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Et Tu, Newsweek? Another Media Outlet Caves to Monsanto's Minions | Katherine Paul | AlterNet.org

Et Tu, Newsweek? Another Media Outlet Caves to Monsanto's Minions | Katherine Paul | AlterNet.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it

Henry Miller is at it again.

Miller is the well-known Monsanto mouthpiece who earlier this year was discredited by the New York Times for getting Forbes magazine to publish an “opinion” piece under his name—a piece that was ghostwritten by Monsanto.

Miller has just written a new hit piece on the organic industry.

That doesn’t surprise us. What does surprise us is that Newsweek published the piece—despite knowing all about Miller’s shady ties to Monsanto.


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California loaned PG&E $1.4B to keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant open. Can the utility pay it back? | by Ari Plachata | Sacrmento Bee | SacBee.com

California lawmakers are worried that taxpayers could be on the hook for a $300 million gap in a loan issued to Pacific Gas and Electric to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operational until 2030.

 

A flurry of letters between legislative budget leaders and the state’s finance department last week illustrate a growing conflict between proponents of loaning the utility more money and those advocating for additional accountability.

 

Budget committee chair Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said more information is needed about how PG&E has spent hundreds of millions already loaned by the state. The tussle comes amid a budget deficit, which the legislative analyst warned could be as high as $73 billion.

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Climate Agreements Suck | by Robert Hunziker | CounterPunch.org

Climate Agreements Suck | by Robert Hunziker | CounterPunch.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
Global CO2 is on a rampage, skyrocketing upwards like never before, double-to-triple rates of only one year ago, see: CO2 Bursting into the Atmosphere. This is not supposed to be happening. It is twisting the planet’s climate system into a pretzel that doesn’t know which way to turn next. There are plenty of reasons to believe it is going to get much, much worse. The planet’s climate system is already so far whacked-out that it’s breathing fire.
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CO2 Bursting into the Atmosphere | by Robert Hunziker | CounterPunch.org.

CO2 Bursting into the Atmosphere | by Robert Hunziker | CounterPunch.org. | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
CO2 is bursting into the atmosphere like never before, up and away, like it has wings. According to climate scientists, we’re fast approaching
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The IAEA Cannot Both Police Proliferation and Promote Nuclear Power | by Linda Pentz Gunter | CounterPunch.org

The IAEA Cannot Both Police Proliferation and Promote Nuclear Power | by Linda Pentz Gunter | CounterPunch.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
The UN agency is sounding the alarm about Ukraine’s reactors and Iran’s nuclear intentions, while at the same time promoting the very technology that delivers these risks
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150 of D.C.'s cherry blossom trees will be cut down due to sea rise | by Jacob Fenston | NPR.org

150 of D.C.'s cherry blossom trees will be cut down due to sea rise | by Jacob Fenston | NPR.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
Washington, D.C.'s famous cherry blossoms hit peak bloom this week. This will be the last season for about 150 of the famous flowering trees — they'll soon be cut down to adjust to sea-level rise.
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Fossil Fuel Cash Is Fracking Democrats’ Climate Support | by Josh Keefe | LeverNews.com

Fossil Fuel Cash Is Fracking Democrats’ Climate Support | by Josh Keefe | LeverNews.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
After Biden paused liquid natural gas exports, fossil fuel-backed Democrats have worked to undo the climate win.
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MA: Boating and Fishing Groups Disappointed in NOAA Right Whale Regulations | by Gary Culhane | CapeCod.com

MA: Boating and Fishing Groups Disappointed in NOAA Right Whale Regulations | by Gary Culhane | CapeCod.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
HYANNIS – Some boating and fishing advocates are voicing concerns in response to regulations meant to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales moving closer to potential implementation.…
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MN: Ice fishing threatened by climate change | by Jesse Kirsch NBCNews.com

MN: Ice fishing threatened by climate change | by Jesse Kirsch NBCNews.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
NBC News’ Jesse Kirsch explores how warmer temperatures are impacting a winter tradition. Business owners near Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake who rely on the cold weather say they’re having a slow season.
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Lessons From a Record Texas Wildfire | by George Wurtherner | CounterPunch.org

Lessons From a Record Texas Wildfire | by George Wurtherner | CounterPunch.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
More than 1.24  million acres have charred a portion of the Texas panhandle and parts of adjacent Oklahoma. The Smokehouse Blaze is the largest in Texas
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Climate change and boat strikes are killing right whales. Stricter speed limits could help them | by Emily Jones, Grist | WBUR News | WBUR.org

Climate change and boat strikes are killing right whales. Stricter speed limits could help them | by Emily Jones, Grist | WBUR News | WBUR.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
Being hit by boats or entangled in fishing gear are the leading causes of right whale deaths. Scientists say forcing even small boats to slow down could reduce whale deaths.
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Why it took so long for the U.S. to formally ban the use of chrysotile asbestos | by Joe Hernandez | NPR.org

Why it took so long for the U.S. to formally ban the use of chrysotile asbestos | by Joe Hernandez | NPR.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
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MA: Stellwagen Marine Sanctuary Announces Innovations In Right Whale Protection | by Matthew Tomlinson | CapeCod.com

MA: Stellwagen Marine Sanctuary Announces Innovations In Right Whale Protection | by Matthew Tomlinson | CapeCod.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
PROVINCETOWN — Staff members with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Maritime Information Systems, Inc. recently announced that they were able to transmit a text message to the…
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World's largest tidal barrage energy project proposed in the UK | by Paul Ridden | NewAtlas.com

