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Category Archives: Wind Energy
Dear Donald: Windmills Do Not Cause Cancer; Narcissists Do!
Dear Donald: Windmills Do Not Cause Cancer; Narcissists Do! At the National Republican Congressional Committee Trump made one of his “they say that” lies that windmill’s noise (whrr, whrr, with circling hand, our President acted out) causes cancer. While living … Continue reading
California Utilities’ Green Power Plans
California Utilities’ Green Power Plans California utilities are now also filing their Green Power plans with their Power Content Labels. We examine those of the major utilities in our previous post summarizing their normal power sources. Southern California Edison: Green … Continue reading
Comparison of California Utilities Power Sources And Emissions for 2017
We compare the energy sources for the major California utilities with each other, as well as with the overall California sources, and the US overall sources. For each, we calculate the emissions per kWh. Undisclosed sources are taken to be … Continue reading
Clean Energy Jobs and Investments in Orange County Districts
Clean Energy Jobs and Investments in Orange County Districts It’s important for local politicians and voters to realize the importance of clean energy jobs and investments in California and Southern California. Even without an acceptance of the science of climate … Continue reading
It’s Not Only What Climate Change Will Do to Our City, It’s to Our Whole Network
It’s Not Only What Climate Change Will Do To Our City, It’s What It Will Do To Our Whole Network We live in a complex interdependent world, where most of the connections are invisible to us. Our city does not … Continue reading
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Notes on the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 2
Notes on the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 2 The YouTube video is at https://youtu.be/en9cDvXWPtw This is a long set of notes, but the video is seven hours long. High-Level Thematic Dialogues The Ocean-Climate Challenge Julie Packard, Executive Director of … Continue reading
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Notes From the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 1
Notes From the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 1 Over 4,000 people representing key climate action operators are taking part in GCAS. The sessions on Thursday and Friday, September 13 and 14, 2018, are being streamed live on YouTube, and … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, Autos, CAFE Standards, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coal, Conservation, Economies, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuel Energy, Global Climate Action Summit, Governors and State Legislatures, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Infrastructure, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Paris Climate Agreement, Renewable Energy, Transportation, United Nations, US Climate Mayors, Wind Energy
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Trump’s Sellout of Our Health to Big Coal is Truly Scandalous
Trump’s Sellout of Our Health to Big Coal is Truly Scandalous Trump has put forward an energy plan to the remade Environment Destruction Agency that will not only will not slow climate change, but will condemn us to decades more … Continue reading
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Comparison of the New 2017 California Power Content Label with That of 2016
Comparison of the New 2017 California Power Content Label with That of 2016. The new SC Edison 2017 Power Content Label also includes the California 2017 Power Content Label. We will present that and compare it to the 2016 Power … Continue reading
Solar Fusion by Quantum Tunneling
Solar Fusion by Quantum Tunneling This is supposed to be a short OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) lecture to accompany the Teaching Company Lecture 48 by Prof. Alex Filippenko. His lecture is entitled “How Stars Shine — Nature’s Nuclear Reactors. … Continue reading