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Coastal waterways face numerous threats—from rising sea levels to storm surge flooding to pollution. So a pilot project is underway in Palo Alto, California, to help jointly address some of these issues. The city plans to build horizontal levees in San Francisco Bay. It is a sloping wetland that provides a transition between the open bay and the highly developed coast. Heidi Nutters helps lead the program in partnership with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. Nutters: “Wetlands have amazing buffering capabilities that reduce the impact of wave action during storms.” The project also offers another benefit. It helps eliminate pollution…
from masterresource Robert Bradley Jr. “In areas where wind farms are being developed, invasive species may harm…industry by reducing fish populations, destroying habitats, and discouraging tourists seeking intact and diverse marine environments.” – Kieran Kelly, Ocean Integrity (Part 2) “Being green is hard, especially when ‘green’ means fighting carbon dioxide (CO2) in a one-dimensional way at the expense of almost every other metric. Consider wind power, land The problems therein (past failures, government dependence, intermittency, site depletion, localized warming, noise, bird mortality, health impacts) are only amplified offshore (cost premiums, wake effects, blade failures, industrialization, hurricanes , piling, political bribery).…
Britons brace for 'economic disaster' as Labor 'sacrifice jobs' for green 'obsession' – does Watt support this?
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Buckle up, folks, because the latest plan concocted by climate fanatics is called “The future of urban consumption in a 1.5°C world” Here it is. But before we delve into the madness, let’s take a quick look at the Frankenstein behind this disaster— C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Founded in 2005, C40 Cities Initiative What started out as a network of the world's major cities came together under the guise of fighting climate change. Founded by the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, the organization has grown into a global cabal of 97 cities (representing over 700 million people) working…
Francine sweeps across Louisiana, more than 390,000 customers without power – The Weather Channel
Francine sweeps across Louisiana, more than 390,000 customers without powerweather channelFrancine intensifies into hurricane as Louisiana prepares for landfall: UpdateUSA TodayHurricane Francine live updates: Storm slams Louisiana coastnew york timesFrancine weakened to a tropical storm and a Category 2 hurricane after making landfall in Louisiana.nbc newsHurricane Tracker Live Updates: Francine downgraded to tropical storm after making landfall in LouisianaYahoo! soundFrancine made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane and subsequently weakened to a tropical stormcbs newsFlash flood emergency in New Orleans after Francine hits Louisiana: UpdateUSA TodayFrancine becomes hurricane in Western Gulfweather channelLife-threatening conditions expected along Gulf Coast as…
Article by Eric Worrell “Operationable” means high costs and annual winter shortages are causing the German economy to stagnate. German government's attempt to fact-check Trump over green energy disaster fails Kurt ZindulkaSeptember 11, 2024 As Germany seeks to defend its disastrous energy policies with a fact-checking response, former President Donald Trump used Berlin as a warning to the American public during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday. Trump urged American voters to reject the green agenda backed by Democrats and Harris, noting that even Germany had to backtrack on its stance. energy transition The transition is evidence…
Germany could reduce its carbon footprint more effectively while saving hundreds of billions of euros if it invested in nuclear power rather than green energy projects, a bombshell report has found. [emphasis, links added] Left-wing governments in Europe's top economic powers have made the devastating mistake of abandoning nuclear power and focusing instead on so-called “renewable” energy sources such as wind and solar.Jan Emblemsvåg, an industrial engineer at the Trondheim University of Technology in Norway, said according to a German daily newspaper. Redness and swelling. In 2000, nuclear power accounted for about 30% of Germany's electricity, but more than two…
Offshore winds destroy marine life – Fishermen accuse Biden-Harris administration of cover-up
For the past three years, we've been documenting the ecological disaster quietly unfolding on the East Coast. With the support of the U.S. government, the wind energy industry is killing whales and other marine life. [emphasis, links added] If nothing changes, the wind energy industry will drive North Atlantic right whales to extinction. It turns out The situation is worse than we imagined. In the past six months, Investigative reporter Donna Anderson interviews dozens of fishermen, government officials, and scientists to uncover a scandal that is clear: The wind energy industry is destroying fisheries. People are taking notice. Just today,…
Guest post by Willis Eschenbach (@weschenbach on eX-Twitter) Our venerable moderator Charles asked me to take a look at a new paper yclept, and he has made WUWT a popular article for which I am eternally grateful. Multivariate analysis rejects theory of anthropogenic increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide: sea surface temperature rule Author: Dai Ato, Japanese independent researcher. It seems that there is a trick. I call this paper Ato2024. I hadn't gone very far when the alarm went off. The study used publicly available data to conduct a multivariate analysis to examine the impact of sea surface temperature (SST)…
A report published by National Public Radio (NPR) on September 9 asked: Can America's favorite red wine withstand climate change? The answer is yes, even though the story wrongly suggests the opposite. [emphasis, links added] Data suggests Napa Valley grapes have experienced hotter temperatures in the pasteven though global warming has been going on for more than 30 years, Grape production increased in the region. Here are some excerpts from the article: But increasingly severe heat waves are taking their toll on grape varieties, especially during late summer ripening. As temperatures continue to rise, the wine industry is slowly facing…