Illinois Wants Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Need to Figure Out How to Make It Happen.
Illinois Wants Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Need to Figure Out How to Make It Happen. - Inside Climate News
It’s the seventh state to pass a law requiring climate education in public schools. The requirement will kick in next fall.Inside Climate News
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US DOE climate report colored by past views of its authors, critics say | A review by POLITICO’s E&E News found that most of the authors have spoken out against the endangerment finding
DOE climate report colored by past views of its authors, critics say - E&E News by POLITICO
A review by POLITICO's E&E News found that most of the authors have spoken out against the endangerment finding, once called the "holy grail" of climateScott Waldman (E&E News by POLITICO)
Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate
The current US administration wants to protect fossil fuel profits, slow the clean energy transition and curb China’s influence — whatever the cost to allies or the climate.
Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate
As China secures its role in clean tech exports, the US is doubling down on fossil fuels – and pushing allies to buy US gas.The Conversation
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They're literally trying everything possible to destroy this planet. There is no reason to delay this, maybe maybe a few people will make good money on this, but mostly this is just a good thing for everyone AND the planet.
So yeah, let's reverse that too
The Methane Hunters of Melendugno | How Italian activists are fighting to expose the true scale of the climate harm caused by a giant European pipeline.
The Methane Hunters of Melendugno - DeSmog
Data from thermal camera raises questions over scope of climate-damaging pollution from gas imported via Adriatic sea.Vittoria Torsello (DeSmog)
According to Snam, the leak was caused by “the imperfect internal seal of a worn component,” which it would replace “in the coming months.”
Such selfless stewardship!
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm
Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate changeGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
The costs of Trump’s campaign to censor climate science
Datasets have been removed, federal websites scrubbed and thousands of Noaa staff purged. Experts warn disaster defences are at risk
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After closing coal plants, Idaho Power is the rare utility cutting rates
After closing coal plants, Idaho Power is the rare utility cutting rates | Latitude Media
The utility asked regulators to lower electricity rates in Oregon, even as its peers raise them — and Trump pushes coal as the solution.Alexander C. Kaufman (Latitude Media)
POV: you finally installed solar panels, waiting all summer for the roof to be ready, and suddenly it's October
Search The Big Lebowski Quotes
Find and share your favorites, with stills from the movie.thebiglebow.ski
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Looking forward to seeing it, I'd love to get solar and to ditch gas for a heat pump, but funds are not there 😔
one day... one day...
A heat pump is also in my future, but the funds need to recover from this round of energy efficiency interventions first.
But even before then, having resistive heating might not be the best (or the cheapest) but I love to be able to measure all my house energy needs in kWh without conversions (sure if you have gas you can count cubic meters, but it's a lot of approximations).
Opinion | Move nitrogen fertilizer higher on your worry list | Two huge threats to our environment come from this exact same source.
Opinion | Move nitrogen fertilizer higher on your worry list
"Recognizing that agriculture’s GHG emissions are huge, some might assume the biggest sources are animal agriculture or carbon dioxide from tractors and trucks. But that’s wrong," Jean Wagenius writes.Jean Wagenius
There is no paradox in the social contract.
Tolerance is mutual. Respect is mutual. Kindness is mutual.
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled.
How Soon Will the Seas Rise? | Quanta Magazine
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled.Evan Howell (Quanta Magazine)
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Just Stupid
cross-posted from: piefed.ca/post/228244
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Just Stupid — Bloomberg
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Just Stupid — Bloomberg - CleanTechnica
Two thirds of the heat related deaths in the UK this summer can be traced directly to burning fossil fuels a new study shows.Steve Hanley (CleanTechnica)
How the fossil fuel lobby captured a landmark Australian Labor policy
The federal government’s Future Gas Strategy, which backs extending production through to 2050 and beyond, is based on contested EY research commissioned by Australian Energy Producers.
How the fossil fuel lobby captured a landmark Labor policy
The practice known as data washing is a particularly insidious form of disinformation, says Claire Snyder, “because it’s so hard to spot”.Mike Seccombe (The Saturday Paper)
Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?
One day it struck me that the world would be a very different place if environmental crimes were treated in the same way as murders. So, why aren’t they? And should they be?
