, and overturned.

• De Soto clears path for massive solar farm

  The city of De Soto, Kansas is figuring out how it’ll handle what could be the largest solar farm in the nation.

• Green Energy: The United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Germany Will Invest $34 billion In a Green Hydrogen Project in Mauritania

  The Green Hydrogen Plant in Mauritania will help to solve the region's energy crisis, with its positive contribution to climate change

• This Dime-Sized Battery Is a Step Toward an EV With a 1,000-Mile Range - Inside Climate News

  Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology have created a solid-state battery that could be used to vastly expand the range of EVs, and it could unlock the ability to use batteries on short-haul aircraft and heavy trucks. But for now it’s a lab-scale battery cell, about the size of a […]

• Suddenly, the US is a climate policy trendsetter

  In a head-spinning reversal, other Western nations are scrambling to replicate or counter the cleantech manufacturing perks in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.

• 'The climate transition is a transformation similar in magnitude to past industrial revolutions'

  COLUMN. Decarbonizing the industry will be require to change equipment but also promote technical progress in clean alternatives while encouraging citizens and companies to reduce their consumption.

• California lawmaker wants Peeps to change its ingredients

  A bill in the California Legislature would ban five chemicals found in some of the most popular candy in the U.S. The bill by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel would ban chemicals found in candy like Skittles, Starbursts and Peeps. Gabriel said his goal is not to ban candy in California. He says he wants companies to use different ingredients to make the candy. Two of the ingredients, including Red dye No. 3, have been linked to cancer. The National Confectioners Association says there is no reason to ban the chemicals because U.S. regulators say they are safe. The chemicals have been banned in Europe.

• Volkswagen Stops Selling ID.4 EV Because Doors Pop Open While Driving

  The stop-sale order applies to18,000 ID.4s built in Tennessee for the North American market.

• ‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high

  Scientists warn of more marine heatwaves, leading to increased risk of extreme weather

• US states consider ban on cosmetics with 'forever chemicals'

  A growing number of state legislatures are considering banning the sale of cosmetics and...

• Judge cancels Montana gas plant permit over climate impacts

  A Montana judge has canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant that's under construction along the Yellowstone River. State District Judge Michael Moses cited concerns over climate change in his Thursday order. Moses says Montana officials failed to adequately consider the 23 million tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases that the project would emit over several decades. The company says the plant would ensure enough electricity is available at times of high demand. The South Dakota-based utlity plans to appeal the ruling. State officials say they have no regulatory authority over greenhouse gas emissions.

• NC town rejects solar farm, fearing it would suck up all the energy from the sun

  Leaders in the small North Carolina town of Woodland rejected a new solar farm after residents expressed concerns that it would "suck up all the energy from the sun."

• Torrents of Antarctic meltwater are slowing the currents that drive our vital ocean 'overturning' – and threaten its collapse

  In a plot reminiscent of the 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow?, Australian scientists are warning that the Southern Ocean’s deep “overturning” circulation is slowing and headed for collapse.

• How Europe Escaped an Energy Crisis | The Tyee

  Germany rebooted their coal power plants last year — but then the EU installed more wind capacity than ever.

• Largest coal plant in Pennsylvania to cease operations

  Owners said the decision is based on several factors, including the low price of natural gas, a large increase in the cost of its ongoing coal supply, unseasonably warm winters and increasingly stringent environmental regulations.

• Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40%

  A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft suggest it could work even for the biggest businesses.

• 2018 Toyota Prius Prime Plug-In Hybrid | Let's imagine the new possible.

  Official 2018 Toyota Prius Prius Prime site. Find a new, plug-in hybrid car at a Toyota dealership near you, or build & price your own Prius Prime online today.

• New Ram electric pickup can go up to 500 miles on a charge

  An electric Ram pickup truck with up to 500 mile (800 kilometers) of range per charge and a battery-powered people-hauling Kia SUV are among the new vehicles being introduced Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show.