Today in Global Warming Hysteria
15th August 2022
Despite climate, war and Covid, is everything actually … getting better? (The Guardian)
California governor proposes $1.4 billion loan to keep nuclear plant open (Reuters)
Increase in monsoon flooding leads back to climate change and rise in heat (KOLD)
Leaders make fifth attempt to pass UN Oceans Treaty (BBC)
The Inflation Reduction Act may save the fossil fuel industries (The Hill)
Meet the teenager who helped push Florida toward cleaner energy (NPR) Apparently we are allowing teenagers to determine public policy these days.
‘What’s the alternative? To give up?’: Bella Lack, the new queen of green (The Guardian) Apparently we are allowing teenagers to determine public policy these days.
We built a fake metropolis to show how extreme heat could wreck cities (Washington Post)
Why Aren’t Solar Panels Covering Every Parking Lot? (CNET)
Will taxing ‘immoral’ fossil fuel profits ease the energy crisis? (Al Jezeera) Surely there’s a teenager somewhere whom we can ask about that?
U.S. renewables investors see Senate bill sparking gold rush (Reuters)
How Much Will the Climate Bill Reduce Emissions? It Depends (‘Scientific’ American)
U.S. Utility Survey Suggests Industry Mulling Additions of 90 GW of New Nuclear
A New Atomic Age? Bipartisan Interest In Nuclear Energy Growing Amid Rising Energy Demand
Ten cities and towns are poised to ban fossil fuels from new buildings (Boston Globe)
Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear? (Associated Press)
‘A problem or an opportunity’: These 10 finance firms control half the world’s unburned fossil fuels (Euronews)
Heating Your Home Will Hurt This Winter As Natural Gas Prices Climb
Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fusion shot
Claim: Antarctica’s Ice Shelves Could be Melting Faster Than We thought
400 Square Foot Nantucket Cottages Are Selling For Millions But what about those ‘rising sea levels’?
Claim: Democrats Stayed True to Climate Action Because They Resisted Offers of Money
The New Climate Bill Demands All-American EV Batteries (Wired ‘Science’)
AP-NORC Poll: Many in US Doubt Their Own Impact on Climate