At the moment such crimes can, mistakenly, feel distant and abstract. If someone came into your flat and set fire to your furniture, stole your valuables, killed your pet, added poison to your water … what would you do? You’d be terrified. You’d go to the police. You might want revenge. You’d certainly want justice. It would be entirely obvious to you that a crime had been committed.
Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?
Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?Julia Shaw (The Guardian)
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I don't know what you mean by "like murder".
Do I think we need more capital punishment? Absolutely not. We should never kill person that's already restrained from doing harm, even if their intent is clear.
Do I think there could be more meaningful liability? Yes. I think restorative justice means not just MUCH heavier fines (large percent of gross income for the entire period they are in violation) that are earmarked for environment restoration / pollution control efforts, but also time spent doing the work, on-site to restore / clean / contain for everyone in the decision/authority chain, across organizations.
I also think anyone that has been convicted/punished from wrong environment decision/action more than once could be subject to monitoring, publication, and shaming. Whatever education is part of the restorative justice is not enough, and society has to engage in prevention as a defense.
They should be treated more as "crimes against persons" than "property crimes": probably.
China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing.
Indonesia is one of the few countries still building new coal power plants, the most polluting sources of power. Chinese companies are playing a large role despite a pledge by Beijing to halt such support.
While this buildout was driven by Indonesian leaders, and Japan and South Korea have provided significant financing, too, no foreign nation has played a larger role than China.“China is a good friend for all the presidents to fulfill their campaign promises,” said Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, director of the China-Indonesia desk at the Center of Economic and Law Studies, a research and advocacy group in Indonesia. Where lenders from other countries have pledged money without delivering, Rakhmat said, Chinese enterprises provided financing quickly and with few requirements.
Today, Chinese companies are continuing to build new coal plants in Indonesia, despite a 2021 pledge by China’s president, Xi Jinping, that Beijing would end such financing.
In an ironic twist, many of the new Chinese-backed coal plants are powering operations that Indonesian leaders say will help transition the world to cleaner energy. These so-called “captive” coal plants are not connected to the grid but instead serve as dedicated power sources for new industrial parks refining nickel, used in electric vehicle batteries, or manufacturing solar panel components. The projects are backed largely by private Chinese companies rather than state-owned enterprises, and their status as captive power plants appears to allow them to flow through a loophole in Xi’s 2021 pledge.
Beyond these captive plants in Indonesia, China has largely stuck to that promise—only a few other Chinese-backed coal units were newly planned last year, in Kyrgyzstan, Zambia and Zimbabwe, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, an independent research group based in Finland.\
It's a good article. You should read it instead of just assuming it confirms all your anti-china bias. Don't get me wrong, I think building new coal plants is bad even if it's for nickle that goes into an electric car. IMO the CPC should stop private capital from investing in those "captive" plants as well.
A “controversial” methane metric?
A “controversial” methane metric?
There’s a recent Carbon Brief article about a supposedly controversial methane metric. The metric in question is GWP*, which I’ve actually written about before. Methane emissions are ty…...and Then There's Physics
What Happens When the Ice Melts? Three Women in Alaska Are Sounding an Alarm.
Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost.
Netherlands: Zero-emission zones lead to boom in electric vans and trucks
Netherlands: Zero-emission zones lead to boom in electric vans and trucks - electrive.com
A new analysis by Clean Cities examines the initial impact of the introduction of zero-emission zones for freight transport (ZEZ-F) in Dutch cities. One finding: registrations of electric vans and trucks are skyrocketing in the country.Chris Randall (electrive.com)
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EV adoption surges in developing nations, challenging oil demand narrative
cross-posted from: piefed.social/post/1371452
There’s a comforting story that oil bulls like to tell themselves to stave off worries about the future: While the privileged few in Europe and California might have lost their minds over electric vehicles, billions of drivers in the Global South are readying themselves to provide the next wave of petroleum demand.Those who believe this might want to have a look at the cars and two-wheelers that people are actually buying right now. Far from trailing the rich world in their enthusiasm for battery cars, developing nations are surging ahead.
