In a new report, IEA updated it’s projections so that the baseline assumption scenario increases solar and wind capacity above the combination of gas and coal. Here’s Carbon Brief’s post on the report. Quote, “Last year, Carbon Brief analysis of the IEA’s … Read More
These 7 simple actions from Cornell Lab are logical and fairly straightforward. Safer Windows Cats indoors Reduce grass and plant native Avoid pesticides Drink shade-grown coffee Plastics Watch and share The surprise was the shade-grown coffee, quote: “ The challenge: Three-quarters … Read More
Grist pointed to this data repository from Yale – just a massive data set on opinions – answers to different questions. For data-dogs, that is a great site to poke around. For those who want a more compressed view, check … Read More
National Geographic article From Nation Geographic, and that ended up in at least several news feed platforms (including Science), continued evidence that ~10k years ago women were hunters, but were always assumed to only gather. Men were the hunters. That … Read More
Grist picked up an article published by Portland NGO, New Building Institute (NBI), about how one can ‘future-proof’ a building making it more sustainable and less impactful to environment. Part of this future proofing involves creating energy rather than just … Read More
An earlier post, the problem of corporate / international commercial fisheries depleting the stocks and damaging local fisheries who depend on those stocks for survival. Today, they updated that review with a blog post, and the author absolutely nailed a … Read More
This is an interesting take on the problem of removing fossil fuels from everyday living, like natural gas in our furnaces, stoves and hot water heaters. If states and countries have a 0 carbon goal at some point in time, … Read More
source: https://www.statista.com/chart/23375/key-concerns-ahead-of-2020-election/
https://www.sciencealert.com/how-neanderthals-and-humans-battled-for-supremacy-for-over-100-000-years While that is not all that interesting in an of itself, the story behind that headline is way more interesting. Quote, “War leaves a subtler mark in the form of territorial boundaries. The best evidence that Neanderthals not only … Read More
So the Indian government sells coal mines to private industrial companies putting more dirty energy into corporate hands. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-02/metal-barons-emerge-winners-in-landmark-india-coal-auctions This will not end well based on history and will NOT help either keeping coal in the ground or reducing the … Read More