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Covid-19: Greenhouse Gases Down 17%, But…

The Washington Post reports the Covid-19 world shut down led to a startling decline of more than 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. That includes a peak drop in daily emissions of 17 percent in early April, according to … Continue reading

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NYTimes: Renewable Energy Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.

A New York Times article by Brad Plumer  notes that partly driven by Covid-19:  The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record. It adds: It … Continue reading

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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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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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Eerie Analogy Between Covid-19 and Climate Change

People who study climate change predict its devastations will be much worse than Covid-19. Just as we have denied the advice of experts to get prepared for a pandemic, and did too little, so it is with climate change. This … Continue reading

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