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Bolivia is facing its worst fire season in more than two decades, threatening unique ecosystems including the Chiquitano dry forest and prompting the government to declare a national disaster. The forest is one of the largest and most intact tropical dry forests in the world. President Luis Arce signed the declaration in Santa Cruz, the eastern city worst affected by the fires, explaining that “the disaster declaration is intended to activate international aid”. On October 6, the president also admitted that the country was suffering from “one of the greatest natural disasters”. As of September 30, 10.125 million hectares had…

In the 1990s, Jay Warmke and his wife Annie from Philo, Ohio, began building a house made of tires. It's a so-called “Earthship,” a dwelling designed to have minimal impact on the environment. Its walls were built from old tires filled with compacted earth and stacked like bricks. The north side of the house is buried in the earth. Warmke: “You get a cave effect, cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.” The exposed south side is mostly windows, absorbing the warmth of the sun so the house requires very little energy to heat. During construction, people were…

Power outages can range from a minor inconvenience to life-threatening, or somewhere in between. For Scott Sklar, it's a chance to invite neighbors to charge their phones, store medications in his refrigerator and stay warm on cold nights. Sklar's home is powered entirely by renewable energy and has battery storage so he has access to electricity even when the grid fails near Arlington, Virginia. Sklar's passion for renewable energy began decades ago when he was a young staffer on Capitol Hill and later served as a director of the Solar Energy Industries Association, the solar industry's national trade group. He…

Affordable, reliable, continuous and emission-free electricity will benefit billions of people on the planet. Ronald Stein, PE is an engineer, energy literacy columnist for America Out Loud NEWS, energy literacy consultant for the Heartland Institute and CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book “Clean Energy Development.” . Oliver Hermes He holds a PhD in physics from the Institute of Radiation and Nuclear Physics of the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. He is a former physics researcher, executive director of UNLV's Harry Reid Center and C-suite executive. . Steve Curtis Holds a master's degree in health physics from UNLV.…

Article by Eric Worrell The alert was withdrawn after 2 hours. An energy spokesman insisted there was no cause for alarm. UK battles low winds, blackout prevention system activated Capacity warning lifted for first time in two years Matt Oliver Industry EditorOctober 14, 2024, 3:03 pm (BST) Backstop system designed to prevent blackouts activated for first time in two years UK power grid copes with low winds and nuclear blackouts. Just after midday on Monday, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a surprise capacity market notice, warning UK generators. It told generators to prepare for peak demand at 4:30…

from climaterealism Author: Linny Luken CBS News recently published an article titled “The Ten Deadliest Hurricanes in U.S. History,” which provides a factual discussion of the ten deadliest hurricanes that have made landfall in the United States. Refreshingly, CBS didn't try to attribute the deadly hurricane to climate change. The article begins by citing a forecast from the Colorado State University Tropical Weather Program that the number of major hurricanes making landfall in the United States and Caribbean this season will be “well above average.” While some media outlets, including CBS, in other posts (by climate realism here ), try…

From the Daily Skeptic by Tilak Doshi Terrence Keeley is a long-time ESG practitioner who until recently led the official institutional group at BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, advising sovereign wealth funds, central banks, treasuries and public pension funds. He claimed in 2022 that “ESG investing could well become the biggest thing in finance since the Dutch East India Company issued shares in 1602… The success or failure of ESG could impact literally every living thing on the planet.” Mr. Keeley’s boss, BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink, was equally hyperbolic in his annual letter to CEOs in early 2020:…

The study was published in natural geosciencesEntitled “Continued greening of the Antarctic Peninsula as observed from satellites,” it focuses on the observed increase in vegetation on the Antarctic Peninsula (AP), specifically moss-dominated ecosystems. While the paper attributes this “greening” to recent regional warming trends, it notably ignores the broader global phenomenon known as carbon dioxide (CO2) fertilization, or global greening, which has been documented around the world . Instead, it takes a rather narrow and selective approach, focusing on the correlation between rising temperatures and greening in this particular cold-climate ecosystem, largely ignoring the established role of carbon dioxide in…

Hurricane activity in the Atlantic typically weakens sharply toward the end of October. On average, only 14% of the Atlantic season's activity occurs after October 15 (as measured by accumulated cyclone energy). However, things may not calm down so quickly this year. One riot is approaching the Leeward Islands later this week, and another could develop in the western Caribbean days later. The unusually active 2020 Atlantic season is a reminder of what can happen in late October and November in a warming climate. After October 15, three major hurricanes swept through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, and another…

As alarmist as the Middle Ages… Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK are among the world leaders of the Church of Global Warming and are responsible for various genre fantasies such as “Tipping Point”. [emphasis, links added] European Climate and Energy Research Institute (Translated by Pierre Gosselin) The most important is meteorologist Stefan Rahmstorf, known for his activism since the 2000s [more here]rarely missing an opportunity to spread disastrous news that can be easily refuted. His statement in 2019 that “we are losing control of the climate system” is legendary. When will humans be able to…