Mercedes-Benz will use the new plant to provide batteries for its EQE and EQS SUVs, which will be built at the nearby Tuscaloosa factory. Mercedes-Benz has opened a new battery factory in Bibb County, Alabama. It will assemble lithium-ion battery packs for the EQE and EQS SUVs, both of which will be built nearby at... Continue Reading →
An ambitious target of using hydrogen to partly power homes in the UK within three years has been set by the National Grid, the BBC has learned. On the east coast of Scotland, a small neighbourhood is playing a key role in this energy revolution. From next year, about 300 homes in Buckhaven, and Methil,... Continue Reading →
The neighbourhood leading a green energy revolution
IPCC: Limits to Climate Adaptation “Humans are adapting to climate change, but it’s not even close to enough — and what little is being done becomes less effective as temperatures rise,” writes Huffington Post. Adaptation has its limits, both hard—no adaptive actions possible—and soft—options not currently available. And the longer we wait, the harder it... Continue Reading →
The IPCC Says there are Limits to Climate Adaptation
In January and February, the global surface temperature was the sixth highest on record Scientists are already virtually certain that 2022 will be among the 10 hottest years on record. In its monthly update, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a US federal agency, reported that this year was already off to a baking-hot... Continue Reading →
Scientists are already certain 2022 will be among ten hottest years on record
“Too Little, Too Late”: Global South Activists Decry 2050 “Net Zero” Goal by Wealthy Nations
Please read some of the viewers comments as well... After nearly a week of speeches, negotiations and protests at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Meena Raman, head of programs at Third World Network, who says developing countries need more time and resources to adapt to the climate crisis and end the use... Continue Reading →
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report just dropped and it makes for bleak reading. Called the IPCC AR6 WGII, it uncovers just how much climate change is already harming us, and the limits of what we can adapt to. But as desperate as this is, this IPCC report is clear... we still have... Continue Reading →
IPCC shows Climate Change hurting us… Today
Court rules government has no duty of care to protect future generations from climate change
This week, a court ruling went the way of the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley. It found she does not have a legal duty of care to protect young people from the effects of climate change. One of the climate activists is Anjali Sharma, who was in Sydney today for the federal court ruling. She... Continue Reading →
Climate Crisis: Will the World Be Livable? (w/ Dr. Michael Mann)
The 2022 IPPC report connects the dots about climate change science. Many of the extreme weather events across the world can now be attributed to climate change. The question is, how bad are we prepared to let climate change get? Source
Thousands of scientists have repeated calls for urgent action to tackle the climate emergency, warning that several tipping points are now imminent. The researchers, part of a group of more than 14,000 scientists who have signed on to an initiative declaring a worldwide climate emergency, said in an article published in the journal BioScience on... Continue Reading →
Thousands of scientists warn climate tipping points ‘imminent’
Greenhouse gases drive global warming, which threatens biodiversity, ecosystems, and human health. A significant percentage of these disastrous gases come from human food systems: one-third of the worldwide total. This includes every step of the process – from land clearing to make way for farms to producing (raising and harvesting animals and plants) to processing,... Continue Reading →
Your Diet and Climate Change Are Connected: What You Eat Matters
“Canadian banks, insurance companies and asset managers have pumped millions into Russian-owned oil and gas companies that have flowed into the petrostate’s war chest,” wrote the National Observer in a recent article. Dependence on Fossil Fuels is Dangerous The world’s addiction to oil—our dependence on a fossil fuel system—is dangerous not just for the climate... Continue Reading →