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The Trump Administration Is Teeming With Climate-Change Deniers – Mother Jones

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

‘…The sheer number of deniers now occupying top positions across the government makes clear that climate denial, whether explicit or implicit, is a job requirement in the Trump administration—and one that’s valued more highly than having the knowledge and experience required for the position.’

Source: The Trump Administration Is Teeming With Climate-Change Deniers – Mother Jones

Climate change fueling disasters, disease in ‘potentially irreversible’ ways, report warns – Chicago Tribune

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

‘…Heat waves are striking more people, disease-carrying mosquitoes are spreading and weather disasters are becoming more common, the authors note in the report published Monday by the British medical journal the Lancet. Climate change is a “threat multiplier,” they write, and its blows hit hardest in the most vulnerable communities, where people are suffering from poverty, water scarcity, inadequate housing or other crises.’

Source: Climate change fueling disasters, disease in ‘potentially irreversible’ ways, report warns – Chicago Tribune

Transparent Solar Panels Could Harvest Energy From Windows and Eventually Replace Fossil Fuels

Sunday, October 29th, 2017

‘A new generation of see-through solar cell technology could soon be used to harvest the massive energy potential of building and car windows, cell phones as well as other objects with a transparent surface.’

Source: Transparent Solar Panels Could Harvest Energy From Windows and Eventually Replace Fossil Fuels

Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children’s Hospital In Puerto Rico : The Two-Way : NPR

Thursday, October 26th, 2017

‘Tesla has used its solar panels and batteries to restore reliable electricity at San Juan’s Hospital del Niño (Children’s Hospital), in what company founder Elon Musk calls “the first of many solar+battery Tesla projects going live in Puerto Rico.”‘

Source: Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children’s Hospital In Puerto Rico : The Two-Way : NPR

EPA cancels climate-change talk to be delivered by agency scientists | TheHill

Sunday, October 22nd, 2017

‘The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has canceled a scheduled speaking appearance at a Rhode Island conference on Monday in which three agency scientists had been lined up to talk about climate change.’

Source: EPA cancels climate-change talk to be delivered by agency scientists | TheHill

Scientists See Climate Change in California’s Wildfires

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

‘SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As wildfires engulf nearly 170,000 acres of Northern California wine country, questions are swirling about the role of climate change in causing damage of historic proportions.’

Source: ScientificAmerican.com

This low-cost carbon dioxide splitter just changed the game for solar-powered CO2 reduction – ScienceAlert

Friday, October 6th, 2017

‘Scientists have developed the first low-cost system for splitting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen – a process that’s crucial if we’re going to ramp up renewable energy use in the future.’

Source: This low-cost carbon dioxide splitter just changed the game for solar-powered CO2 reduction – ScienceAlert

Ex-FEMA Director: Rebuilding Puerto Rico Requires Acknowledging Climate Change – Mother Jones

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

‘The former Federal Emergency Management Agency chief has some advice for the Trump administration after back-to-back hurricanes in the past month: You have to look at climate change science if you want smarter disaster relief.’

Source: Ex-FEMA Director: Rebuilding Puerto Rico Requires Acknowledging Climate Change – Mother Jones

Your grass-fed burger is making climate change worse | New York Post

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017

‘…Essentially, there’s no environmentally-friendly way for humans to eat meat unless we’re eating less of it.’

Source: Your grass-fed burger is making climate change worse | New York Post