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‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels

February 9, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

At the Guardian’s International Edition today, an article titled: ‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals shows a stunning increase in morbidity from fossil fuel pollutants. Oliver Milman … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Politics, Racism, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Air pollution, coal, deaths, disease, fossil fuels, heart disease, mortality, oil, pollution, respiratory ailments

The Guardian: Study: global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels

March 18, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement Kirsch said: “This makes it crystal clear that banks are failing miserably when it comes to responding to the urgency of the climate crisis. As the toll of death and destruction from unprecedented floods, droughts, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Arctic oil, Bank of America, capital, carbon emissions, Citi, climate crisis, coal, fossil fuels, gas, investment banks, JP Morgan Chase, oil, Paris agreement, the US banks Wells Fargo

Energy Vault

January 5, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From SwissInfo – Energy Vault Jan 3, 2020 Revolutionary idea to store green power for the grid By Armando Mombelli Stacking blocks of concrete with a crane to store energy and use the force of gravity to keep producing electricity when renewable sources are lacking: simple but revolutionary, the battery solution proposed by the Ticino … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science Tagged: battery, C02, electricity, electro-chemical, electro-mechanical, Energy Vault, fossil fuels, gravity, hydrogen-based systems, nuclear power, oil-industry, reservoir, Softbank, solar panels, Solar power, thermal, Vision Fund, wind power, wind turbines

Attribution Science

October 22, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

An in-depth article in the Oct 22, 2019 Politico magazine on the emerging science of attribution: The new science fossil fuel companies fear – Researchers can now link weather events to emissions – and to the companies responsible. A string of lawsuits is about to give “attribution science” a real-life test – by ZACK COLMAN … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: American Metereological Society, attribution science, climate change, emissions, Exxon Mobil, fossil fuel industry, fossil fuels, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Sandy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Academy of Sciences, post-Industrial Revolution, Richard Heede, World Weather Attribution group

US official reveals Atlantic drilling plan while hailing Trump’s ability to distract public

March 14, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A lovely piece of journalism in The Guardian today about this Trump Administrator who thinks drilling for oil off the coast is great for the country. US official reveals Atlantic drilling plan while hailing Trump’s ability to distract public

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: Donald Trump, fossil fuel industry, fossil fuels, IAGC, Interior department, International Association of Geophysical Contractors, Joe Balash, oil and gas leasing

We’re doomed

April 26, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Guardian – April 26, 2018 Interview – ‘We’re doomed’: Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention By Patrick Barkham The 86-year-old social scientist says accepting the impending end of most life on Earth might be the very thing needed to help us prolong it The Guardian – Interivew – … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: climate change, Dark Mountain, fossil fuels, Mayer Hillman, Situationist, Situationist International

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