Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds
New research suggests the massive ice sheet is already set to lose more than 3 percent of its mass, even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today
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Pakistan Hit by Deadly Floods of ‘Epic Proportions’
More than 1,000 have died since mid-June from flooding that a senior official called a “climate-induced humanitarian disaster.”
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What is a Learning Curve & Why Is It Important?
Electricity from fossil fuels used to be far cheaper than renewables. This has dramatically changed within the last decade. The fundamental driver of this change is that renewable energy technologies follow learning curves, which means …
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Geothermal in Iceland
In this 5-min video from TED-Ed, Iceland shows how they extract low-GHG geothermal energy from the Earth. Harnessing geothermal energy with heat pumps is something that can be done around the world.
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64% Of Americans Are ‘Somewhat’ Or ‘Very Worried’ About Climate Change – Will They Vote?
Here are the latest stats from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications. The preconditions for “creating political will for climate change solutions” are there.
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Cortez Masto touts clean energy boost thanks to inflation bill
Labor and environmental organizations gathered with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Friday to tout the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act and how it will benefit the state’s clean energy sector.
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Five 1,000-year rain events have struck the U.S. in five weeks. Why?
Five weeks. Five instances of 1,000-year rain events. If it seems like the weather across the Lower 48 as of late has been bonkers, you’re not imagining things. It’s been a maelstrom of weather extremes, a seesaw fluctuating wildly from significantly dry to record wet conditions.
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VCs say climate bill will help ‘prime the pump’ for startup growth
Perhaps more exciting [than this startup explosion] is the expected impact on Fortune 500s. Thousands of big companies are moving slower owing to the downturn. The climate policy will reverse that trend, spurring activity from the very companies that might buy from or acquire startups.
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Breakthrough, Climate-Friendly ACs: Winners of the Global Cooling Prize Announced
Air-conditioning contributes a lot of CO2 and other GHGs, and as the earth heats, there will be more AC used. Tom Steyer, founder of NexGen America, endowed a $1m price for 5x more efficient AC, won by 3 companies this year. “These technology breakthroughs exemplify incredible progress made when innovators and the right incentives are mobilized.”
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Investors like the climate deal
The early verdicts have arrived: Investors are confident the Democrats’ climate deal will translate into expanded real-world deployment of low-carbon energy.
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Dr James Hansen: The next climate action after the Inflation Reduction Act should be a carbon fee and dividend
Dr. Hansen reviews the political history of climate policy that urges the Biden Administration to press for carbon fee and dividend and reform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Chart: Most voters support climate bill, including majority of Republicans
from Canary Media A poll of likely voters finds overwhelming support for the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes big investments in clean energy and good jobs. 5 August 2022 Maria Virginia Olano< Canary Media’s chart of…
