Thursday, 18 August 2016

Energy & Environment: Nearly two decades of data reinforce concerns that pesticides are really bad for bees

Dazzling blue lakes are forming in Antarctica — and they’ve got scientists worried; ‘A very dangerous place to be': Huge California blaze forces 82,000 evacuations; Jill Stein just went way overboard on sea level rise; Nearly two decades of data reinforce concerns that pesticides are really bad for bees; White House sets new fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks, vans and buses; A luxury cruise ship sets sail for the Arctic, thanks to climate change; California is in flames right now, with fires fueled by historic drought; By 2085, most cities could be too hot for the Summer Olympics; What we can say about the Louisiana floods and climate change; Why Big Solar and environmentalists are clashing over the California desert; People would buy green products – if only e-commerce showed them how; The world's largest beach cleanup has cleared more than 4 million pounds of trash; ‘Range anxiety’ is scaring people away from electric cars — but the fear may be overblown; EPA’s science advisers challenge agency report on the safety of fracking;
 
Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
 
 
Dazzling blue lakes are forming in Antarctica — and they’ve got scientists worried
Draining lakes in Antarctica sounds all too reminiscent of what's driving ice loss in Greenland.
‘A very dangerous place to be': Huge California blaze forces 82,000 evacuations
The fire, aided by hot, bone-dry conditions and breezy winds, erupted fast and furiously.
 
Jill Stein just went way overboard on sea level rise
Scientists take issue with a Tweet about 9 feet of sea level rise by 2050.
 
Nearly two decades of data reinforce concerns that pesticides are really bad for bees
A new study suggests a common class of pesticides could be linked to wild bee declines in England.
 
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White House sets new fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks, vans and buses
The move is the latest effort by the White House to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions.
 
A luxury cruise ship sets sail for the Arctic, thanks to climate change
Tickets for the unprecedented cruise through the Arctic started at about $22,000.
 
California is in flames right now, with fires fueled by historic drought
The number of fires and amount of acreage burned are well ahead of the five-year pace.
 
By 2085, most cities could be too hot for the Summer Olympics
A new study finds that with high greenhouse gas emissions, a dangerous combination of heat and humidity could become a growing risk.
 
What we can say about the Louisiana floods and climate change
It's not about causation. It's about trends.
 
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Why Big Solar and environmentalists are clashing over the California desert
Ordinarily allies, greens and the solar industry have split over plans to divide up the desert's public lands between renewable energy and conservation areas.
 
People would buy green products – if only e-commerce showed them how
Researcher run tests to show consumers would make environmentally friendly choices if they had the option.
 
The world's largest beach cleanup has cleared more than 4 million pounds of trash
The majority of the waste on Mumbai's Versova beach was plastic, washed in from the sea.
 
‘Range anxiety’ is scaring people away from electric cars — but the fear may be overblown
An MIT study finds that 87 percent of people's daily driving could be handled on a single EV charge.
 
EPA’s science advisers challenge agency report on the safety of fracking
The scientific battle over whether fracking pollutes water supplies shows no sign of ending.
 
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