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2021-08-31

Tesla Model 3 Leads Europe Electric Sales As Competitor Range Claims Wilt

Summary for Policymakers — Global Warming of 1.5 ºC

Sixth Assessment Report

Road to Decarbonization: The United States Electricity Mix

IPCC Press Conference | YouTube

Indigenous Resistance Against Carbon | Indigenous Environmental Network

Chevy Bolt Battery Fix To Increase Range By 8%, More For Older Cars

Astronauts’ Best Photos From Space in 2021 Show Beauty and Destruction

7 game-changing candidates who can transform Canada’s climate politics | by 350 Canada | Medium

2021-08-30

Why are all the electricity suppliers saying ‘no’ to installing a meter? | Consumer affairs | The Guardian

What’s it like to charge an EV on a 1,725-km road trip from Vancouver to Regina? Tim Bray has some notes to share

Loom Solar unveils 440W/530W bifacial modules – pv magazine International

‘It’s not the cow, it’s the how’: why a long-time vegetarian became beef’s biggest champion | Food | The Guardian

HHS launches new climate health office | TheHill

Heimdal pulls CO2 and cement-making materials out of seawater using renewable energy – TechCrunch

‘Everything is changing’: the struggle for food as Malawi’s Lake Chilwa shrinks | Global development | The Guardian

Chaos as Caldor fire forces unprecedented evacuation of Tahoe tourist town | Wildfires | The Guardian

A note left on a Tesla Model 3 shows just how little people know about electric cars | Electrek

2021-08-29

Tesla Model Y: How Is Build Quality Improving Amid Crazy Demand?

Is deep-sea mining a cure for the climate crisis or a curse? | Mining | The Guardian

Invasive earthworms are remaking our forests, and climate scientists are worried | CBC News

Floating wind turbines could open up vast ocean tracts for renewable power | Environment | The Guardian

2021-08-28

The weekend read: Electromobility meets battery storage – pv magazine International

Confusion brews as retro-style EV startup Alpha Motor turns on the charm

Climate change will alter where many crops are grown | The Economist

Air conditioning is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th Century. It’s also killing the 21st – TechCrunch

2021-08-27

Researchers Create Rechargeable Battery That Can Store Six Times More Power Than Other Units | Technology News

Hyundai Hints at Upcoming Hydrogen-Powered Sports Sedan

Good news: The most popular material on Earth can store CO2

Caldor fire burns on both sides of US Highway 50, footage shows | YouTube

Best Used Electric Cars Under $20,000

2021-08-26

World-first hydrogen helicopter to certify plug-and-play H2 powerplant

UK firm to replace internal combustion engines to hydrogen with new tech

Toyota will make hydrogen fuel-cell modules in the US starting in 2023

Toyota Will Make Fuel Cell Modules for Hydrogen-Powered Heavy Duty Trucks | autoevolution

Toronto feels hotter than the hottest place on earth right now

Swiss Re Signed a $10 Million Carbon Capture Deal

Reporting on the climate crisis: ‘For years it was seen as a far-off problem’ | Environment | The Guardian

"Extremely fast-charging" electric vehicle battery one step closer as patent filed

NASA scientists spot troubling melting in Greenland from a plane

Lucid Air First Drive Confirms It As An Absolute Threat To Tesla

Looking at the world’s largest solar power stations – pv magazine International

JinkoSolar unveils details of its TopCon 620 W bifacial solar panel – pv magazine International

95% of existing ocean climates could disappear by 2100 if CO2 emissions continue to climb | CBC News

2021-08-25

Watch: Gravity-based renewable energy storage tower for grid-scale operations – pv magazine USA

Turning traffic into clean energy: How this startup plans to power the streets of Istanbul | Euronews

Toyota to start building truck fuel cell modules in Ky. Camry plant in 2023 | Automotive News

