Question: While we’re on the subject of environmentally inspired Halloween costumes, how do you interpret this one? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Note: Young people care deeply about this stuff.
Category: Climate Change
From Guest Blogger Sonya Harris: Three Things You Didn’t Know About Recycling (But You Should)
Did you realize that nearly 90% of American businesses participate in some form of recycling? For most business owners, recycling is something they do to reduce the carbon footprint their business has. The key to having success with a companywide …
New York State Says No To Expansion of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants
From this piece in the New York Times: In a major win for climate advocates and supporters of wind and solar energy, New York State environmental regulators refused on Wednesday to allow two companies to upgrade their gas-fueled power plants …
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Slight Uptick in U.S. Coal-Fired Electricity Generation
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports the first projected rise in the generation of coal-fired electricity since 2014. It’s small, but it shows that the U.S. Congress has been unable to get anywhere with respect to the transition from fossil …
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ExxonMobil Requesting Fewer Regulations–Imagine That
Here’s a Facebook ad “Paid for by EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION” that reads: The oil and gas industry supports millions of jobs across the nation. But unnecessary regulations can stand in the way. Sign the petition and support local jobs! Of course, …
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ExxonMobil, Environmental Stewards
Out of one side of its mouth, ExxonMobil is all about the extraordinary role its playing in the development of alternative fuels and CCS (carbon capture and sequestration). Out of the other side is the meme here, about which they …
What Billionaires Should Do
Insofar as I am not a billionaire, it could be said that I have no capacity to say what I’d do if I actually had all that money. That said, I can’t imagine how unsatisfying it would be to know …
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Doing One’s Own Research
Now, that line about the Dunning-Kruger effect is funny. When I entered the world of environmental sustainability in 2009, several people suggested that I should do my own research on climate change, and I had the same reaction as this …
Austria Has a Carbon Tax, But…
Here’s an article on Austria’s carbon tax that begins: “….In slightly more dramatic terms: “Habemus CO₂ tax.” But the reception in Austria and beyond was quite a bit more muted than the joyous announcement of a new pope. Environmental group …
Nobel Prizes in Physics Go To Climate Scientists
From this: Three scientists on Tuesday were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for their “revolutionary contributions” to the world’s understanding of the climate—and how human activity, such as the emission of carbon dioxide, impacts it. “The discoveries being recognized …
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