Twitter Feed
Worth watching. Lots of heat still in gulf waters.
🌀 Tropical Timeline 🌀
Conditions are ripe now, storm should form fast.
Next 2-3 Days: Intensification, perhaps rapid. A #hurricane, maybe even strong (major) is possible under very low shear and record hot water temps. The Storm will peak mid-late week in central #Gulf . BUT:
Meanwhile: “Boulder’s case and others may ultimately be rendered moot by Congress. The House and the Senate are considering legislation that would immunize oil companies from such state law claims.” @jjouvenal @washingtonpost
Supreme Court grapples with case on holding Big Oil liable for climate change
After more than two hours of argument, it was unclear whether the justices would green-light Boulder, Colorado’s n...
www.washingtonpost.com
Vast forests are turning to shrub lands in the onslaught of a hotter climate: “forests that are historically adapted to fire are now often being obliterated by the fast-moving, high temperature wildfires”
@CNN @tayloromine
Wildfires across the US are changing forest landscapes – and the tipping point may be on the...
As Monica Turner trekked across the western hills of Yellowstone National Park, the cold rain was inescapable. Even ...
www.cnn.com
Excellent thread on the rapid rise of clean energy sources increasingly in demand, outstripping new energy demand for fossil fuels. The writing is on the wall for a cleaner energy world, which is good news for the planet and for us.
Clean energy has been wildly successful. Non-hydro renewables (primarily solar and wind) have increased from near-zero in 2005 to producing 22% of global electricity, and are on track to produce more than natural gas this year: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/what-if-the-world-hadnt-built-wind