Totally electric cargo ship sails silently | and autonomously | Roadshow

The World's Biggest Wind Turbine Is Being Built in China

The Dream of Carbon Air Capture Edges Toward Reality | Yale E360

New research provides realistic hope for carbon-capture technology | CTV News

Metacon Signs Distribution Agreement For Japan

Madagascar may soon experience the world’s first climate change famine | Euronews

Lake Tahoe shrouded in smoke from surging Caldor fire – in pictures | US news | The Guardian

Italian railway goes green with hydrogen

Is climate change to blame for extreme weather events? Attribution science says yes, for some – here’s how it works

‘How is it sustainable if only 1% can afford your food?’: the man on a quest to change farming | Environment | The Guardian

How do solar batteries work? | CNET

Green Hydrogen Systems tech to provide 389kg of hydrogen daily in Norway

Giant Wall of Turbines Could Reduce the Cost of Floating Offshore Wind

Germany eyes world's cheapest green hydrogen from Namibia amid global 'race for best sites' | Recharge

Control methane to slow global warming — fast

Climate change wiping out billions of sea stars: study | Globalnews.ca

Can artificially altered clouds save the Great Barrier Reef?

Australia is ‘more and more isolated’ on climate, former EU trade commissioner says | Climate crisis | The Guardian

2021-08-24

World’s largest floating wind farm completed | Splash247

Why I Think The New BYD Dolphin Will Convince Millions To Go Electric | CleanTechnica

United States nears first major steps to control CO2 emissions | Climate News | Al Jazeera

These techniques are helping Prairie farmers grow crops despite drought | CBC News

Tesla Model Y Vs. VW ID.4 In-Depth Comparo Has A Clear Winner

Technion researchers crack battery-free solar energy storage

So much ice is melting that Earth’s crust is moving

Regenerative Braking & Energy Storage Without Batteries? Hobbyists Are Figuring It Out | CleanTechnica

Q&A: did the climate crisis fuel Henri and the Tennessee flooding? | Tennessee | The Guardian

People keep moving to the worst places for climate risk

NASA Awards $750,000 in Competition to Convert CO2 into Sugar | NASA

Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine | BBC News

Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Stands Complete | Offshore Wind

Japan targets floating wind farms for its deep coastal waters

It’s about to get even hotter in Toronto with temperatures expected to feel like 44 C

Green roof improves solar panel efficiency by 3.6% on average – pv magazine International

Dust-sized supercapacitor packs the same voltage as a AAA battery

Diesel Killing Locomotive of the Future Runs on Solar Power

‘Decarbonising aviation’: the Electric EEL could be the future of flying | Airline emissions | The Guardian

Climate change: Consumer 'confusion' threatens net zero homes plan | BBC News

10 Reasons to Love Water Batteries | CleanTechnica

2021-08-23

World's biggest wind turbine shows the disproportionate power of scale

World's Largest Hybrid Drive Wind Turbine Has 387-Ft Long Blades, Can Power 20,000 Homes | autoevolution

When Greenland was green: rapid global warming 55 million years ago shows us what the future may hold

Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity for first time | Energy | The Guardian

Solar-accelerated carbon-dioxide splitting to recycle a deadly greenhouse gas – pv magazine International

Sixty-three PV projects to compete in South Africa’s 2.6 GW renewables tender – pv magazine International

Scientists Just Smashed World Records When it Comes to Solar Cell Efficiency

Rumor of Tesla Model Y with 400-mile range explained | Electrek

Queensland's First Five Hydrogen Cars Hit The Road

Pacific islands call for zero carbon shipping by 2050, citing IPCC report

Norwegian company developing 1,000-foot-tall offshore wind turbine farms that could power 80,000 homes each | News | Archinect

MingYang Launches World's Largest Offshore Hybrid Drive Wind Turbine | CleanTechnica

MIC Tesla Model 3 SR+ Shines In Bjørn's 1,000 Km Challenge

Kokam battery to act as "virtual synchronous generator" in Tahiti, edge out diesel | RenewEconomy

