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from masterresource By Robert Bradley Jr. — November 7, 2024 Ed. notes: This article was originally published on January 19, 2017, as Donald Trump was about to be inaugurated as president. “Good news indeed! Energy cuts are a piece of cake compared to the hard budget choices faced in the transition from nationalism and stagnation to a dynamic, coordinated, and ever-expanding entrepreneurial economy. Rome isn't burning, but Climate Progress' Joe Roem is. “Will Trump go down in history as the man who ended a livable climate?” he wrote, subtitled “The fate of humanity is in the hands of a denier…
At the University of Toronto, across from the football stadium, workers are building a 14-storey building that will house classrooms and faculty offices. What's unusual is the way they built it – by bolting together huge beams, columns and panels made of faux wood panels. As each wooden element is transported via flatbed truck, a tall crane lifts and holds it in place while workers connect it with metal connectors. In its semi-finished state, the building resembles flat-panel furniture being assembled. The tower uses a new technology called mass timber. In this construction, steel beams and concrete are replaced by…
Wild blueberries have been grown in Nova Scotia for thousands of years. Today, farmers manage many naturally occurring fields and harvest fruit. But with climate change, the region's wild blueberry industry faces a series of problems. David Percival of Dalhousie University said blueberry fields typically bloom within a few weeks of spring. But this year, warmer temperatures have caused many fields to bloom simultaneously. Therefore, pollinators like bees don't have much time to visit all the flowers and fertilize them – a necessary step in producing berries. Percival: “Because the flowering period is compressed into a short period of time,…
not many people know Paul Homewood Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed funding to build the UK’s largest hydrogen production facility in Bradford. Bradford Low Carbon Hydrogen, a redevelopment of a former gas storage facility, is the largest of 11 green hydrogen projects planned to receive a share of £2bn from the government. The Bradford scheme has received planning permission and is expected to create up to 125 new jobs in the city. The plant will produce 12.5 tonnes of hydrogen per day, taking around 800 diesel buses off West Yorkshire roads every day. The project is delivered by joint venture…
Folks, it's happened again. Germany—Europe’s economic powerhouse, the land of engineers and sophistication—has fallen flat on its face. Why? Because its leaders are chasing a climate dream that has more holes than Swiss cheese. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition has just collapsed, for a simple and obvious reason: the combination of climate policy madness and fiscal reality. The German government is definitely going green. It went green like a tree frog, throwing logic and responsibility out the window at the same time. Scholz fired his finance minister, Christian Lindner, for daring to do his job – keeping the books balanced…
from climaterealism A November 4 Bloomberg article titled “Extreme rainfall becoming more frequent and deadly” reported on the recent flooding in Valencia, suggesting that climate change is producing more extreme rainfall events now than before. More deadly. This is wrong. The data proves that Bloomberg’s claims don’t stand up to fact-checking, as floods have not become more frequent or severe. First, it is important to distinguish between weather and climate. While extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall are a natural part of weather patterns, they are often wrongly attributed to climate change without actual evidence. as climate realism It…
In his paper, “The relative importance of carbon dioxide and water in the greenhouse effect: Does the tail wag the dog?”Demetris Koutsoyiannis discusses the main drivers of the greenhouse effect, arguing that water vapor and clouds contribute far more than carbon dioxide (CO2). Koutsoyiannis uses a radiative transfer model (MODTRAN) to analyze downwelling and outgoing longwave radiation and derive macroscopic relationships that quantitatively express greenhouse gas effects. His calculations show that water vapor and clouds contribute between 87% and 95% of the greenhouse effect, while the impact of carbon dioxide is only about 4% to 5%. The findings also indicate…
Hurricane Rafael made landfall in southwestern Cuba, approximately 40 miles southwest of Havana, at 4:15 pm (EST) on Wednesday, October 6, with winds of 115 mph (185 km) and a Category 3 in the center storm. Rafael was the first major hurricane to make landfall in Cuba in November since Hurricane Michelle in 2001. Rafael traveled northwest, passing about 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Havana, where sustained winds were measured at 44 mph (71 km/h), with gusts as high as 71 mph (114 km/h) at 3:50 p.m. ) (EST) ). Rafael's strong winds caused severe disruption to Cuba's power…
result [the 2024] The election was an earthquake. Polls and experts alike predict a close race that will be decided by a handful of votes in a handful of states. [emphasis, links added] Instead, Donald Trump whipped Kamala Harris. He won the popular election by nearly 5 million votes and defeated her in the Electoral College. … While this campaign touches on many things, one issue has always been lurking: climate policy. The results clearly show Democrats are deeply out of touch with mainstream voters on energy and climate policy. But the national results are only one aspect of voters’…
Typically, Northern Air wind events, such as today's one and Friday's peak, are triggered by high pressure moving into the Great Basin Four Corners region. Looking at this image, you can see that today's high pressure is actually quite far to the north, and the northerly winds blowing from the high pressure into the Sea of Cortez are very weak. So why is there a strong north wind? Looking at the bottom of the image, note the large area of low pressure south of Cabo and how it accelerates wind speeds. Typically, low pressure is much weaker in this area,…