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The Desert Sun Riverside County solar project scores $131-million deal with Central Valley farm districtThe Desert SunCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown couldn’t get a 100 percent renewable energy mandate across the finish line in Sacramento this month, and the Trump administration is eyeing protectionist trade policies that critics say would drive up the price of solar…

The Courier-Journal LG&E wins ‘eyesore’ solar fight in Simpsonville – for now, anywayThe Courier-JournalLG&E customers are slowly embracing a planned Shelby County community solar farm as local residents and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear fight against its construction. The Simpsonville-area residents and Beshear recently lost a court ruling but …

Bloomberg Storm-Ravaged Caribbean Is Eyeing Solar, But It Won’t Come CheapBloombergIn making the case for so-called microgrids, environmental nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute pointed to solar installations on the Turks and Caicos islands that remained largely intact while the local utility reported more than 1,200 poles down. That … and more »

Gizmodo We’ve Grossly Underestimated How Much Cow Farts Are Contributing to Global WarmingGizmodoWe’ve known for quite some time that greenhouse gases produced by cattle, sheep, and pigs are a significant contributor to global warming, but the new research, published in Carbon Balance and Management, shows it’s worse than we thought. Revised …Study: Science Underestimated Livestock Impact…

New York Magazine How Climate Change Is Creating More Powerful HurricanesNew York MagazineThis summer, the U.S. and the Caribbean were hit by two of the most damaging hurricanes in history, which left Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands facing a humanitarian disaster. What role does climate change play in the 30 percent increase in Category…

Futurism New Data Shows Progress in Fight Against Climate ChangeFuturismOffering a much-needed sign that human actions can be effective against climate change, new data published by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NEAA) shows that global CO2 emissions largely remained static in 2016. All major emitters … and more »

Yale Climate Connections Communicating climate change through poetryYale Climate ConnectionsFor many people, climate change can feel distant and abstract. San Diego poet Scott T. Starbuck hopes his poems can help change that. Starbuck: “I spend hours researching the science, and then I let my unconscious and intuition work in the metaphors …

The Independent Majority of Americans now believe climate change makes hurricanes more intense, poll findsThe Independent“[Hurricane] Harvey was not caused by climate change, yet its impacts – the storm surge and especially the extreme rainfall – very likely worsened due to human-caused global warming,” Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact …Majority Of…

NASA astronaut to bike across Amazon in climate change filmABC NewsNASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is keeping his exploration impulses down-to-earth, biking 600 miles across the Amazon to raise awareness about climate change and record its effects. Cassidy tells WCSH-TV ( http://on.wcsh6.com/2wo0WDt ) in Maine, where … and more »

The Guardian Wood-burning stove ban will not be enforced against householdersThe GuardianKhan has written to Michael Gove, the environment secretary, asking him to amend the Clean Air Act to give him the powers to create zones where the burning of solid fuels such as wood is banned. The move could affect wood-burning stove owners beyond ……