Summer temperatures have shifted toward more extreme heat over the past several decades. Source: It’s Not Your Imagination. Summers Are Getting Hotter. – The New York Times Continue reading It’s Not Your Imagination. Summers Are Getting Hotter.
The digital world is taking more and more space in our lives… and dramatically increasing electrical use. It’s a serious problem given the urgent need fight climate change. In a 2014 study, … Continue reading The bitcoin and blockchain: energy hogs
At no point this month has the Pole been colder than average. It seems a little like science fiction that we don’t talk more about this kind of thing. I mean, doesn’t … Continue reading The North Pole is too warm, again
Countries have put forward commitments on curbing carbon emissions under the agreement, but a report on Thursday found those pledges would see temperature rises significantly overshoot the threshold, with 3C of warming. … Continue reading Paris Agreement Today, Morocco Talks Next Week
If you thought last month was unseasonably warm, you were totally right. Congratulations, planet Earth: Last month was the hottest month ever recorded, according to NASA. And that means 2016 is a … Continue reading July 2016 was the hottest month in recorded history
Know about world’s first carbon negative country, Bhutan in under two minutes. Their GDP is also measured in happiness, not dollars. Source: Bhutan: The world’s first carbon negative country – YouTube Source: Gross … Continue reading Bhutan: The world’s first carbon negative country also the happiest Asian country
Norway’s Dagens Næringsliv newspaper reports that four of the country’s major parties have reached agreement on a proposal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel-powered cars starting in 2025. The … Continue reading Norway Moves Towards Banning Gas-Burning Cars By 2025 – Fortune
Politicians and corporations — governments and citizens alike. Are we so selfish that we risk this future? Source: Wildfire Researchers Tell Us Why Our Future Is Flames Continue reading Wildfire Researchers Tell Us Why Our Future Is Flames
Hybrids, plug-ins accounted for more than 60 percent of Norway’s new vehicles last month. By comparison they accounted for around 2.6% in the U.S. The Norwegian Gov’t had played a big role … Continue reading Most of Norway’s new vehicles were hybrids or plug-ins in March
China in particular is struggling to fight a looming overcapacity problem. “China alone is housing the largest power market investment bubble the world has ever seen,” observed Lauri Myllyvirta, senior global campaigner … Continue reading As Coal Use Drops, Investors Blow Nearly $1 Trillion Globally on Unnecessary New Plants
They don’t hate ‘our freedoms.’ They hate that we’ve betrayed our ideals in their own countries — for oil. Source: Why the Arabs don’t want us in Syria – POLITICO Continue reading Why the Arabs don’t want us in Syria
Started by John D Rockefeller – who made his fortune from oil – the fund singled out ExxonMobil, calling the world’s largest oil company ‘morally reprehensible’ Nice to see the Rockefellers up … Continue reading Rockefeller family charity to withdraw all investments in fossil fuel companies
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