Something about “The size of Los Angeles”!! https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/27/iceberg-c-38-has-calved-as-the-conger-ice-shelf-broke-free-in-the-wilkes-land-region/
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category:
2022-03-24 Oxy To Spend Up To 1B$ On DAC Plants
Occidental plans on building DAC – direct air capture CO2 plants in the Permian Basin. Capture a million tons a year; more than all 19 plants now capture. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/occidental-plans-275-million-2022-carbon-capture-projects-2022-03-23/
2022-03-24 MYTH: EVs Make More Tire, Brake Pollution Than ICEVs
Another big F U D lie: EVs cause more particulate pollution from brakes and tires. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/24/uk-environment-secretary-proven-wrong-on-ev-tires-brake-pollution/ Quote: << Dr. McTurk not only addressed the claims made by the UK Environment Secretary but debunked them in his report. The report discussed brake particulate matter, noting that although all vehicles produce particulate matter dust in the process
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2022-03-22 EPA Shutting Down Online Archive
This should be “donated” to a private entity to maintain in perpetuity. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/21/the-epa-is-shuttering-its-online-archive-why-that-matters/
2022-03-21 Reducing Humidity – Uses As Much Energy As Cooling
In air conditioning, the reduction of humidity uses as much energy as cooling. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/20/news-release-scientists-show-large-impact-of-controlling-humidity-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions/
2022-03-15 Hawaii Big Oil Court Case Passes Major Milestone
This important article by a ‘guest contributor’ gives some very good links to information. The court has allowed Hawaii to go ahead to the discovery, where oil companies will have to reveal internal documents regarding fossil fuels causing climate change. Quote: << A growing movement Climate litigation such as the Hawaii case is designed to
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2022-03-13 Solar Parks Could Increase Rainfall
Solar parks could help to increase rainfall in Saudi Peninsula. This is interesting – the darker solar arrays change the albedo or sunlight reflectivity. Maybe they’ll have to turn the solar parks into agrivoltaics and plant crops under the solar arrays. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/08/solar-parks-could-help-to-increase-rainfall-in-arid-regions/
2022-03-12 EPA Reinstates Calif. Stricter Auto Pollution Stds.
Thank God. Damn Trump administration meddling in states’ rights. Quote: << … during the Trump administration when the EPA kind of lost its mind and said that California could not require higher fuel economy standards than the nation as a whole. That was a reversal of policy that had existed for decades as an add-on
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2022-03-01 IPCC 6 ‘Criminal Abdication Of Leadership’
The IPCC 6 report is out; 3500 pages. The UN Secretary General says “criminal abdication of leadership.” The situation is dire! Pay now or pay much more later. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/28/ipcc-6-shows-a-criminal-abdication-of-leadership-says-un-secretary-general/ Quote: << [Note: it is hard to sell things and make a profit if most of your customers are dead or impoverished. How do business leaders
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2022-02-26 Carbon Removal, Sequestration From Sea Water
UCLA is researching a method of removing CO2 from sea water, where it is much more concentrated than in the atmosphere. This also makes hydrogen which can be used to power the plant. Shows diagram and gives a link to research. https://abc7.com/amp/ucla-researchers-propose-removing-carbon-dioxide-ocean-climate-change/11600047/