I Live In A Small Northern Town And Bought An Electric Car. Here’s What I’ve Learned | Chatelaine

Great Wall Motor delivers 100 hydrogen trucks in China

GM recalls every Chevy Bolt ever made, blames LG for faulty batteries | Ars Technica

Forests Used as Carbon Offsets Are Going Up in Wildfire Flames | The New York Times

First hydrogen fuel-cell vessel: San Francisco ferry ready to go

Denmark Opens Doors to Unsolicited Offshore Wind Bids | Offshore Wind

Companies and cities are taking the lead on clean… | Canary Media

Climate change: Europe's extreme rains made more likely by humans | BBC News

China Muscles In on Middle East Renewables With Alcazar Deal

Carbon Dividends: A Win-Win for People and for the Climate | Scientific American

Canada Hydrogen Alliance launched

As Subsidies Roll in, the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Winning Efforts to Cast Blue Hydrogen as a ‘Clean’ Fuel | DeSmog

2021-08-22

Tesla Model Y: An Honest Account After 1 Year And 20,000 Miles

Monocrystalline Vs. Polycrystalline Solar Panels: What's Best? | EcoWatch

Monocrystalline solar panels vs. polycrystalline solar panels: Find out which ones are right for you | CNET

Letters: to halt global heating, we must change our society | Climate crisis | The Guardian

It’s not just a heat wave, it’s a record-breaker. And it’s not going away | Montreal Gazette

Insurance industry seeks to limit fossil fuel exposure amid growing climate threat | CBC News

Insurance industry seeks to limit fossil fuel exposure amid growing climate threat | Business News | Castanet.net

Green Car Congress

Giant CA Energy Storage Facility Hoovers Up Excess Wind And Solar

GE Developing 3D-Printing-enabled System to Capture CO2 from the air

GAC Aion V 6C Promises 8-Minute Charge Times, 1000 Kilometer Range | CleanTechnica

Energy storage is ignored crisis within the climate crisis | Nikkei Asia

Dodge Electric Car Concept Coming In 2022

Denser cities could be a climate boon – but nimbyism stands in the way | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Carbon from UK’s blue hydrogen bid still to equal 1m petrol cars | Hydrogen power | The Guardian

Can synthetic fuels save the combustion engine?

Arcola Energy to lead hydrogen road freight study in Scotland; green hydrogen refueling | Green Car Congress

2021-08-21

Sweden’s tallest mountain is shrinking from climate change | Space

Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities | The Lancet

New Tech Sucks Carbon Dioxide Out of the Atmosphere with 97% Efficiency

Model 3 Owner: VW ID.4 Makes A Great Choice As Someone's First EV

Let’s prioritize American renewable fuels over foreign oil and minerals | TheHill

How climate change will impact the flight of the bumblebee | CTV News

Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks | The Lancet

Forget Pure Plays, Here's the Diversified Way to Invest in Clean Energy | The Motley Fool

1 Massive Market Opportunity for This Renewable-Energy Stock | The Motley Fool

2021-08-20

Which EV can travel the furthest on a single unit of energy?

Volkswagen ID.4 Pro 70-MPH Highway Range Test

The Weather Network | Substantial rains to put dent in drought, wildfires in Manitoba, NW Ont.

The Power Of Wind: Interview With Bound4blue Founder | CleanTechnica

The Hydrogen Stream: First vessel to operate on solar-powered methanol in Denmark, giant green hydrogen project in China – pv magazine International

The climate science behind wildfires: why are they getting worse? | YouTube

Motor Mouth: Volvo’s electric future is built on gas | Driving

Millions of electric car batteries will retire in the next decade. What happens to them? | Environment | The Guardian

Kenyan health experts say climate change fuelling disease burden

Ford teases electric crate motor so you can EV swap your classic | Driving

Climate change: Will I still be able to fly in a net zero world? | BBC News

Airlines commit to reducing carbon emissions | The Washington Post

A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef | Climate crisis | The Guardian

