July 2022 was the world’s sixth-hottest July on record, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Last month also saw Earth’s sixth-hottest year to date on record as Antarctic sea ice coverage plunged to a record low for a second consecutive month. The July 2022 land and ocean-surface temperature Read more…
The leaders of Canada and Germany will sign a multibillion-dollar green energy agreement this month “that could prove pivotal to Canada’s nascent hydrogen industry,” reports CTV News: The German government on Friday issued a statement confirming the agreement will be signed August 23 in Stephenville, where a Newfoundland-based company plans Read more…
An “extreme heat belt” reaching as far north as Chicago is taking shape, a corridor that cuts through the middle of the country and would affect more than 107 million people over the next 30 years, according to new data on the country’s heat risks. From a report: The report, Read more…
The German news magazine Der Spiegel spoke to a 54-year-old who had always been in favor of the company’s plan to phase out nuclear power by the end of 2022. Until now — with fears about Russia curtailing supplies of natural gas. And he’s not the only one: A poll Read more…
Rainwater almost everywhere on Earth has unsafe levels of “forever chemicals,” according to new research. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of human-made chemicals that don’t occur in nature. They are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t break down in the environment. They have non-stick or Read more…
To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin. What’s not visible through the chain-link fence is the plume of invisible gas, primarily methane, billowing Read more…
