More Europeans vote climate if exposed to extremes

William P. Hall on February 10, 2022

Voters across Europe with personal experience of climate extremes are more likely to vote for Green parties.

by Roman Hoffmann, 07/02/2022 in Eureka Alert
Experience of climate extremes increase Green voting in Europe: What role do experiences with climate change and extreme events play in shaping environmental attitudes and to what extent can they explain the recent rise in environmental concerns and willingness to vote for Green parties across Europe? IIASA researchers set out to investigate these and related issues in a new study just published in Nature Climate Change.

For draft of full article in Nature Climate Change, see preprint in Research Square

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New analysis: a number of large companies promising to work towards net-zero emissions are not doing enough to honor their climate commitments

William P. Hall on February 7, 2022

by Steven Mufson, 07/09/2022 in The Washington Post Climate & Environment
Top corporations have vowed to fight climate change. Researchers say their plans fall short — A study by the New Climate Institute says companies aren’t doing enough to meet climate targets and eliminate carbon emissions

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Start fast to slow the rate of global warming by stopping “super emitters'” methane leaks

William P. Hall on February 7, 2022

by Brady Dennis, 03/02/2022 in The Washington Post Climate & Environment
Cracking down on methane ‘ultra emitters’ is a quick way to combat climate change, researchers find: Latest study underscores how satellites are exposing emission sources around the globe. ‘It’s a harbinger of what’s to come,’ one expert says.

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Huge plumes of methane leakage from fossil fuel industry (including Australia) are mapped by satellite — stop them to slow global warming

William P. Hall on February 7, 2022

by Georgina Rannard, 05/02/2022 in BBC News Science
Climate change: Satellites map huge methane plumes from oil and gas: Huge plumes of the warming gas methane have been mapped globally for the first time from oil and gas fields using satellites.

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Australian MacArthur Fellow (winner of the ‘genius grant’) wants to electrify our world to eliminate GHG emissions

William P. Hall on February 6, 2022

by Bronwyn Adcock, 05/02/2022 in The Guardian
Electric Monaros and hotted-up skateboards : the ‘genius’ who wants to electrify our world — After advising US president Joe Biden on energy, Saul Griffith is back in Australia to declare war on the climate crisis

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Chile’s amazing new government is putting acting on the climate emergency at the top of its to-do list. Who is stopping Australia from doing this?

William P. Hall on February 5, 2022

by John Bartlett, 05/02/2022 in The Guardian
‘We need politicians and experts’: how Chile is putting the climate crisis first — President Gabriel Boric has brought renowned named climate scientist Maisa Rojas into government to help ensure a greener future

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The EU’s satellite monitoring program is tracking the accelerating frequency and intensity of wildfires around the Mediterranean and elsewhere in the world

William P. Hall on February 5, 2022

by Adam Gristwood, 03/02/2022 – in EUMETSAT Science Blog
Southern Europe battles increases in major wildfires: As climate change drives longer heatwaves, experts say that strategies to prevent and suppress wildfires are increasingly important

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Lithium batteries considered suitable for long duration (up to 8 hours) storage: makes more sense if they can be effectively recycled.

William P. Hall on February 4, 2022

By Dan Gearino, 03/03/2022 — Inside Clean Energy
In the New World of Long-Duration Battery Storage, an Old Technology Holds Its Own: California power companies choose lithium-ion batteries for an eight-hour storage project, passing on some newer options.

see also: Lithium empowered green energy storage is just getting better, less expensive, and less damaging to the environment

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