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Things are moving even faster in nations wholly dependent on imports. More than three-quarters of the value of vehicles brought into Nepal, Sri Lanka and Djibouti last year was purely electric. Import shares in Ethiopia and Laos were 40 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. Plug-in sales increased by 60 per cent in developing countries as a whole in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency.
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International Coalition Joins Push for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: ‘We Cannot Protect Nature While Expanding Fossil Fuels’
International Coalition Joins Push for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: ‘We Cannot Protect Nature While Expanding Fossil Fuels’ - Inside Climate News
An international coalition of more than 1,400 governmental and civil conservation organizations has called on its members to increase efforts to curb fossil fuel extraction and work toward a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.Inside Climate News
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Stands by His Climate Agenda
Despite deep green credentials — including a five-year stint as United Nations special envoy for climate change — Carney has scrapped a number of environmental policies introduced by his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, and struck a notably friendlier tone on fossil fuel production. He’s fast-tracked approval for a liquefied natural gas export facility expansion in British Columbia, opened the door to the possibility of a new oil pipeline to the country’s west coast, and hasn’t ruled out abandoning plans for anemissions cap for oil and gas producers.Pressed on his plans for the cap, Carney repeatedly responded that “a desired outcome” — in this case emissions reduction — “is not a policy.”
The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They?
A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a silver lining in the judge’s opinion.
North to Alaska: America’s Climate Warning
North to Alaska: America’s Climate Warning
Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington StateMeidasTouch Network (Meidas+)
Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks
Financial regulators said the Biden-era policy was superfluous. Democrats said it protected financial stability in an era of unpredictable weather.
The northern migration of the temperate forest isn’t proceeding as expected
Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favour of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal forest is showing surprising resilience.
The northern migration of the temperate forest isn’t proceeding as expected
Maple forests aren’t spreading north as quickly as predicted.The Conversation
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The US Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels.
Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits.
Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy
Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy
Daily life for people living in Europe is already becoming unpredictable due to the consequences of extreme weather.The Conversation
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Pretty sure the mowing is the exact problem. Can't remember if it's solved by using an old school push-powered mower or something
Edit - after looking into it, seems like push mowers don't help because Americans eating meat will cause as much pollution pushing a mower as using gas? Not sure
People on here always talk about how lawns need a bunch of fertilizer to work, but that never made sense to me because we've never done that around here. But then I learned that's because everyone just has clover growing along side their grass.
Anyway I think shaming people for their lawn is a bad idea. I think killing your lawn will only catch on if it's presented as a way to make your lawn cooler. You're not a bad person for having a lawn, but you could change it into something so much more interesting by including native flora.
Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped by a Record Amount, U.N. Says
Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase, which was the largest since modern measurements began more than half a century ago.
Note that it's fossil fuel use that is responsible for the bulk of the added CO2; it's just the year-to-year variation that might be due to wildfires.
Natural gas is helping power the use of artificial intelligence
In 2023, data centers consumed approximately 7.4 gigawatts (GW) of electricity globally, or enough to power more than six million homes.Natural gas is one solution to powering these centers, and Chevron recently announced that it will work with Engine No. 1 and GE Verona to generate electricity for AI. The companies’ plans include building natural gas power plants directly connected to data centers.
During the Gastech conference in September 2024, Mike Wirth, Chevron chairman and CEO, highlighted the role that the Permian Basin could play in powering data centers.
“Natural gas will help power the rapid growth of artificial intelligence with its insatiable demand for reliable electricity,” Wirth said. “This means AI’s advance will depend not only on the design labs of Silicon Valley, but also on the gas fields of the Permian Basin.”
According to Goldman Sachs, incremental data center power demand will drive 3.3 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) of new natural gas demand by 2030.
Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase
No, no, no. That not possible. Me told forests -ABSORB- CO², not emit it. If tipping points reached and sink become source, how are Grog's carbon credits going to maintain value?
How Bill Gates private jet fuel itself, carbon neutral like, if planted forests now ash? Grog confused. sad noises
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in reply to silence7 • • •I’m guessing you would have to forcefully remove all of the conservative nuts jobs from positions within the education departments.
Cement is pretty cheap, and you can mix it with any sort of rocks you find if you need it. Sand is good too whatever.