Painful irony w/Helene's colossal damage in Asheville: the city recently placed #3 on a list of US cities most likely to experience "climate migration". Asheville summers are cool by Southeastern standards, and annual avg precip (~36") is low for the region. www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
Migration due to climate change may land Asheville a lot of new residents in coming years according to a sustainable real estate expert.
"Countries must work to increase food supplies without converting more natural lands into farms. This will require boosting yields on existing ag land, reducing food loss & waste throughout the supply chain and, in high-income countries, shifting from meat-heavy diets toward more plant-based foods."
At the 2024 global biodiversity summit (COP16), there are five key things countries must do to protect nature and halt rampant biodiversity loss.
A clean energy transition means we can dramatically reduce how much of the earth we’re digging up
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The extent of future climate change is (largely) a policy choice. "Climate policy curves highlight key mitigation choices," 2+ years in the making, has found its forever home in...Climate Policy: gwagner.com/cpc joint with Martin Hänsel, Michael Bauer, Moritz Drupp & Glenn Rudebusch
"Price up, quantity demanded down," climate policy edition.
in cold northern places, buildings contribute as much or more to climate change as cars do, and more than power plants New York State’s number one source of greenhouse gas emissions is building heat. transportation (not counting flying) is a close second
For about a year I've been quietly obsessed with climate tech firm that the whisper network strongly suggested was not all that it seemed. In August a co-founder left the company. And last week so did the very charismatic CEO. Gift link here www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Donnel Baird became the face of US building electrification and attracted investment from Goldman before stepping down as setbacks pile up.
The sheer importance of this topic aside: what an incredible masterclass in breaking down a mathematically confusing issue into extremely clear and highly engaging writing
Also cited was @lisalsong.bsky.social's reporting on the first federal action taken against mass balance, a controversial accounting method the plastics industry uses to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products.
The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice....
The UK has shut down its last coal-fired power station. Here's the current mix of electricity generation. www.splinter.com/coal-power-d...
