The Independent Climate→ England’s ‘rainforests’: officials investigate reports of burning protected peat
2022-05-30 Campaigners claim dozens of fires were set over the winter on peatland protected from burning by a new ban. …›
Category Archives: Climate
An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
The Independent Climate→ Protected peatland sites burned on grouse moors, campaigners claim
2022-05-30 The Government brought in a ban on burning deep peat in protected areas to conserve carbon-rich habitats last year. …›
The Independent Climate→ Voices: My net zero home generates triple the electricity I use – here’s how
2022-05-30 I refuse to help fund this toxic legacy for future generations to clean up, writes Donnachadh McCarthy …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ How the ‘Queen of Slag’ Is Transforming Industrial Sites
2022-05-30 The landscape architect Julie Bargmann focuses on contaminated and forgotten urban sites. The results are both beautiful and socially conscious. …›
Inside Climate News→ Watchdogs Tackle the Murky World of Greenwash
2022-05-30 Government enforcers are on the hunt for companies making misleading claims about their so-called ‘eco-friendly’ products.By Patrick Temple-West, The Financial TimesFrom dubious claims about bamboo-based products to climate funds that are not quite …›
The Independent Climate→ ‘This industry is an environmental disaster’: Experts warn EU plastics industry to evolve – or die
2022-05-30 Exclusive: Declining market share and increased governmental and public pressure should sway the industry toward more sustainable practices, report says …›
CleanTechnica→ GUINNESS WORLD RECORD® for Highest Altitude in an Electric Vehicle, Lucid News, BMW–CATL Battery Deal — EV News Today
2022-05-30 From an attempt to drive an electric vehicle at a higher altitude than any before, to BMW signing a battery deal with CATL from 2025 onward, to various Lucid news and Tesla news, below is a roundup of electric vehicle stories you might have missed. LG …›
The Independent Climate→ Rare humpback whale that ‘thanked’ rescuers who freed it from illegal net dies after beaching week later
2022-05-30 ‘It is horrible. This has been really depressing,’ diver who rescued whale from illegal fish net says …›
CleanTechnica→ Stellantis Wins #1 & #2 in Europe — Plugin Vehicle Sales Report
2022-05-30 With the doom and gloom continuing on the overall European car market, down 21% last month and the lowest April in over 30 years (excluding the Covid-hit April 2020), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to be affected. It drop …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Trent Zimmerman says Liberals should embrace Labor’s climate policy
2022-05-30 Outgoing MP, who lost seat to a teal independent, says party needs to accept ALP has a mandate if it wants to regain inner-city seats at next electionFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesElection 2022 results: live votes tracker an …›
CleanTechnica→ Volkswagen ID. Buzz For Hollywood — May The Force Be With You!
2022-05-29 Dark side? Light side? The ID. Buzz gives you a choice. …›
CleanTechnica→ Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?
2022-05-29 Here’s what the EV scene looked like a few years ago, pre-COVID: the legacy automakers were slow-walking the transition to EVs, producing just enough “compliance cars” to satisfy government regulators, doing nothing to market them, and insisting …›
CleanTechnica→ UCI Researchers: Autonomous Vehicles Can Be Tricked Into Dangerous Driving Behavior
2022-05-29 Ordinary objects alongside the road can cause a car or truck to halt abruptly Republished from UCI News When a driverless car is in motion, one faulty decision by its collision-avoidance system can lead to disaster, but researchers at the University o …›
CleanTechnica→ Cars Could Get A “Flashy” Upgrade
2022-05-29 Flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles Originally published by Rice News, courtesy of Rice University. By Mike Williams The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene …›
The Independent Climate→ Humpback whale that ‘thanked’ rescuers who freed it from illegal net dies after beaching week later
2022-05-29 ‘It is horrible. This has been really depressing,’ diver who rescued whale from illegal fish net says …›
Inside Climate News→ In a Bid to Save Its Coal Industry, Wyoming Has Become a Test Case for Carbon Capture, but Utilities are Balking at the Pricetag
2022-05-29 Under a 2020 law, utilities must generate some of their power from coal plants fitted with technology that captures carbon, but in recent filings to regulators, two companies are warning about the cost and environmental impacts.By Nicholas KusnetzWyomi …›
CleanTechnica→ Anxiety The Problem, Not EV Range
2022-05-29 A recent report from the United Kingdom highlights a maturing charging network and a reduction in range anxiety. The Automobile Association (AA) reports that the percentage of breakdown callouts for low battery has halved in the past 12 months. They ha …›
CleanTechnica→ OpenOA Software Improvements Illuminate Wind Plant Performance
2022-05-29 The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released version 2.3 of its Open Operational Assessment (OpenOA) software, which helps demystify wind plant operations for wind plant operators. This latest release includes an improved operational …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Can cross-breeding protect endangered species from the climate emergency?
