EPA Head Wheeler to Hold Virtual Press Conference on “Environmental Justice”
Traverse City, Mich. (September 29, 2020) — On Wednesday, September 30, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede and Michigan House Majority Leader Triston Cole (MI-105) will hold a virtual press conference on environmental justice. WHO: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede ……
Great Lakes Drying Up… No, Overflowing… Because Climate Change
Guest “because climate change” by David Middleton From the October 1, 2020 issue of Physics Today… Well, physics the day after tomorrow (good movie title)… 1 OCTOBER 2020 • page 26The Great Lakes are filled to their brims, with no signs of recedingExperts see the fingerprints of climate change on the lakes’ record high water……
Colder “climate change” blamed for excess deaths in Word War I
From the American Geophysical Union. WASHINGTON—Scientists have spotted a once-in-a-century climate anomaly during World War I that likely increased mortality during the war and the influenza pandemic in the years that followed. Well-documented torrential rains and unusually cold temperatures affected the outcomes of many major battles on the Western Front during the war years of……
Data Show Canadian Wildfires At Lowest Level In Decades
Here’s something surprising from Paul Homewood, Not A Lot Of People Know That. While USA wildfires are running higher the last couple of years, according to Canada’s National Forestry Database, the number of forest fires in Canada has been at the lowest since 1990. Of course, Canada takes a management approach to forests compared to……
Washington Utility: “No more wind” or solar!
Guest “Ha Ha!” by David Middleton ‘No more wind.’ WA state utility questions efficacy of wind farms for power generationBY BILL VIRGIN CONTRIBUTING WRITERSEPTEMBER 19, 2020 […] Renewables, a category that also can include solar and more exotic forms like geothermal or tidal, will, so the theory goes, help “de-carbonize” the region’s generating portfolio of……
Claim: the ocean has become more stable and stratified thanks to global warming
From the INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The global ocean has become more stratified and stable over the past few decades with global warming. This has major consequences for life in the ocean by reducing nutrients and oxygen, and it greatly affects climate. A new study, by a group of international researchers……