2021-08-19

The US city that has raised $100m to climate-proof its buildings | Environment | The Guardian

These electric submarines map the seafloor to make way for wind power

Tesla is planning a "super long range" Model Y electric crossover

Steel made without fossil fuels delivered for 1st time | CBC News

Fires, probes, recalls: Automakers spend billions in shift to EVs

Effect of ‘eddy killing’ in oceans is no longer a matter of guesswork

Contradictory Headlines Show Fossil Fuel Market Confusion | CleanTechnica

Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change | YouTube

Carl Sagan testifying before Congress about Climate Change in 1985 | YouTube

Candela Builds Most Efficient Boat Motor Ever– OF COURSE It's Electric!

Big Bucks Get Behind New Solid State Energy Storage Technology

Australian researchers develop bifacial solar cell with 96.3% bifacial factor – pv magazine International

Artificial photosynthesis technology emerging

2021-08-18

'We're normally pretty cool': Experts offer advice as heat wave sweeps across N.L. | CBC News

US judge throws out Trump-era approval for giant Alaska oil project | Alaska | The Guardian

US’ First 100% Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Commercial

Toronto bracing for muggiest August 19 on record in over 65 years

The US public schools redesigning buildings with climate in mind | US education | The Guardian

The mountain town sheltering Dixie fire refugees: ‘Each year we hold our breath’ | Climate crisis in the American west | The Guardian

The market's big net-zero carbon goals aren't off to a great start

Tesla Model 3 Vs Toyota Camry: Ultimate Ownership Cost Analysis

Solar farms and biodiversity: How clean energy affects wildlife conservation | Vox

Rimac Nevera Faces Tesla Model S Plaid In Hi-Powered EV Showdown

Repairing ozone layer is also reducing CO₂ in the atmosphere – new study

Logic Explained Deep Neural Networks: A General Approach to Explainable AI | Synced

Ikea is now selling renewable energy

Hydrogen vs. Battery Electric Cars | YouTube

How extreme heat from climate change distorts human behavior | Science News

Genesis Reveals All-Electric GV60 Crossover

Counter-spinning turbine design draws double the energy from ocean waves

Britain’s ageing fishing fleet a key contributor to climate crisis: report | Environment | The Guardian

Billionaire investor Chris Sacca wants to help fix climate change

Are We Finally Ready to Tackle the Other Greenhouse Gas? | The New Yorker

2021-08-17

UK medical schools must teach about climate crisis, say students | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Too hot to work: the dire impact of extreme heat on outdoor US jobs | Extreme weather | The Guardian

Thousands evacuated as 266 wildfires burn across B.C. | The Globe and Mail

This town is the first in America to ban new gas stations – is the tide turning? | Fossil fuels | The Guardian

The ultimate shutdown: what if we could avoid climate crisis by sleeping for a year? | Stage | The Guardian

Surging wildfire tears through northern California town and threatens others | California | The Guardian

Study Finds EV Cost Of Ownership Is 40% Lower Than ICE

‘Paralysis by analysis’: financial sector focused on climate data instead of action, report says | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Greece wildfires: New blazes burning outside of Athens | CBC News

Exxon’s oil drilling gamble off Guyana coast ‘poses major environmental risk’ | Environment | The Guardian

Electric cars and batteries: how will the world produce enough?

Did Germany reach its 2020 climate targets thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic?: Climate Policy: Vol 0, No 0

Climate report shows world pushed to the brink by fossil fuels | rabble.ca

Burning out: the silent crisis spreading among wildland firefighters | Wildfires | The Guardian

B.C. wildfires: Nearly 23,000 properties now on evacuation alert | CTV News

Anti-pipeline activists mark one year of treetop occupation in Burnaby | CBC News

2021-08-16

World's largest solar-powered battery system is now 75% complete

Western States Face Water Cuts As A Shortage In The Colorado River Is Declared : NPR

