Climate Letter #656

Bees are getting less protein from their pollen diet.  Research confirms that rising CO2 levels causes a reduction in the nutritional value of pollen just a it does with other parts of plant structure.  Bees have difficulty compensating, leaving them more vulnerable to die-offs involving any of their many other sources of stress.

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A new report on global air pollution, issued by the World Health Organization.  The level has risen 8% in the last five years, leaving billions of people badly exposed. Air pollution is largely a social cost created by burning fossil fuels, but is not usually classified as a “catastrophic” consequence of climate change.  Perhaps it should be?
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A new and comprehensive report on the damage done by the fracking industry has been issued by an environmental group.  This post has a brief summary, plus a link to the full report.  Fracking for natural gas has been a major cause of the downfall of the coal industry in the US.  Now there is a growing debate over whether the result is any less damaging to the environment.
A separate study from Duke details the contamination caused by fracking wastewater spills, with special reference to North Dakota:
One more report details the poisoning of Wolf Creek in West Virginia by fracking fluids:
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A story about how the coal industry defended its environmental practices in court, while making its best possible arguments, and lost the case.  It is not hard to see why.
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A simple way to greatly improve lithium-ion batteries has been discovered.  These common batteries can be made cheaper, safer, more powerful, longer lasting and better for the environment, for potentially revolutionary results.  The report looks credible, boosted by praise from an MIT professor who was not involved in the work.
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An interview with the new IPCC chief.  He rightly stresses the fact that delays in taking action will likely raise the cost of doing so by a “phenomenal” amount, if not prohibitive.
Carl

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