#StrandedAssets: But absent major breakthroughs in #carboncapture technology, we’ll eventually need to shutter most if not all of those #gasplants to avoid disastrous #temperature jumps. Scientists say we need to cut #carbonpollution nearly in half by 2030.
Could we get started ditching #gas sooner — and save some money — by accepting a few more blackouts for the next few years? Sammy Roth in the LATimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/19/heatwave-climate-omen-change-course-weather-models

The only way to avoid crossing these #tippingpoints is to stop #heating up the #planet. And comprehensive #Earth system models show that if we stop adding #carbonpollution, the warming of Earth’s surface stops soon thereafter.
So that brings us back to where we started. Yes, we have failed to prevent dangerous #climatechange. It is here. What remains to be seen is just how bad we’re willing to let it get- Michael Mann
#keepitintheground #TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence #WalkableCites #CarFreeCityCentersPlease

"Fenton urges the climate community to speak of pollution – a word everyone gets – and to settle on the image of a “blanket of pollution trapping heat on Earth”. Every oil and gas emission makes that blanket thicker – and all that trapped heat helps cause floods and start fires...".
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/14/big-oil-climate-crisis-fossil-fuel-public
#CarbonPollution #climatecrisis #language

@JeffAndDonkeys
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#HeatPumps are NOT only going to reduce #CarbonPollution from homes. Just replacing furnaces and boilers in every type of building (commercial too) is not all they can do, but don't get wrong that would be HUGE!

Check out this brilliant Australian company $EDE.ax
We have a number of companies that are working on solutions to #CarbonPollution, but get very little attention! :( #climateCrisis
These are Mar23 Qtr results.

"The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

The New York Times has identified 34 (...) large-scale operations, known as Bitcoin mines, in the United States, all putting immense pressure on the power grid and most finding novel ways to profit from doing so. Their operations can create costs — including higher electricity bills and enormous carbon pollution — for everyone around them, most of whom have nothing to do with Bitcoin.
(...)
The analysis found that the 34 mines’ power use was causing nearly 16.4 million tons of carbon pollution each year.
(...)

#cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining #energy #electricity #CarbonPollution

Gift article 🔗: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=k50nKqZpsrQUWxZ9XCnGjXJwy2FCUtvxGwNqGMW0GzdmXlwl9eLtDxBGzeDIaRarvjQAiGp2lUFnmQzAdOJ6aNwMw3sq0LG5QDgyEN1pY6hveopl1sN_dalpcRv8-FUjlxnVtFNzBmmwS_oWU1EojvGP1c0c-h8Z2sKJZR16qjTIm52qXcstvMn11umrax8PtM6VhqTfnnzArj5IpywRtEP4XHLEsZULb8cpwqDPMZZdmKYK4nFNliVmH0H_Z9g4NM8qKGDidl7SjvquwUcp1brDpKyYuXql2OupFSf_2qzakvu_TwZPGfUA3ylKhZ5ACRyC4h63nuLUESfU9NzLQZm4i620SUkb1GsKSxsTgw&smid=tw-share

The EU wants to make #airlines pay for their #CarbonPollution. They're talking a $10 surcharge on airline tickets.
Of course the airline industry is crying out in pain.

But meanwhile,
Airline passengers already face much higher prices as airlines try to recoup losses incurred in the past few years.
(Airlines are quiet about that).

https://www.ft.com/content/3b81be27-09ee-4251-8dda-22a2d7ea7479

Key finding: “This suggests that #carbonemissions and #carbonpollution are stronger terms than #greenhousegasemissions for conveying the causes and impacts of #climatechange.” https://lnkd.in/eA9R9Dv9 #climatecommunication tips from Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Key finding: “This suggests that #carbonemissions and #carbonpollution are stronger terms than #greenhousegasemissions for conveying the causes and impacts of #climatechange.” https://lnkd.in/eA9R9Dv9 #climatecommunication tips from Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

🌎 In this episode of People and Planet #AI, we talk about how #machinelearning and #opendata can help reduce #carbonpollution.
Click here to watch ➡️
https://goo.gle/3Cwoadc

:sys_twitter: https://twitter.com/googledevs/status/1502011778292719621

🌎 In this upcoming episode of People and Planet #AI, we share how to build a #geospatial classification service to measure #carbonpollution from power plants using satellite images from #GoogleEarth Engine.

:sys_twitter: https://twitter.com/googledevs/status/1501664472959799300