Zombie Wells: A $280 Billion Problem the U.S. Can’t Ignore
Supposedly shuttered but toxic oil wells are yet another large-scale cost of the Western addiction to cheap energy.
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East Harlem ‘Passive House’ Apartment Complex is the Nation’s Biggest Ultra-Green Development Yet
Affordable housing built with attention to ventilation, windows, sealing and other details saves energy and utility costs
Read more...Between Optimism and Despair: The Messy Middle Paths Through Climate Breakdown
The mindset at the root of the ecological crisis will continue to drive destructive patterns, until we are forced to confront it.
Read more...Electric Vehicle Revolution Stalls, Leaving Metal Markets in Limbo
Another sober take on near and perhaps intermediate-term electric vehicle prospects.
Read more...Insects: Apocalypse Soon?
The world-wide decline of insect populations, strengths and weaknesses of the studies, causes and effects
Read more...The Growing Conservative Backlash Against Carbon Capture and Storage
A climate technology favored by oil companies is increasingly being attacked by more prominent figures on the right who are following the lead of their base.
Read more...Uncovering Dark Oxygen: Deep-Sea Discovery Challenges Scientific Assumptions
Yves here. We linked to reports of the discovery of so-called dark oxygen, but we did not realize that this finding could argue for restricting deep sea mining. By Felicity Bradstock, a freelance writer specializing in energy and finance. Originally published at OilPrice Potato-shaped metallic nodules deep under the Pacific Ocean produce oxygen in complete […]
Read more...Wildfires Can Create Their Own Weather, Further Spreading the Flames − An Atmospheric Scientist Explains How
A worked example of how human activity does not just have direct environment effects but also feedback loops, here on weather.
Read more...Climate Change: Can One Specific Example Counter the Denialists?
A look at climate change impacts, recent and prospective, in coastal Georgia. Can evidence like this change some stubborn minds?
Read more...World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report
Brazilian meat giant JBS invested just 0.03 percent of annual revenues into climate measures, researchers found.
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U.S. is Facing a Major Energy Crunch Due to AI’s Insatiable Demand
A proposed Department of Energy initiative show the US is unserious about either curbing AI energy demand or managing the impact on the grid
Read more...Net-Zero Ambitions Hit Major Roadblocks in Europe, UK, and US
The projected failure to meet insufficiently ambitious climate change goals like net zero should come as no surprise.
Read more...Wall Street Journal on Americans Being Less Willing to Have Children
The Journal gives a largely sympathetic account of why fewer are having children, even as it may be going easy on cost pressures.
Read more...Where’s the Death Data on Heat, Wildfire Smoke, and Other Climate Extremes?
Knowing the true human toll resulting from soaring temperatures might help jolt the nation into action on climate change sooner and lessen the mitigation and resilience we will need.
Read more...China Has Just Gained First-Mover Advantage In Nuclear Fusion
China has apparently made a big nuclear fusion breakthrough. If true, how long would it take to commercialize it?
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