Overwintering fires are waking up in Canada :-/

Here, for example, is the distribution of 2100 outcomes under a current-policy-type SSP2-4.5 scenario, which looks remarkably similar to the distribution of answers to the Guardian’s question:

6. Time to get off the bunny slopes: The emissions curve is bending, but not sharply enough to meet the 2030 target. To get there, we must tighten existing policies (e.g., industrial pricing system) and implement proposed ones (Clean Electricity Regulations the oil and gas cap).

5. Be careful banking on forests to hit future targets: There's a striking change in the numbers this year: 'land use, land use change and forestry' is now estimated to have been a net emitter over time, not a net sink, due to recalculations of past forest harvest areas.

1. Canada is finally making progress: Rather than bouncing back up from the pandemic dip, emissions have remained below pre-pandemic levels, a sign that policy is starting to work. Emissions in 2022 were 7% (53 Mt) below the 2005 baseline.

The largest DAC facility is open for business in Iceland!

Climeworks officially unveiled their Mammoth plant yesterday. It’s a 9X scale up from Orca at 36,000 tons / year, safely stored with @carbfix

The scale up is happening, and it’s wonderful to see. Thanks for having me!

And also I know that many of you think that companies only have nefarious motives – and sometimes they do. But I know that the garage door safety committee is staffed with people employed by manufacturers who are all committed to continuously making products safer.

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I’m sorry this is so long. But having spent decades working to prevent children from dying, this really upsets me personally. I know that for some of you the idea of regulations like UL325 forcing manufacturers to meet safety standards goes against your libertarian ideals.

Even over the last five years the UL safety team I am on has continued to add improvements (yes, “regulations” for those of you that think that’s a dirty word), and the injury rate has fallen about 13% per year over the last five years.

This is horrifying.

I have personal experience with safety on doors. Since the early 1990’s I have been involved with the UL safety committee on garage door openers.

a thread with a bit of history 🧵

What the U.S. can learn from Norway when it comes to EV adoption cnbc.com/2024/02/17/wha…

Donald Trump just solicited a billion dollar bribe to allow the oil companies to cook the planet beyond recognition. (Thanks to SCOTUS it's not legally bribe, but in any common sense understanding of the term, it's exactly and obviously that)

nytimes.com/2024/05/09/cli…

PASS IT ON: Northern Lights likely Friday night across the northern United States and Canada along and north of the thin red line! #Aurora #NorthernLights

Just straight up, undisguised corruption

Facing Down the Threat to American Democracy: Today's #BradCast

A reporter speaks out; DHS marshals defenses; Lara lies abt ballots; Johnson lies abt 'illegals' voting; Also: MTG's fail; Stormy wins the day; Biden cuts off Israel...

FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com/?p=15031

* House Republicans' latest salvo in their 'War on Woke Appliances'
* Florida Republicans ban climate change
* Tornado outbreaks wreak havoc across multiple states
* A culture shift in how movies portray climate reality...
Our new Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com/?p=15030

🚨BREAKING: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Dana Nessel plans to sue fossil fuel companies for deceiving the public about their products' role in climate change.

Michigan would become the ninth state to take Big Oil to court.

It's time for accountability.
detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

Implementation of current pledges and targets (with NO additional climate policy achievements) brings warming down to ~2C. Limiting warming to 1.5C requires substantial additional policy innovation.
But we all knew that. Right?
climateactiontracker.org/global/tempera…

Republicans are such morons.

For years we've been hearing how great grid batteries can be, but it was hard to see in action.

Now California's got 10GW online and they're visibly reshaping grid activity. I broke down some of the major trends, as visualized by the folks Grid Status canarymedia.com/articles/batte…