Climate Letter #947

The current trend of global warming compared with a half billion years of Earth’s history.  A new study based on the best available information puts everything in perspective, describing how past changes came about and how they are being reversed.  The sun’s steadily increasing radiation is an important factor.  There is a link to the full study, which has open access for anyone interested.

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A new report is critical of the way natural gas is being used as a bridge to clean energy goals.  Demand has been increasing rapidly as a replacement for coal, causing a very high level of newly planned investments.  There is no way to make those investments and then put them to use if the Paris goals are to be met.  Like the other fossil fuels, natural gas usage must be completely ended by no later than 2050.
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Can India’s prime minister Modi be trusted to give full support to the Paris agreement?  This article provides a great deal of disturbing information about his personal background and closest associates, one of whom has big plans for expanding his coal empire.
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A report on drought conditions now in effect in southern India.  The city of Chennai, with a population of 8 million, and the surrounding area as well, have critical shortages due to monsoon failures.
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The world’s first floating wind turbines will soon be in place.  This technology, once fully established, has practically unlimited potential for finding suitable offshore locations all over the world.  Currently in need of subsidies, they should become cost competitive in a decade or so.
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How important is plastic waste?  According to this story in the Guardian—“A million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute and the number will jump another 20% by 2021, creating an environmental crisis some campaigners predict will be as serious as climate change.”  The underlying source even comes from the same place, the oil industry!

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