Too bad that we are retreating from this sector and leaving progress to the rest of the world.
I've had a bad renter in our place, They have burdened the system during the hot months / humid storms a lot and caused more usage than normal. I haven't seen the final tally, but I expect I'll have to pay ~$50 for their extravagance. If we were dependent on the grid it would have been close to $700. Solar works.
The largest electric utility in our state is asking for yet another rate increase. They say the want to add two new, natural gas-fired units at an already existing plant. We already pay well above the national average for electricity.
Too bad that we are retreating from this sector and leaving progress to the rest of the world.
I've had a bad renter in our place, They have burdened the system during the hot months / humid storms a lot and caused more usage than normal. I haven't seen the final tally, but I expect I'll have to pay ~$50 for their extravagance. If we were dependent on the grid it would have been close to $700. Solar works.
The global average concentration of the gas surged by 3.5 parts per million to 424ppm in 2024, the largest increase since modern measurements started in 1957, according to the report by the World Meteorological Organization.
Several factors contributed to the leap in CO2, including another year of unrelenting fossil fuel burning despite a pledge by the worldâs countries in 2023 to âtransition awayâ from coal, oil and gas. Another factor was an upsurge in wildfires in conditions made hotter and drier by global heating. Wildfire emissions in the Americas reached historic levels in 2024, which was the hottest year yet recorded.
However, scientists are concerned about a third factor: the possibility that the planetâs carbon sinks are beginning to fail. About half of all CO2 emissions every year are taken back out of the atmosphere by being dissolved in the ocean or being sucked up by growing trees and plants. But the oceans are getting hotter and can therefore absorb less CO2 while on land hotter and drier conditions and more wildfires mean less plant growth.
The words on the DOE list are at the heart of EEREâs mission: It is the governmentâs largest investor in technologies that help reduce heat-trapping emissions that cause climate change as well as the hazardous pollution from fossil fuels. It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay the realities of climate change.
âPlease ensure that every member of your team is aware that this is the latest list of words to avoid â and continue to be conscientious about avoiding any terminology that you know to be misaligned with the Administrationâs perspectives and priorities,â the directive from acting director of external affairs Rachel Overbey said.
About 50-70% of Lithuania's agricultural harvest has been harmed or destroyed by heavy rainfall this summer, the government said on Wednesday as it declared a national emergency to help farmers.
"In many places the farmers cannot harvest their crops because the fields are flooded," the government said in a statement, adding that much of the remaining harvest had been reduced in quality.
Lithuania produces wheat and other grains as well as root crops such as potatoes but the government did not give a breakdown of which was worst hit.
The Baltic country's rainfall in June and July was the second heaviest on record, exceeded only by 2007, it said.
Neighbouring Latvia announced a national emergency on similar grounds last week, national broadcaster LSM reported.
"This year's crop has suffered significantly and may not be harvested," said Latvian Agriculture Minister Armands Krauze.
