Climate change could explain why your roads are crumbling – Science Magazine
Science Magazine Climate change could explain why your roads are crumblingScience MagazineThe climate is changing, but the materials the United States is using for our roads aren’t keeping up. Before building a new road, engineers generally select the proper type of asphalt for the job based on the temperature extremes a region is likely to …
Russia wants to protect itself from climate change—without reducing carbon emissions – Science Magazine
Science Magazine Russia wants to protect itself from climate change—without reducing carbon emissionsScience MagazineThe new charge to the environment ministry reflects a sea change in Russia’s views about climate change and how the nation must respond. Politicians have acknowledged that extreme weather events have doubled over the past 25 years, to 590 in 2016, … and…
EPA Forces Staff to Attend Anti-Leak Classes as Attack on Environment Continues – Common Dreams
Common Dreams EPA Forces Staff to Attend Anti-Leak Classes as Attack on Environment ContinuesCommon DreamsAs the Trump administration continues to gut regulations meant to protect public health and the environment, the Associated Press reports Thursday that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers are being forced to attend an anti-leaking class this …US environment agency trains employees…
Environment Tasmania criticises Greens over new salmon law support – The Mercury
The Mercury Environment Tasmania criticises Greens over new salmon law supportThe Mercury“They should have rejected it,” Environment Tasmania’s Laura Kelly said. “It’s deeply flawed as a governance system. I would not have put my party’s name to something that was so deeply flawed.” The Bill passed the Lower House on Wednesday, clarifying … and more »
Boston To Host International Climate Summit In 2018 – WBUR
WBUR Boston To Host International Climate Summit In 2018WBUROfficials from cities around the world will meet in Boston next summer to discuss how to combat global warming on a local level. Mayor Marty Walsh decided to hold the summit after the U.S. State Department told him a meeting of the world’s mayors to …Boston to…
Citigroup Joins Corporate Climate Fight With Swift Energy Pledge – Bloomberg
Bloomberg Citigroup Joins Corporate Climate Fight With Swift Energy PledgeBloombergCitigroup Inc. plans to purchase or produce all of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, the company said during Climate Week New York, an annual affair of energy– and climate-related events timed to correspond with the United Nations General …Bill on Beacon Hill would eliminate fossil…
Solar Plus Storage Projects Will Increasingly Offer Resiliency – Forbes
Forbes Solar Plus Storage Projects Will Increasingly Offer ResiliencyForbesEarly this month, Generate Capital, a sustainable infrastructure finance company, and Sharp Electronics Corporation’s Energy Systems and Services Group announced the commencement of a six-site solar plus storage project at the Santa Rita Union School …
Solar Tariff Case Challenges President Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda – Forbes
Forbes Solar Tariff Case Challenges President Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ AgendaForbesEarlier this spring, solar cell manufacturer Suniva filed for bankruptcy, in the process announcing the closure of its Michigan facility. The business subsequently petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), a federal agency that …First Solar Has a Lot Riding on Proposed Solar TarrifsMotley FoolThriving solar…
Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar System – Phys.Org
Phys.Org Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar SystemPhys.Org“We detected strong indications of the sublimation of water ice due to the increased solar heating—similar to how the tail of a comet is created,” explains Jessica Agarwal (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany), the team leader and … and more »
From oil refineries to solar plants, unions bend California climate change policies in their favor – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times From oil refineries to solar plants, unions bend California climate change policies in their favorLos Angeles TimesNo contour of California’s vast landscape inspires such passionate devotion as its coastline, so state lawmakers recoiled when President Trump announced in April that he wanted to expand offshore drilling. The outrage was channeled into a…