A group of scientists conducted a study on the recent heatwaves experienced in the US and Mexico – and concluded that we’re at the height of a climate crisis. Full story. A Hot Topic Between May and early June this year, at a time when the US heatwave was centered in southwest states such as California, Nevada, and Arizona, a …
Ford fans who were looking forward to some new EVs might have to wait a tad longer, as some reshuffling in the car company’s roadmap means bigger (but better) changes. New Plans On Wednesday, Ford Motors announced a major change in its future program for US vehicles. Along with canceling its planned three-row SUV, the car company is also delaying …
Who would have thought a least-developed African country would bypass bigger names like the US and get a head start on cleaner and greener EVs? Out of Africa One country is seemingly 100% serious regarding phasing out fossil fuels – and it’s not in the first-world USA. Long governed by a single-party authoritarian regime, Ethiopia is now showing how quickly …
A new study shows how hydropower can be used, stored, and increased in the US, although global warming can still have an impact. Some Good News A new study by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) brings some hope to those of us stressed about climate change. Published in Environmental Research Letters on August 8th, the study indicates how the …
Warmer air means more lightning bolts, but if you think that is bringing more rainstorms, you’re wrong. Danger, High Voltage When climate scientists tell us that global warming is affecting/worsening everything, they don’t just refer to higher temperatures and faster melting snow. It seems even lightning bolts are aggravated the more our climate is spiraling out of control. But How? …
Wyoming’s Republican governor is calling this a “first-of-its-kind project.” Full story. Clean Energy On Monday, June 10th, Bill Gates was present in Kemmerer, Wyoming to break ground on a new sodium-cooled nuclear reactor. The co-founder of Microsoft is also the chairman of TerraPower, the start-up company in charge of the project. This new nuclear reactor is meant to be smaller, …
And yet, outdoor laborers continue battling 90+ degrees heat while awaiting a bill to protect them from heat injuries “before workers die”. A Sizzling State Climate Central, a climate research nonprofit, recently conducted a study on how the rising heat is affecting Americans. The result? New Jersey is officially the fastest-warming state in the entire Northeast United States (and the …
Surveys state that denialism is higher in the central- and southern US. Where Have You Been? Although it might sound like a new thing, we have been warned about the dangers of greenhouse gases for over half a century. Back to the 60s In March 1969, Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington State got a letter from a very angry …
Ironically, the state’s overload of renewable energy (and a decrease in solar panel installations) is now dampening its chances of achieving 100% clean energy by 2045. Most Rooftop Solar Panels in the US California is the king of rooftop installations, with the state boasting over 1.8 million houses, businesses, and other locations having solar panels – all part of its …
“The climate emergency” has been blamed for this extinction – so how much longer will we ignore the issue? The What Plant? If you’ve never heard of the Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii), chances are it will stay that way as, according to researchers from the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and the Florida Museum of Natural History, this plant …
