“The UK government said Monday it would issue “hundreds” of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea to secure energy reserves while still aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.”
UK to issue ‘hundreds’ of new oil, gas licences in North Sea
“The UK government said Monday it would issue “hundreds” of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea to secure energy reserves while still aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.”
UK to issue ‘hundreds’ of new oil, gas licences in North Sea
NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus says Biden should declare a “climate emergency.” He is using the good reputation of NASA to spread misinformation and baseless hysteria.
During the 2020 election campaign, Joe Biden guaranteed he would end fossil fuels.
NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus says that unless Joe Biden ends fossil fuels, he will continue to suffer bottomless grief.
Joe Biden must declare a climate emergency. And he must do so now | Peter Kalmus | The Guardian
Forest fire burn acreage in the US is at historically low levels, down more than 99% since pre-industrial times.
National Fire News | National Interagency Fire Center
“In the conterminous United States during the preindustrial period (1500- 1800), an average of 145 million acres burned annually. Today only 14 million acres (federal and non-federal) are burned annually by wildland fire from all ignition sources.”
The percent of the US to have reached 95F (35C) so far this year is at a record low.
The summer of 1936 was much hotter.
July 29 Arctic sea ice extent is the highest in seventeen years, and there has been no trend over that period.
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
The surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet has gained 450 billion tons of ice over the last eleven months. Five of the last seven years have had ice gains greater than the 1981-2010 average.
Surface Conditions: Polar Portal
Fossil fuel usage is skyrocketing around the world.
Global primary energy consumption by source
The US doesn’t control CO2 emissions and there is nothing Biden could do change the trajectory of CO2 growth.
Global Monitoring Laboratory – Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases
The UN says Asia, like every place else in the world, is warming faster than the rest of the planet.
The BBC says a man clutching his head is proof of a climate emergency.
Temperatures in London are forecast to reach a blistering 71F this week, while the US summer so far has had the least widespread heat and lowest burn acreage on record.
London, United Kingdom 10-Day Weather Forecast | Weather Underground
National Fire News | National Interagency Fire Center
Arctic sea ice extent is the highest in nineteen years.
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
“Mazda kills off MX-30 EV in US, again, after selling just 66 cars …. The MX-30 was only available in California, a common thread amongst low-production EVs which help automakers comply with California’s emissions rules.”
Mazda kills off MX-30 EV in US, again, after selling just 66 cars | Electrek
Two weeks ago the press was predicting world record temperatures at Death Valley.
The hottest they got this year was 128F, six degrees cooler than 1913.
The US was much hotter in 1913 than this year.
Kirye and Toki continue their explorations of what the United Nations calls “global boiling.”