Where oil and gas belongs - #LeaveItInTheGround apple.news/AqZ-pPgR4ThWsK…

Useful tool alert... 'Heat pumps, solar panels and EVs can save households money and slash emissions. A new calculator from RMI helps contractors figure out by how much.'
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There is a HUGE amount of renewable energy waiting to be hooked up to the grid, and although the interconnection process is getting sped up, the real problem is lack of sufficient transmission capacity.
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Keep using oil and natural gas and it’ll only get hotter: “Nearly 19,000 weather stations have notched record high temperatures since January 1. Each of the last ten months has been the hottest of its kind.” We’re baking the planet. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Survey reveals some of what folks living near solar energy farms think about these projects. Some good news, so room for improvement... insideclimatenews.org/news/16042024/…

Big changes in extreme precipitation are happening. Here is the observed change in the severity of heavy precipitation events, due mostly to climate change.
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More on the health risks associated w/ wildfire smoke: 'New research shows the health costs of breathing in wildfire smoke can be high.'
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Finding EV chargers isn’t that hard, but google aims to make it easier. Thanks! washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

EV charging saves serious $$ over filling a tank w gas. Like a buck fifty per gallon of comparable range. Or less. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Good deal “it would cost the global economy $6 trillion by 2050 to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement—the agreement among nearly 200 nations to tackle climate change—compared to the study’s estimated $38 trillion economic damage due to climate change” cnn.com/2024/04/17/bus…

And why do you think this is happening more and more? “an above-average year for snow doesn’t guarantee an above-average runoff, given the forecast of warm spring temperatures and dry soil conditions”

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Yup... 'China and the US need to move beyond their perennial squabbles and chest thumping to address existential global problems, drawing on their collective creativity, financial expertise and manufacturing prowess' scmp.com/news/china/dip…

This a UT story, a US story & a global story - lakes in many parts of the world are drying up for the same reasons: 'It's because of so many years of drought and climate change and water diversions, and we can't keep going like that' npr.org/2024/04/13/124…

Surprised? Not me. 'Trump voters who reported experiencing an extreme weather event were more likely to vote in favor of a clean energy referendum than Trump voters who had not experienced such events.' phys.org/news/2024-04-a…

Good news, but just the the tip of the iceberg in terms of what climate change is going to cost us. 'The USDOT is doling out nearly $830 million in grants to 80 different projects aimed at strengthening US infrastructure against climate change' theverge.com/2024/4/12/2412…

Love it! seas.umich.edu/news/u-m-stude…

Large majorities of Americans want corporations to do more to fight climate change, but...'Companies must now be more proactive in figuring out a better approach,” or risk blowback from consumers and regulators. grist.org/accountability…

How’s your access to nature and its health benefits? Good reason to improve urban greenness - it benefits both mental and health wellness. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

This is wild - we knew time spent in nature is good for one’s mental health, but there’s more: “being near green space caused some biological or molecular changes that can be detected in our blood” = living longer. We evolved in nature, so no surprise? washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

Court win: 'this was the first time an international court ruled on climate change — and the first decision confirming that countries have an obligation to protect people from its effects' apnews.com/article/europe…