UK net zero delay has left room for sceptics’ attacks, says government climate adviser | Green politics | The Guardian

Record Levels Of Lithium Found In Unlikely New Hotspot | OilPrice.com

Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts | CBC News

Opinion | The Bad Economics of Fossil Fuel Defenders | The New York Times

Norway shows us glimpse of the future as electric cars make gas-powered car sales vanish | Electrek

Nio's Mass-Market EV Brand To Rival VW And Toyota, Undercut Tesla

New salts raise the bar for lithium ion battery technology

Latest Details: 2022 Kia EV6 | Driving

In photos: High winds intensified numerous wildfires burning in British Columbia forcing more evacuation orders | The Globe and Mail

Imagining the climate-proof home in the US: using the least energy possible from the cleanest sources | US news | The Guardian

Humans ‘pushing Earth close to tipping point’, say most in G20 | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Here are the 3 biggest trends in rooftop solar and battery storage

Heat wave continues across southern Manitoba Monday, cooler temperatures expected by mid-week | CBC News

Globe Climate: Five climate change myths to shut down | The Globe and Mail

‘Fingerprints’ of extreme weather revealed by new statistical approach

EV startup Canoo is gearing up for production in Oklahoma factory – TechCrunch

Deutz hydrogen engine ready for market

Cooling consumerism could save the climate | Letters | The Guardian

Climate risk scores could reshape Canadian real estate markets, some experts say | CBC News

Big Oil Will Rule The Energy Transition | OilPrice.com

Biggest US reservoir declares historic shortage, forcing water cuts across west | Climate crisis in the American west | The Guardian

Bendy, lightweight organic solar cells could be fast-tracked by new research | RenewEconomy

B.C. wildfires: Dozens of homes lost, hundreds evacuated as wicked wins fan flames | CTV News

Affordable BYD Dolphin (EA1) Enters The Market In China

3D Printed Solid-State Battery Rivals Lithium-Ion | IEEE Spectrum

2021-08-15

Wildfire threatens thousands of California homes as western U.S. contends with blazes | CBC News

Volkswagen Takes 3 Out Of Top 4 Spots In July In Germany — Plugin Vehicle Sales Report | CleanTechnica

Spain launches inquiry after dams drained for profit during drought | Spain | The Guardian

Renewable electricity deals investigated by UK government | Energy industry | The Guardian

Oil Companies Look to Make Renewable Fuels

It’s now or never: Scientists warn time of reckoning has come for the planet | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Ioniq 5 Takes Hyundai Plug-in Sales To New Record In July 2021

Instead of miles per gallon, look for this key number | Popular Science

In cities and on the land, Manitoba holds possible answers to climate crisis | CBC News

Hydrogen hype: climate solution or dead-end highway? | David Suzuki Foundation

How Tesla's Model 3 triggered The Osborne Effect, and caused the ICE market to melt

Germany ‘set for biggest rise in greenhouse gases for 30 years’ | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

Fighting the climate crisis? It’s a no-brainer | Letters | The Guardian

EXPLAINED: How National Hydrogen Mission Announced By PM Can Boost Climate Fight

Climate change puts North Water Polynya, a source of Arctic life, in imminent danger | CBC News

BYD Delivers First Electric Cars To Customers In Norway

“Blue” Hydrogen Is Supposed To Be Clean Energy, but May Actually Be Worse Than Gas and Coal

2021-08-14

Warmth from the earth and air: could heat pumps replace our gas boilers? | Energy industry | The Guardian

Want to Slash Carbon Emissions? Start With These Power Plants | WIRED

UK can’t fight climate crisis with austerity, warns expert | Climate crisis | The Guardian

‘They said we were eccentrics’: the UK team developing clean aviation fuel | Airline emissions | The Guardian

The best plug-in hybrids you can buy used for $25,000 | Driving

The Atlantic

Prairie farmers struggle as drought set to become among worst in Canadian history | CBC News

