Northern Hem Heatwave May Have Arctic Root
Warming in the Arctic could be behind the heatwave that's sweeping the northern hemisphere https://t.co/4f6kgbfROt pic.twitter.com/arnZxf1teE — New Scientist (@newscientist) July 24, 2018 New...
View ArticleTexas Wind Passing the Heat Test
Clean Economy Weekly (newsletter): The electricity grid that serves most of Texas hit an all-time record for demand last Thursday, topping out at 73,259 megawatts between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. The record...
View ArticleHi Capacity, Non-Flammable Super Batteries on the Way
Interview/description of New Ionic Materials battery above, clip from a longer PBS Nova piece you can view at bottom of post. IEEE Spectrum: According to Silicon Valley visionary and Sun Microsystems...
View ArticleConservative Support for Renewable Energy Growing
WRAL Raleigh North Carolina: We asked whether voters would be more or less likely to support a legislator or candidate who favored renewable energy options like wind, solar, and biomass technologies....
View ArticleRepublican Introduces Carbon Tax Proposal
A brave Republican breaks the carbon barrier with a carbon tax proposal. Not everyone loves it. RepublicEN: On Monday, for the first time in nearly ten years, GOP members introduced a climate...
View ArticleFacebook Still Unclear on Climate Science
Facebook apparently still OK with a whole lot of right wing wackjob hate speech, but climate science sets off their buzzers. Somebody should maybe let them know? Facebook says this episode of our...
View ArticleGlobal Heat Wave will Hit Your Wallet Soon
Bloomberg: Commodity producers are having a summer to remember, for all the wrong reasons. A heatwave across swathes of North America, Europe and Asia, coupled with a worsening drought in some areas,...
View ArticleSenators Demand Action on Grid
NBC News: WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo of U.S. senators is urging President Donald Trump to pay more attention to the threat posed by Russia against critical infrastructure like the nation’s electric...
View ArticleUber and Lyft May Overwhelm American Streets
Streetsblog: Contrary to the story Uber, Lyft, and their peers like to tell, ride-hailing services are not reducing traffic in American cities. Nor will they, even if they meet their goals for...
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