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Two Rhode Island Groups Awarded EPA Grant to Help Local EnvironmentU.S. EPA.gov (press release)BOSTON – Two Rhode Island organizations were among three groups in New England to receive EPA grant awards of $30,000 each, to help communities directly address local... read more
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The Independent Man expected to be new Trump environment adviser thinks air is too clean and pollution can be good for children’s lungsThe IndependentAn expected choice for science adviser of the US Environmental Protection Agency believes the air is too clean –... read more
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The Guardian Nature@work photo competition winners – in picturesThe GuardianThe European Environment Agency invited European citizens to capture how nature benefits them in a competition called Nature@work. Here are the winning images, announced this week.... read more
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News@UofT With climate summit ahead, OECD leader talks at U of T about global progress on climate changeNews@UofTLess than a week before COP23 – the UN’s climate summit in Bonn, Germany – the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs is hosting... read more
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Motherboard One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a WeekMotherboardExpressing Bitcoin’s energy use on a per-transaction basis is a useful abstraction. Bitcoin uses x energy in total, and this energy verifies/secures roughly 300k... read more
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Greentech Media (blog) GOP Tax Reform Plan Sparks Uncertainty for the Clean Energy IndustryGreentech Media (blog)The closed process has left solar, wind and other clean energy companies scrambling to discover how the bill might affect their industries. Representatives... read more
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Engadget Cigarette butts could be reborn as green energy storageEngadgetIt’s no secret that smoking is seriously bad news for your health, but the impact of the habit on the planet’s health is pretty bleak, too. Every year nearly six trillion cigarettes... read more
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UN News Centre Global shift to clean, affordable energy critical to attaining Global Goals – UN officialsUN News Centre1 November 2017 – To tackle the double challenge of energy poverty and climate change – producing clean, affordable energy at a pace that will meet... read more
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CNBC Tata Power announces 30-megawatt solar plant in IndiaCNBCA 30-megawatt (MW) solar facility in India that will meet the yearly energy needs of more than 14,000 homes has been commissioned, it was announced Tuesday. The plant in Palaswade, Maharashtra, has been... read more
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Electrek Tesla Energy update: 110MWh of energy storage and 109MW of solarElectrekTesla says this deployment slowdown is part of a deliberate de-emphasization of commercial and industrial solar energy projects due to ‘low profits and limited cash... read more
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Buffalo News Tesla will make solar roof in Buffalo by year’s end, Musk saysBuffalo NewsTesla still expects to start shifting production of its solar roof to Buffalo by the end of this year, the electric vehicle maker said Wednesday. Tesla’s executives, in... read more
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Los Angeles Times US trade commission recommends tariffs on solar energy equipmentLos Angeles TimesIn a case that has riven the booming American solar energy sector for six months, the U.S. International Trade Commission recommended levying comparatively modest... read more
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Electrek EGEB: Suniva tariff followup, slow German solar, quantum dots, moreElectrekBig giveaway of my main takeaway of the solar tariff yesterday – If you’re buying higher efficiency – more $$ – panels this ruling affects you. Get moving, maybe. After clearing... read more
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Slate Magazine How Global Warming Is Like Nuclear WarSlate MagazineIt hasn’t been a great few months for people concerned about global warming. Soon after President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, the United... read more
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Chicago Tribune Doctors: Global warming is taking a toll on people’s healthChicago TribuneA patient suffering from dengue fever lies in a hospital bed on Oct. 19, 2017, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Cases of dengue fever — a mosquito-borne and -spread disease — have... read more
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Eos IPCC Chair Discusses Limiting Global Warming to 1.5°CEosIPCC’s 1.5°C report will focus on assessing ways to limit global warming to a 1.5°C goal by the end of the century and will examine mitigation pathways, impacts on natural and human systems, global... read more
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Versatile marine bacteria could be an influence on global warming, scientists discoverScience Daily… databases revealed that Nitrococcus has, in fact, a worldwide distribution, meaning that its N2O-producing potential could also be ubiquitous – a potential... read more
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ThinkProgress The health impacts of global warming could ruin the economy …ThinkProgressWorkers gather at a new home site at sunrise to beat daytime high temperatures in Arizona exceeding 110 F, June 27, 2013. CREDIT: AP/Matt York. Climate …Climate change... read more
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NPR How Climate Change Is Already Affecting Health, Spreading DiseaseNPRFor decades, scientists have been making predictions about how climate change will hurt health around the world. But actually showing a link? That’s been pretty tough. Take for example,... read more
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New York Times An Alaska Senator Wants to Fight Climate Change and Drill for Oil, TooNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Senator Lisa Murkowski was unequivocal when asked recently about rising global temperatures: “Climate change is real,” the Alaska Republican told an... read more
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Forbes Study Says Public’s Politics Are Correlated With Climate Change Opinion. They Shouldn’t Be.ForbesIce does not understand the concept of liberal or conservative, it simply melts. Former Oceanographer of the Navy, Admiral David Titley has made this... read more
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Washington Post Despite Trump, the world is turning a corner on climate changeWashington PostChristiana Figueres shepherded the adoption of the Paris climate accord in 2015 as executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016.... read more
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The Beacon Professor spends summer researching climate change in Nicaragua, El Salvador, CubaThe BeaconAbel is a geologist, glaciologist and an environmental adjunct professor at the University of Portland, with her studies primarily focused on climate change. Abel... read more
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UPI.com Marijuana farming hurts environment, new study findsScience Daily“Cannabis leaves a small spatial footprint but has potentially significant environmental impacts,” said co-author Jake Brenner, associateprofessor in the Department of Environmental... read more
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Tell DOT to Protect the Environment, as Required by LawNatural Resources Defense CouncilThere is nothing green about the plan, despite the fact that my heart jumped when I spotted the word “environment” under the first objective of the first goal. The mention turned... read more
