How to feed the world by 2050? Recent breakthrough boosts plant growth by 40 percent

User David B (H/T) notes: So if the gene editing can capture part of the 30% calorie loss to photorespiration, and if CO2 doubles by 2050, this looks like a…

The Green New Deal Isn’t Just About Energy, It’s Also About Controlling What Americans Eat

From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor The Green New Deal seems to embrace the anti-beef and dairy industry sentiment of the environmental left. Green New Dealers want…

The replication crisis may also be a theory crisis

From Ars Technica Theory protects from “personal intuitions and culturally biased folk theories.” Cathleen O’Grady – 2/16/2019, 11:00 AM A jumbled jigsaw puzzle, AKA the state of theory in the…

Influence of solar activity on European rainfall

Dr. Sebastian Luening writes to advise us of this. Press Release Institute of Hydrography, Geoecology and Climate Sciences (IFHGK), www.ifhgk.org 15th February 2019 Influence of solar activity on European rainfall…

Children’s Climate Change Strike Spreads to the USA

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Alexandria Villasenor, 13, hopes braving brutal polar vortex winter conditions by sitting outside UN Headquarters will inspire others in the US and China to join…

Progressive State Climate Change Playbooks

From Roger Caiazza On December 12, 2018 the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced the availability of three “playbooks” produced by the U.S. Climate Alliance, a…

Massive East Coast solar project generates fury from neighbors

From Fox News By Alex Pappas | Fox News SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. – Michael O’Bier has lived here on a hidden piece of land nestled against thousands of acres of trees…