I don’t think I’ll ever look up again when I hear a plane overhead. The finest flights, like a bird’s, are now soundless to me. The drone of internal combustion engines is no longer state of the art for aviation. By powering human flight, a new kind of energy has … [continued]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Washington this week to meet with President Barack Obama and address the US Congress. Representing 2 of the world’s top 4 greenhouse-gas-emitting nations, they discussed important issues for the international community, including development, energy access, international finance, and climate change. “Climate and energy is an area … [continued]
The many-sided battle over nuclear power continues with a clear break over politics in Illinois. The company and the government are dancing around the issues currently, with the industry essentially taking the position that government (read: the people) should subsidize the waning years of nuclear installations, or else. That state’s … [continued]
Rolling hills, greening woodlands, and orderly farms grace Pennsylvania’s Lehigh River valley, where Solar Impulse 2 landed on the world’s first solar-powered circumnavigation last week. Small cities—Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton—dot the piedmont countryside. You would never expect the peaceful Lehigh Valley to be hosting a high-tech superstar of the 21st century. … [continued]
You can now use an interactive guide to discover more about the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. “Carbon Emissions Around The World” quickly calculates the CO2 emissions of different countries. The program becomes especially important in view of the new international emphasis on differentiation in accountability for climate change. With it, users … [continued]
No need to wait very long for climate change to show up on the earth’s timeline. Climate scientist Ed Hawkins of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, UK (@ed_hawkins) posted this hypnotic moving image of climate change on Twitter this week. Spiralling global temperatures from 1850-2016 (full … [continued]
“I don’t see how anything I do can make a difference. Climate change is one of the most terrifying events that may happen in my lifetime.” Should you just give up? No! You can make a difference with every choice you take. Each climate-neutral step you take may seem small, … [continued]
At least 165 countries—three times the number required for ratification, and over 85% of the entire United Nations—are signing the historic Paris climate change agreement today at a special ceremony in New York initiated by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. All 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change acclaimed the Paris … [continued]
Last week, the Washington-based Center for International Environmental Law released a raft of public documents showing that the toxic oil and gas/carbon dioxide relationship was known decades earlier than the previously documents revealed. The first news about the massive coverup surfaced last year, when InsideClimate News put out a special report that … [continued]
Wondering how prepared your state is for upcoming changes in climate? If you’re in Texas, you might be in for trouble. This week, Climate Central unveiled the first-ever national analysis of state-level preparedness for climate change-driven, weather-related threats. States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card summarizes the changing nature of key threats and … [continued]
