The Sunday Read: ‘The Valve Turners’
How a group of five activists decided to fight global warming by doing whatever it takes. Source – For more click here...
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Tesla Might Finally Have Some Competition. From Ford.
The Mustang Mach-E and the Volkswagen ID.4, which is due in dealerships in March, go about 250 miles on a full charge — about the same as the cheapest version of Tesla’s Model Y — and start at about $43,000 and $40,000. The base Model Y starts at about $42,000,......
Hounded by Wildfires, Californians Rethink Their Willingness to Rebuild
Since the Camp Fire, Mr. Singer and his wife, Shannon, have been renting an apartment in Chico, about 20 miles away, while navigating the various headaches — insurance, zoning, construction, planning — required to rebuild their home. They have also started a nonprofit, Paradise Stronger, which utilizes their background in......
Survey Finds Majority of Voters Support Initiatives to Fight Climate Change
A majority of registered voters of both parties in the United States support initiatives to fight climate change, including many that are outlined in the climate plans announced by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr, according to a new survey. The survey, which was conducted after the presidential election, suggests that......
Trump Opens Habitat of a Threatened Owl to Timber Harvesting
Conservationists said that assertion was unsupported by the agency’s own evidence. In December, the Fish and Wildlife Service ruled that the northern spotted owl should actually be reclassified, as endangered rather than threatened, but the agency said it would not take steps to do so because it had “higher priority......
Toyota to Pay a Record Fine for a Decade of Clean Air Act Violations
Toyota Motor is set to pay a $180 million fine for longstanding violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. attorney’s Office in Manhattan announced on Thursday, the largest civil penalty ever levied for a breach of federal emissions-reporting requirements. From about 2005 to 2015, the global automaker systematically failed......
Electric eels work together to zap prey
Douglas Bastos, from the National Centre for Amazonian research in Manaus, Brazil, filmed the behaviour – capturing the moment of the collective electric strike. Small fish, called tetras, are the target of the attack; they fly into the air and land stunned and motionless on the water. Source – For......
Government defends Cumbria coal mine green light
Climate change: Cumbria coal mine “risks making Britain a laughing stock” Source – For more click here...
Climate change: ‘Exceptionally hot’ 2020 concludes warmest decade
“Because we haven’t stopped doing that and, in fact, we continue to do that even with the pandemic, we’re still putting our foot on the accelerator of climate change,” Dr Gavin Schmidt, director of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in New York, told BBC News. Source – For......
Honey detective work raises fears for bees
Himalayan balsam, an invasive plant, has also increased in the landscape, especially along riversides and road verges. When honeybees are foraging on Himalayan balsam, they return to the hive with a whitewash of pollen covering their bodies, leading them to be called “ghost bees”. Source – For more click here...
Growing food: Call to give vegetable growers public cash
Public Health Network Cymru recommends people eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Source – For more click here...
Indonesia: Archaeologists find world’s oldest animal cave painting
Sulawesi art: Animal painting found in cave is 44,000 years old Source – For more click here...
The Capitol Riot and Climate Disinformation
How the riot ties in with climate disinformation Last week, a mob incited by President Trump stormed the United States Capitol building. Rioters broke windows, beat law enforcement officers, vandalized offices and tried to track down members of Congress with mayhem in mind. At least five people died. For those......
Clean air: Coal burning ban and wet wood restrictions planned
A new clean air law could see burning house coal banned in Wales, and stricter rules on using wood fires. Source – For more click here...
A Memoir That Sees Only the Tip of the Melting Iceberg
UNSOLACEDAlong the Way to All That IsBy Gretel Ehrlich When we think of migratory peoples, the images that most likely come to mind are of pastoralists clinging to dwindling herds, their cultures threatened by climate change and the cruel expansion of modern ways. But there exists another class of semi-nomadic......
A Late Burst of Climate Denial Extends the Era of Trump Disinformation
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s Twitter megaphone may be silenced, but his administration’s disinformation flows on. David Legates, a climate denialist installed last year by the Trump administration to oversee scientific work on climate change, has posted a series of debunked reports that appear to claim to represent research on global......
Sally Rooney to Publish ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’
A little over two years ago, the novelist Sally Rooney seemed poised to take a well-earned victory lap. At 27, she had published two best-selling and acclaimed novels, “Conversations With Friends” and “Normal People,” which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize. Critics anointed her as “a writer of rare......
Covid Took a Bite From U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2020
WASHINGTON — America’s greenhouse gas emissions from energy and industry plummeted more than 10 percent in 2020, reaching their lowest levels in at least three decades as the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on the nation’s economy, according to an estimate published Tuesday by the Rhodium Group. The steep drop,......
Ocean pollutants ‘have negative effect on male fertility’
Harbour porpoises exposed to PCBs had shrunken testicles, suggesting sperm and fertility effects. Source – For more click here...
UK allows emergency use of bee-harming pesticide
In 2018, the EU and UK imposed an almost-total ban because of the serious damage it could cause. Source – For more click here...