Opinion:
¶ “We Need A Cash For Stinkers Program” • Like the Cash for Clunkers program of the financial crisis, we need a ‘Cash for Stinkers’ program to battle the climate crisis. Its goals would be to slow climate change, create a more just subsidy policy, and get ICE stinkers off the road, while making EVs more affordable for owners of the most polluting vehicles. [CleanTechnica]
Tired car (david latorre romero, Unsplash)
¶ “Automakers Try To Dodge Their EV Commitments” • Car commercials and public pronouncements sure make it sounds like automakers are all in on EVs. But contrary to their public commitments, automakers are trying to head off new federal standards that could bring about the transition to EVs that they claim to support. [CleanTechnica]
Science and Technology:
¶ “Did Hunting Mammoths To Extinction Kick Off Climate Change?” • For most people interested in climate change, it all started with the industrial revolution, but that’s only when it went into overdrive. The rise of agriculture, mass deforestation, and the destruction of native species had already led to smaller but still significant changes in the climate. [CleanTechnica]
Steppe Mammoth (April Pethybridge, Unsplash)
World:
¶ “Schools Egged, Businesses Harassed: Japan Suffers Chinese Backlash Over Fukushima Release” • Online harassment and vitriol directed at Japanese people following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima has sent tensions between Japan and China soaring, prompting Tokyo to summon the Chinese ambassador. [CNN]
¶ “Chevron: Workers At Major Australia Gas Facilities To Strike” • Workers at two large liquefied natural gas plants in Australia, operated by US energy giant Chevron, are set to go on strike from 7 September, in a move that could drive up global prices. The Wheatstone and Gorgon sites produce more than 5% of the world’s LNG. [BBC]
Chevron LNG tanker (Chevron image)
¶ “Climate Change Has Ravaged India’s Rice Stock. Now Its Export Ban Could Deepen A Global Food Crisis” • Last month, India announced a ban on exporting non-basmati white rice in a bid to calm rising prices at home and ensure food security. India has since followed with more restrictions on its rice exports, triggering fears of global food shortages. [CNN]
¶ “Drought Threatens Shipping On World Waterways” • Today, 90% of all goods travel by ship at some point. But thanks in part to emissions from ships, drought conditions in several parts of the world have lowered the water level in many rivers and canals to the point where ships can no longer carry some cargoes to their destinations. [CleanTechnica]
Panama Canal (Wellington Luck, Panama Canal Authority)
¶ “Toyota Corolla Killer? The BYD Dolphin!” • With a price point of less than A$40,000 ($25,780) and 410 km of range, the BYD Dolphin is not only competing with its fellow triplets (the MG 4 and the ORA Cat) but also with similarly sized ICE cars. We now have a full battery electric car that is cheaper than the hybrid Toyota Corolla! [CleanTechnica]
¶ “World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Officially Opened” • The Hywind Tampen wind farm was opened recently by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. Gullfaks and Snorre are the first oil and gas fields in the world to receive power from offshore wind, reducing CO₂ emissions. The Hywind Tampen wind farm has a capacity of 88 MW. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
Crown Prince Haakon (Ole Jørgen Bratland, Equinor)
¶ “$3 Billion Rewiring The Nation Deal To Power Wa Jobs And Growth” • The governments of Australia and Western Australia signed an agreement to further Western Australia’s growth of affordable and more secure renewable energy. The deal will bolster WA’s energy security by expanding and modernising the electricity grids. [Prime Minister of Australia]
US:
¶ “Tropical Storm Idalia Is Expected To Rapidly Intensify As It Aims For Florida’s Gulf Coast, Threatening To Hit As A Category 3 Hurricane” • Florida is bracing for “major impact” as Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen rapidly into a Category 3 hurricane aiming for its Gulf Coast, threatening dangerous storm surge and winds, authorities said. [CNN]
Expected path of Idalia (NOAA image)
¶ “FEMA Announces $3 Billion For Climate Resiliency As Time Runs Low For Congress To Replenish Its Disaster Fund” • In a year that is breaking records for disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced nearly $3 billion to help communities build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather. [CNN]
¶ “California Gas Utility Settles With AG After Greenwashing Allegations” • In 2019, Southern California Gas Company made multiple claims falsely portraying its natural gas as “renewable,” when 95% of it was fossil natural gas. Recently, the California Attorney General reached a settlement, which included a fine and retraction statement. [CleanTechnica]
Aliso Canyon natural gas plant (Scott L, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “After Blistering Summer, Texas Voters To Decide If Billions Should Go To Power Plants” • Grid operator ERCOT barely kept up with record electricity demands in the summer heat in Texas. Voters will decide whether the state government should set up a multi-billion dollar program to encourage construction of more traditional power plants. [NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth]
¶ “Convicted Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder Moved To Oklahoma Prison To Begin His 20-Year Sentence” • Larry Householder was one of those convicted in March of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering in a $1 billion bailout for a nuclear plant. Now he is in Oklahoma. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
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