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$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire One coal plant owner told the SEC it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.

$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire -- One coal plant owner reported it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.
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A Restricted Climate Super Pollutant Is Pumped Out at Far Higher Levels Than Countries Admit. What Happens Next? - Inside Climate News HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action.

Good article on key Climate Action factor: A Restricted Climate Super Pollutant Is Pumped Out at Far Higher Levels Than Countries Admit. What Happens Next? insideclimatenews.org/news/2105202...

Fossil energy is going down ... finally!! Time for all to get on this boat and End #ClimateChange!
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Mayor Michelle Wu Announces Passage of Groundbreaking Net Zero Carbon Zoning Mayor Michelle Wu announced the approval of an amendment to the City’s zoning code by the Boston Zoning Commission to include Net Zero Carbon (NZC) Zoning. This new zoning will introduce decarbonizati...

Boston requires all new buildings to be Net Zero Carbon by 2050 -- will force decarbonization into building design process. Bravo!!
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Chart: In a first, EU grid got more power from solar than coal in 2024 The bloc’s use of fossil fuels for electricity hit a historic low, but experts say more progress, particularly in the wind sector, is needed.

The #CleanEnergy Revolution is well underway -- #EndFossil is happening!!
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As MIT Aims to Decarbonize, Competing Ideas Focus on Thermal Energy Systems - Inside Climate News The MIT Alumni/Student Decarbonization Team will host a forum on a plan that members say could save the university hundreds of millions of dollars. MIT isn’t so sure.

Excellent article on Rapid Cost-Effective #Decarbonization planning by an expert alumni/student/faculty team to challenge #MIT to Fully #Decarbonize by 2035! /https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29012025/mit-decarbonization-thermal-energy-systems/ #RealClimateAction #ClimateAction

The oil crisis fuelled by Russia’s war is evaporating – and so are the profits Results from Shell and Exxon this week will be weaker – and Trump’s desire to drill may result in oversupply

Sure, drill more oil ... exactly what the oil companies don't want. Have to love it for the stupidity at least! #EndFossil Now! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We're still number 1!

Yay?

It’s the climate

Robert Reich provides arguments to combat climate change skeptics and deniers. 5 Responses to Climate Change Deniers | Robert Reich

Longer dry seasons and more intense wildfires are a direct consequence of climate change.

We must stop putting fossil fuel industry profits over the safety and security of our people.

This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet.

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables

New climate chemistry model finds “non-negligible” impacts of potential hydrogen fuel leakage MIT study confirms the climate impacts of hydrogen, recommends leak prevention be a priority as infrastructure for handling this clean-burning fuel is built.

Danger of Hydrogen as a fuel: "any hydrogen leaked to the atmosphere would reduce the amount of OH available to clean up methane, so the concentration of methane would increase" ... and thus Climate Change gets worse. And one cannot stop all H2 leaks. climate.mit.edu/posts/new-cl...

Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Trump inauguration Exodus from target-setting group is attempt to head off ‘anti-woke’ attacks from rightwing politicians, say analysts

The six biggest banks in the U.S. have quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance just before Trump's inauguration.

The alliance was formed with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Let this serve as another reminder that so-called “corporate social responsibility” is a sham.

Fire in LA - Welcome to Sunrise Movement · Sunrise Movement Right now thousands of acres are burning in one of America’s largest cities. 30,000 people have evacuated their homes. Meanwhile, oil CEOs and their politicians celebrate their ever increasing wealth....

Los Angeles is burning. Entire neighborhoods have been wiped off the map. We are devastatingly unprepared for the climate that fossil fuel greed is creating.
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EV Projects to Get $13 Billion in Federal Loans The financing for a factory in Georgia is part of a last-minute effort to establish climate policies before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.

Announcing a ~$6B conditional commitment to @rivianofficial.bsky.social for their Georgia facility. The Georgia factory expand the production from the plant in Illinois and produce S.U.V.s that sell for about $45,000.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...

It's been a long time since I've posted an update to North Atlantic sea surface temperatures. It's remarkable how quickly "uncharted territory" gets normalized after the y-axis is extended.

Here is my version of Mauna Loa CO2 growth vs. NOAA's graphic of Mauna Loa CO2 growth, side-by-side.

The difference is that NOAA updates theirs once a year based on the 4-month average CO2 centered on January 1st, and I update mine monthly, based on the running 12-month average for CO2.

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity

It's a #ClimateCrisis!! Wake-Up! Time for #RealClimateAction/#RapidClimateAction!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Move towards renewable energy is unstoppable, says Ed Miliband Exclusive: UK energy secretary says at Cop29 that people see the economic advantages of making the transition

“No one government or one country can stop this transition because people see the economic advantages of this transition, because countries are being affected daily by the climate crisis. It’s the reality facing countries across the world.” #RealClimateAction!!
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YouTube video by Climate Casino Monthly Global Surface Temperature Anomaly: 1881 to 2024

Here's my animation of the monthly global surface temperature anomalies, 1881-2024, uploaded to YouTube as a short:

Enjoy!

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