The Future May Not Be As Electric as We Think
Is there a ceiling to electric vehicle uptake? And even worse, is that lower than many assume?
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Climate Change Is Coming for Hospitals
Many hospitals will have their operations interrupted and/or degraded by climate change. What to do?
Read more...Radioactive Real Estate: Finding a Forever Home for Nuclear Waste
Castoffs from U.S. nuclear weapons get buried at one site in New Mexico. But what happens when that facility fills up?
Read more...Biden’s De Facto EV Mandate at Risk After Supreme Court ‘Chevron’ Ruling
A look at just one implication of the fresh Chevron Supreme Court ruling demonstrates how far-reaching it is.
Read more...Balancing Green Goals and Financial Realities: Labour’s Net Zero Dilemma
Yet another example of inadequate green targets meeting the notion that even that much action is somehow too costly.
Read more...The U.S. Is Nowhere Near Ready for Climate Change
Climate change is cooking our collective gooses. What can be done to reduce the damage?
Read more...How Recycling Has Become a Largely Empty Gesture
Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the recycling logo of its worth.
Read more...Are Extreme Stunt Climate Activists Like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil Actually Fossil Fuel Industry Stooges? They Might as Well Be
Why deliberately offensive and therefore counterproductive climate change activism looks like a feature, not a bug.
Read more...Courage or Hope? Facing the Climate Future
Yet another round of (nicely) trying to shake some sense into climate change remedy optimists.
Read more...Biofuels Manufacturing Found To Be a Significant Source of Hazardous Air Pollution
Biofuels plants emit serious nasties like formaldehyde.
Read more...Heatwaves Ripple into the Financial System
Heat stress affects the financial system by increasing defaults and producing tighter lending terms to others in the same area.
Read more...Carbon Capture Will Extend Oil Production by 84 Years, Industry Study Finds
A Canadian oil field that should have shut down in 2016 can now keep producing oil until 2100.
Read more...When It Comes to the Environment, There Really Is No Such Thing as a “Good” Car
The problem with the EV as a climate change remedy is that it is still a car.
Read more...Research on Earth’s Raging Heat of 2023-24 Is Picking Up
La Niña will most likely quell a stretch of global record heat, but human-produced greenhouse gases loom as large as ever.
Read more...In Virginia, Data Centers Collide with Zero-Carbon Goals
With electric demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state considers how to meet its goal of decarbonizing the grid.
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