Kia Sorento PHEV Gets 32 Miles Of EPA EV Range

‘I can’t do it’: Portland residents battle grueling heat in unprecedented summer | Portland | The Guardian

Hyundai Tucson PHEV Gets EPA Range Rating

High heat: Spain clocks prelim record of 47.2 C (116.96 F) | ABC News

Geoengineering is conspicuously absent from the IPCC’s report | The Economist

GAC Aion V Can Charge 0-80% In 8 Minutes At Almost 500 kW

Flow Batteries Are An Area Of Strong Innovation & Opportunity | CleanTechnica

FedEx Orders 120 Xos Electric Trucks | CleanTechnica

BC Wildfire Service said burn went well Friday at Bunting Road fire | Vernon News | Castanet.net

BBC Weather issues update on heatwave ahead of the weekend | Birmingham Live

Average Global Temperature Has Risen Steadily Under 40 Years of Neoliberalism

At the frontier of the climate crisis, one scientist’s quest to record the ‘invisible world’ of the Arctic | Arctic | The Guardian

As climate crisis worsens in US, pressure on Biden and Kerry grows | CNNPolitics

Agora CO2 Redox Battery Wins Global Deeptech Competitions & Has 1 Year ROI | CleanTechnica

2 Renewable Growth Stocks Show Green Financial Results | The Motley Fool Canada

2021-08-13

‘Your outfit is killing the planet’: the company putting a label on fashion’s climate impact | Environment | The Guardian

US: Tesla Model 3 Standard Range+ Sold Out For 2021

Toronto is designed for a climate that doesn't exist anymore and it needs to 'face the reality,' experts say | CBC News

The Three Fastest-Selling Used Cars In The US Are All EVs

The IPCC’s latest climate report is dire. But it also included some prospects for hope | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian

Tesla Model S Plaid Turo Rental Races 900HP McLaren 600LT

Spain prepares for record-breaking high temperatures as heatwave intensifies | News | EL PAÍS English Edition

Ottawa organization gives away record number of trees, as city fights worsening heatwaves | CBC News

New Study: Renewables Much Cheaper Than Fossils — Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) Study | CleanTechnica

Metro’s low-income households feel heat more than wealthier neighbours | Vancouver Sun

Leaks from IPCC climate report say greenhouse emissions need to peak by 2025 | SCIENCE News

Large-scale solar and windfarm investment in Australia records major drop this year | Climate crisis | The Guardian

India hails 'milestone' for its renewables capacity, challenges remain

Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A realistic path to clean energy?

How this summer's drought could have you paying high beef prices again next year | CBC News

Heat waves aren't just scorching people, they are incinerating local businesses

Global sizzling: July was hottest month on record, NOAA says

Earth just had the hottest month since humans have kept track | The Verge

Council policies 'inconsistent' with climate goals | BBC News

Climate change: July world's hottest month ever recorded | US agency | BBC News

Chevrolet covering cost of Level 2 home charging for Bolt buyers | Driving

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) And Hydrogen Paradises Are Fossil Fuel Delay Tactics | CleanTechnica

Canada's biggest public pensions heavily investing in fossil fuels, new report suggests | CBC News

2021-08-12

World's largest battery manufacturer bets big on sodium-ion batteries

We Spotted The Hummer EV, And Its Acceleration Blew Us Away

Using aluminum and water to make clean hydrogen fuel

Temperatures soar as Washington and Oregon endure another major heatwave | Climate crisis in the American west | The Guardian

Pyka shows off its new electric passenger plane, the P3 – TechCrunch

Methane: The lesser-known greenhouse gas that’s key to solving climate change | Vox

Is carbon capture and utilization a lifeline for oil and gas? | Business | Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 12.08.2021

Is Biden serious about climate? His 2,000 drilling and fracking permits suggest not | Wenonah Hauter | The Guardian

IPCC report: How UN climate scientists revolutionized extreme weather attribution | Vox

Heat waves like the one smothering Hamilton expected to become more common, say experts | CBC News

Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years, says leaked UN report | Climate science | The Guardian

Good news: Some climate change impacts are 'reversible.' Here's what that means | CBC News

Foxconn to build EV plants in US to offset slowing smartphone industry | Electrek

First Thing: Oregon declares emergency as another ‘extreme heatwave’ looms | US news | The Guardian

Feds investing $5M for first made-in-Canada electric vehicle | Orillia News

Energy commission dials back plan to charge households to send rooftop solar power to grid | Australia news | The Guardian

Dangerous record heat bakes the US on both coasts | CNN

Climate change is making people think twice about having children

CityNews

Chinese Tesla rival Nio narrows losses as revenue surges 127%

Calling hydrogen a zero-emissions fuel is wrong, new study says — energy industry cries foul | MarketWatch

Bill Gates wants in on Congress’ big climate infrastructure push | The Verge

Biden-backed ‘blue’ hydrogen may pollute more than coal, study finds | Hydrogen power | The Guardian

B.C.’s third heat wave of the summer will peak Friday and last until Sunday | Globalnews.ca

‘Ecological grief is very real’ and it can impact mental health of Canadian youth | Globalnews.ca

2021-08-11

Why a top climate scientist may stop contributing to future UN assessment reports | CBC News

We need a pandemic-like response to tackle the climate crisis | Canadian Dimension

Welcome to the ‘plastisphere’: the synthetic ecosystem evolving at sea | Plastics | The Guardian

The 'tragedy of the commons' and why it is helping to scorch our planet | CBC News

Tesla: Model 3 Is The First EV Priced On Par With ICE Equivalents

Surging demand for solar will boost 3 metals, Wood Mackenzie predicts

Scientists say limiting methane could seal our fate on climate change | CNN

Sask. farmers using trees, winter crops to combat climate change-driven heat | CBC News

Request for water conservation continues in the Grand River watershed | Guelph News

Oregon declares state of emergency as another ‘extreme heatwave’ looms | Oregon | The Guardian

If You Want to Tackle Climate Change, Start With Methane | WIRED

How will B.C. prepare for this third unprecedented heat wave? Province provides an update | Globalnews.ca

Greenpeace report: Canadian banks defying climate science by increasing fossil fuel finance | Greenpeace Canada

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Canadian EV program Project Arrow gets $5 million in federal funding | Driving

‘Abolish these companies, get rid of them’: what would it take to break up big oil? | Environment | The Guardian

1 Top TSX Energy Stock to Buy to Play the Transition to Renewables

2021-08-10

'No going backwards': How Waterloo region can prepare for extreme weather, climate change | CBC News

Windbreaks, surprisingly, could help wind farms boost power output | Science News

When Do Fossil Fuel Car Sales Collapse? | CleanTechnica

UN climate report raises pressure on Biden to seize a rare moment | Joe Biden | The Guardian

Toronto summers to get hotter as climate change intensifies, expert says | CBC News

Scott Morrison walks back ‘end the weekend’ rhetoric on electric vehicles | Electric vehicles | The Guardian

‘I still feel it isn’t real’: Gold Rush town residents reckon with wildfire devastation | California | The Guardian

Greta Thunberg: ethical fast fashion is ‘pure greenwashing’ | Fashion | The Guardian

Dixie Fire: New before and after imagery shows a California town largely reduced to ash | CNN

Coalition’s misleading tactics will no longer cut it – the IPCC report shows our future depends on urgent climate action | Adam Morton | The Guardian

BYD's budget electric hatch poised to beat Tesla low-cost rival to market

44.01 secures $5M to turn billions of tons of carbon dioxide to stone – TechCrunch

2021-08-09

Worst polluting countries must make drastic carbon cuts, says Cop26 chief | Cop26 | The Guardian

What the new UN report warning of climate impacts means for Canadians

What is the IPCC and why is its new climate report different from others? | Climate crisis | The Guardian

