Death Rates Depend On Energy Source
Interest data on deaths from various energy sources from Scott Galloway’s column predicting that nuclear technology will take off in 2022.
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The rare spots of good news on climate change
From MIT Review: It looks increasingly clear that we’ll at least sidestep the worst-case scenarios.
James Hansen on “Don’t Look Up” and the American Dream
Editor’s Note: Jim Hansen contemplates the new Netflix “comedy” Don’t Look Up as a not-far-exaggerated allegory of US political and media reaction to climate change. His letter is strongly supportive of CCL. Definitely worth reading.
Settlement Allows Wind Energy To Be Transported, WY to Las Vegas
Remember our earlier report – how a federal agency blocked construction of a 730-mile transmission line from a 3,000-megawatt Wyoming wind farm to the West Coast? Well, some good news:
Coronavirus Response Barely Slows Rising Carbon Dioxide
Monthly Peak for 2021 nears 420 parts per million at Mauna Loa Observatory. Nature doesn’t care about US political will.
The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
Since the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide
Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)
The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. A global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out.”
Renewable Energy Is Great—but the Grid Can Slow It Down
Many solar and wind projects face a problem: getting the energy from where it’s made to where it’s needed. #RegulatoryChangeNeeded
A Legendary VC Has a Plan for Solving Climate Change
Silicon Valley VC John Doerr has published an interesting and unusual new book about it—Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now. (Much of the book is free to read on its website.)
Here’s how filmmakers have tried to make sense of climate change
Over the past 20 years, directors have increasingly put out movies that help viewers process a crisis of existential proportions.
Seeking Space for Solar Farms, Cities Find Room at Their Airports
Airports around the nation are installing solar arrays on unused land, roofs and parking garages, helping them achieve self-sufficiency while also providing power to their communities.
Climate Change an ‘Emerging Threat’ to U.S. Financial Stability, Regulators Say
The Financial Stability Oversight Council issued a formal warning on the economic damage that global warming could inflict.