Jonathan Overpeck
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Huge methane spike is contributing to climate change — BGR
Researchers studying global methane levels from 2000 to 2017 have shown a dramatic spike in the amount of gas in our atmosphere. Methane is less abundant than some other greenhouse gasses, but it holds more heat, making it particularly bad. Global...
Jonathan Overpeck
“Good job, Europe! Unfortunately, your peers in the United States and Asia don’t seem to have the same priorities, and overall methane levels are continuing to spike as a result”
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Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears
Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers.
Tesla’s Million-Mile Battery Will Fuel A New Green Energy Boom | OilPrice.com
Tesla’s million-mile electric vehicle battery will likely transform not just the automotive industry, but the renewable industry as a whole
Global lake responses to climate change
Climate change affects lakes worldwide and is predicted to continue to alter lake ice cover, surface temperature, evaporation rates, water levels and mixing regimes. This Review discusses recent and expected lake responses to climate change and...
Jonathan Overpeck
Not the case in the Great Lakes...”Where not balanced by increased mean precipitation or inflow, higher evaporation rates will favour a decrease in lake level and surface water extent.”
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Report: Push for Renewable Natural Gas Is More Gas Industry 'Greenwashing'
“Renewable natural gas,” or RNG, is an alternative gas fuel that comes from landfills, manure, or synthetic processes. That's opposed to the fossil gas that drillers traditionally pump out of underground reserves in oil and gas fields.
Trump administration rescinds foreign students rule
The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a policy that would have stripped visas from international students whose courses move exclusively online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Jonathan Overpeck
Excellent news! Foreign students rule rescinded. What has made America strong? One thing is how many of the best brains around the planet come to the US and contribute to the knowledge creation our global economy and sustainability depend on.
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High Water on the Great Lakes – Options for shore protection and stabilization | Michigan Sea Grant
Jonathan Overpeck
What are options for dealing with high Great Lakes water levels? @miseagrant webinar on July 22 on this topic - open to all. michiganseagrant.org/event/high-wat… pic.twitter.com/umVNBGX0NW
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Detroit District Website > Missions > Great Lakes Information > Great Lakes Water Levels > Water Level Forecast > Monthly Bulletin of Great Lakes Water Levels
Jonathan Overpeck
Record high water levels on Lake Michigan-Huron predicted this month. Hopefully, we'll get a seasonal decline starting in Sept. lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Great… pic.twitter.com/tTzWNBTgyr
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Groups Sue Trump’s EPA Over Rollback of Toxic Emissions Standards
Today, civil rights and environmental organizations represented by Earthjustice sued Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency for gutting the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which regulate toxic emissions from coal- and oil-burning power...
'Coal has no place in Covid-19 recovery plans,' says UN chief
At an International Energy Agency summit, the UN Secretary General urged countries to stop financing the coal industry, to deliver a sustainable future following the pandemic.
Lake Michigan surface temps break July records
TRAVERSE CITY — An unusually long stretch of warm weather nudged surface water temperatures on Lake Michigan past July records last week, and to within half a degree of the
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’
Rapid melting this year showed that good snowpack doesn’t necessarily translate into full reservoirs.
Head To Head: Nikola's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks vs. The Tesla Semi
Nikola Motor burst onto the scenes in a big way last year at Nikola World 2019, and we were there to take it all in. They showed off the new Class 8 Nikola Tre aimed at Europe and a full lineup of fully electric power sport vehicles, including the...
Jonathan Overpeck
“the Tesla Semi seems to be the clear low-cost winner in the zero-emission heavy trucking space for routes of up to 900 mi. Either way, as long as both vehicles undercut the real competition — diesel trucks — we all get cleaner air and a healthier planet”
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Scientists discover new ‘human fingerprint’ on global drought patterns
New study findings “tackle the problem of identifying the human influence of drought patterns across the world”, a climate scientist tells Carbon Brief.
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“Droughts are among the most expensive weather-related disasters in the world,affecting ecosystems, agriculture and human society.”
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Episodes | Political Climate
Jonathan Overpeck
PODCAST of the week: A good week for slowing down fossil fuel pipelines - 3 major projects stopped. What’s it mean for future, incl w Biden as president. @Poli_Climate Beginning of the End for New Oil and Gas Pipelines?
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The law that could make climate change illegal
One of the most robust laws on climate change yet has been created in Denmark. Can legislation really make failing to act on climate change illegal?
First look under imperiled Antarctic glacier finds ‘warm water coming from all directions’
Thwaites Glacier's collapse could raise sea levels worldwide by more than half a metre.
Move incinerators and other pollutants out of poor, minority communities | Opinion
It’s not a surprise that most of our toxic sites, airports, incinerators and other major polluting facilities are located in low-income, minority communities.