Amid pandemic, U.S. renewable power sources have topped coal for 40 days
(Reuters) - Electricity generated by renewable sources like solar, wind and hydro has exceeded coal-fired power in the United States for a record 40 straight days, according to a report based on U.S. government data released on Monday.
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Amid Pandemic, U.S. Renewable Power Sources Have Topped Coal for 40 Days
Careful Measurement of Environmental Trends and Progress Provides a Foundation for Effective Policymaking
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It is already devastating millions of people, especially low-wealth communities who are least responsible for causing it. NC WARN tackles this crisis by vigorously pressing Duke Energy to join - or at least stop impeding - the clean energy revolution. Because North Carolina deserves better than pollution and cronyism.
A Growing Campaign of Huge investment Portfolios Divesting From Fossil Fuels
National Trust to divest £1bn portfolio from fossil fuels
The National Trust is divesting its £1bn portfolio from fossil fuels in an attempt to help tackle the escalating climate crisis. The organisation, which looks after 780 miles (1,250km) of coastline, 248,000 hectares (612,000 acres) of land and more than 500 historic houses, castles, monuments and parks, said it would withdraw the vast majority of its investments from fossil fuels within 12 months, and the entirety within three years.
What You Need to Know About Organic Broadleaf Weed Control
What You Need to Know About Organic Broadleaf Weed Control
If you want a chemical-free landscape and also want to defeat lawn weeds, the best defense is prevention. But weed prevention can take some time and, on occasion, you may need herbicides. Organic herbicides are a viable option for weed removal today, with more than 30 on the U.S. market.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Worldwide Are Growing at an Accelerating Pace This Year
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a 'Speeding Freight Train' in 2018
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are growing at an accelerating pace this year, researchers said Wednesday, putting the world on track to face some of the most severe consequences of global warming sooner than expected.
The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?
The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. HANOI, Vietnam - Coal, the fuel that powered the industrial age, has led the planet to the brink of catastrophic climate change.
New UN Climate Change Study Warns We Are Running Out of Time to Control Greenhouse Gases
Grim Forecast From U.N. On Global Climate Change
Some of the world's top climate scientists have concluded that global warming is likely to reach dangerous levels unless new technologies are developed to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
EPA Relaxes Rules on How Coal Ash Can Be Stored
EPA eases rules on how coal ash waste is stored across U.S.
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Tuesday to overhaul requirements for handling the toxic waste produced by burning coal, providing more flexibility to state and industry officials who had sought a rollback of restrictions put in place in 2015.
Most Dire Climate Change Predictions, Warns New Study, Are Also the Most Accurate
Most Dire Climate Change Predictions, Warns New Study, Are Also the Most Accurate
Climate change is occurring at a faster rate than has previously been predicted, according to a new study which suggests that the most extreme estimates of the effects of global warming are likelier than more optimistic predictions.
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice | BioScience | Oxford Academic
© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com...Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1700 independent scientists, including the majority of living Nobel laureates in the sciences, penned the 1992 "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" (see supplemental file S1).
Electricity Prices Plummet as Gas, Wind Gain Traction and Demand Stalls
Electricity Prices Plummet as Gas, Wind Gain Traction and Demand Stalls
The rapid rise of wind and natural gas as sources of electricity is roiling U.S. power markets, forcing more companies to close older generating plants.
Can Carbon Dioxide Removal Save the World?
Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?
Carbon Engineering, a company owned in part by Bill Gates, has its headquarters on a spit of land that juts into Howe Sound, an hour north of Vancouver. Until recently, the land was a toxic-waste site, and the company's equipment occupies a long, barnlike building that, for many years, was used to process contaminated water.
What They Don't Tell Us About Climate Change: CO2 Has to Be Sucked Out of The Atmosphere
What they don't tell you about climate change
TWO years ago the world pledged to keep global warming "well below" 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Climate scientists and campaigners purred. Politicians patted themselves on the back. Despite the Paris agreement's ambiguities and some setbacks, including President Donald Trump's decision to yank America out of the deal, the air of self-congratulation was still on show among those who gathered in Bonn this month for a follow-up summit.
This Bodes Badly....
Fossil fuel emissions will reach an all-time high in 2017, scientists say - dashing hopes of progress
Global carbon dioxide emissions are projected to rise again in 2017, climate scientists reported Monday, a troubling development for the environment and a major disappointment for those who had hoped emissions of the climate change-causing gas had at last peaked.
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U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump
U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump Officials
The White House put out a statement Friday that seemed to undercut the high level of confidence of the report's findings. "The climate has changed and is always changing," Raj Shah, a White House spokesman, said in the statement.
Duke Energy Wants You to Pay to Clean Up a Mess They Knowingly Made
Speak out against Duke Energy's attempt to hike our residential rates by 16.7%, in part to pay for their mismanagement of coal ash. The culpable managers and Duke's shareholders should bear these costs, not us ratepayers. Duke Energy has put our water and communities at risk, and now they want us to pay the price for their bad business practices. No communities should pay an unfair burden. Sign a petition against rate hikes for dirty energy: http://action.ncconservationnetwork.org/ratehikespetition.Insurers: We're off the hook, Duke Energy knew coal ash risk
RALEIGH - Dozens of insurance companies say they're not obligated to help pay for Duke Energy Corp.'s multi-billion dollar coal ash cleanup because the nation's largest electric company long knew about but did nothing to reduce the threat of potentially toxic pollutants.
A Dutch Electrical Energy Business Model: Mitigating Climate Change by Selling Less Power
Dutch Utility Bets Its Future on an Unusual Strategy: Selling Less Power
For instance, Eneco owns Jedlix, an electric vehicle charging unit, which has partnerships with Tesla and BMW and allows car owners to recharge their vehicles inexpensively when there are large supplies of renewable energy on the grid. Jedlix sometimes even pays them to do so.
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