Opinion:
¶ “From Highways To Healthy Communities, Transforming How California Invests In Transportation” • California is long overdue to overhaul racist highway-building practices that exacerbate the nation’s worst air pollution in mainly low-income communities of color and threaten its climate goals. It’s a systemic problem. Systemic solutions are needed. [CleanTechnica]
Los Angeles (Denys Nevozhai, Unsplash)
¶ “Truckers’ Health And The Rise Of Zero-Emission Trucks” • Diesel emissions release harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) into the atmosphere. It is a public problem, but it is also a problem for the truck drivers. In-cabin pollution is one of the most significant daily exposures to air pollutants for drivers. [CleanTechnica]
Science and Technology:
¶ “The Weird Wind That Can Supercharge Heatwaves And Wildfires” • In German, “Föhn” means hairdryer, but can also be a wierd hot wind. The Föhn effect is a hot, dry wind that sweeps down a mountainside, baking everything in its path. It can take place anywhere on Earth, and it can cause local temperatures to rise by over 28°C (50°F) in one hour. [BBC]
Föhn clouds over La Palma (Tigerente, CC-BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
World:
¶ “Canada Wildfires: At Least 30,000 Households In British Columbia Told To Evacuate” • About 30,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada’s British Columbia province, where nearly 400 wildfires are raging. Travel to the waterside city of Kelowna has been restricted, and smoke from nearby fires hangs over Lake Okanagan. [BBC]
¶ “Canada’s Northwest Territories Set A Record For Its Hottest Temperature” • With a Saturday temperature of 37.4C, Fort Good Hope in the NWT saw “the hottest temperature recorded that far north in Canada,” says Environment Canada meteorologist Jesse Wagar. She added that the new records smashed the previous ones “often by several degrees.” [BBC]
Wildfire in BC (British Columbia Wildfire Service)
¶ “Climate Change Impacts Increase In South-West Pacific” • The State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific in 2022 report provides a snapshot of climate indicators including temperatures, sea level rise, ocean heat and acidification, and extreme weather events in 2022. It also highlights the socio-economic risks and impacts on key sectors like agriculture. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Green Light For Largest Solar Project At Lakeside North Harbour” • Set to be one of the largest solar parking canopy projects in the UK, a solar PV and battery project at Lakeside North Harbour in Portsmouth was given a go-ahead. Panels will be installed on five buildings and as parking canopies, for a total capacity of 4.462 MW. [Portsmouth City Council]
Rendering of the solar project in Plymouth
¶ “Kenya Launches Tender For Off-Grid Solar Plants” • Kenya Power and Lighting Company Plc has issued a tender for the deployment of off-grid solar power plants in remote regions. The microgrids will be in eight communities. Kenya Power said the selected developers will have to build the facilities and provide O&M services for seven years. [PV Magazine]
¶ “Cambridge Completes Australian First Install Of Modular Solar Solution” • Cambridge Energy said the first Australian deployment of its Nomad system has been completed at Norton Gold Fields’ Binduli mining operation near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The system has solar PV tracking technology in a prefabricated, modular design. [PV Magazine]
Nomad system (Cambridge Energy image)
¶ “Signal: ‘Europe’s Largest’ Virtual Storage Solution Reflects Renewables Growth” • The announcement by Sonnen that it plans to build “Europe’s largest virtual home battery storage solution” is reflective of the energy transition, its CEO has said, and that is supported by research from GlobalData, Energy Monitor‘s parent company. [Energy Monitor]
¶ “France’s EDF Takes 1.3-GW Nuclear Reactor Offline Amid Heatwave” • French power company EDF said it took its 1.3-GW nuclear reactor Golfech 2 offline citing environmental reasons as the country goes through a spell of excessively hot weather. The plant is close to the southern town of Toulouse, which expects to have 40°C (104°F) temperatures. [Reuters]
Golfech nuclear plant (John Seb Barber, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
US:
¶ “Two Dead, Many Structures Lost As Wildfire Threat Grows In Washington State” • Two wildfires in Spokane County have burned over 20,000 acres and left at least two people dead. As of Sunday night, the Oregon Road Fire and the Gray Fire had each burned over 10,000 acres according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. [CNN]
¶ “Floods Hit Death Valley As Storm Hilary Peaks In California” • Hilary is the first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years. It has brought record rains, flooding Los Angeles and desert areas like Palm Springs and Death Valley. Experts say recent abnormal weather events hitting the US and other countries are influenced by human-caused climate change. [BBC]
Death Valley (Photographersnature, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “Tesla Now Offering Cheaper Model S And X ‘Standard Range’” • Ahead of the release of the Cybertruck and an expected debut of the simplified Model 3 Highland, Tesla has also shared new trim offerings for its Model S and X in the US. The automaker has added a third “Standard Range” trim for both its premium sedan and SUV with reduced prices. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “North Carolina Offshore Wind Leases Blocked” • The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently announced that two out of the six offshore wind sites located off Eastern North Carolina will not be leased due to objections from the US Department of Defense. The issue is that wind turbines can interfere with radar systems. [Offshore Magazine]
Have an abundantly fruitful day.
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