Passing along a twitter post that hasn't (as far as I can tell) made it over here yet (from @wildwoods@blsky.social)... rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Well, officially a new water year! 1st email alert in a LONG time arrived for forecasted AR level 2 storm reaching US West Coast this week. (In BC, its AR 3-4.) NB: AR 2 means "mostly beneficial, cd be hazardous some place". To subscribe for automated alerts, visit cw3e.ucsd.edu/arscale_aler...
Very readable PNAS primer by @StephenOrnes of history, science & engineering of EV-battery recycling. Eg, lead-acid batteries (in your car) invented in 1850, materials recovery by 1920s, at >95% now...but much too high environ impacts...How to deal w 21stC batteries? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
How to recycle an EV battery
California announces suit against ExxonMobil over role in plastic pollution crisis
First-of-its-kind suit comes as climate experts claim that fossil fuel producers are deceiving public about plastics
How does your (US) electrical utility stack up in terms of decarbonization? (By half a dozen measures, combined or individually) www.visualcapitalist.com/the-2024-uti...decarbonization.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/u...
Send a letter to US BLM to rethink their utility-scale solar-leasing strategy/plan so that it avoid intact landscapes and focuses leases on already f'd up areas of the Great Basin and Desert Southwest... act.biologicaldiversity.org/IGPYFDsFcE2U...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management just updated its plan to develop solar energy on public lands in the western United States â and it's a true disaster for the wild. Help save sage grouse, pronghorns...
Check out this "visual essay" highlighting 4 US national parks where climate-change impacts are well-documented & visually compelling (Everglades, Mesa Verde, Joshua Tree, & Mount Rainier). Stunning photos. Just published in new Parks Stewardship Forum: escholarship.org/uc/item/7qw9...
Myself included
Biden Urged by 125 climate, environmental &health scientists to âfollow legitimate science and reject the expansion of fossil fuel programsâ as Study Shows LNG Emissions 33% Worse Than Coal www.commondreams.org/news/biden-l...
NEW ON THE PPIC BLOG | One common type of #droughtwww.ppic.org/blog/tacklin...
Drought comes in many forms in California, but one common type of drought isnât receiving enough attention: the cold-water drought. Our senior fellow Jeffrey Mount and researcher Mike Dettinger explai...