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A large area of low pressure over Central America, southern Mexico, and surrounding waters is expected to interact with the stationary front and the remnants of Tropical Depression 11-E in the eastern Pacific to produce a tropical disturbance that may develop into a tropical storm. If such a storm develops, the chances of it becoming a devastating hurricane making landfall like Helen is low. This storm is more likely to be a large, unorganized system bringing heavy rain to Florida. Moderate support for development mode Fortunately, upper-level winds over the Gulf of Mexico are not conducive to the formation of…
A study cited by supporters of the Biden-Harris administration's moratorium on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export licenses passed peer review and was released Thursday. [emphasis, links added] An analysis of an earlier version of the study, before it passed peer review, found it contained errors, sparking a congressional investigation into the study's impact on the LNG license suspension and whether the Energy Department played any role in it. Modifications to defective reports The original preprint is the version prior to peer review, estimated LNG exports produce 24% to 274% higher greenhouse gas emissions than coal. Published research authored by Cornell…
The government has pledged nearly £22 billion to fund projects that capture greenhouse gases from polluting plants and store them underground in an effort to meet tough climate targets. [emphasis, links added] The plans are aimed at creating private investment and jobs in Merseyside and Teesside, two industrial areas that will be home to new “carbon capture clusters”. Energy security and net zero minister Ed Miliband told Sky News that “today a new era begins” with a new industry that stops carbon emissions being pumped into the atmosphere providing “good jobs” and signaling the government's ongoing commitment to the country…
Hurricane Helen will go down as one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history (so far) and certainly one of the worst natural disasters of the 21st century. While the Florida Panhandle was hit hard as it made landfall, most of the storm's shocking damage was wrought far from the coast in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Entire towns were wiped off the face of the earth, and nearly 200 people died. The storm was severe, but the media has been spreading myths about the historical nature of the flood and its cause. As…
A large area of low pressure over Central America, southern Mexico and surrounding waters is expected to interact with a stalled front from the eastern Pacific and the remnants of Tropical Depression 11-E to create a tropical disturbance capable of developing into a tropical or subtropical zone in the Gulf of Mexico next week storm. If such a storm does develop, the chances of it becoming a devastating landfalling hurricane like Helen are slim. For Florida, the storm is more likely to be a massive, chaotic, heavy rainfall event. Figure 1. Eight-day forecast tracking the Gulf of Mexico from the…
Guest review by Kip Hansen — October 3, 2024 – 850 words/3 minutes Judging from the chronicles Cardiovascular Research Foundation This beautiful headline appeared above the news report (h/t Matt Briggs): Global burden of stroke continues to rise as climate change impacts What about the news? Nothing real, just another one global burden of disease Paper in The Lancet: “Global, regional and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” Johns Hopkins explain: “A stroke or brain attack occurs when blood flow to the brain stops. This is…
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who is running for Senate, claims in a new TV ad that she opposes electric vehicle (EV) mandates, even though she has repeatedly voted in favor of them make. [emphasis, links added] Slotkin claims in the new ad that “no one should tell us what to buy, and no one is going to enforce anything” when it comes to electric cars. However, the Senate is hopeful that it has repeatedly voted to support the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) strict emissions standards. -This has been characterized as a de facto electric vehicle mandate- and the ability of…
We have a cultural story about good environmentalists: Vegans who don’t touch cars or plastic and streamline their lives to only things that are provably green and clean. This is an all or nothing story. This is a story of unhappy sacrifice. This means that only the most extreme actions are worth taking. This story is not going to inspire ordinary people to take climate action at all scales every day. So what if we invited people to find their way to climate action by asking, “What makes you happy?” This is the method advocated by Zhao Jiaying, a professor…
Nearly 200 countries have adopted the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to limit global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. But nearly a decade after the deal was signed, the world still has a lot of work to do to get there. The Climate Action Tracker is an independent scientific project that measures the world's climate progress. Their analysis said that current climate policies will lead to global warming of about 2.7 degrees by the end of this century, far exceeding the Paris target. de Villafranca: “Without additional policies or measures, this situation will determine where the…
from CFACT David Wojik The United States faces a growing threat from grid-scale lithium battery fires. Building huge battery arrays without considering the potential for catastrophic fires is out of control. There are no set standards to follow and local licensing authorities appear unaware of this very real danger. Here is a brief introduction to this issue. First look at this photo of an existing grid array called “Desert Sunlight”: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desert_Sunlight_(52290008686).jpg#file These batteries are partnered with large solar facilities because, until recently, that was the only way to get subsidies for batteries. Each lithium battery cell is the size of…