This is a long article, but very well-researched and sobering.
A once-unfathomable scenario — Lake Powell dropping to historic lows and shutting down power generators that serve millions — could start as soon as July.
For your cost-benefit calculations: “Urban development, wealth accumulation in disaster-prone areas, inflation and climate change are key factors at play, turning extreme weather into ever rising natural catastrophe losses,” explained Martin Bertogg, Swiss Re’s head of catastrophe perils.
Never underestimate the power of incumbent special interests to feather their own nests. We rely on Market incentives, which are a function of the TOTAL cost of ownership.
The Washington Post looked at 1,200 possibilities for the planet’s future. These 230 are our best hope. Do-able, but urgent. We can do this!
“It’s hard to find examples of major weather events from last year that aren’t related to the jet stream,” PBS producer and host of “PBS Terra” Maiya May says in a new Yale Climate Connections video, produced by independent videographer Peter Sinclair.
Carbon and emissions tech experienced a strong Q3 2022—its third-strongest on record—raising a total of $4.8 billion. Deal value has increased each quarter over the past 12 months, and VC activity is on pace to…
The December conference may be our most important ever. Saturday, Dec. 3rd, 10am – 2pm PST, is the main program. We’ll learn about CCL’s expanded policy agenda and our strategy with the New Congress. Sunday at 10am PST offers 4 alternative workshops. Friday afternoon (4pm – 6pm) is an online Expo where you can check out Action Teams you might like. Go ahead and register now and/or click thru to read more about the program.
Nations will likely burn through their remaining carbon budget in less than a decade if they do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a new study shows, causing the world to blow past a critical warming threshold and triggering catastrophic climate impacts.
Our CEO Ester Baiget: “Let’s stop subsidizing the past.” In 2020, fossil energy received 70% of global energy subsidies. 20% went to renewable energy. Fossils are our history, but cannot be our future. Learn more…
France just legislated that every parking lot for 80 cars or more must be covered by solar panels. That’s 11GW of new solar (same as 10 new nuclear reactors) powering millions of home – zero…
In 3 yrs this #solar installation at a high school in Arkansas turned the district budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8 million surplus. They’re using the surplus to increase teacher salaries. We have…
W need additional climate legislation, and it must be bipartisan. The transition to cleaner energy will be easier if new legislation includes a popular concept of charging carbon polluters at the source an annually escalating fee on emissions, and coupling it with a return […]
