Category: Climate change
The ICE Age Ends: How Electric Cars Are Shutting Down Gas Stations & Garages
Owning a gasoline-powered car has long meant convenience, and relatively cheap convenience at that. Affordable fuel around every corner, quick oil changes, and easy repairs. As electric vehicle adoption accelerates past critical mass, this convenience will rapidly unravel. Gas stations will close, oil-change shops will disappear, and basic maintenance costs … [continued]
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Environmentalists back proposal to expand review process for industrial air permits in Michigan
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to roll back rules on greenhouse gases and exempt oil refineries, chemical manufacturers and others from clean air regulations.
A toxic chemical from the Gelman Plume was found in water wells in Scio Township
Michigan’s environment department found new detections of 1,4-Dioxane in residential wells in Scio Township. Washtenaw County says these wells have been tested before, but the state has lowered its level for reporting dioxane.
From Niche To Normal: Why The 5–15% EV Window Changes Everything
In the previous article, I explored a combined framework to predict technological tipping points: the diffusion of innovations, logistic growth (s-curve), and complex adaptive systems models. Together, these theories illustrate how technology adoption starts gradually among a small group of users and then accelerates sharply after reaching specific adoption levels. … [continued]
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Census finds the number of Kirtland’s warblers down; there’s a shortage of nesting habitat
The rare Kirtland’s warbler population is down by about 30% from the last census taken in 2021. The problem is there are not enough jack pine trees the right age to attract nesting pairs of the songbird.