SA Blogs Page
This page includes content from the Climate Cirisis Blog which is maintained daily by Gail McCormick, and content from our old SA blog archives.
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FINANCING COAL
Our Fragile Earth Feb 27, 2021 | 14:27 pmPartial photo: Jason Blackeye Coal is the number-one single source for increasing global temperatures, with coal-fired electricity generation accounting for[...]
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CONCRETE CO2 STORAGE
Our Fragile Earth Feb 25, 2021 | 14:09 pmPartial photo: uve sanchez Manufacturing cement, which requires heating limestone to scorching high temperatures, produces an estimated 8 percent of[...]
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COVID AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Our Fragile Earth Feb 23, 2021 | 16:15 pmPartial photo: Georgy Trofimov There’s a way that climate change could have a direct role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2,[...]
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REPURPOSING FOOD WASTE
Our Fragile Earth Feb 21, 2021 | 17:22 pmPartial photo: Sri Lanka Researchers have rescued food waste destined for the landfill and turned it into an elixir for[...]
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GRID PROBLEMS
Our Fragile Earth Feb 19, 2021 | 13:56 pmPartial photo: Jung Ho Park As climate change accelerates, many electric grids will face extreme weather events far beyond the[...]
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SOLAR CELLS
Our Fragile Earth Feb 17, 2021 | 14:50 pmCurrent solar panels are rigid, hard to store in large numbers and integrate into everyday appliances like phones, windows, or[...]
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BURNING TREES
Our Fragile Earth Feb 15, 2021 | 15:12 pmPartial photo: Lukasz Szmigiel With companies shifting fossil energy use to wood as a substitute for shifting to solar and[...]
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SOLAR AWNINGS
Our Fragile Earth Feb 13, 2021 | 14:43 pmPartial photo: Vitor Paladini Developing charging stations powered with photovoltaic canopies built into the parking infrastructure of large-scale retailers could[...]
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TOO DRY
Our Fragile Earth Feb 11, 2021 | 14:17 pmPartial photo: Ed Leszczynskl Northern California remains stuck in one of the worst two-year rainfall deficits since the 1849 Gold[...]
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SUSTAINABLE FUEL
Our Fragile Earth Feb 9, 2021 | 14:36 pmPartial Photo: Isaac Struna British Airways plans to operate transatlantic flights partially powered by sustainable fuels (SAF) as early as[...]
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