In the wake of Sen. Joe Manchin’s surprise decision announced Wednesday, agreeing (finally) to the first significant federal legislation on climate in three decades, McKibben has written a short commentary at his substack, The Crucial Years.
Editor Note: Normally I don’t recommend 10-minute videos, but this TED Talk makes a compelling case for VIABLE paths to 1.5º C. I believe some of these numbers come from Project Drawdown, a respected non-partisan…
The recent pileup of very hot heat waves does have some scientists wondering whether models could be underestimating the frequency and intensity of such events, and what it all may mean for our climate conditions in the coming decades. Let’s address these issues point by point.
Note: Here is a call to action for ALL Las Vegas community leaders! We need to avoid headlines like this throughout Europe so we don’t dampen tourism.
Since 1970, summer temperatures in Reno, Nevada, have risen 10.9 degrees, making it the nation’s fastest-warming city, according to Climate Central, a nonprofit research group.
Ranked second is Las Vegas, Nevada, which has seen an increase of 5.8 degrees. Boise, Idaho, follows in third at 5.6 degrees.
I’m normally not a fan of geo-engineering because it can have massive unintended consequences and avoids making the hard decisions. But here’s one — Space Bubbles — that looks feasible, cheap and fully reversible.
While the world struggles to find the will to fight global warming and end its reliance on fossil fuels, dozens of startups are putting billions of dollars into the quest for unlimited clean power. On this episode of “Power Moves,” Bloomberg sheds light on the progress of government-subsidized giants, the novel approaches being tried by upstarts, and how the hunt for a fusion reactor that produces more energy than it uses has become a race against global catastrophe.
Engineers at Princeton University have developed a new class of renewable solar energy technology. The team successfully manufactured a perovskite solar cell that can operate above industry standards for close to 30 years, a significant increase over the prior threshold of 20 years. The new technology is efficient and performs at the same level as silicon-based cells.
Canada shows the way, responding to research showing that periodic payments build political support. “Putting a price on carbon pollution is the most efficient way to bring down our emissions, and our federal system gives the proceeds back to Canadians. By moving to quarterly Climate Action Incentive payments, we are providing more money to eight out of every ten families.”
enate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is making a last-ditch effort to pass a budget reconciliation bill during the July and early August work period.
… Freed, of Third Way, said Schumer and Manchin need to work out how much money to raise for climate programs and how long to set tax breaks for renewable energy technologies.
New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average.
The heating is occurring in the North Barents Sea, a region where fast rising temperatures are suspected to trigger increases in extreme weather in North America, Europe and Asia.
Five years ago Project Drawdown published a collection of “drawdown solutions,” technologies and practices that can achieve drawdown—the point when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing. This update adds 11 new solutions and confirms that humanity can reach drawdown quickly, safely, efficiently, and equitably.
