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Not Shocked
I read this piece about which country is causing the most global warming. Not shocked at all.
Solar Is Thriving. Trump Hates It
Honestly, I don't understand why Trump refuses to promote clean energy. It's the right direction for our future.
That is great news!!! Speak of the devil, for the first time ever, solar created more energy in the US than coal for the first time ever in May. You love to see it.
This is equal parts bizarre and horrifying. Centuries-old whaler remains thawing out of Arctic permafrost and sliding downhill. Climate change isn’t just a future problem.
“We need to ground ourselves in an ethos of sustainability, of care, of solidarity and mutual aid and repair of the systems that we need in order to have a future.
It is interesting to see that term “Climate Insurance.”
Two cities made it to the Top 10: San Francisco, California, and Georgetown, Texas. I hope to see more cities follow suit!
“For too long, multilateral climate forums have felt like rooms where everyone speaks, but no one understands. Santa Marta broke that pattern. It spoke the language of hope.”
An 8-year-old on vacation spotted a hooked Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s most endangered — off a North Carolina pier and called for help. That call saved it.
Finland just opened a 0.74-mile bridge in Helsinki for pedestrians, cyclists, and trams — tram service starts early 2027, no cars ever.
I want to recycle some stuff, but I don’t think there’s a local program. I’ll research what’s available. I forgot about plastic bags that can be sent to stores.
The Planet Is Still Worth Showing Up For
There's a patch of wild grass behind my tiny house I've never mowed. Something always shows up there — a beetle, a moth, a spider doing its thing.
CATL’s new Shenxing LFP battery just clocked a 6-minute full charge, beating BYD’s Blade 2.0. It hits 10-98% in 6:27 and even handles -30°C temps with ease.
Photo courtesy of Baseline Community Baseline in Broomfield, CO, is a world-first neighborhood designed by scientists to restore insect habitats.
Netflix gets more eco-friendly! Happy Belated Earth Day!
Photo: KL Murphy for NPR There are only 51 Rice’s whales left on Earth. They live exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico — that’s their whole world.
New research finds the U. S. has caused roughly $10 trillion in global climate damage through its emissions since 1990 — more than any other country.
Paris spent a decade ripping out car lanes and replacing them with 550km of bike paths, pedestrian squares, and actual trees — one of the most ambitious urban transformations on the planet.
OK so what if we could solve two problems at once — plastic pollution & crumbling roads? Researchers are mixing recycled plastic into asphalt. It actually works.
Here’s something wild: an old Texas coal mine is now a garden feeding 3,000 people a year. Pretty cool redemption story.
Trees on Buildings, Poison in Our Food, and Why I'm Going Analog
So I've been reading about some random stuff lately, and these things have been sitting in my head for a while. Anyway, figured I’d share.