An Introduction to the State of Energy Storage in the U.S.
A look at energy storage options in connection with wind and solar power is not entirely reassuring.
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Decrying ‘Utterly Inadequate’ Efforts to Tackle Climate Crisis, UN Chief Declares ‘Our War Against Nature Must Stop’
Climate change: “The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” António Guterres warned ahead of COP 25. “It is in sight and hurtling toward us.”
Read more...America’s War Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet
War is America’s new normal, and it’s deadly.
Read more...Oil and Gas Industry Rebukes Fracking Ban Talk as UN Shows Just How Much Fossil Fuel Plans Are Screwing Climate Limits
American Petroleum Institute steps up lobbying efforts to thwart a fracking ban, notwithstanding the climate crisis.
Read more...Neoliberalism and Climate Change
How economists have contributed to climate change inaction.
Read more...Financing a Global Green New Deal: System Change Needed
Discussion of a contested topic: How to pay for a Green New Deal.
Read more...With Coal’s Decline, Pennsylvania Communities Watch the Rise of Natural Gas-fueled Plastics
A growing chorus agrees the expansion of the natural gas industry, which feeds plastics and petrochemical plants like Shell’s, is moving the U.S. in the wrong direction to prevent catastrophic impacts from climate change.
Read more...PG&E Failed California. Here’s How the State Could Turn Things Around.
How PG&E came to dominate California’s electricity market, plus discussion of options to fix the fiery mess it has created.
Read more...Under Swollen Tides, Venice Says More About Our Future Than Our Past
Venice illustrates how climate change will force a sort of triage upon us, and it won’t be just about our cultural heritage.
Read more...New Report Finds Costs of Climate Change Impacts Often Underestimated
Why most economists considerably underestimate the cost of climate change.
Read more...Plastics Watch: Recycling, Raccoons, and Rubbish
Even a massive recycling campaign won’t make a dent in the plastics problem, as long as the industry ramps up production; some thoughts on raccoons, and rubbish.
Read more...New Paper Reveals Rail Industry Was Leader in Climate Denial Efforts
The rail industry has been able to hide behind the skirts of Big Oil in climate denialism.
Read more...6 Technology Trends Revolutionizing the Transportation Sector
A list of supposedly transformative technology in the offing for transporation Sanity checks encouraged.
Read more...Climate Change Fueled the Rise and Demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Superpower of the Ancient World
The Neo-Assyrian empire illustrates how fortunes rise and fall with climate.
Read more...The One Metric That Matters For Electric Cars
Looking at the hurdles electric cars have to surmount.
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