Author: cne4h

Transcript: Donor supplies that flooded into the area, including solar panels, batteries and other equipment that could help power areas without electricity, poured into the area after Hurricane Helen destroyed western North Carolina last fall. Hebson: “Many large solar companies … they will make these very generous, large, in-kind donations to these devices after the storm.” But Catherine Hebson, a nonprofit’s Footprint Project with the Disaster Recovery Nonprofit, says some equipment will be wasted risks – if it doesn’t find the way for those who need it. So her group formed a free store in western North Carolina, which distributed…

Extreme privilege and fame have never been the secret to emotional stability, but today's Hollywood descendants seem particularly incapable of facing reality. [emphasis, links added] Example: Ramona Sarsgaard, the 18-year-old daughter of actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, was arrested this month for a criminal trespass during a pro-Palestine protest at the Butler Library at Columbia University. This is not her first foray into activism. Sarsgaard has been a determined climate crusader since childhood. At just 13, she gave a speech at the Amnesty International Ambassador’s Awards Ceremony in honor of Greta Thunberg. Like Thunberg, Ramona revolves around the belief…

Have you ever noticed that climate change-how did the crowds of alarmists upend the world with words and phrases, who undermine the meaning that makes their agenda more attractive? [emphasis, links added] Repeat the terms they constantly convinced children and deceived adults to use correctly. 1. Carbon dioxide was renamed “carbon”. Carbon dioxide is a compound of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. There are millions of carbon-containing compounds. These compounds have different properties. For example, carbon monoxide (CO) lacking one oxygen atom is a deadly and toxic gas compared to carbon dioxide (CO2). Therefore, no one should call…

On Thursday (May 22), the House passed a narrow profit of 215-214, the so-called “big and beautiful Bill” [BBB]” – A compilation of large-scale tax and expenditure measures that can now attempt to avoid controversy in the Senate on the grounds of “budget settlement.” [emphasis, links added] BBB is over a thousand pages in length (get the full text here) and covers many topics. Most of the BBB summary I see never receive important subsidies for so-called “green” energy – wind turbines, solar arrays, grid-scale batteries, hydrogen production, etc. This is understandable given the large number of important issues covered…

Transcript: On a hot summer day, the sun will pour into the glass windows of an office or apartment building. That sun would heat up the room inside – making people sweat and force the air conditioner to work harder to cool the building. But a technology called dynamic glass can help keep buildings cool on sunny days. On dark days, dynamic glass windows are very clear, just like any other window. But on a clear day, the dynamic glass darkens – a bit like sunglasses – which can keep sunlight and heat out of the building. Using certain types…

U.S. President Donald Trump has given Britain a friendly advice showing that the country's astronomical energy bill could be lowered if the government increases a cost-effective oil supply instead of trying to block new extractions. [emphasis, links added] UK consumers and businesses pay some of the world’s highest energy prices, but it doesn’t have to be if the country abandons its renewable energy dash and stops stopping new oil drilling. Trump said he praised the U.S.-UK trade deal that was minted earlier this month: “However, I strongly recommend that they lower their energy costs, they stop expensive and incredible windmills…

The New York Times on Climate Change: Two candidates for the day's quote In today’s New York Times print edition, there is a large front-page article documenting how one of their side lost its latest battle in the climate war. The title is “We embrace climate denial in scientific cuts” (the online title is somewhat different). [emphasis, links added] In addition, in today's Times (online version), there is also a feature called “Terms for the Day”. The “One Day Quotes” selected by Times is taken from the previously linked “Climate Denied” article. here it is: “It seems like we are…

Laura Paddison's recent CNN article titled “The critical system of ocean currents is slowing. It has risen in the U.S.,” referring to new research on the Atlantic Meridian Overturning Cycle (AMOC), claiming that current flows are slowing, causing oceans and expensive, deadly coastal flooding to rise. [emphasis, links added] This false claim is based solely on a single, yet-to-be-published and unverified study that uses predictions from a single climate model. Evidence, including other studies and historical reports on AMOC trends, suggests that there is no consensus on the status of AMOC. Instead, scientists’ predictions and media reports on AMOC have…

The Senate approved a resolution Thursday that would revoke California’s federal exemption, allowing the resolution and several other Democratic-led states to authorize electric vehicle sales, which hits activist efforts to drive green energy and fight global warming. [emphasis, links added] The resolution was proposed by Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.), and passed the bipartisan 51-44 vote Thursday morning. There was only one Democrat, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (Michigan), who voted with all the Republicans who voted for the resolution. Five members of the congressman were absent from the vote. “Nationwide, the impact of California exemptions will be felt, hurting multiple…

I transferred from one patient to another and took reusable water bottles from one room to another to keep me hydrated. “You shouldn’t drink from that pregnant plastic bottle,” a social worker, grandmother of five grandchildren. “ I calmed down with a smile:“I’ve checked it: it doesn’t contain BPA.” This was my first pregnancy 13 years ago. At the time, as for plastics and health, all I know is that it should avoid hormone disruptor BPA (BPA). This is basically everything. I think plastics are a pollution problem, not a health risk. But in recent decades, researchers have not only…