News: Archive for August, 2020
‘…But concrete is also responsible for about 8 percent of global carbon emissions. If concrete were a country, it would rank third in emissions behind China and the United States.’
Source: Concrete, a Centuries-Old Material, Gets a New Recipe – The New York Times
‘…But if there’s one thing I took from Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention last night, it’s that fear is a natural reaction when your life is being threatened. And our lives are, point blank, being threatened. It’s time we started acting like it.’
Source: In defense of fear – HEATED
‘(CNN)Lucid, an electric vehicle company headed by former Tesla engineer Peter Rawlinson, has announced that its upcoming Lucid Air car is expected to get an EPA-rated range of at least 517 miles.’
‘When Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced climate “equity” legislation on Thursday, climate activists saw it as a hopeful sign of Democratic unity less than three months before a hugely consequential election with both the White House and the Senate up for grabs.’
‘The report authors say that their new estimate of the carbon emitted through thawing, and from losses of peat into rivers and streams, is 30-50% greater than in previous projections of carbon losses from permafrost thawing.’
Source: Climate change: Warming world will be ‘devastating’ for frozen peatlands – BBC News
“…While a moderate pick compared to some of the more climate-focused candidates that ran in 2020, such as Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Elizabeth Warren, Harris framed her environmental platform around the Green New Deal — even pledging to eliminate the filibuster to get it passed — and environmental justice, before leaving the race in December.”
Source: What the Kamala Harris VP Pick Means for Biden’s Energy and Climate Platform | GTM