2024.06.29 Keeping stuff out of landfills reduces GHG emissions. Avoiding making replacements by reuse reduces GHG emissions. Hero.

Where others see hospital trash, this Montrealer imagines a recycling revolution (Montreal Gazette)
Personal story. 1999, I was working in a building that was being gutted (the company was being dissolved). As part of the gutting, they were tearing out institutional ceiling clocks (Simplex). They were going into the same trash bins on the floors as other debris. It took me a couple of days, but I found a decision-maker and learned they paid to have the trash hauled away by weight. So, I contacted a local hospital that I knew used similar gear and asked it they would take donations. Yep. Talked to trash-making boss, and he got his guys to put the clocks aside. Wednesday was the big trash haul day, so end of work day Tuesdays, I took my (electric) car from my off-site parking space, parked in the loading bay for a few minutes, and carried boxes of clock bits to my car. Made arrangements at the hospital to drop stuff off on my way home Tuesdays. That went on for a few months. About 300 pounds a load, and likely 12-15 loads. 10-12 clocks a week. Reduced maintenance costs for a hospital, reduced mass going to landfill. Unfortunately, I missed the first few weeks of such material being trashed.

2024.06.29 Zero-emissions cargo ship on 194 nautical miles (one-way) route - now in service

World's largest electric container ship Greenwater 01 sets sail between Chinese cities (Times of India)

2024.06.28 Zero-emissions tugboat, quiet, more powerful, reduce fuel cost

Crowley Christens 1st Fully Electric Tugboat in USA (Clean Technica)

2024.06.26 If your narrative is built on lies, and lying just became expensive, then what do you do?

Unpacking Big Oil's fierce pushback against new truth-in-advertising rules (National Observer)

2024.06.26 When you were an oil company until 2021 and need low-emissions heavy haulers that have to work and be affordable ...

BHP rejects hydrogen and hybrids, will go straight to electric for giant haul trucks (The Driven)

2024.06.26 I don't think we can reform an industry built on smoke - carbon credit offsets have big issues

'Reform or go out of business,' carbon offsetting industry told (The Guardian)

2024.06.25 Axe the tax? Canada doesn't even make the top ten on the list.

Visualized: The Price of Carbon Around the World in 2024 (Visual Capitalist)

For perspective, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Canadian government has collected about $22 billion in 3 years; or about $8 billion expected for 2022-23. CFIB neglects to mention that the costs paid on the feebate by businesses are tax deductible and are generally passed onto customers. That's why the customers, not the businesses, get the rebates. CFIB also neglects to mention that the federal government doesn't keep any of the money for general revenue; it is ALL passed back to Canadian citizens as a quarterly rebate.

I'll also point out that while Canadians are paying about $8 billion a year in CAI fees, that is actually less than the Canadian government has provided to the Trans Mountain Expansion dilbit pipeline, which is just one incentive taxpayers provide to the multi-national fossil fuels sector. (As of mid-2024, taxpayers have provided a minimum of $34 billion in direct payments, but not including environmental costs, or higher insurance and health costs which will result from additional climate change consequences, so that Asia can get cheaper oil.) The point of this pipeline is to ensure this oil is NOT used in Canada or for the benefit of Canadians.

2024.06.25 It's probably 25 years away, OK maybe 20, so why worry about it now? It's just the ocean.

Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans' lives by 2050, study finds (The Guardian)

2024.06.25 It isn't a problem so long as nobody lives near oceans or the temperature stops rising.

Scientists identify new Antarctic ice sheet 'tipping point,' warning future sea level rise may be underestimated (CNN)

2024.06.24 Why do Canada and Alberta even pretend to have rules for oil and gas operations?

Alberta oil and gas sector exceeded flaring limit in 2023, data shows (CTV News)

2024.06.23 Recycling concrete - yep, you read that right.

Scientists make breakthrough in recycling old concrete - and it could have major implications (Yahoo)

2024.06.20 Oh, that coastline. Probably not important, right?

'Officials close beach after house collapses with unanticipated fallout: 'Dangerous debris may be present' (TCD)

2024.06.19 Who really thinks sea-level rise is a thing and coast lines are disappearing?

'Doomsday Glacier' in Antarctica: 'We really, really need to understand' (TCD)

2024.06.19 Why don't we just make it law that new AI and data centres have to install their own dedicated renewable energy?

Solar is growing faster than any electricity source as Big Tech seeks clean energy for data centers (CNBC)

2024.06.18 Because nobody wants free, green electricity, right?

Electricity Prices in France Just Turned Negative Because of Renewables (The_Byte)

2024.06.18 (Central North America heat dome) How hot is it?

It's so hot in Ontario that trains can't even run properly (blogTO)

2024.06.18 Low module prices will drive demand in the second half of this year. PV is now the cheapest electricity source.

Global PV installations may hit 660 GW in 2024, says Bernreuter Research (pvmagazine)

2024.06.18 More efficient PV is coming. But, if you have the space, inexpensive PV is available now.

Solar panel achieves world record with 'miracle material' (The Independent)

2024.06.18 I remember when Alberta said it couldn't be done; now they need more batteries.

Alberta's last coal plant has powered down, marking the end of an era (CBC)
In a feat once thought impossible, the province went from 80% coal power to zero - years ahead of schedule [because money]

2024.06.17 The average temperature is still rising - stay tuned for updates.

Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change (The Conversation)

2024.06.16 Easier to put mirrors on roofs than putting them in space, don't you think? Perhaps even seasonal.

Can mirrors help fight the threat of extreme heat? (BBC)

2024.06.16 Oil industry carbon capture is not about combatting climate change; it's about extracting more oil.

80 More Years of Oil: The Big Attraction of Carbon Capture (oilprice.com)

2024.06.16 It isn't carbon capture the oil & gas industry are embracing; it's EOR, and GHG multiplication

Boondoggle Watch: Carbon capture great for making things worse, study finds (resilience)
And from the fossil fuels profiteers side, the best part is that this is paid for your your tax money.

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