Opinion:
¶ “Stand Up To Trump’s War On Renewable Energy” • Recently, the USDA announced that federal funding for wind and solar projects will be curtailed to end support of “unaffordable and unreliable ‘green’ energy sources.” That criticism rings hollow in Iowa. Nearly 60% of the state’s electricity comes from wind. It attracts companies to the state. [The Gazette]
Wind turbine (Jason Mavrommatis, Unsplash)
World:
¶ “Europe Faces Stormy Future As Climate Change Increases Supercell Risk” • Research has revealed how climate change is intensifying supercell thunderstorms in Europe. The study, published in Science Advances, warns that the Alpine region and parts of Central and Eastern Europe can expect a significant increase in storm activity. [Euronews]
¶ “How Flash Droughts Driven By Climate Change Sparked Record Wildfires In Spain” • Flash droughts, a relatively new climatic phenomenon, are rapidly becoming one of the most dangerous weather extremes linked to climate change. In just weeks, they can turn lush forests into tinder ready to burn, as the fires in Spain this August show. [Euronews]
Drought (Johannes Plenio, Unsplash)
¶ “Hyundai CRADLE Partners With UNCAGED Innovations To Develop Sustainable Leather Alternatives” • Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Group’s open innovation hub, is partnering with UNCAGED Innovations, a leading biomaterials company to create sustainable, animal-free leather for automotive interiors using grain byproducts. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “1,212 EV Chargers Installed In Richmond, British Columbia” • A huge number of electric vehicle chargers were installed in the parking area of the Cadillac Fairview Richmond Center: 1,212 smart Level 2 EV chargers. This massive installation has chargers for Richmond Centre residents and an additional 20 to 40 will be added for the public. [CleanTechnica]
CF Richmond Center (Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)
¶ “US Pressuring Other Countries To Abandon Clean Energy And Climate Goals” • If the US is going to build massive new LNG terminals, it will need plenty of customers for that climate-killing fuel. Since those terminals are for export, the customers must be foreign. So the US is trying to bully foreign countries into buying fossil fuels. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “France Strikes EU Deal To Unlock Hydro Investment” • France reached an agreement with the European Commission to resolve two disputes that blocked investment in hydroelectric power for over a decade. The government said the breakthrough will allow a relaunch of investments in dams and valleys, supporting its climate goals and energy sovereignty. [reNews]
Chief Joseph Dam (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
¶ “JERA Nex BP, EnBW Get Green Light For Morgan” • The UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has granted planning consent to JERA Nex BP and EnBW for the 1.5-GW Morgan wind farm off north-west England. The 96-turbine array is the second Round 4 development to reach the milestone after Irish Sea sister array 1.5-GW Mona got a permit nod in July. [reNews]
¶ “Tesla Sales Plunge Again In Europe As Anger At Musk Keeps Buyers Away” • Europeans angry at Elon Musk still aren’t buying his cars months after the billionaire predicted a “major rebound” in Tesla sales, data shows. Tesla sales plunged 40% in July in the 27 European Union countries year over year, even as sales of EVs soared overall. [ABC News]
Cyberinfliction (Mylo Kaye, Unsplash)
US:
¶ “FDA Expands Warning Of Radioactive Shrimp As Two More Brands Are Recalled” • The US Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning about radioactive shrimp, recalling more brands due to possible contamination. The FDA said the brands were processed by an Indonesian supplier, PT Bahari Makmur Sejati, operating as BMS Foods. [ABC News]
¶ “Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina: Could Cuts To Disaster Preparedness Leave The US Vulnerable Again?” • Twenty years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina ripped into Louisiana and left New Orleans flooded. Nearly 2,000 people died, and entire neighbourhoods were lost. But the systems built in Katrina’s wake are now under threat. [Euronews]
After Katrina (Library of Congress via Unsplash)
¶ “Slate Auto’s New EV Is Coming For Your Gasmobile” • Despite Republican opposition to EVs, Slate Auto is forging ahead. As befits its new EV-on-a-budget business model, the company has been refurbishing a former printing plant in Warsaw, Indiana, to produce the Blank Slate pickup along with other variants on the same platform. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump Admin Cancels $679 Million For Offshore Wind Projects As Attacks On Reeling Industry Continue” • The Transportation Department canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects. Funding for projects in eleven states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California. [MSN]
Oil rig (Arvind Vallabh, Unsplash)
¶ “North Carolina Governor Stein Establishes Energy Policy Task Force” • In the face of federal cuts to clean energy funding and manufacturing tax credits, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has established an energy policy task force to determine how the state can continue to keep utility costs affordable and manage increasing energy demand. [The Well News]
¶ “Idaho National Lab Breaks Ground On The Nation’s First Experimental Modular Reactor” • Two years after the Energy Department approved development of the MARVEL nuclear reactor, Idaho National Lab officials met with Aalo Atomics on a 1-acre parcel inside the Idaho National Lab’s Materials and Fuels Complex for the groundbreaking. [KSL.com]
Have a nicely fulfilling day.
geoharvey 
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