‘In November, Ta’u saw the completion of a new solar-powered microgrid, which shifted the entire island’s energy generation from 100 percent diesel fuel to 100 percent solar. (The island’s population varies with the season but usually falls between 200 and 600 people.)’

Source: How a Pacific Island Changed From Diesel to 100% Solar Power – National Geographic

‘Using wood pellets to generate low-carbon electricity is a flawed policy that is speeding up not slowing down climate warming.’

Source: Most wood energy schemes are a ‘disaster’ for climate change – BBC News

‘RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) — The first 100 days of the Trump administration aren’t even over yet and Tuesday the president is already facing calls for impeachment, but it’s not from congress–instead, a Bay Area city made a bold move.’

Source: Richmond City Council unanimously approves Trump investigation resolution | abc7news.com

‘…As lawmakers knuckle down to balance a state budget with a $1.8 billion hole in it, a tiny meeting occurs in Salem Tuesday that could have huge outcomes for present and future generations. The State Land Board will meet to discuss the fate of the Elliott State Forest. One possibility includes selling it outright.’

Source: Elliott State Forest must remain in public ownership: Editorial | OregonLive.com

‘The twin threats of climate change and growing nationalism could lead to an outbreak of conflicts over fish stocks – like the infamous Cod Wars between the UK and Iceland – that could threaten the global supply of food and “decimate” marine ecosystems, experts have warned.’

Source: Global ‘fish wars’ could break out as climate change and rising nationalism fuel competition for world’s oceans | The Independent

‘(CNN)There is currently less sea ice surrounding the Antarctic continent than at any point since reliable records began in 1979.’

Source: Antarctic sea ice reaches record low, and is still declining – CNN.com

‘ATLANTA — Infectious-disease specialists are concerned that climate change is contributing to the spread of certain diseases, including the germs that cause cholera and other diarrheal illnesses.’

Source: Cholera, Other Illnesses May Spread with Climate Change

‘President Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, a climate change skeptic who has for years been an ardent critic of the department he will now lead, got final Senate approval Friday after a prolonged assault from environmentalists.’

Source: After bruising battle, climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt confirmed to lead EPA – LA Times

‘A new scientific paper by a University of Maryland-led international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of the National Academies, argues that there are critical two-way feedbacks missing from current climate models that are used to inform environmental, climate, and economic policies. The most important inadequately-modeled variables are inequality, consumption, and population.’

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-climate_1.html#jCp

‘(CNN)The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Wednesday with Republicans focused on curbing the Endangered Species Act, the latest front in the conservative push to rein in regulations they see as harmful to business.’

Source: Republicans explore curbing the Endangered Species Act – CNNPolitics.com