Boaty McBoatface mission gives new insight into warming ocean abyss

The first mission involving the autonomous submarine vehicle Autosub Long Range (better known as ‘Boaty McBoatface’) has for the first time shed light on a key process linking increasing Antarctic…

Enthusiasm Gap

Fake followers anyone?

Climate Fail: Influential Aussie Politician Demands Cheaper Energy and a New Coal Plant

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Influential Australian politician Pauline Hanson, leader of minority party One Nation, has demanded infrastructure projects including a new coal power plant in return for supporting…

Climate Red Team Argument Heats Up: Koonin responds to Schmidt

Note: Dr. Schmidt argues points he doesn’t seem to fully grasp, perhaps purposely, then again, Schmidt is no stranger to pettiness. – Anthony Guest essay by Steve Koonin Gavin Schmidt…

‘Power shift’ needed to improve gender balance in energy research, report says

University of Exeter “Power shift” needed to improve gender balance in energy research, report says Women still face significant barriers in forging successful and influential careers in UK energy research,…

California lawmakers are turning cap-and-trade into the slush fund critics long feared

From the LA Times For years, critics of California’s cap-and-trade program have lambasted it as a government slush fund. They say that politicians are able to dip into it to…

Weekly Climate News and Energy Roundup #363

The Week That Was: 2019-06-15 (June 15, 2019) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: “Our experience during the early days…