"Air Conditioning Has A Climate Problem. New Technology Could Help"
"Researchers and start-ups are racing to develop innovative air conditioning units fit for a hotter future".
Source: Washington Post, 09/12/2022
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"California’s Newsom Signs Bills Boosting State Extreme-Heat Plan"
"With a record-shattering heat wave receding in California, four extreme heat-related bills are set to become law after receiving Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/12/2022
Will New Indiana Plant Recycle Plastic Waste or Just Incinerate It?
"After two years, Brightmark Energy has yet to get the factory up and running. Environmentalists say pyrolysis requires too much energy, emits greenhouse gases and pollutants, and turns plastic waste into new, dirty fossil fuels."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/12/2022
"As Seas Rise, U.S. Coastal Landowners Urged To Let The Water In"
"Led by Maryland, governments and green groups are offering incentives to allow threatened saltwater marshes to 'migrate' inland".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/12/2022
"As Wildfires Grow, Millions of Homes Are Being Built in Harm’s Way"
"Across the Western United States, wildfires are growing larger and more severe as global warming intensifies. At the same time, new data shows, more Americans than ever are moving to parts of the country more likely to burn, raising the odds of catastrophe."
Source: NYTimes, 09/12/2022
US Lobster Put On ‘Red List’ To Protect Endangered N. Atlantic Right Whales
"Lobster nets and pots have become such a threat to the survival of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales that the crustaceans have been “red-listed” as seafood to avoid by a major fish sustainability guide."
Source: Guardian, 09/09/2022
"Carbon Capture Has A Long History. Of Failure"
"Carbon capture and storage is an old technology, first commercialized in the 1970s. Back then it was called enhanced oil recovery, because the carbon dioxide recovered from oil and gas production was injected into depleted oil and gas reservoirs to re-pressurize them and extract more hydrocarbons."
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 09/09/2022
"Chemical Safety Investigations Impeded by Staffing, Leadership"
"The federal agency that investigates chemical accidents was hampered by unfilled positions and leadership disputes, a new watchdog report says."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/09/2022
"Energy Majors Exaggerating Green Performance: Analysis"
"Energy majors are exaggerating their green credentials in public messaging while continuing to allocate the majority of new investment to oil and gas projects, according to an industry analysis released Thursday."
Source: AFP, 09/09/2022
"No September On Record In The West Has Seen A Heat Wave Like This"
"The heat wave that’s been gripping California and other parts of the West for 10 days and counting is the most severe ever recorded in September, weather experts have said... ."
Source: Washington Post, 09/09/2022
