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  • WHERE SEAS ARE RISING AT ALARMING SPEED

    The Gulf of Mexicohas experienced twice the global average rate of sea level rise since 2010, a Post analysis of satellite data shows. Few other places on the planet have seen similar rates of increase, such as the North Sea near the United Kingdom. “Since 2010, it’s very abnormal and unprecedented,” said Jianjun Yin, a climate…

  • More than one in five cars sold worldwide this year will be electric — IEA

    Electric cars sales in China are projected to reach 10 million this year, accounting for about 45% of all car sales in the world’s largest automotive market. This is why oil giant Sinopec recently said gasoline demand in the country likely peaked in 2023.

  • China will hit 1,200GW wind and solar target this year, IEA says

    China will have 1,200 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind and solar energy capacity by the end of 2024 — a full six years earlier than the government had targeted, according to the International Energy Agency’s estimates. Why it matters: The IEA says the unrivalled renewables boom underway in the world’s second-largest economy has increased the chances…

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and Agroecology: Synergies and Convergences

    Indigenous food systems are systems of production, distribution, and consumption of foods based on Traditional Knowledge and practices of Indigenous Peoples. These systems are characterized by their diversity, sustainability, and resilience, which makes them preferable to conventional industrial food systems. In a webinar organized by the Agroecology Fund (AEF) in November 2023, representatives of Indigenous Peoples and non-governmental organizations…

  • A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US Southwest and the revitalization of the Salton Sea

    Casey’s writing on solar power has transformed the way I look at at power related problems… when you realize we have an unlimited amount of power raining from the sky (that we can capture) then it changes the economics of problems. Cheap and power inefficient becomes the play of the day. The advent of cheap…

  • Why We Need Socialism

  • The Value of Indigenous Knowledge in Permafrost Research

    Permafrost emissions are the climate change issue that really keep me awake at night. Like wild fires we need to tap into the lived knowledge of the people who have inhabited that biome for centuries if we’re to stand any chance. But according to Patrick Murphy, a field research technician with the Woodwell Climate Research…

  • Bioengineers design a new plant to purify air faster than nature

    I love this concept… but it reeks of unintended consequences. Lionel Mora and Patrick Torbey, co-founders of Neoplants, had the idea of building an organism with, what Mora describes as, “virtuous function.” In other words, they wanted to use synthetic biology to add positive functions that could have a positive impact on the environment. They…

  • A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant

    Hawaii shut down its last coal plant on September 1, 2022, eliminating 180 megawatts of fossil-fueled baseload power from the grid on Oahu — a crucial step in the state’s first-in-the-nation commitment to cease burning fossil fuels for electricity by 2045. But the move posed a question that’s becoming increasingly urgent as clean energy surges across the United States: How do you maintain a reliable…

  • The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Weaponizing the First Amendment to Silence Its Critics

    It’s the latest chapter in a decades-long effort to expand free speech rights for corporations while restricting them for people — a project of which Gibson Dunn is a key architect. While the idea to create “corporate personas” that could contribute to public debate — and to advocate for free speech protections for them — was first…