Meteorologists are forecasting a particularly intense Atlantic hurricane season this year; they expect 20–25 named storms with a possibility of 30 or more, according to reports from AccuWeather in April. Colorado State University similarly forecasts an estimated 23 named storms this year. The potential for a stronger hurricane season suggests heightened risk for weather-related … [continued]
“Climate change is also indirectly affecting winter storms, making these extreme events happen more often. This is less intuitive and a very active area of research, but we’re starting to understand how these extreme events are happening more often because of climate change.”
Solar One is an organization that I’ve experienced first hand. An active force in clean urban transition, in particular aiding low-income households, it deserves support. Both organizations I met with in NYC — Solar One and WE ACT — had individuals reflecting the relaxed as well as energetic personalities necessary to make something work, really work.
Imagine this scenario for a moment: It’s a nice day out. The sun is shining beautifully and you’re at the beach. You can feel the sand between your toes, the gentle breeze carrying the scent of salt to your nose as it passes through your hair. The water is gently flirting with the shore in happy, foaming waves that bring pieces of wood, rocks, and the occasional fish before retrieving back into her embrace. It’s cool, a sensual contrast to the warm sand, as it washes over your feet.
Extreme weather is incurring expensive repair costs, forcing the Air Force to curtail operations.
Coal and nuclear stakeholders are using this week’s cold snap to argue against renewable energy, but the evidence so far indicates that the 20th century baseload model is out of step with 21st century weather patterns.
Another study linking health and climate change came up this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute and lead author of the study, presented it live at the Civil Society Event on Action in Climate Change and Health in New York. … [continued]
Last Thursday, September 4, marked “National Clean Energy Summit 7.0: Partnership & Progress”—a day-long annual clean energy summit in Las Vegas cosponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), the Center for American Progress, the Clean Energy Project, MGM Resorts International, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former … [continued]
Leading world professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report (Two Degrees Of Separation: Ambition and Reality), an analysis of economic growth rates and greenhouse gas emissions data for G20 economies), this morning. PwC’s sustainability and climate change team says that not only are the … [continued]
As unprecedented storms, extinctions, and water, food, and energy wars continue to touch our world, warnings about destructive human-made climate change multiply and increase in stridency. At the United Nations in New York yesterday, some possible solutions were officially released. (VIDEO available here.) Experts from leading world research institutes convened … [continued]
