Navajo Solar Plant Breaks New Ground – U.S. News & World Report
Navajo Solar Plant Breaks New GroundU.S. News & World ReportA giant array of solar panels near the famed sandstone buttes of Monument Valley has begun producing electricity for the Navajo Nation at a time when the tribe is bracing for losing jobs from the impending closure of a coal mine and coal-fired power plant.Kayenta Solar…
Grid Reliability: DOE Throws Down Red Flags On Unreliable Wind And Solar – Forbes
Forbes Grid Reliability: DOE Throws Down Red Flags On Unreliable Wind And SolarForbesLast week the Department of Energy released “Electricity Markets and Reliability,” a 154-page magnum opus on the state of America’s electricity system. It’s the perfect government report: a tutorial chock full of useful data, along with observations … and more »
Google’s solar ‘Eclipse Megamovie’ is ready for viewing – CNET
CNET Google’s solar ‘Eclipse Megamovie’ is ready for viewingCNETBefore the total solar eclipse crossed the US on Aug. 21, Google asked amateur scientists from all over the country to submit photographs they took of the sun and its atmosphere during the eclipse. The tech giant assembled more than 34,000 images … and more »
How global warming likely made Harvey much worse, explained by a climatologist – Vox
Vox How global warming likely made Harvey much worse, explained by a climatologistVoxDid global warming make the Houston floods worse? It’s a question that a lot of people are asking after the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. Renowned climatologist Michael E. Mann on Sunday provided some answers. The short version: It’s unclear …Did Climate Change Intensify…
Houston, Bangladesh, and Global Warming – Common Dreams
Common Dreams Houston, Bangladesh, and Global WarmingCommon DreamsBangladesh experiences seasonal monsoon rains which invariably lead to flooding, as well as occasional cyclones. The monsoon rains and cyclones are likely to get worse in the years ahead, as one of the effects of global warming. This will mean that the … and more »
Hurricane Harvey Was No Surprise – New York Times
New York Times Hurricane Harvey Was No SurpriseNew York TimesClimate science has repeatedly shown that global warming is increasing the odds of extreme precipitation and storm surge flooding. Refusing to acknowledge this impairs our ability to prepare for future extreme weather and endangers American lives and …Climate Scientist Says Global Warming ‘Worsened’ Hurricane Harvey. Did It?The…
Global Warming Takes Another Hit – FITSNews
FITSNews Global Warming Takes Another HitFITSNewsSo ubiquitous is the belief in man-made global warming (a.k.a. anthropogenic climate change) that to speak so much as a syllable against it is to open oneself up to hostility and ridicule. Climate change “deniers” in our society are derided as tin foil …
NIH Institute Censored References To Climate Change–Or Did It? – Forbes
Forbes NIH Institute Censored References To Climate Change–Or Did It?ForbesLast week, one of NIH’s institutes, the National Institute for Environmental and Health Sciences (NIEHS), did something rather mysterious. The institute purged references to climate change on its website by replacing the phrase “climate change” with …
Climate change did not “cause” Harvey, but it’s a huge part of the story – Vox
Vox Climate change did not “cause” Harvey, but it’s a huge part of the storyVoxSeveral people have written some version of “what you can say about Hurricane Harvey and climate change” in the past few days. I’ll link to some of them below. But I think they are all saying too little. There’s much more…
US government burying head deeper in sand on climate change – Ars Technica
Ars Technica US government burying head deeper in sand on climate changeArs TechnicaIt’s no secret that President Trump came into office rejecting the conclusions of the vast majority of the world’s scientists when it comes to our changing climate. But it wasn’t clear how that would translate to policy. At least some of his advisors…