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Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices. Not Fracking.

This has been the issue with methane for a while: it's worthless at the wellhead because there's a huge amount being extracted.

Given how miserable the extraction is to be around, it would really help to have a way to create regional prosperity without the extraction.

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Election Live Updates: Trump Safe as F.B.I. Investigates Apparent ‘Attempted Assassination’

I'll note that the last attempt was by somebody who was basically a nihilist school shooter type who saw that he might be particularly famous if he killed the President.

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‘Water Is Coming.’ Floods Devastate West and Central Africa | Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13368242

> > Although Africa produces only a fraction of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, Africans bear an exceptionally heavy burden from climate change, according to the World Meteorological Organization. > > > > And adapting to it will cost sub-Saharan Africa $30 billion to $50 billion annually over the next decade, or 2 to 3 percent of the region’s gross domestic product, it said. > > > >“The impact of climate change is what we’re witnessing right now,” said Olasunkanmi Okunola, a scientist whose study focuses on flood risk management and climate adaptation. “There’s no way we can prevent major disasters from happening, but there are steps we can take to lessen the effect.”

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‘Water Is Coming.’ Floods Devastate West and Central Africa | Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed.

> Although Africa produces only a fraction of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, Africans bear an exceptionally heavy burden from climate change, according to the World Meteorological Organization. > > And adapting to it will cost sub-Saharan Africa $30 billion to $50 billion annually over the next decade, or 2 to 3 percent of the region’s gross domestic product, it said. > >“The impact of climate change is what we’re witnessing right now,” said Olasunkanmi Okunola, a scientist whose study focuses on flood risk management and climate adaptation. “There’s no way we can prevent major disasters from happening, but there are steps we can take to lessen the effect.”

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www.bbc.com Experts reveal link between heatwaves and dementia

Prolonged exposure to extreme temperatures is linked to cognitive decline and certain cancers.

Experts reveal link between heatwaves and dementia

The paper is here and the press release is here

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www.theage.com.au Carbon 'sharks': How private companies are cashing in on ancient practices

First come the new utes, then come the questions. The carbon industry presents a generation-defining opportunity for Indigenous Australians, but there are concerns the rewards are not being fairly shared.

Carbon 'sharks': How private companies are cashing in on ancient practices

There is an archived copy of the article available, though it loses a lot of the animations.

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Native Landscapes Can Be Hard to Plant. But Help Is Here.
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JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Nationalism Finds Its Target
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Trump Has Crossed a Truly Unacceptable Line
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UK government to buy electricity system operator from National Grid for £630m | New operator, Neso, will also oversee Great Britain’s gas system as part of ‘clean energy superpower’ mission
www.theguardian.com UK government to buy electricity system operator from National Grid for £630m

New operator, Neso, will also oversee Great Britain’s gas system as part of ‘clean energy superpower’ mission

UK government to buy electricity system operator from National Grid for £630m

There has been a fair bit of discussion about what parts of the electrical supply system need to be publicly owned to enable all households to move to public ownership in order to achieve full decarbonization. The system operator, which manages day-to-day decisions about generation, is a key one in pretty much all of them.

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Home Sales in Flood Zones Are Booming. Here’s Why Buyers Take the Risk. | New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change.
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Climate Change Will Not Spare the Rich
  • Per the article:

    as the planet warms further, the increase in risk actually falls heaviest on those swimming in money rather than floodwater.

    It may not kill, but it's going to be incredibly expensive.

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