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The Meltdown of the Careerist Greens – CounterPunch.org

The Meltdown of the Careerist Greens – CounterPunch.org

The wildly, uniquely popular, documentary “Planet of the Humans” has been viewed over 2 million times in less that four days – likely 100s of thousands more by the time you read this.

Highly-compensated, thoroughly-compromised Climate warriors (and “renewable” energy entrepreneurs) who have nothing but pie-in-the-sky “renewable” energy myths to show for 13 years and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, respond to the documentary – certainly not to the damning facts presented by someone finally pointing out their ineptness and ties to bad actors and weak Democrats – but with Trumpian level denials and personal attacks. No wonder Fossil Fuel use is at all-time highs and rising and we are at 420 parts per million (ppm) Carbon in the atmosphere which is also rising and has never dropped* after all their useless efforts.”

This sounds like a very interesting film even if it is a tough critique of environmental movement. I'll have to see if I can download it the next time I I'm at the library. 

The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from? | Grist

The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from? | Grist

“I think the main issue is that people focus way, way too much on people’s personal footprints, and whether they fly or not, without really dealing with the structural things that really cause carbon dioxide levels to go up,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. 

Wood energy as a climate change solution | TheHill

Wood energy as a climate change solution | TheHill

Depending on who you ask, biomass is either worse than fossil fuels and helps to destroy our forests, or it is a climate friendly substitute for fossil energy. Both views, of course, cannot be true. We need to get off fossil fuels and move to protect and grow our forests. Is it possible to have a forest biomass policy approach that is good for forests and helps combat climate change? We think so.

Sweden Shutters Last Coal-Fired Generating Plant 2 Years Early | CleanTechnica

Sweden Shutters Last Coal-Fired Generating Plant 2 Years Early | CleanTechnica

It’s good news when a nation makes plans to rid itself of electricity generated from burning coal. It’s even better news when it does so ahead of schedule. Swedish utility Stockholm Exergi announced some time ago it would shut down its KVV6 coal generating station in Hjorthagen in 2022. It actually took one of the facilities two boilers offline last fall. But a milder than expected winter led to lower demand for electricity and so the decision was made to close the entire facility now instead of waiting another two years, according to PV Magazine.

Anti-Science Coronavirus Denial Overlaps with Climate Denial | DeSmog

COVIDeniers: Anti-Science Coronavirus Denial Overlaps with Climate Denial | DeSmog

In the following series, DeSmog presents the #COVIDenial evidence our team has gathered revealing the overlapping cast of characters who have long attacked climate science and are now spreading COVID misinformation, touting false cures, ginning up conspiracy theories and fomenting attacks on public health experts. We began tracking this overlap in March 2020, when Sharon Kelly wrote Meet the Climate Science Deniers Who Downplayed COVID-19 Risks.

The Lab That Discovered Global Warming Has Good News and Bad News – The New York Times

The Lab That Discovered Global Warming Has Good News and Bad News – The New York Times

One thing that keeps public health officials up at night: the deadly combination of extreme heat and humidity, which can push humans beyond our biological limit.

“There are places like the Persian Gulf, where we are already beginning to see these lethal combinations emerge, where it is thermodynamically impossible to sweat fast enough to stay cool,” Dr. Horton said. “Climate models need to be better designed to help communities around the world prepare for previously underappreciated risks like this.”

Dr. Horton is consulting with New York’s power company, Con Edison, which is upgrading its infrastructure to prepare for anticipated spikes in peak demand from air-conditioner use during the projected hotter summers ahead. He is also working with the city as it plans an eventual “managed retreat” from some low-lying neighborhoods like coastal Staten Island and the Rockaways, Que ens.