Sobering Up? EU May Scrap Its Plans To Ban Internal Combustion Engines By 2035

The EU plans to reassess the phase-out of combustion engines, based on the latest data and developments.

Hudson Bay polar bears now considered most likely to survive future sea ice loss

Over the last 10 years, Hudson Bay polar bears have morphed from being the “most at risk” across the Arctic to the “least at risk.” Who would have thought?

How CO2 starvation Caused the Greatest Extinction Event

And again, if history teaches us anything, we must ensure that attempts to reduce CO2 concentrations do not result in devastating CO2 starvation ever again.

New York And California Getting Totally Lost With Energy Storage

It seems that in both New York and California, the really tiny amounts of grid-scale battery storage built to date have been plagued by repeated major fires. From New York:

CFACT blasts offshore wind multiple-site assessment as ridiculous

A number of important adverse impacts are not even considered, especially the lifetime operational impacts that go on for decades.

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