Mastodawn

Fran Cummings Jan 25, 2024

Good ideas for designing a Whole-home #energyefficiency retrofit program with federal funding:
https://rmi.org/state-energy-policy-in-a-land-of-new-federal-opportunity/

State Energy Policy in a Land of New Federal Opportunity

Unprecedented new and expanded federal programs have fundamentally shifted the landscape of what’s economically and politically feasible for state policymakers, creating a massive opportunity for states to unlock wide-ranging benefits and attract billions in federal funds and private investment for their residents and businesses.

RMI

Fran Cummings Jan 15, 2024

Good article: https://e360.yale.edu/features/un-climate-science-1.5-net-zero
We shouldn't average global temps over 20 or 30 years:
"if average warming reaches 1.5 degrees in 2030, the records will only catch up at the end of the 20-year period in which 2030 was the midpoint — 2040, in other words. In the intervening years, Betts says, there would be “a decade or more” of claim & counterclaim, with climate scientists saying the world had almost certainly crossed the threshold, but politicians able to.. claim they have more time."

Mind the Gaps: How the UN Climate Plan Fails to Follow the Science

The U.N. climate conference in Dubai agreed on a plan to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees C and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. But researchers are warning that these pledges are not grounded in sound science and will fail to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.

Yale E360

Fran Cummings Sep 11, 2023

Willett Kempton Sep 8, 2023

First turbine shipping out, of #USA's first commercial-size #OffshoreWind project: https://www.vineyardwind.com/vineyardwind-1. Note in drone video, one complete topside on barge-- tower (2 parts), nacelle, 3 blades. Offshore, crane vessel will lift and assemble onto monopile already in. Narrow harbor entry was planned for 3MW turbines, barge with this 13MW GE is very tight. https://youtu.be/4locoph2dMg?si=jHF-8yWirAPfmuJ9

Vineyard Wind 1 — Vineyard Wind

Vineyard Wind

Fran Cummings Sep 11, 2023

Carbon Tracker Sep 11, 2023

A UN review of action on climate since the #ParisAgreement calls for the end 🚫 of #FossilFuels🛢️without #carbon capture https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66753909 #globalstocktake

Climate change: UN calls for radical changes to stem warming

A review of action on climate since the Paris agreement calls for an end to fossil fuels without carbon capture.

BBC News

Fran Cummings Sep 7, 2023

Robert Sanscartier Sep 7, 2023

The report, No Time To Lose - New Scenario Narratives for Action on Climate Change - published today (7 September) - found the current scenarios used by investors to address climate change have "significant limitations" in their efforts to combat climate change and reach net-zero emissions by 2050

https://www.professionalpensions.com/news/4124226/uss-authored-report-paradigm-shift-required-meet-climate-change-targets

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

USS co-authored report says 'paradigm shift' required to meet climate change targets

Fran Cummings Sep 6, 2023

Please join me in NYC for the 9/17 March to End Fossil Fuels: https://www.endfossilfuels.us/.

Why criticize Biden on this? Read https://www.newsweek.com/biden-should-stop-supporting-oil-gas-industry-opinion-1822299.

Recent thoughts from Antonio Guterres: the #fossilfuel industry is “the polluted heart of the #climatecrisis” (https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18062023/cop28-disclosure-requirement-credbility-of-talks/).

And @algore: "DO YOU TAKE US FOR FOOLS?" (see https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_what_the_fossil_fuel_industry_doesn_t_want_you_to_know) "The #climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis." The fossil fuel industry is "trying to stop progress" with their “fraud”.

Please join.

March to End Fossil Fuels

Join our mass demonstration in New York City calling for Biden to #EndFossilFuels

End Fossil Fuels

Fran Cummings Apr 18, 2023

“The combined capacity of #solar & #wind now active in the [interconnection] queues (~1,250 GW) approximately equals the total installed U.S. #powerplant fleet capacity, & is greater than the estimated 1,100 GW needed to approach a #zerocarbon #electricity target…. Ultimately, much of this proposed capacity will not be built. Historically only ~21% of projects (& only 14% of capacity) requesting interconnection from 2000-2017 have reached commercial operations.” https://emp.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/queued_up_2022_04-06-2023.pdf

Fran Cummings Mar 8, 2023

Phil McKenna Mar 7, 2023

Heating buildings with “green hydrogen” would require 3.5 times more renewable energy than providing the same amount of heat with heat pumps, a new report on hydrogen gas in Massachusetts found. http://ow.ly/r7s150Nanrc My latest, for
@insideclimatenews

‘Green Hydrogen’ Would Squander Renewable Energy Resources in Massachusetts - Inside Climate News

Efforts by natural gas utilities in Massachusetts to replace 20 percent of their fossil gas supply with “green hydrogen” derived from renewable electricity would consume more clean energy than would be produced by the state’s ambitious offshore wind energy buildout in the coming years while yielding few climate benefits, according to a report published on […]

Inside Climate News

Fran Cummings Mar 8, 2023

I've been using an indoor air quality monitor for several months now (from AWAIR) and it shows alot about sometimes scary levels of CO2, PM2.5 and VOC in our air - and it's pretty affordable. Here's a global update: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00642-9

Indoor air is full of flu and COVID viruses. Will countries clean it up?

The current pandemic has focused attention to the importance of healthy indoor air and could spur lasting improvements to the air we breathe.

Fran Cummings Feb 23, 2023

Boston #Climate Strike, Friday 3/03/23, 12:00 PM noon at MA State House, info at [email protected] https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-boston-3rd-climate-strike #ClimateTippingPoints #EmergencyMode #WeCanDoIt

March Boston 3rd Climate Strike

Fridays for Future is a global youth movement for climate justice, on March 3rd we will take to the streets all across the globe to raise awareness on the climate crisis and demand our leaders take effective and equitable climate action that centers the most affected peoples and areas. This event is in partnership with Mass350, XRBoston Youth, BCAN, and many others!