Climate

Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies.

Renewable energy mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generally have little impact on US gas prices

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Climate policy experts note that high electricity rates are in large part due to increased demand from such things as data centers and artificial intelligence, and that non-polluting solar and wind energy are cheaper than fossil fuels.

The paper is here

New legislation comes amid push from big oil, as critics warn polluters’ profits prioritized over Americans’ health

For years, climate scientists have projected that South Texas would grow hotter and drier—that drought cycles would lengthen, that rainfall would become less reliable, and that the water systems built for a wetter century would eventually face conditions they were never designed to absorb. In Corpus Christi, that projection has become a daily operational reality.

MYTHS & FACTS
Happy news about the future of energy Straight talk by Christian Stöcker

There is a ton of very good news when it comes to the development of renewable energy, battery technology and electric mobility. However, most of us are unaware of the true scale and speed of the global transformation in these areas and that the growth rates in such ecologically safer technologies are staggering. This talk aims to throw light on positive developments in the energy sector and how this momentous market shift also explains some of the increased aggression of fossil fuel interest groups and their political allies.

Books in the session:
Männer, die die Welt verbrennen

An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

The fossil fuel economy is finished.

The only question is whether it manages to drag a lot of human civilization into it's grave

This is part of a broad closure of US Forest Service research stations in order to prevent research on the link between a warmer world and more wildfires.

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The fossil fuel industry is funding fascism because they know they lose in a democracy. Young people are ready to fight for both, because we see them as inseparable.

Researchers studying the crustacean’s early life cycles find clues that can help the fishery that depends on them plan for a warmer future.

They've got a quite unusual stove that's got a large battery in it so that it can operate when the power is off, and doesn't need the installation of a 240v power connection. This avoids the cost of an electrical retrofit of old apartment buildings, which otherwise costs far more.

If you've already got your home wired for 240v, you can get an induction stove for far less.

These battery-equipped stoves are expensive right now because they're being made in quite small numbers. The parts needed are coming down in price quite rapidly, so I expect to see them sold in the $2000/unit price range within a few years.