Ron DeSantis Pushes Coastal ‘Resilience’ While Doing Little To Tackle Climate Change – NPR
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media about the cruise industry during a press conference at PortMiami in April. DeSantis faces criticism for failing to do all he could on Florida’s biggest environmental threat: climate change. Joe Raedle/Getty Images…
Snakeskin can inspire to safer buildings
(Aarhus University) It might be a good idea to look for inspiration in nature when designing load-bearing foundations for buildings. Researchers from Aarhus University and University of California Davis have delved into pile foundations and found, that piles with snake inspired surface patterns give 25-50 per cent less resistance during installation compared with the pressure they can subsequently support. The findings have been published in Acta Geotechnica.
CHINA: Extreme weather kills 11, injures 66
An extreme thunderstorm hit an eastern Chinese city, leaving 11 dead and 66 injured, with strong winds causing buildings and trees to collapse, officials said.
Local impacts from fracking the Eagle Ford
(Stanford University) Stanford scientists simulated the local risk of damaging or nuisance-level shaking caused by hydraulic fracturing across the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas. The results could inform a new approach to managing human-caused earthquakes.
In Minnesota, fighting climate change means changing how to heat buildings – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Brian DeGidio admits he hasn’t thought much about the environmental benefits of the air-source heat pumps he’s working on atop a large apartment complex under construction in St. Paul. It’s a drizzly Friday and DeGidio is hooking refrigerant lines to…
A Fund Cleans Up by Betting on Clean Energy – Barron’s
Lucas White is portfolio manager for Resources and Climate Change Strategies at GMO in Boston. Photograph by Cody O’Loughlin For the four years of the Trump presidency, the White House was hostile to the concept of global warming, although independent…
Fact Check: Biden Claims Fighting Climate Change Will Create Jobs
CLAIM: President Joe Biden said during his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday that fighting climate change will create jobs. VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE, as Biden’s executive orders to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline cost thousands of Americans…
Photos of the supermoon, April 2021
The first of 2 supermoons in 2021 took place on April 26 or 27 (depending on your location on Earth). We received many wonderful submissions from you, our readers. Here’s a gallery of some favorites. Thanks to all who submitted!
EUROPE: E.U. eyes emissions trading system for cars, buildings
Europe’s car and construction sectors could face rising costs if they fail to substantially reduce their carbon footprint.
No, home mortgages don’t prove climate change is a scam. – PolitiFact
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