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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…

Transcript: To solve this, thousands of Chicagoans take buses or city express transport systems L. However, as climate change leads to more extreme weather, some of these travels may be disrupted. Evasic: “We hope that the amount of precipitation we will receive in the future will appear in a very short burst.” That is Kate Evasic of the Chicago Metropolitan Project. A report from her agency warns that more than half of the city’s stops and bus stops are at risk of flooding. Therefore, sometimes L riders may face delays and bus riders may need to get involved in the…

NOAA predicts that hurricanes have begun to eject from the Atlantic Ocean.USA TodayNOAA predicts normal Atlantic hurricane season in 2025National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)NOAA predicts up to 19 storms could form this hurricane seasonWashington PostNOAA Announces 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season ForecastThe New York TimesNOAA's 2025 hurricane forecast warns that busy seasons – a storm scientist explains why and what meteorologists are looking atdialogueNOAA's 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast predicts altitude storm countCBS NewsHurricane Season Forecast Update with 2025 La Nina ForecastNewsweekNOAA releases hurricane forecast for the 2025 Atlantic SeasonFox 13 Tampa BayNOAA forecasts high normal activity for the 2025…

House Republicans strive to remove the clean energy tax credit in a massive tax bill passed by 215-214 vote early Thursday morning, May 22, 2025. The new bill will sunset by personal and business incentives arising from the inflation reduction bill of 2022, such as tax credits for buying electric vehicles. A large number of public support for this incentive. In a December 2024 survey, researchers from the website’s publisher, Yale University’s climate change communication program, found that 91% of Liberal Democrats, 70% of moderate or conservative Democrats, 42% of Liberal or moderate Republicans, and 28% of Conservative Republican Republicans…

Under pressure from legal action in 17 states, California has agreed not only to drop the enforcement of its electric truck authorization, but to completely abolish it. [emphasis, links added] Under the governor’s 2020 executive order, which banned the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles in 2035, two years ago, the state Air Resources Commission designed a “world-leading regulation to phase out the sales of medium and heavy-duty combustion vehicles in California in 2036.” Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said the rule could have gone far beyond California’s borders, leading a coalition of 17 countries to challenge advanced cleaning…