A loan wind turbine stands before the exhaust plumes from cooling towers at German coal fired power … [+] plant. They will need more coal as they turn against Russian piped gas. Sorry, climate c...
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Inside Baker Hughes’ Vision For The Energy Transition
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar Baker Hughes Company logo and models of an oil rig, pump jack and oil barrels are pictured in this … [+] illustration photo taken in Kyiv on 19 August, 2021. (P...
China issues first national drought emergency scorching temperatures
The Jialing River bed at the confluence with the Yangtze River is exposed due to drought on August 18, 2022 in Chongqing, China. Vcg | Getty Images China issued its first drought emergency this year a...
We Are Asking For More Than Food From Our Farms. A New Cropping Option May Help Meet The Demand
Humanity depends on the agriculture sector to produce our food, feed, and fiber, and that demand continues to grow. Increasingly we look to crops as more climate-friendly sources for fuels, plastics a...
Energy Provisions In The Inflation Reduction Act
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) poses with lawmakers after signing the Inflation … [+] Reduction Act after the House of Representatives voted 220-207 to pass it at the US Capitol in ...
Hunting Invasive Lionfish In Dominica, A $4.5 Billion Chicken Industry Consolidation, And The Moldy Grain Coming Out Of Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
I’m back after my longest break from working in, well, my entire life, and feeling quite refreshed. How could I not after two weeks of organic juices, huge avocados and hikes to waterfalls and hot spr...
What Color Is Your Hydrogen? Not All Hydrogen Is Clean.
Green hydrogen is made by using clean electricity from renewable energy technologies to electrolyse … [+] water (H2O), separating the hydrogen atom within it from its molecular twin oxygen. gett...
Landmark Climate Bill Could Help Boost Struggling Nuclear Plants—Here’s Why
Topline Nuclear plants could see their bottom lines improve thanks to a new tax credit in the massive climate, health care and deficit reduction package passed by the Senate this weekend—a potential l...
Climate Change Threatens Panama Canal And Global Maritime Trade
A crew member moors the La Mancha Knutsen LNG tanker at a port on the Panama Canal in Panama City, … [+] Panama, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. The Panama Canal is seeing signs of a rebound in glob...
This New Talent Marketplace Aims To Better Connect Workers With Climate Careers
A group of colleagues sit at a meeting table in a modern office, discussing renewable energy … [+] solutions. A bike leans against one of the walls. getty The Covid-19 pandemic and the related f...
Ethanol Industry Wants to Bury Its Carbon, but Some Farmers Stand in the Way
GOLDFIELD, Iowa—As climate-change concerns grow, ethanol plants like the one in this town of 630 surrounded by 10-foot-tall corn stalks are eager to join new pipeline networks that aim to carry carbon...
Methane Emissions Reduction At The Oil Patch: How To Get There
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar MCKITTRICK, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 03: The sun sets beyond pumpjacks in the Belridge oil field on … [+] November 03, 2021 near McKittrick, California. The ...
Climate change isn’t a ‘left-wing plot,’ charity founder says
People photographed in Lower Saxony, Germany, on July 19, 2022. A number of European countries were affected by a heatwave last month. Julian Stratenschulte | Picture Alliance | Getty Images It’...
The Inflation Reduction Act Is The Most Important Climate Action In U.S. History
The new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), released in the United States Senate last week, is a grand bargain between emissions reduction and economic growth – and new Energy Innovation modeling shows it ...
Big Oil Could Pay Up to $25 Billion in New Taxes Under Dems’ Inflation Bill
Text size An oil pumpjack Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil stocks were poised to open lower Monday as investors reacted to the news that the Democrats’ climate change measure could cost oil companies, b...
Hyperpolarization Of Climate Policy – The Politics Of American Exceptionalism
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, UH Chief Energy Officer and Aparajita Datta, UH Research Scholar The terms likely to occur with climate, investors, & emissions — word size is proportional to rate … [...
4 Things You May Have Missed
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images I waited a few days to write about historic and deadly flooding in St. Louis this past week. I am an atmospheric scientist who studies extreme precipitation, urban flood...
Senate Climate Bill Is a Boon for Fossil Fuels
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats are moving forward on the costliest and most ambitious effort ever by the U.S. to address climate change—powered in part by benefits for fossil fuels and the broader energy...
Manchin’s climate turnaround: Climate groups react
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) returns to a basement office meeting with other senators that included Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Angus King (I-ME), (not pictured) ...
Schumer-Manchin reconciliation bill: Climate change provisions
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) exits the U.S. Capitol following a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 9, 2022. Tom Brenner | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Ma...
Here’s what’s in, and out, of Democrats’ $739 billion inflation-fighting package
WASHINGTON — What started as a $4 trillion effort during President Joe Biden’s first months in office to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems has ended up a much slimmer,...
Flash Floods Swamp St. Louis In Latest Bout Of Extreme U.S. Weather
Topline Flash floods inundated St. Louis streets as the city broke the record for daily rainfall in just five hours Monday night, as the U.S. continues to experience extreme storms, heat, and fires th...
Why Is Lake Mead Shrinking? Climate Change Is A Major Reason
I clearly stated in a social media post earlier this week that water usage, natural variability, and climate change explained stunning images of Lake Mead released by NASA. However, a comment on one o...
USPS To Boost Purchase Of Electric Delivery Vehicles
Topline The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said Wednesday it will dramatically increase the share of electric vehicles among a fleet of new delivery vehicles it’s ordering, following criticism from enviro...
Biden announces new climate programs, but no emergency declaration
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst |...
For Climate’s Sake, Don’t Have The Fed Cause A Recession
With U.S. inflation at 9.1%, economic pundits are bracing for the U.S. Federal Reserve to pull a Paul Volcker. The Fed Chairman from 1979 to 1987, Volcker tamed inflation by driving short-term interes...
U.K. Records Its Hottest Temperature Ever Amid Extreme Heatwave
Topline The U.K. recorded its hottest ever temperature on Tuesday, according to provisional Met Office figures, as the country faces a second day of extreme heat amid warnings of wildfires and reports...
Opinion: Why the Inflation Reduction Act is a very big deal for Americans
NEW YORK—Senate Democrats’ compromise bill, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, addresses not just inflation but also several key longstanding problems facing our economy and society. There is ...