Guest essay by Eric Worrall For years many fossil fuel companies seemed content to stay quiet in the face of public vilification, but with big lawsuits looming, this strategy of…
Day: January 15, 2018
AAAS Apologizes — Rightfully So
Brief by Kip Hansen American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has apologized for emailing out a fund-raising promotion that was misleading and apparently politically motivated — that is,…
Thinking ‘outside the box’ on climate mitigation
From the INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS and the Schrodinger’s Climate Department In a new commentary in the journal Nature Climate Change, IIASA researchers argue that a broader range of scenarios…
More “settled science” – Unexpected environmental source of methane discovered
Some nitrogen-fixing microorganisms contain an enzyme for the simultaneous production of ammonia and methane UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES/UW MEDICINE An unexpected source of methane in the environment has been…
The Resurgence of the American Coal Industry: “Is coal the new gold?”
Guest post by David Middleton Is coal the new gold? A Pennsylvania senate candidate thinks so By John Moody | Fox News “There’s coal in them thar hills.” If that…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #299
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week. All things are poison and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes…
Aussie Government: End the Free Ride for Electric Cars
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australian Federal Urban Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher wants a new system of road charging, which ends the free ride enjoyed by electric cars which do…
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