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What’s This Costing Us ($)? AdobeStock 1046690304 Martin Wahl Well, Earth, we did it! Scientists have determined that 2024 likely exceeded the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 degree Fahrenheit) limit set for global warming above the average temperature between 1880 and 1900 at the 2015 Paris Agreement. While this breach is a landmark, it doesn’t […] Palisades fire, as seen from a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles on January 7. The fire only got worse over the next week, and it’s not done yet. (Toastt21, CC-BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons). George Harvey and N.R. Mallery Sometimes, as I read a story in the news, I can just picture […] 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. (Chevrolet) Elizabeth Balzani As Donald J. Trump prepares to come into office, questions linger about the future of renewable energy, especially electric vehicles. What will happen to the EV tax credit? Will Trump keep the same regulations in place that drove the EV market forward under Biden? […]
Martin Wahl Climate-change denier Marjorie Taylor Greene has welcomed the 2,500 jobs being brought to her Georgia district thanks to a government loan guarantee, telling Politico last year “We’re excited to have jobs.” Solar cell manufacturer QCells, received a $1.45B Department of Energy loan guarantee, made possible by the Inflation Reduction […] John Gage This year’s presidential election is the last one that matters for the goal of holding global warming to +1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels. Limits determined by physics will be breached if the U.S. and the world fail to make significant policy changes before the next U.S. presidential election. We cannot undo this […] Hurricane Helene hitting the Big Bend region of Florida. (EOSDIS Worldview, NOAA). Can we save the country’s budget? George Harvey Bloomberg NEF has estimated that it would cost $196 trillion to bring us to net-zero emissions, globally, by 2050. Countries have promised to do just that, but they are failing (tinyurl.com/CostToNetZero). […] Coldplay “A Head Full of Dreams” tour live in Barcelona. (Flickr/Daniele Dalledonne) Reducing carbon emissions Jessie Haas In 2021, the British rock band Coldplay, long known for its advocacy, announced a twelve-point plan to cut its touring carbon footprint by 50%. Recently Coldplay announced that the first two years of their Music of […] The Energy Star house illustrates where the most common air leaks are. Addressing them will improve your heating and cooling efforts, saving you money while increasing your comfort level at home. (Energy Star) Insulating, weatherstripping, and sealing your home could make it much more energy efficient, keeping you comfy for less money while […] Some analysts believe a widespread real estate insurance crash could be in the making. George Harvey If a house is sufficiently threatened by natural disaster, insurance underwriters calculate that it is too likely to lose them money, and they will not insure it. Without insurance, it will almost certainly not get a mortgage, […] Seasonal Temperature Outlook from National Weather Service, Climate Prediction Center, May 16, 2024 Alan Betts Forecasting the weather has become very difficult as summer heat waves approach along with the hurricane season. There are many new factors involved, and society is unaware of some of them. So, I will frame some of the […] |
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