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New York Times At Halloween Parade, a Thinner Crowd and a ‘Tense Environment‘New York TimesThe annual Halloween parade in Greenwich Village began not long after a terror attack shut down Lower Manhattan. Credit Bryan R. Smith for The New York Times. There... read more
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The Guardian UN environment chief: US likely to live up to Paris accordABC NewsFILE – In this April 3, 2014 file photo giant machines dig for brown coal at the open-cast mining Garzweiler in front of a power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western... read more
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National Post John Ivison: Little concern from politicians as Environment Canada buys ultimate vehicles for testingNational PostOTTAWA — Rebel Media has made a habit of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory but never more so than when it ran a story last fall... read more
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Livemint What will India’s strategy be at Bonn climate change summit?LivemintThe uncertainties in the renewable energy space could prompt a rethink on India’s energy mix, and make India renegotiate the commitments made two years ago at the Paris climate... read more
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Wellcome Trust Climate change already damaging the health of millionsWellcome TrustThe Lancet Countdown aims to track progress against climate goals agreed at the 2015 Paris Climate Summit. The report, which is funded through Wellcome’s Our Planet, Our Health... read more
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The Boston Globe Boston plans strategies to lessen effects of climate change – The …The Boston GlobeThe city of Boston — facing the possibility of losing about 30 percent of its land to rising sea levels by the end of the century — unveiled the... read more
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RealClearEnergy Let’s Talk Candidly About EnergyRealClearEnergyAgainst this current backdrop, people across the country are spending an annual average of $3,512 per person on energy, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). With the average... read more
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WIRED How Much Energy Can You Cram Into Your Halloween Candy?WIREDIt’s Halloween time. For many, this time of the year means there are lots of cool costumes. For others, it’s all about the candy. Now, I’m not a big fan of candy—but I am a big fan of... read more
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Politico Whitefish Energy hires first lobbyist as scrutiny of Puerto Rico contract mountsPoliticoWhitefish Energy has retained a former House Democrat to lobby on its behalf, following numerous calls for investigations into how the small Montana firm won a lucrative... read more
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NPR How Tariffs Could Help And Hurt The Solar Industry : NPRNPRThe U.S. solar industry is bracing for possible tariffs or quotas on imported solar panels. Such action could have very different consequences on different parts of … and... read more
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Quartz China’s air pollution is hindering its ability to produce solar powerQuartzAs air pollution in China continues to shorten lives, the government is heavily promoting solar power as a cleaner source of energy. Paradoxically, though, that same air pollution... read more
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Press Telegraph First Solar Isn’t Taking Chances on Tariff DisputeMotley FoolFirst Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) could be the only solar panel supplier with significant capacity to serve the U.S. solar market with tariff-free panels from 2018 to 2022, and it’s... read more
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Forbes Oldest Solar Eclipse Ever Recorded Tells Us When Ramesses The …ForbesOn this day over three thousand years ago, the oldest solar eclipse ever recorded happened – and it could change the chronology of the ancient world.Ancient Egyptian and Biblical Texts... read more
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AOL A strange object from outside our solar system just zoomed past the sunAOLTravelling between the stars has been a dream of humanity for generations. But while our species might not be able to make that trek for a long while, there are some seasoned travelers... read more
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Sacramento Bee Doctors: Global warming is taking a toll on people’s healthSacramento BeeGlobal warming is hurting people’s health a bit more than previously thought, but there’s hope that the Earth — and populations — can heal if the planet kicks its... read more
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ThinkProgress ‘It’s Global Warming, Stupid’: Five years after Sandy, we’ve learned nothingThinkProgressThe monster storm — which killed more than 100 people, destroyed entire communities, and inflicted more than $70 billion in damages — should... read more
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The Verge From heat stress to malnutrition, climate change is already making us sickThe VergeClimate change is already having an impact on our health, by exposing people to dangerous heat waves and more extreme weather, according to a new study. And if countries and... read more
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WIRED What We’ve Learned About Climate Change Since Hurricane SandyWIREDThis story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria recently pounded Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico, the... read more
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Vox 6 ways climate change and disease helped topple the Roman EmpireVoxBut in recent years historians have also started to revisit the fall of the Roman Empire with an openness to the importance of environmental factors, including climate change and pandemic disease.... read more
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The Guardian Climate change already damaging health of millions globally, report findsThe Guardian“Climate change is happening and it’s a health issue today for millions worldwide,” said Prof Anthony Costello, at the World Health Organization and co-chair of the... read more
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UpperMichigansSource.com Climate change concerns also national security concernsUpperMichigansSource.com(WLUC) – “That, to me, is what climate change is about: people, water and change.” A retired US Navy Rear Admiral shares a different perspective... read more
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The Guardian Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record highThe GuardianIn a report to be released on Tuesday, UN Environment will show the gap between international goals and domestic commitments leaves the world on course for warming well beyond the 2C target and... read more
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KCET Environment and Health in IrwindaleKCETPollution and other environmental hazards damage not only our natural surroundings and climate, but can also negatively impact health outcomes and economic productivity. A report by the Liberty Hill Foundation estimated that... read more
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Environment – Marine protected area project in East Antarctica (30 October 2017)France Diplomatie (press release)France, Australia, and the European Union have proposed the establishment of a marine protected area in a more than 900,000-square-kilometer zone in East... read more
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ChronicleLive Creating environment of encouragement for girls in the STEM sectorChronicleLiveSchools must strive to create environments where both boys and girls are exposed to science and technology, and are equally encouraged to study those disciplines. Those with... read more
