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Category Archives: Climate News
Covid-19 and the Future of Energy Use
Will the world wide decline in energy use, caused by the Covid-19 related economic slowdown, be a way to transition to clean energy or will the rebound be more use of fossil fuels? Here is key summary paragraph from … Continue reading
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Tagged energy predictions, fossil fuels decline, IEA
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Will Covid-19 Ruin Big Oil and Help Save the Climate?
The prevailing narrative is that big bad oil and the fossil fuel industry will prevail no matter how bad a business model it might be. A Guardian article weakens that assumption, by addressing: Will the coronavirus kill the oil industry and … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, End of Fossil Fuel
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After Covid-19: VW Idea Could Advance Electric Vehicles
Financial Times reports VW: The world’s largest carmaker wants EU governments to consider generous scrappage schemes, in which drivers are paid thousands of euros to swap their vehicles for newer models…. Markus Söder, the minister-president of Bavaria, which counts BMW … Continue reading
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11 percent of NH’s 2018 Job Increase Was Clean Energy Related
Of course, Covid-19 makes it hard to predict the future however this recently released 2019 Clean Energy New Hampshire report concludes: 2018 marked another year in the evolution of New Hampshire’s clean energy system. Despite the highest employment NH has … Continue reading
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Save The World, Speak Up, Word of Mouth Works
The more research we do in posting articles here, the more it becomes apparent we have to change the climate change narrative to catch up with the new reality. We like this phrase from a Wired magazine article: “If we … Continue reading
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Tagged Clive Thompson, Social influence, Stefano Carattini
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Hate Carbon Pollution? Then Save Old, Big Trees
New Hampshire, where this blog is produced, at 80 percent is the second most forested state in the USA. It’s our most valued save the planet resource. Wired magazine’s article Why Old-Growth Trees Are Crucial to Fighting Climate Change by Brooke Jarvis makes … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Sequestration, Forest Management, Old Growth Trees
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It’s Now More Profitable to Save World than to Ruin It
As part of our continuing series on how renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, here is the Wired magazine article: Solar Power Is Sustainable for the Economy, Too by Stephen Witt. Here is my favorite quote from the article, which I am … Continue reading
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Tagged fossil fuels in decline, green renewables, Solar cheaper
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Forbes Contributor Bullish on Renewables
Frank Holmes, who covers emerging markets for Forbes, makes:The Case For Pivoting Into Renewable Energy. He writes: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects electricity generation from renewable sources to surpass nuclear and coal by as early as next year. … Continue reading
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Tagged divesting fossil fuels, green renewables, investing, stock market
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Climate Change: What Can We, as Individuals, Do
I had to get pretty far down in this Wired magazine essay We Can’t Tackle Climate Change Without You by Mary Annaïse Heglar to find the answer posed in this post’s headline: The one sentence reads: Yes, it’s true that you can’t … Continue reading
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Greta Thunberg, Climate Crisis and Covid-19 Pandemic
A New Yorker article/book review/analysis entitled How Greta Thunberg Transformed Existential Dread Into a Movement by Emily Witt delves into Thunberg’s eccentric family with its unique dynamics. It also serves as another warning of what is to come if we keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Emily Witt, Greta Thunberg, New Yorker
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