Category: Climate change
DOGE Cuts To NOAA May Have Led To The Devastating Flooding Deaths In Texas
As we all know, under the current Trump administration, the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) — led by Elon Musk for most of its life, including during the relevant period we are going to highlight here — made cuts to numerous real government agencies. That included the National Oceanic and … [continued]
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Why The Maersk Institute Was Right About Ship Batteries But Wrong On Price
The September 2024 pre-feasibility study from the Maersk McKinney Møller Center on battery-powered vessels that crossed my screen today provides a welcome and thoughtful addition to the critical discussion of maritime electrification. The report rightly identifies battery-hybrid propulsion as an essential part of shipping’s decarbonization toolkit. It demonstrates a clear … [continued]
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Shipping’s Climate Reckoning: The IMO’s $36 Billion Pivot
In the wake of the International Maritime Organization’s vote to price carbon in shipping fuels, I had the opportunity to sit down with an insider and expert on maritime decarbonization, Tristan Smith. He’s the director of a maritime advisory services consultancy, UMAS, and professor at University College London. This is … [continued]
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Are There Practical Solutions To Methane Emissions From Cattle?
Today is the 4th of July in the US. Around the country people will be firing up their grills and eating juicy hamburgers. Few party-goers, though, will think about the methane emissions that result from vast herds of US factory farmed-cattle. Scientists have been trying for years to find just … [continued]
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Shale’s Self-Inflicted Crisis: Wastewater Injection Is Sinking Profits
The shale industry is facing an entirely predictable consequence of its own making. Across major shale-producing basins, particularly East Texas and the Permian, excessive wastewater injection practices have created areas with extreme overpressure, driving up the cost of new drilling operations and threatening the economic viability of shale production in … [continued]
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