Hurricane Florence may affect the operations of several of the 16 nuclear reactors located in the Carolinas and Virginia, raising concerns about safety and power outages. Ted Kury, director of energy studies at the University of Florida’s Public Utility Research Center, explains why nuclear power stations must take precautions during big storms. By Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida… [ 775 more words ]
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/nuclear-reactors-hurricanes-5…/
Pro-life Evangelicals call on Trump to keep life-protecting methane standards. "This action proves yet again that the Administration only values fossil fuels interests and not the health of our children that President Trump promised to protect."
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/pro-life-evangelicals-call-tr…/
Renewables account for 43% of new power capacity for US in first half of 2018
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/renewables-account-43-new-pow…/
First Trump was a "Birther". Now he doubts how many died in Puerto Rico - makes him a "Deather"? "Washington’s response to María in Puerto Rico made the “heckuva job” response to Katrina look like the Marshall Plan."
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/first-trump-birther-now-doubt…/
Crazy energy breakthrough: Japanese Scientists have created what they call a “golden sandwich,” a photoelectrode that captures 85% of sunlight and uses it to split water and thus create hydrogen. "
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/crazy-energy-breakthrough-gol…/
How does partisanship drive climate policy? Social psychologists explore the answers: Democrats didn’t expect any of their peers to support a policy introduced by Republicans and Republicans expected their peers to oppose a policy supported by Democrats. Dr. Van Boven elaborated that “what people are worried about is violating the norm or the belief that most of their peers hold, not necessarily violating their political leaders.”
https://redgreenandblue.org/…/partisanship-drive-climate-p…/
Tesla Model 3 is the #1 best-selling car in the US (by revenue). In addition to becoming the best-selling car by overall revenue, the Tesla Model 3 outsold entire luxury brands by car units (excluding vans and SUVs), such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi. Tesla plans to further increase demand by offering cheaper variants of the car all the way down to $35,000
https://redgreenandblue.org/…/tesla-model-3-1-best-selling…/
Moving #BeyondCoal at the #GlobalClimateActionSummit: @AmericasPledge reports: 1) there is a pathway for the U.S. to meet its Paris targets, even in the current political climate, & 2) the electric power sector is the biggest area of opportunity in the near term
https://redgreenandblue.org/…/moving-beyond-coal-global-cl…/
Hurricane Florence: Maybe we should have listened to Al Gore in Inconvenient Truth? Let's take a quick look at all the things he got right... and there are a LOT of them.
https://redgreenandblue.org/…/hurricane-florence-maybe-lis…/
A decade after the financial crisis, economic scars remain, inequality thrives &crooks roam free. "When Democrats next gain control, we need to stop futzing around the margins & create economic policies that go a lot further than, say, simply patching up the wreckage of Consumer Finance Safety Board."
https://redgreenandblue.org/…/decade-financial-crisis-econ…/
Trump's most dangerous attack on the environment: Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. Our malignly mendacious president could self-destruct at any time, but if the U.S. Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh, then the Trump administration's deep hostility to bedrock environmental laws that protect us from corporate polluters will have a seat on that court long after Trump himself is a mortifying historical footnote.
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/trumps-dangerous-attack-envir…/
Hurricane Florence is bigger and stronger because of #ClimateChange. Warm air holds more moisture, and Florence is expected to stall over the coast (like Harvey), thanks to a change in the Jet Stream that’s been linked to warming in the Arctic.
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/hurricane-florence-bigger-str…/
Jury finds pipeline company guilty in Refugio Oil Spill off Santa Barbara Coast. The jurors found the company guilty of a felony for failing to properly maintain its dangerous, highly-pressurized pipeline that led to the discharge of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean, killing and injuring large numbers of birds, sea mammals and other wildlife and fish.
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/jury-finds-pipeline-company-g…/
A million climate change deniers flee Hurricane Florence, but that won't change their minds. When it comes to addressing climate change, the waters really are rising. Failing to recognize the signs that are all around us is an act of willful self delusion that puts the entire human race and all living creatures at risk.
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/million-climate-change-denier…/
Climate Action: Trump admin ordered no regulation on HFCs. New York pushes ahead anyway. While ordering that HFCs be phased out, Governor Cuomo scoffed at the short-sightedness of the Trump administration’s position regarding climate change.
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/climate-action-trump-admin-or…/
Global Climate Action Summit: Cities and States can meet Paris Climate Agreement goals (without Trump). "The Paris Agreement itself doesn’t do enough, fast enough. Climate activists have argued for three decades that delaying action would ultimately mean having to take tougher action, even draconian action in the future. So, obviously, given all the delays caused by propaganda and purchased politicians, we now have no choice but to do more and better and faster."
http://redgreenandblue.org/…/global-climate-action-summit-…/
