EPA Head / Paris Agreement: “It’s something we need to exit in my opinion.”

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart – President Trump’s EPA Head Scott Pruitt has given unequivocal support to cancelling US participation in the Paris agreement. EPA Chief Scott Pruitt…

China Chief Climate Negotiator: Where’s the Money?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Top Chinese Climate Negotiator Xie Zhenhua has responded to a parade of official reassurances about the Paris Climate Agreement, by demanding to know when “developed”…

Huge Ancient Methane Seeps Discovered in the Canadian High Arctic

From the GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Boulder, Colo., USA: Cretaceous climate warming led to a significant methane release from the seafloor, indicating potential for similar destabilization of gas hydrates under modern…

The Lure of Free Energy

Guest essay by John Popovich In the 1950s we were assured by the best scientific minds and the U.S. President that nuclear electricity would be of such low cost that…

Magic mushrooms become CO2 indicators for the urban lawn

From the UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and the “magic mushrooms” department… Researchers find mushrooms may hold clues to effect of carbon dioxide on lawns DURHAM, N.H. – Since the Industrial Revolution,…

What “permanent drought”? New all-time rainfall record set for California

From the California Dept. of Water Resources Northern Sierra Precipitation Sets Water Year Record Atmospheric Rivers Pushed Total to 89.7 Inches since October 1 SACRAMENTO – Never in nearly a…

New infrared-emitting device could allow energy harvesting from waste heat

Researchers create first MEMS metamaterial device that displays infrared patterns that can be quickly changed THE OPTICAL SOCIETY WASHINGTON — A new reconfigurable device that emits patterns of thermal infrared…