Mice Vote To Bell Cat: Climate Terror In Alberta

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:32:45 +0000

Headlines out of Canada are making palms meet faces around the world. In Canada, the faces are often red with embarrassment about other Canadian’s actions. Other faces are red with anger. But it’s all theatrics during the inevitable dissolution of the oil sands. What are the headlines? Alberta’s ruling party … [continued]

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Enbridge Renewable Natural Gas A 1% Greenwashing Rounding Error

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 18:50:43 +0000

One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America. When that … [continued]

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Texas Wind Energy Industry Makes Friends With Oil & Gas Producers

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:55:35 +0000

Wind energy investors are finding a friendly home in Texas, partly on account of the rising demand for electricity from oil and gas operations.

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Gas Stoves Are Hazardous To Your Health

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:15:12 +0000

The latest research claims gas stoves kill up to 40,000 people a year in the EU and UK. So why are so many committed to using them?

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What Does A One-In-A-1000 Year Storm Look Like — And Will We Be Seeing Them More Frequently?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:15:16 +0000

Hurricanes have always been taken seriously by residents who live on coastlines. After all, there are historical precedents that make clear how much damage can accrue from a hurricane’s wrath. What’s not so well understood is how what used to be referred to as a one-in-1000 year storm generates wind … [continued]

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Many Of The Planet’s Vital Signs Have Reached Record Levels Due To Climate Change

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:41:02 +0000

Global leaders have promised to reduce their country’s fossil fuel consumption since the 2105 Paris Agreement. Yet, according to a United Nations report issued on Thursday, countries have essentially made no progress in cutting emissions and tackling global warming. The planet’s vital signs are weakening, to the point that countries … [continued]

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How Many Hydrogen Transit Trial Failures Are Enough?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:13:50 +0000

In the past few days I’ve been going deep on some very odd results out of a Canadian transit think tank’s research and reports for client municipalities, finding that bad assumptions and worse scenarios resulted in $1.5 billion being taken off of hydrogen bus costs. Discussion around this led to … [continued]

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Monitoring Methane Better — Finally

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:15:58 +0000

The Biden–Harris administration has dished out a $162.4 million loan guarantee to help address an issue that really doesn’t get enough attention, or solutions. The issue is methane emissions, and specifically not tracking them well enough in this case. The loan guarantee, which is part of the administration’s Investing in … [continued]

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A Deep Dive Into Pirelli’s Journey To A More Sustainable Tire

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:40:02 +0000

Pirelli is perhaps best known for racing tires and the high performance consumer products built using that technology, the P Zero lineup. The company brought CleanTechnica out to Austin, Texas, ahead of the Austin Grand Prix to get a firsthand look at its sustainability efforts as it continues the transition … [continued]

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Methane Expert Rob Jackson Of Global Carbon Project Talks Solutions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:21:39 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly … [continued]

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