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Climate Council Disbanded While Tanker Traverses Arctic Without an Ice Breaker, and Harvey Continues Record Breaking Run
This article, written by Tim Rumage, appeared originally at Planetary Ethicist. The disbanding of the Climate Council1 was an easy story to miss in the last couple of weeks of statutes, protests, Harvey and floods. Even today’s news of the US State Department’s proposed reorganization2 (which functionally demotes discussions on Climate Change and […]
The Environment and the Economy: You Don’t Have to Choose
If something is good for the environment, and for people, usually it also makes good business sense. Read the entire article at OZY. Sustainability isn’t just good for the environment, and for our communities, it also makes good business sense. As Head of Property Management for JPMorgan Chase Global Real Estate, I’m responsible for the […]
Special Report: How Engineers are Preparing for Sea-Level Rise
From Seattle to Cape Cod, see what’s being done at 18 different locations. Read the entire article at Engineering News-Record. In this special report, Engineering News-Record’s team of editors and reporters look at how coastal communities around the country are tackling problems, including erosion, subsidence and sea-level rise. Our reporting has found […]
The Death of the Internal Combustion Engine
It had a good run. But the end is in sight for the machine that changed the world. Read the entire article at The Economist. “HUMAN inventiveness…has still not found a mechanical process to replace horses as the propulsion for vehicles,” lamented Le Petit Journal, a French newspaper, in December 1893. Its answer […]
Mexico’s Energy Storage Market is Open for Business
Read the entire article at GreenTech Media. Mexico doesn’t have any grid storage – but that won’t be the case for long. A recent market reform has set the stage for private grid investment. The government wants storage to be a part of it. After decades with a state-owned monopoly utility, Mexico deregulated its […]
Renewable Energy Hits Global Tipping Point
Read the entire article at Forbes. Beyond global accords and national policies, market forces are now making clean, renewable power a competitive lower-cost reality. “Numerous key markets have reached an inflection point where renewables will have become the cheapest form of new power generation by 2020, a dynamic we see spreading to nearly every country we […]
Why Coastal Insurance Costs are Rising
Read the entire article at Yale Climate Connections. The insurance system has been strained by huge payouts after devastating storms. So many American homeowners in flood-prone areas are facing more expensive insurance premiums. Filer: “Particularly post-Katrina and post-Sandy, now, insurers are going back in and reevaluating the risk and that’s why we’re starting […]
How Climate Change is Impacting the Travel Industry
Read the entire article at Time. National and global transportation systems, and the economic activity they support, have been optimized for the climate in which it all developed: Machines are designed to operate in common temperature ranges, logistical plans depend on historical weather patterns, and coastal land development is based on known flood zones. In […]
Methane-Eating Bacteria Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
Read the entire article at Newsweek. Bacteria that eat methane, a greenhouse gas, have been discovered in an Antarctic lake that has been isolated from the atmosphere for thousands of years. Their presence could significantly reduce the potential risk of warming posed by reservoirs of gas locked up in the ice, scientists say. […]
Giant Tunisian Desert Solar Project Aims to Power Europe
Read the entire article at Climate Home. There has been talk of tapping into the Sahara desert’s vast resources of sunshine to power Europe for years, but little to show for it. Now a massive project in Tunisia is hoping to be the first to make the solar power export dream a reality. Developer TuNur this […]
