Climate Letter #826

What “atmospheric rivers” are all about.  These extreme weather events are much in the news these days, causing large amounts of damage on the US West Coast.  While not directly associated with climate change they probably transport additional moisture when air and sea surface temperatures have warmed.

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Poland’s air quality is among the world’s worst.  The smog in Warsaw rivals that of large Asian cities that get much more publicity.  The reason is simply too much burning of coal, for furnace heating as well as power generation.  “Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, herself a coal miner’s daughter, supports the use of the dirty fossil fuel because it ensures energy security and provides jobs.”
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China has been quietly raising taxes on gasoline.  A long-term study of 157 countries shows that two-thirds of them have followed similar practices.  Oil-rich countries, on the other hand, have been doing the opposite, treating cheap gasoline as an entitlement that should be subsidized..
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More information referring to China’s credentials as the world’s leader in promotion of green energy.  This post summarizes the content of a comprehensive new report entitled, “China’s Global Renewable Energy Expansion:  How the World’s Second-Biggest National Economy Is Positioned to Lead the World in Clean-Power Investment.”  There is a link to the full report, which is worth spending a little time looking at, and thinking about.  The Conclusion plus information about the authorship starts on page 40.
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How the burning of biomass causes a decline in precipitation, thus increasing drought conditions.  A new study adds considerable depth to our knowledge of why this is so, enabling a natural feedback loop that can easily be strengthened by adding human activity on the burning end.

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