The Department of Energy predicts that more than 8% of U.S. electricity generation could come from geothermal by 2050.
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The top 10 global weather and climate change events of 2021
The most extreme heat wave in modern history, a record four $20 billion-plus weather disasters, and the hottest month on record globally highlighted a remarkable year in weather.
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Demand for electric vehicles to cause battery supply chain bottleneck, analyst says
Lithium, cobalt, and nickel are used in the production of most EV batteries.
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Warmest U.S. December in history caps a stormy, mostly-sizzling year
The nation saw more billion-dollar disasters in 2021 than in any other year
… except 2020.
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Fewer ducks are wintering in the Deep South
Some migratory ducks are finding suitable winter habitat farther north than in the past.
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Georgia’s ‘Carpet Capital of the World’ now makes solar panels, too
A new solar panel factory in Dalton, Georgia, is helping to diversify the local economy.
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Video: Historic tornadic weather extremes in mid-December
With all that’s happened weather-wise and otherwise since then, memories of the record-setting derecho and long-track tornadoes of mid-December persist.
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Climate change could enable valley fever to spread across more of Western U.S.
The sometimes fatal disease is caused by exposure to a fungus that thrives in hot, dry conditions.
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The 1.5 degrees goal: Beware of unintended consequences
The 1.5 degrees goal can be a ‘useful spur to action,’ but it’s not a make or break point. Importantly, each 0.1-degree increase avoided is ’cause for celebration and hope.’
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Tropical species could slither, crawl, and hop their way north as the climate warms
Invasive reptiles and amphibians are already preying on Florida’s native wildlife.
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A month of unprecedented U.S. weather disasters ends with Colorado fire catastrophe
December 2021 put an exclamation point on a migration of warm-season threats toward winter.
Posted inPolicy & Politics
Big numbers – dollars and institutions – behind divestments from fossil fuels
Experts voice pro and con attitudes about fossil fuel divestments. But what they don’t debate are the big numbers of dollars and investors in the mix.