Yes, There Has Been Progress on Climate. No, It’s Not Nearly Enough. – The New York Times

As world leaders gather in Glasgow for aUnited Nations climate summit next week, the focus will be on one crucial number: How many degrees hotter will the Earth get? And how do we keep that number as small as possible?…

Business, Unions, Environment Organisations outline Australian clean energy transition vital for jobs and new export revenues

There has been a range of reports just published on why Australia should accelerate transition and transformation to a clean economy and phase out Fossil Fuels. The Business Council of Australia On Sunday 10 October The Business Council Of Australia…

Cooling with Less Warming: Fighting Global Superpollutants – NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

Co-Authored with Prima Madan Countries are gearing up to address the climate crisis at the 33rd Meeting of the Parties (MOP33) to the Montreal Protocol next week and the climate summit COP26 in Glasgow later in November. Exactly five years ago, in 2016,…

Mercury before sunrise: start watching now

Look for Mercury before sunrise! Greatest elongation happens October 25. This is the Northern Hemisphere’s best Mercury apparition of 2021.

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How high up are meteors when they begin to glow?

How high up are meteors when they begin to glow? Meteors begin to glow almost as soon as they hit Earth’s atmosphere,.

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To Strike A Climate Deal, Poor Nations Want Trillions From Rich Ones

Industrialized countries were already struggling to pay earlier commitments to help with clean-energy development and other infrastructure needs. Now the cost of buying cooperation has skyrocketed. At a July global climate gathering in London, South African environment minister Barbara Creecy…

Parker Solar Probe has a Venus flyby today

Parker Solar Probe will perform a close Venus flyby on October 16, 2021, to send the probe on toward its 10th close approach to the sun in November.

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Sabine Weyand on role of trade policy in fighting climate change – The Economist

Oct 16th 2021 by Sabine Weyand WHEN I WAS a visiting student at Cambridge, my way to class led along the banks of the River Cam. Every morning fellow students rowed in eights, fours or pairs. I have never been…

Would The Real Climate Change Hypocrite Please Stand Up!

ExxonMobil has not backed away from its commitment to carbon taxes contrary to what media reports built around the comments of one lobbyist suggest. In fact, the oil and gas company remains committed to combatting climate change by creating market…

Useless Green Energy Hits The Wall Of Reality

In the field of litigation settlements, people sometimes talk about a “win-win” scenario — a settlement structure where both sides can get some advantage and simultaneously claim victory. By that criterion, what is “green” energy (aka, intermittent wind and solar…