The UN climate report pins hopes on carbon removal technologies that barely exist | MIT Technology Review

‘The ocean remembers’: Study suggests ocean maintained relatively steady temperature through most of 20th century

The IPCC report is clear: nothing short of transforming society will avert catastrophe | Patrick Vallance | The Guardian

The Atlantic

Spain’s VOX party and the threat of ‘international environmental populism’ | openDemocracy

Released IPCC Report Says Window Is Rapidly Closing for Climate Action

Opinion | To Address the Climate Crisis, Focus on More Than Carbon Dioxide | The New York Times

‘Not too late’: Australian scientists call for urgent action to avoid worst of climate crisis | Australia news | The Guardian

New report reveals how the climate crisis is supercharging extreme weather | The Verge

New EV Chargers Coming to Waterloo Region | Canada.ca

Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet | Climate crisis | The Guardian

HUMOUR It should not come as a surprise that climate change is worse than we thought and also getting worser | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

IPCC report’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell | Climate crisis | The Guardian

IPCC Press Conference | YouTube

In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment report on climate science | Carbon Brief

Human influence on global warming is ‘unequivocal,’ IPCC report says | Space

Fires rage around the world: where are the worst blazes? | Wildfires | The Guardian

Extreme weather: What is it and how is it connected to climate change? | BBC News

‘Code red for humanity’: IPCC report warns window for climate action is closing fast | Canadian Dimension

Climate crisis ‘unequivocally’ caused by human activities, says IPCC report | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Climate change: Seven key takeaways from the IPCC climate change report | World News | Sky News

Climate change IPCC report is 'code red for humanity', UN scientists say | BBC News | YouTube

Canada opens call for studies on carbon capture technologies | BOE Report

A new breed of battery | Solid Power

200-year-old TikTok treasure hunt is every puzzler's dream | Armchair Escapist

'Code Red for Humanity': IPCC Report Warns Window for Climate Action Is Closing Fast | DeSmog

2021-08-08

World’s climate scientists to issue stark warning over global heating threat | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Diess Gives Ionity A Scathing Review Online | CleanTechnica

Climate change: Time running out to stop catastrophe | Alok Sharma | BBC News

2021-08-07

Railways invites bids for hydrogen fuel-based technology for diesel-run trains | Latest News India | Hindustan Times

How Long Does It Take For Solar Panels To Pay For Themselves? | CleanTechnica

Climate change: New report will highlight 'stark reality' of warming | BBC News

Climate change: Low-income countries 'can't keep up' with impacts | BBC News

2021-08-06

‘Unimaginably catastrophic’: Researchers fear Gulf Stream system could collapse | Canadian Dimension

Tidal power project in Canada secures support of Japanese firms

Rust? Trains? Why clean energy is turning to exotic ideas to fix its storage problem

Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

2021-08-05

What happens when millions – or billions – of sea animals die on one day? | Emily Carrington | The Guardian

Solarflux FOCUS Parabolic Dish Concentrator Converts 72% Of Solar Energy Into Usable Heat | CleanTechnica

Scientists warn of Gulf Stream collapse leading to ‘climate catastrophe’ in Canada, world | National | Globalnews.ca

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Magna Says Its eBeam Tech Is The Fastest Way To Electrify Pickups

Future Farmers To Farm Microbes With Solar Power And Carbon Capture

Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse | Climate crisis | The Guardian

2021-08-04

Orbital Marine Power’s latest renewable energy project is a tidal turbine that can provide electricity for 2,000 homes! | Yanko Design

It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Damage | The New Yorker

China issues new ‘single-game’ instructions to guide its climate action | Carbon Brief

An Action Plan for Solving our Climate Crisis Now | Speed & Scale

2021-08-03

The “degrowth” movement to fight climate change, explained | Vox

2021-08-02

Wafer-thin solar film could be a game-changer for harnessing British sunshine as renewable power

The case for global warming realism, rather than panic | Axios

2021-08-01

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