2022-05-29 Creating hybrids might make animals more resistant to global heating, but it may mean losing species altogetherThe Houston Ship Channel is a rubbish home for a fish. It’s one of the busiest ports in the world and all that traffic has made the water s …›
CleanTechnica→ Truck Manufacturers Sue to Continue Polluting
2022-05-29 On the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) and their member companies filed a lawsuit to delay a lifesaving California clean truck regulation: the Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rule. The HDO rule drama …›
CleanTechnica→ Musk: Self-Driving Cars Next Year
2022-05-29 Cars that need no human driver are coming next year, Elon Musk says -- again. …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ Hurricane Agatha Is Set to Hit Southern Mexico Today
2022-05-28 With sustained winds of up to 110 miles per hour, Agatha, the first named storm in the eastern Pacific this year, was threatening the Mexican state of Oaxaca on Monday, forecasters said. …›
Climate : NPR→ The legal strategy young people are leveraging to address the climate crisis
2022-05-28 Youth-led climate lawsuits allege that state governments violated plaintiffs constitutional right to a clean environment. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Julia Olson about the strategy. …›
CleanTechnica→ Why Even Fox Loves The Ford F-150 Lightning
2022-05-28 Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in an echo chamber, especially with social media. It’s more fun and less frustrating to deal with like-minded people, and when it comes to electric vehicles, the sheer volume of misinformation just isn&# …›
CleanTechnica→ DHL Orders Some Volvo Electric Trucks
2022-05-28 All over the world, if you want to get something there fast (especially documents), DHL are usually the folks to go to. Americans might not know how big they are, largely because the yellow vans disappeared from our roads in 2008, but before that happe …›
CleanTechnica→ Coming Soon To A Campground Near You: The Electric RV
2022-05-28 As you get ready to explore the scenic countryside this summer, you wish you could travel in an electric RV. What advances has the industry made? …›
CleanTechnica→ Nio Planning A US Factory
2022-05-28 A US factory may be in the cards for Nio. …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Thirty-five dead as heavy rainfall lashes north-eastern Brazil
2022-05-28 Downpours batter two cities on Atlantic coast in country’s fourth major flood in five monthsAt least 35 people have died amid heavy rainfall in north-eastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday, as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, i …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ U.S. Forest Service Planned Burn Caused Largest New Mexico Wildfire
2022-05-28 The Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires, which merged, started as prescribed burns intended to prevent wildfires, federal officials said. …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Deaths of three Chicago women prompt urgent heat warnings
2022-05-28 Experts say cities are failing to grapple with the deadly threat after discovery of bodies in senior housing facilityTemperatures barely climbed into the 90s and only for a couple of days. But the discovery of the bodies of three women inside a Chicago …›
CleanTechnica→ 6,000 Registrations for Funky Cat, 16 Kia e-Niro Ambulances, “Project Thunderball” — EV News Today
2022-05-28 The Funky Cat, Kia e-Niro ambulances, the all-electric “Project Thunderball” roadster, and the first ever, genuine, full-speed Electric MOKE — there’s lots of fun EV news to share today, beyond what we’ve written about ourselv …›
The Independent Climate→ US forest service admits to starting New Mexico wildfire nearly the size of greater London
2022-05-28 Extreme heat and dry weather make controlled burns difficult to execute …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Rewilding, or just a greenwashed land grab? It all depends on who benefits | Eleanor Salter
2022-05-28 Such schemes should be celebrated only when local people and democratic institutions lead the wayFew environmental ventures have captured the popular imagination quite like rewilding. For decades, campaigners have been clamouring for the restoration of …›
Inside Climate News→ Warming Trends: Laughing About Climate Change, Fighting With Water and Investigating the Health Impacts of Fracking
2022-05-28 A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier.By Katelyn WeisbrodCan we laugh about something as dire as climate change?The creators of a new comedy venture th …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Beekeepers and communists: how environmentalists started a global conversation
2022-05-28 The world’s longest serving environment correspondent explains the origins of a slow and continuing journeyIt all began with Högertrafikomläggningen, Swedish for “the right-hand traffic reorganisation”. On 3 September 1967, Sweden switched from …›
The Independent Climate→ Rishi Sunak’s ‘obscene’ tax relief for fossil fuel firms will ‘cost taxpayer £1.9bn a year’
2022-05-28 “The truth is that big oil and gas companies will take this as a green light from government to double down on extraction, without a thought for the climate,” said one politician …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Consultant who ditched Shell: ‘take a look at yourselves in the mirror’
2022-05-28 Caroline Dennett says she has been flooded with support after decision that has cost ‘around 60%-70% of my business’Caroline Dennett’s eye was caught by a placard with two stark words: “insiders wanted”. The safety consultant was watching a v …›
CleanTechnica→ Dutch BEV Sales Up 98%, Tailpipe Vehicles Down 19% In April 2022
2022-05-28 The Dutch electric car (BEV) market continued its recovery in April as it started to do in Q1, up from the weak 2021 performance. The sales nearly doubled to 4,717 BEV sales compared to the same month last year. The market share increased from 10% to 2 …›
CleanTechnica→ Tesla FSD Training — The Rules-Based Automation That’s Needed
2022-05-28 Europe is in many aspects just a little bit different from the USA. One of the things that is different is the traffic laws. They have become more harmonized across Europe in recent years, but still not identical. Crossing a border implies getting into …›
CleanTechnica→ Electric Trucks Are Viable Today
2022-05-28 Are electric trucks viable today? Heck yeah! The Myth Many people think that electric trucks can’t do the job — they won’t have a long enough driving range, they will be too heavy, truckers won’t like them. However, that couldn’t be farther f …›