More people care about climate change than you think The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share. People across the world, and the political spectrum, underestimate levels of support for climate action. This “perception gap” matters. Governments will change policy if they think they have…
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‘Is that true? Because that sounds crazy’: Joe Rogan discovers how electric vehicles can cause more pollution than gas cars | Blaze Media
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images © 2024 Blaze Media LLC. All rights reserved. ‘Is that true? Because that sounds crazy’: Joe Rogan discovers how electric vehicles can cause more pollution than gas cars March 19, 2024 Comedian Joe Rogan was admittedly surprised to learn that electric vehicles can be a greater detriment to the environment…
SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds | Air pollution | The Guardian
The increasing popularity of ultra-heavy SUVs in England means a conventional-engined car bought in 2013 will, on average, have lower carbon emissions than one bought new today, new research has found. The study by the climate campaign group Possible said there was a strong correlation between income and owning a large SUV, which meant there…
Bill Gates: We will overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming
The advanced nuclear reactors TerraPower are building use liquid sodium as the coolant and uranium as a fuel source. “We are making excellent progress,” Gates said, while also acknowledging that the Ukraine war has thrown a wrench in TerraPower’s plans because the reactors planned to operate with fuel coming from Russia and that relationship is…
Climate change, AI, and more from my latest AMA
This week I did my 11th Ask Me Anything on Reddit. I love the AMA format—its unfiltered approach allows me to answer smart questions on a range of topics in real time. This year Redditors asked about everything from climate change and the rising cost of living to veganism to my views on Scotland. You…
How our time perception shapes our approach to climate change : Shots – Health News : NPR
A pile of debris from Hurricane Ian rises behind a line of people waiting to vote in Fort Myers, Fla., in November 2022. Research suggests support for some climate policies increases immediately after climate-driven disasters such as Ian. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption A pile of debris from Hurricane Ian rises behind a line of people…
Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin. What’s not…
