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The Biden administration has officially allowed California to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in the Golden State by 2035. [emphasis, links added] California has set strict emissions standards that will ban the production of new gas-powered vehicles in the state by 2035, but officials need a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue enforcing the order. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it will approve two exemptions under the Clean Air Act to allow California to phase out gas-powered vehicles in the state, one of President Joe Biden's final acts to push the auto industry into…
What connects an iconic 19th century painter to a contemporary photographer? A common inspiration: the beauty of nature and its vulnerability to human activity. Two new books feature artists whose works centuries apart help illustrate humanity's profound impact on the environment. In Van Gogh and the End of Nature, author Michael Lobel traces evidence of environmental destruction in the famous painter's works. In “Entropy”,” Photographer Diane Tuft captures images of environmental impact; two guest articles illuminate the cultural history and science behind the art. Vincent van Gogh: Celebrating the beauty of nature, or witnessing its demise? News readers concerned about…
Transcript: At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers are developing robots that can spend months collecting data beneath Antarctica's giant ice shelves. Ice shelves form where land meets ocean and extend out onto the water. They feed on ice caps on land. As climate changes, warming waters are eroding the bases of ice shelves. If they collapse, melting ice from the land will flow into the ocean more quickly, greatly accelerating sea level rise. Therefore, scientists need to know more about how quickly the base of the ice shelf is melting. But this is a difficult place to collect data. Glick:…
not many people know Paul Homewood https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-2024 According to the latest IEA report, coal consumption will hit a record high this year and continue to grow until 2027. https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-2024 There still seems to be some naive confusion at IES that renewables are not replacing coal. They still don't realize that countries like China and India know they can't rely on the vagaries of wind and solar to run their economies. Like this:like loading… Relevant Learn more from Watts Up With That? Subscribe to have the latest posts delivered to your email. Source link
From the Daily Caller Nick PopeContributor In a letter Tuesday, an internal federal watchdog called on the Biden administration's green lending office to halt work on new deals, citing concerns that the office failed to adequately manage potential conflicts of interest in its work. Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General Teri Donaldson on Tuesday wrote to David Crane, DOE Undersecretary for Infrastructure, informing him of the preliminary findings of the Loan Program Office (LPO) No conflict of interest disclosure or exemption requests are tracked. Donaldson also said the LPO should “suspend all lending and loan guarantee schemes” until the LPO…
from climaterealism Author: Linny Luken Chris Wright speaks at the American Conservation Alliance 2023 Summit. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, Arizona, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Recently, MSNBC published an article written by Ja'han Jones titled “Trump's Pick for Energy Secretary Actually Thinks Climate Change is a Good Thing,” claiming that Trump Trump’s choice for energy secretary, Chris Wright, has claimed that climate change is having a positive impact, which is the wrong change, not the looming disaster that the media claims. Wright is right, MSNBC's Jones is wrong. Jones wrote that Wright “downplayed the risks of…
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Bizarre and Frankly Childish Behavior [pictured above] Last week's congressional testimony wasn't the U.S. Postal Service's worst moment. It arrived in two days. [emphasis, links added] Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., told DeJoy that he “shares responsibility for the collapse and lack of accountability” of the Postal Service. DeJoy countered that “this Congress is responsible for its collapse” and insisted he was “trying to fix” the post office. He then told McCormick “you're talking to yourself,” and put his hands over his ears like a monkey who “hears no evil.” (See for yourself here.) As shocking as…
[Haz clic aquí para leer en español] It has nearly 3.5 million residents, produces nearly 550,000 tons of beef each year, and has a stellar football reputation, having hosted two World Cups in its history and now boasting many world-class stars. Uruguay, the home country of writer Mario Benedetti and footballer Luis Suarez, has achieved what many countries have promised for decades: 98% of its electricity grid is powered by green energy. Luis Prats, 62, Uruguayan journalist and writer for Montevideo newspaper El Pais. He remembers that during his childhood, power outages were common in Uruguay due to major problems with…
Recently a customer asked: A long time ago, windsurfers and a few kitesurfers were the only surfers in Los Angeles huachenango Ventana Waters. Looking at the average strength of our iwindsurf.com sensor archive (because who would trust aging memories), it's clear that really strong northerly winds were much more common 20 years ago or so. These huge northerly winds started blowing in the middle of the night with 30 knots and rattling windows and lasted for 1-3 days. As these northerly winds blow across the entire Sea of Cortez, they create huge waves that have been rare in recent years.…
From Climate Warehouse Mark Morano Bloomberg News: Holiday air travel just got easier with a manual – November 21, 2024 Excerpt: You can finally fly (almost) without clothes The severe impact of flying on the environment has placed heavy pressure on Miho Moritani. “I love traveling, but I feel guilty about taking flights that produce carbon dioxide,” said the 40-year-old Japanese accountant. So when her employer, Japanese trading company Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., held its annual startup competition in 2019, she came up with an idea that could make a small impact: a clothing rental service for travelers. Instead…