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Climate Central is a reliable producer of analysis and reporting on climate science. As they explain , the idea for CC developed from some large meetings of “leading scientists, policymakers, journalists, and leaders from business, religion and civil society” who “identified a critical need for a central authoritative source for climate change information.” Later, “a broad group of climate experts later confirmed this need.” At the same time, other groups “began organizing with the mission to popularize good information about global warming solutions.” Their tag line “ sound science & vibrant media” gets to the heart of what their important niche has been — emphasis on “sound science.” That’s why it is disappointing to see a new blog, “Frontier Earth,” that isn’t focused on science and isn’t authoritative in the least bit. Two examples will suffice. The first piece is headlined, “ Momentum Shifts on Climate Adaptation .” The piece has no discussion whatsoever of the scientific literature on adaptation or the climate impacts we’d have to adapt to. Nor does it examine adaptation policy or even what is happening in the political world. If it did, it would’ve come to a completely different conclusion. Instead, the only “evidence” it cites for this new shift is an Economist article from last November, a Dave Roberts blog post from January, and and a Guardian op-ed from last week. Seriously
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Climate Central veers off course in new blog on adaptation
Michigan’s “green” economy is growing fast, data shows, with thousands of clean energy jobs on the horizon as a new manufacturing base is being built on the expertise of its battered auto industry. The change raises the prospect that Michigan might one day be a global hub for electric vehicles and advanced battery development, along with biofuel technologies, wind power parts and solar panels. That’s from a Reuters/SolveClimate article and interview with former Gov. Granholm. Here’s more: Former Gov.
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Clean energy manufacturing drives Michigan job boom – Granholm: "The bottom line is that [energy] policy matters"
by Christopher Mims. Here’s a stomach-churning video of a wind turbine karate-chopping a vulture. Watching it will probably change the way you look at wind turbines. (Seriously, bird-lovers be warned: It is intense.) This video, originally captured by a tourist in Greece, vividly illustrates what happens 440,000 times a year, according to the American Bird Conservancy. If that sounds like a lot — it’s nearly one bird every minute — just imagine what will happen as wind power ramps up to many times its current footprint. Fortunately, there are solutions. ABC says that bird strikes can be minimized if regulations force wind power companies to: • Site their farms mostly on land that’s already disturbed (I.e. farmland.) Also, keeping them out of migratory flight paths will reduce the threat.
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Wind turbines kill birds, but they don’t have to—here’s how to do better (Video)
by Christopher Mims. April fools led to a bunch of fake posts that made us die a little inside, and at least one that seemed like kind of a good idea: the solar-powered wind turbine . Turns out that the notion of harvesting the maximum amount of energy from the immediate environment is good enough that the combo of solar and wind power actually exists! And the U.S. military is all up in its grill. Because nothing says “we should start producing our own power” like losing yet another fuel convoy to insurgents.
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Solar-powered wind turbines not just a joke
“Happy talk” was not the approach taken by Lincoln confronting slavery, or by Franklin Roosevelt facing the grim realities after Pearl Harbor. Nor was it Winston Churchill’s message to the British people at the height of the London blitz. Instead, in these and similar cases transformative leaders told the truth honestly, with conviction and eloquence. Guest blogger David Orr is one of the true environmental visionaries. I’ve known him for years, and he sent me the new preface to the paperback edition of his book “Down to the Wire” after reading my post last night on why we need to talk about climate change . Here is an extended excerpt: I wrote Down to the Wire between 2007 and 2008 when many still believed that the United States was capable of making an effective national response to global climate destabilization. At the time I was involved with several dozen others in drafting “The President’s Climate Action Plan” (PCAP) a document that aimed to define the actions that the next U.S. President would have to take immediately in order to avoid the worst of what lies ahead. The numbers are stark.
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David Orr on confronting climate collapse