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Why the Wilder Storms? It’s a ‘Loaded Dice’ Problem
This article discusses why we are having much wilder storms? It’s a ‘Loaded Dice’ Problem.
Climate scientists can’t say where or when the next big storm will hit, but all the evidence points to this: Global warming is bringing the planet into an era of wilder, more dangerous […]
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Old age, neglect and a changing climate are rendering US dams dangerous
This article discusses how US damns are having problems. Old age, neglect and a changing climate are rendering US dams dangerous. In the face of more frequent and intense rainfall, dam failures are becoming the norm. What can be done with the underfunded relics?
In North Carolina, in September 2018, […]
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Scientists Weigh Call for Much Deeper Cuts to Coal Pollution
This article discusses how Scientists Weigh Call for Much Deeper Cuts to Coal Pollution. A panel convened by the United Nations is assessing a stricter limit on emissions that cause global warming.
panel of the world’s top climate scientists is preparing to recommend much deeper cuts in fossil-fuel pollution than currently […]
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What Is Coal Ash and Why Is It Dangerous? And a Dam break in NC
The first article discusses what coal ash is and why it is so dangerous. The phrase “coal ash” made headlines this week after a dam on a lake at the site of a power plant in Wilmington, N.C., was breached, allowing the hazardous ash into a river that […]
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Methane rule rollback burns the natural gas “bridge” theory
This article discusses how Trump’s rollback of Methane emissions regulations makes the ‘clean’ fossil fuel as dirty as coal.
This summer’s statistics on electricity use and generation included a significant gem: Over the last 12 months, power generation from coal has dropped to a three-decade low. That was party-worthy news for […]
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Power company CEO Says Retiring the US Coal Fleet ‘Just a Matter of When’
This article discusses how even coal executives know that the coal industry is living on borrowed time. Xcel Colorado announced the retirement of two coal-fired units and a historic-low-cost renewables plan, shortly after CEO Ben Fowke spoke on stage at the EEI Annual Convention.
Xcel Energy Colorado submitted an
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DeSmog Blog
This blog discusses multiple items this week including exploding PA pipelines; Trump’s attempt to export fracking technology to Argentina; fracking’s water problems; the Atkin Charitable Foundation’s pulling funding from the climate-denying organization, Global Warming Policy Foundation; Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” efforts to push environmental justice; how many of the largest 200 industrial […]
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Florence Washes Away Portion of Coal-Ash Landfill in North Carolina
This article discusses how hurricane Florence has washed away toxic coal ash in NC. Duke Energy, owner of the landfill, says some of the coal ash escaped into a nearby lake. This is another article on the same subject.
Heavy rains from Florence washed out a portion of […]
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Trump’s rollback of pollution rules to hit coal country hard
This article discusses just how bad Trump’s policies will hurt the health of people who live in coal country.
It’s coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country.
So it was no surprise that President Donald Trump picked the state to announce his plan rolling back […]
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Trump’s Dirty Power Plan is much worse for kids’ health than for climate change
This article discusses Trump’s Dirty Power Plan – it is much worse for kids’ health than for climate change. Some of the reporting of the climate impacts of the Dirty Power Plan has been inaccurate.
Last October, then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the agency would repeal the […]
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