S. Korean swimmers forced to vacate Paris Olympic Village: ‘Non-air-conditioned bus’ a ‘sauna’ – ‘Cooler outside than inside the bus’ – Geothermal cooling system with 79F temps could ‘lead to athletes feeling light-headed or physically weaker on their competition days’
https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-olympics-news-swimming-news-paris-olympics-issues-continue-to-pile-as-south-korean-swimming-stars-ditch-village-in-frustration-something-has-to-be-done/ Paris Olympics Issues Continue to Pile as South Korean Swimming Stars Ditch Village in Frustration: “Something Has to Be Done” By Anchal Ahuja South Korea’s swimming stars have had enough of the Olympic Village and are making a splash by leaving it entirely. French authorities have emphasized their efforts to make the Games more sustainable, […]
MSNBC goes full climate witchcraft: ‘A second Trump term would actively make climate change worse’
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-climate-change-project-2025-proposals-rcna163426 By Ryan Teague Beckwith A conservative proposal outlines plans to burn more fossil fuels and even promote them to developing countries. The videos first started appearing a dozen years ago. Pickup truck drivers, mostly young men, would modify their diesel engines and then record themselves deliberately spreading air pollution. It was called “rolling coal,” and […]
Electric car fiasco: Profits at Mercedes plunge as EV sales go into ‘freefall’ – Porsche abandons sales targets for EVs – Tesla’s profits drop 45% – Ford losing nearly $50,000 on every EV it sells
Unending EV disaster: “Profits at the German auto giant Mercedes plunged on Friday as sales of its slick new range of electric vehicles (EVs) went into freefall. Porsche abandoned its sales targets for battery-powered cars amid waning demand from customers. Ford is losing nearly… pic.twitter.com/p5v51YLsLv — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) July 27, 2024 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/07/27/heads-should-roll-over-the-electric-car-fiasco/ Heads should […]
Freedom from Climate-Related Death Risk: Every 1% increase in population corresponded to a 53% increase in climate-risk safety
Freedom from Climate-Related Death Risk BY GALE POOLEY Our friend Bjorn Lomborg has updated his chart on climate-related deaths. Since the 1920s, the number of deaths has fallen by more than 97 percent. As the global population quadrupled over the century, the risk per million (of climate-related deaths) declined from 241 in the 1920s to 1.5 in […]
Salon Mag: Kamala Harris will continue Biden’s climate policies, say experts. But is that good enough?
Dr. Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an associate project scientist at UCLA’s Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering, expressed dramatically different views of Biden’s climate policies, saying he felt personally betrayed by the president. On the campaign trail in 2020, Kalmus said, “Biden often said that he’d ‘listen to the scientists’ on climate,” Kalmus said. “What a lie. As a climate scientist, it feels personal.”
Kalmus acknowledged that the Inflation Reduction Act has “some good stuff,” but argued that it was no better than “a tap on the brakes” and does not go nearly far enough to limit or reduce the use of fossil fuels. “Biden took every opportunity to expand fossil fuels, just as Trump did,” Kalmus said, citing the administration’s approval of several drilling and pipeline projects. “He approved almost 50% more oil and gas drilling permits on federal lands in his first three years than Trump. … Biden’s overarching legacy will likely end up being this: He accelerated global heating by expanding fossil fuels.” …
For Kalmus, only drastic measures by a future Harris administration can pull humanity from the brink. “Stop expanding fossil fuels, ban fossil fuel advertising and champion an international fossil fuel reduction treaty,” he said. Make it illegal for the fossil fuel industry to spread disinformation. Use the bully pulpit. Create a federal program to educate the public on the basics of climate science and solutions. Give the world a positive vision for a cooler future without fossil fuels.”
Despite mounting proof that offshore wind hurts whales, the media, feds and activists deny harm
Apostolos Gerasoulis, a Rutgers professor emeritus of computer science, has gathered evidence the media, federal agencies and environmental groups ignore. Gerasoulis built a software system to identify connections between dead whales and offshore wind survey vessels. “Absolutely, 100%, offshore wind kills whales,” the scientist told the Daily Mail.
Biden’s Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen Calls For $78 Trillion To Tackle ‘Climate Change’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during a speech in Belem, Brazil, on Saturday that the price tag for a global transition to a low-carbon economy amounts to $78 trillion in financing through 2050.
“The transition will require no less than $3 trillion in new capital from many sources each year between now and 2050,” Yellen said during the speech. “This can be leveraged to support pathways to sustainable and inclusive growth, including for countries that have historically received less investment.”