2024.08.22 Does not appear to address methane emissions

World's most effective climate policies identified in new study (CBC)
Item in Science journal: Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades

2024.08.20 Fake solutions crowd out real solutions, and suck all the money out of getting real work done

Demand for low-quality credits undermines the voluntary carbon market: Study (SciTechDaily)

2024.08.20 Like hydrogen as fuel, the technlogy works. But is it cost-effective compared to existing alternatives?

Can Pulling Carbon from Thin Air Slow Climate Change? (Scientific American)

2024.08.20 The delusion is strong in our elected decision-makers

The overshoot myth: We can't keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5 degrees C (SciTechDaily)

2024.08.17 High summer temperatures caused record melting of the Norwegian archipelago’s glaciers

Svalbard Crisis: Glaciers Melt at Unprecedented Rates As Temperatures Soar (SciTechDaily)

2024.08.17 Yet another study says seaweed in cattle feed can reduce cow burp methane

Feeding seaweed supplement to cattle halved methane emissions in Australian feedlot, study finds (The Guradian)

2024.08.17 Less sea ice, less cooling effect. Dirtier sea ice, less cooling effect. It takes energy (heat) to melt ice.

Scientists sound the alarm after making concerning discovery about cooling power of sea ice: 'We could be missing a considerable part' (TCD)

2024.08.17 Again, it's the methane. We need to get serious about the methane.

'Nobody ever saw anything like this before': how methane emissions are pushing the Amazon towards environmental catastrophe (The Guardian)

2024.08.16 Australia's largest mortgage lender is no longer offering money to fossil fuel companies that are not aligned with the Paris Agreement.

The bank announced the new direction in its latest climate report, published on the same day it posted close to $10 billion in full-year net profit.
No need to worry about this catching on in Canada; it would be the end of the Big 5 Canadian banks and their taxpayer-guaranteed, risk-free loans portfolio.
Commonwealth Bank stops lending to fossil fuel companies without genuine emissions plan (ABC News - Australia)

2024.08.15 It's the methane. And the feedback loops may be accelerating.

'We should have better answers by now': climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating (The Guardian)

2024.08.13 We could start with honest, clear documentation and education. Seriously, even in the Trump era, we could try it.

Some people in Innisfail, Alta., angry over planned new CO2 removal facility (CTV News Calgary)

2024.08.13 Don't celebrate Canada being #2; we're losing ground as Ontario chooses fossil methane, Alberta is actively killing renewables projects, and NS won't give up coal.

Visualizing How the G20 Generates Electricity (Visual Capitalis)

2024.08.13 Two 'once-in-a-century' rainfall/flooding events in a 2 weeks. Yet decision-makers aren't prepared to do anything differently.

Just toss it all in the landfill, buy new stuff, increase insurance premiums, don't invest in flood prevention measures. Maybe it won't happen again next week.
Allison Hanes: Whether it's flooding or another disaster, climate change has come for us all (The Gazette)

2024.08.12 Another downward spiral feedback loop. The objective should be climate stability. Sigh.

Arctic Ocean may absorb less CO2 than projected due to coastal erosione (Phys.org)

2024.08.12 Apparently, just because climate change is killing people is no reason to do anything about it. Carry on.

Heat aggravated by carbon pollution killed 50,000 in Europe last year - study (The Guardian)

2024.08.01 Renewable energy (via taxes and green jobs) would contribute more to government coffers than subsidized oil and gas.

Pumping more oil while the house burns down: how long will the fantasy last? (The Hill Times)

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