Now Hiring: The Growth of America’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Jobs

2017, Action, Clean Tech, Energy, Solar Power, Solutions, USA, Wind PowerLeave a comment

The solar and wind industries are each creating jobs at a rate 12 times faster than that of the rest of the U.S. economy, according to a new report. References Renewable Energy Is Creating Jobs 12 Times Faster Than the Rest of the Economy http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/solar-wind-renewable-jobs/ http://edfclimatecorps.org/sites/edfclimatecorps.org/files/the_growth_of_americas_clean_energy_and_sustainability_jobs.pdf Hansen et al quote http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/3761/2016/acp-16-3761-2016.pdf Music by Stock media…

TESLA’s energy independence and climate solution

2016, Action, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Solar Power, Solutions2 Comments

Elon Musk talks climate and energy solutions, presenting Powerwall 2 and the incredible Solar Roof (October 28, 2016). More https://www.tesla.com/solar and https://www.tesla.com/powerwall Join the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Powerwall 2 is a battery for homes and small businesses that stores the sun’s energy and delivers clean, reliable electricity when the sun isn’t shining. Combine…

Progressive Climate Trance Mix October 2016

2016, Climate Change, Climate State, Communication, Misc, MusicLeave a comment

Pumping music mix of progressive psytrance. Video descriptions contain buy links for individual tracks. Tristate – Yes To Life ( Drukverdeler & DJ Bim Polished Version ) https://www.beatport.com/track/yes-to-life-drukverdeler-and-dj-bim-polished-remix-version/7986743 Yellow Sunshine Explosion https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2GtOfpraiVytzrB12OVcfA Vibrasphere – Autumn Lights (Mindwave Remix) http://classic.beatport.com/track/autumn-lights-mindwave-remix/6878533 Yellow Sunshine Explosion https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2GtOfpraiVytzrB12OVcfA Lifeforms – Equinox https://www.beatport.com/track/equinox-original-mix/4518299 IONO Music https://www.youtube.com/ionomusic Ellinio & DJ Bim –…

Jim Hansen: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions

2016, Action, Climate Change, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Policy, SolutionsLeave a comment

Young People’s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions, is a publication in Earth System Dynamics Discussion (4 October, 2016), as it is undergoing peer review. We try to make the science transparent to non-scientists. Read full article http://csas.ei.columbia.edu/2016/10/04/young-peoples-burden Publication link http://www.earth-syst-dynam-discuss.net/esd-2016-42 ###Principal Implications### A. Global temperature is already at the level of the Eemian period…

Jim Hansen: Hell Will Break Loose – Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms

2016, Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Science, Climate Sensitivity, Climatology, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Impacts, Northern Hemisphere, Policy, Sea Level Rise, StormsLeave a comment

The main point that I want to make concerns the threat of irreparable harm, which I feel we have not communicated well enough to people who most need to know, the public and policymakers. I’m not sure how we can do that better, but I comment on it at the end of this transcript. In…

Isaac Asimov’s robot talks climate and energy (1971)

2016, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Climate Science, Climate Sensitivity, Coal, Communication, Dirty Energy, Efficiency, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Films, Natural Gas, Oil, Peak Oil, Tar SandsLeave a comment

In an essay published in the January issue of Penthouse 1971, of all places, Isaac Asimov made a remarkable estimation of what would be the result of the continued burning of fossil fuels. The title of his essay was The End and in it he tried to estimate when our world civilization would come to…

Kevin Anderson: Delivering on 2 degrees #IPCC #Paris #COP21

2016, Action, Climate Engineering, CO2 Sequestration, Emissions Reduction, IPCC, Lecture, Mitigation, Policy, Science TalkLeave a comment

As part of the ‘Delivering on 2 degrees’ talks and debate evening organised by the Carbon Neutral University Network, Kevin talks about the Paris Agreement within the background of Climate Science and what is needed to stop global warming at 2C or even 1.5C. Kevin Anderson says that we basically lost the chance to stay…

Regenerating soil holds the key to tackling climate change

2016, Action, Biochar, CO2 Sequestration, Emissions Reduction, Farming, SolutionsLeave a comment

The last 14 consecutive months broke the global temperature record. Summer sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean in 2016 hit a new low, with a staggering 260000 square km below the previous record for June, set in 2010. We’re not doing much to stop this trend: according to Professor Kevin Anderson, one of Britain’s…

Nigel Roulet: Greenhouse gases and Carbon sinks explained #Methane #CO2 #Forest #3DEdition

2016, Agriculture, Canada, Climate Change, Climate Science, Climate Wiki, CO2 Sequestration, Communication, Geosphere, Greenhouse Gases, Lecture, Mitigation, Pedology, Permafrost, Reforestation, Science Talk, Soil, SwampsLeave a comment

Climate change and preserving cold carbon (March 24, 2016) Prof. Nigel Roulet, Department of Geography Support more Climate State coverage: Paypal email: donate@ClimateState.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ClimateState Synopsis The countries participating in COP21 in Paris, December 2015 agreed to take steps to emissions so that the global mean annual temperature increase would not be more than 2ºC…