World's largest tidal barrage energy project proposed in the UK | by Paul Ridden | NewAtlas.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
A plan to build a barrier across the Mersey is starting to take shape. If it goes ahead, the ambitious project would becomes the largest tidal range facility in the world, while also offering pedestrians and cyclists safe passage across the river.
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Car Wars: Hydrocarbons, Lithium, and the Greening Grid | by John K. White | CounterPunch.org

Car Wars: Hydrocarbons, Lithium, and the Greening Grid | by John K. White | CounterPunch.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
New battlelines are being drawn in today’s revamped auto world, not over style as in the 1980s – when Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca characterized success as “to grab the new just as soon as it is better” – or performance as in the 1930s – when Henry Ford introduced the V8 to an evolving car crowd – ushering in a free-wheeling independence that soared in the 1950s with 41,000 miles of freshly paved road (thanks to a $25-billion US Federal Aid Highway Act). Now it’s the engine itself and whether electric vehicles are worse for the environment than “gasmobiles” as is dubiously being claimed by some. With electric vehicle sales reaching 10% in 2023, the petrolheads are overheating. At over $3 trillion in annual sales, it’s only standard business practice to badmouth the competition.
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Cows in Texas and Kansas test positive for highly pathogenic bird flu | by Beth Mole | ArsTechnica.com

Cows in Texas and Kansas test positive for highly pathogenic bird flu | by Beth Mole | ArsTechnica.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it

Wild migratory birds likely spread a deadly strain of bird flu to dairy cows in Texas and Kansas, state and federal officials announced this week.

 

It is believed to be the first time the virus, a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), has been found in cows in the US. Last week, officials in Minnesota confirmed finding an HPAI case in a young goat, marking the first time the virus has been found in a domestic ruminant in the US.

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The clean energy transition is happening. But Big Oil isn’t budging. | Clean Energy Prodram  | EarthJustice .org

The clean energy transition is happening. But Big Oil isn’t budging. | Clean Energy Prodram  | EarthJustice .org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
The fossil fuel industry is backsliding on its climate pledges. Earthjustice is filing lawsuits to keep pushing for the clean energy transition that science demands.
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World’s top fossil-fuel bosses deride efforts to move away from oil and gas | Fossil fuels | by Oliver Milman | TheGuardian.com

World’s top fossil-fuel bosses deride efforts to move away from oil and gas | Fossil fuels | by Oliver Milman | TheGuardian.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
Executives at Texas summit claim clean-energy transition is failing and say world should ‘abandon the fantasy’ of fossil-fuel phaseout
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Fishermen can now get paid if Vineyard Wind hurts business | by Eve Zuckoff, CAI | WBUR News | WBUR.org

Fishermen can now get paid if Vineyard Wind hurts business | by Eve Zuckoff, CAI | WBUR News | WBUR.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
There's a fund of more than $20 million available to fishermen whose livelihood may be affected by the construction of the country's first large-scale offshore wind farm off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. Fishermen have 90 days to show they’ve historically used the lease area.
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MA: Barnstable County Officials Look To AquiFund To Help Homeowners Meet New Septic Rules | Jim McCabe | CapeCod.com

MA: Barnstable County Officials Look To AquiFund To Help Homeowners Meet New Septic Rules | Jim McCabe | CapeCod.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
HYANNIS – As Cape Codders work to meet new state wastewater regulations, relief could soon be on the way. The Barnstable County AquiFund low-interest loan program is being made available to residen…
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California's concerning embrace of a new forest biomass industry | by David Dayen | The American Prospect | Prospect.org

California's concerning embrace of a new forest biomass industry | by David Dayen | The American Prospect | Prospect.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
Questions about environmental safety and community health loom over the greenwashed industry and proposed export scheme.
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The Next Frontier Of Corporate Polluting: Hydrogen | by Chris Lewis & Emma Marsano, | RevolvingDoorProject.com

The Next Frontier Of Corporate Polluting: Hydrogen | by Chris Lewis & Emma Marsano, | RevolvingDoorProject.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it

The very same chemical companies spending millions on lobbying against federal legislation and regulations that would force the chemical industry to clean up widespread “forever chemical” pollution are now going all-in on hydrogen as a “clean” form of energy.

 

We should learn from the chemical industry’s track record on evading transparency and accountability for the “forever chemicals” now found in the blood of up to 97 percent of Americans to be suspicious of how responsibly this industry will develop clean hydrogen.

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MA: South Fork Wind Up and Running South of Vineyard | by Grady Culhane | CapeCod.com

MA: South Fork Wind Up and Running South of Vineyard | by Grady Culhane | CapeCod.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
OAK BLUFFS – It’s been a big season for offshore wind. While Vineyard Wind ramps up power production just south of Martha’s Vineyard, another development; South Fork Wind, has finished constr…
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Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks for Polluters | by Dylan Baddour | The American Prospect | Prospect.com

Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks for Polluters | by Dylan Baddour | The American Prospect | Prospect.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.
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Feds pick New England’s offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike | by Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press | WBUR News | WBUR.org

Feds pick New England’s offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike | by Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press | WBUR News | WBUR.org | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a statement that the New England zone, which renewable energy advocates have identified as crucial for the growth of wind power, “avoids important areas for lobster fishing, North Atlantic right whale habitat, and other important fishing areas and habitats.”
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Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town | by Michael Irving | NewAtlas.com

Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town | by Michael Irving | NewAtlas.com | @The Convergence of ICT, the Environment, Climate Change, EV Transportation & Distributed Renewable Energy | Scoop.it
A new industrial-scale 'sand battery' has been announced for Finland, which packs 1 MW of power and a capacity of up to 100 MWh of thermal energy for use during those cold polar winters. The new battery will be about 10 times bigger than a pilot plant that’s been running since 2022.
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