Tag: Climate change
Local conservation award helps future environmental champs
A local university student studied lemurs in Madagascar this summer and has tracked turtles on the Bruce Peninsula. Alex Adair, a 19-year-old from Owen Sound who’s in his second of four years studying wildlife biology and conservation at Guelph Univesity, this past summer went to Madagascar to join a research team led by Guelph University’s […]
All Companies In Italy Must Now Purchase Climate Insurance — It’s The Law
It will be a whole new business atmosphere in Italy starting on January 1, 2025. That’s because the federal government there will require every company to buy climate insurance as internal financial support to offset losses from floods, landslides, and other natural hazards. The warnings about global warming in Italy … [continued]
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Methane-Emitting Livestock Burps & Farts Need To Be Taxed In The US
Burps and farts. They’re the fodder of fun prepubescent comedy. When the burps and farts come from livestock, though, they generate significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet. In fact, animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions … [continued]
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Unreliable winters bring new ideas, from different offerings to lobbying
Among the longer-term approaches to address increasingly unreliable winter weather, some groups are pushing against fossil fuels.
Hotels & Condos In Miami Are Sinking Faster Than Experts Predicted
The Miami area is seeing a big increase in building construction, which may be destabilizing existing buildings.
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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions
In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]
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Energy-Positive Buildings Give More Than They Take, Leaving The Planet Better Than Before Construction
Let’s just say it: the building industry is responsible for some 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. That’s enormous! Energy positive through low wattage bulbs? Be serious. Huge building industry carbon emissions result from many sources: constructing a building, its years of usage, and dismantling after the building has reached … [continued]
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Should a lack of snow become its own economic disaster?
A new federal bill aims to close the gap for businesses that suffered from a lack of snow last year that weren’t eligible for federal loans.
Hurricanes Were Extra Disruptive to US Energy Infrastructure in 2024 — I’m Shocked
After warnings for years from climate scientists that hurricanes were going to get bigger and more destructive, I’m absolutely shocked to learn that hurricanes this year were bigger and more destructive than normal in the US. Sarcasm aside, I lived through a couple of serious hurricanes, including going through the … [continued]
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Accelerating Electrification: Freight Trucks Will Dominate In The US
Key Takeaways: Transportation is the highest emissions segment in United States Of rail, water, and road, only freight trucking can readily decarbonize Electric trucks are cost-effective and rapidly advancing The United States has unintentionally made itself into the country with the hardest to decarbonize transportation sector, and it matters. Transportation … [continued]
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