"Flooding the zone" means drowning #ClimateProgress, among other victims.
Situational awareness is nasty in an ugly environment but people interested in maintaining decent Earth habitability of the type we'd all prefer had best keep up with events.
This week's Skeptical Science #ClimateChange news roundup includes a broad survey of the new US administration's concerted effort to reverse #EnergyModernization, maintain cash flow for anachronistic legacy industries.
We're making #ClimateProgress when fossil fuels are losing their value so good news!
As the world's oil traders and analysts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore last week, the slump in oil and where it was headed was foremost in everybody's mind.
Goldman Sachs' Co-Head of Global Commodities Research Daan Struyven estimated that crude prices could fall to the low $60s per barrel level by within the next two years and he did not rule out an even steeper decline.
U.S. crude futures traded 0.7% lower in a good sign for #ClimateProgress
The settlement reached in Navahine v. Hawaii Department of Transportation recognizes children’s constitutional rights to a life-sustaining climate, Gov. Josh Green and attorneys at the public interest law firms Our Children’s Trust and Earthjustice said in separate statements.
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-youth-climate-lawsuit-settlement-9244eb020ee3259c5bc34c4580e7df60
Estimated annual CO2 emissions caused by human activities is about 35 billion tons.
Around 15.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are generated every year by 2,000 gigawatts of coal power.
What if we could convert those thermal coal plants to generate electricity from solar and wind energy instead of coal thereby keeping the workers working and the grid stable?
Well, turns out we can if we want to. Pass it on
#ClimateSolutions #ClimateProgress #EnergyTransition
https://e2s-power.com/e2s-power-and-india-power-working-together-to-convert-fossil-fuel-power-plants-into-clean-energy-storage-facilities/
I am in no way advertising for Pepsi at all because of how they've responded to Putin's invasion of #Ukraine but #ClimateProgress is progress on that front at least.
PepsiCo is expanding the size of its electric fleet in California, adding 50 Class 8 Tesla Semis and 75 Ford E-Transit electric vans.
CocaCola too has acquired 20 Daimler Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors, a variety of electric semi that produces no planet-warming pollution.
Sadly to me I've spent my morning on social media focused on politics and the wars so haven't posted as much on #ClimateProgress and #ClimateSolutions as I like to do.
I just found this awesome picture though that I want to share. I understand that a lot of so-called self-described environmentalists want to do away with animal husbandry right away the same way they want everyone to go cold turkey on fossil fuels, but that's political and ergo climate suicide.
So, this dairy barn is awesome!
The German government made a major move that will help revolutionize the country's steel production process.
As explained by Reuters, the German government pledged 2.6 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in funding to support steelmaker Stahl-Holding-Saar's (SHS) transition to greener production. The investment will drastically reduce the pollution from steel production over the next few years.
#ClimateSolutions #ClimateProgress
https://greensteelworld.com/robert-habeck-announces-eur-2-6-billion-planned-funding-for-the-saarland-steel-industry
I really like this tracking solar EV charging unit that doesn't require any grid power and can be installed in just a day. I assume that it can be connected to the grid though for backup or if there's extensive use in one day or it's cloudy etc.
https://solaflectev.com/
#WeCanDoThis #ClimateSolutions #ClimateProgress #ClimateHope #Solar #EVs
Oakland, California now has an entirely electric school bus fleet that is able to back up the grid with 2.7 GWhrs of power through vehicle-to-grid.
Let's celebrate our #ClimateProgress
@crispius
You want to know where you can stick the doomism you're selling in order to try to make the world burn?
We've made a lot of #ClimateProgress despite people like you trying to block it by making people think there's no hope!
Is it rude to check other people's predictions? I hope not.
US emissions in 2023 went down by just 1.9%.
Coal burning dropped by 17%.
Sources:
https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/110973530605105454
https://rhg.com/research/us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-2023/
https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec11_3.pdf
UCI Irvine is among health care facilities nationwide demonstrating their commitment to lower greenhouse gas emissions and build more climate-resilient infrastructure.
A net zero goal of emissions helps in the advancement of climate health, improves population health, and helps improve local communities. #ClimateProgress
Nation's 1st all-electric, zero-emission hospital coming to UCI Health medical campus in Irvine in 2025 -
https://abc7.com/uci-health-irvine-all-electric-hospital-medical-campus/14736397/
Researchers at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering have turned to 3D printing with recyclable material to give wind turbine blades a much-needed sustainable boost.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and TPI Composite explain that this innovation won't just improve the sustainability of wind turbine technology it makes wind turbines more practical and less expensive and reduces energy needed to construct them too.
#ClimateSolutions #ClimateProgress #WeCanDoThis
#VoteBlue
Diageo will be replacing its natural gas boilers with heat batteries at its Kentucky and Illinois production sites thanks to Biden's efforts to decarbonize the globe's largest economy as part of his efforts to make the world a better place.
According to consulting firm Kearney, the beverage sector was responsible for 3.8% of all carbon pollution in 2021 and is not on track to meet its reduction goals.
#ClimateSolutions #ClimateProgress #WeCanDoThis
#EnergyTransition
Don't let the #FossilFools fool you too!
Useful idiots and Republicans in general will try to use Biden's pause for new LNG export terminal permitting as a political weapn against him this year.
Except because of #ClimateProgress the European Union’s demand for liquefied natural gas, which provided a key lifeline during the energy crisis, will likely peak this year as the region accelerates its renewables transition, according to the bloc’s energy regulator.
#ElectrifyEverything #LNG
President Biden has treated the climate crisis as an emergency since day one and will continue to build a clean energy future that lowers utility bills, creates good-paying union jobs and has made our economy the envy of the world.
Still White House advisers are divided over the idea of declaring a climate emergency, with some saying it wouldn’t provide enough new authority to make substantial changes argue such an announcement could galvanize climate-minded voters
#ThanxBiden #ClimateProgress
Vote Blue for our climate and attack Joe Biden only if you're a fossil fool!
Renewable energy has supplied 100 percent of California's energy demand for between 15 minutes and six hours in 30 of the last 38 days—a historic first for the Golden State.
Data for Friday, April 12, for example, showed solar, wind, geothermal and hydro energy exceeded demand for six hours and averaged at two-thirds of total supply across the whole day.
Great news. It stands to reason that as demand grows, solutions follow.
This is yet another positive outcome of Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which, along with the Inflation Reduction Act, provides historic amounts of investment in climate and environmental action. #BidenHarris2024 #ClimateProgress
Cirba Solutions Battery Recycling Plant - Center for American Progress:
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/cirba-solutions-battery-recycling-plant/
