GreenFire

Strandjunker, 4 days ago to random

Between Dolly Parton’s quiet COVID research fund, BLM support, and her sending generations of children books through the USPS, she continues to be one of the most relevant and wonderful people of every era. — Dolly represents the best of America, while Trump represents the worst.

noelreports, 3 days ago to random

Russian losses per 08/06/24 reported by the Ukrainian general staff

+1210 men
+9 tanks
+9 APVs
+36 artillery pieces
+1 AD system
+59 UAVs
+7 cruise missiles

noelreports, 3 days ago to random

Russians on motorbikes tried to storm positions of the 425th separate assault battalion ‘Skala’ but something went wrong.

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noelreports, 3 days ago to random

In Paris, a grant agreement was signed between the French and Ukrainian governments to attract €200 million for the restoration and reconstruction of critical Ukrainian infrastructure. Of these, 60 million will be directed to energy restoration. https://www.kmu.gov.ua/news/ukraina-i-frantsiia-pidpysaly-uhodu-shchodo-vidnovlennia-ta-pidtrymky-krytychnoi-infrastruktury-i-priorytetnykh-sektoriv-ekonomiky-na-200-mln-ievro

noelreports, 4 days ago to random

Knock knock who's there. Its Code 9.2. More from Kharkiv region soon. Things are happening there.

noelreports, 4 days ago to random

Russian losses per 07/06/24 reported by the Ukrainian general staff

+1080 men
+6 tanks
+20 APVs
+64 (!) artillery pieces
+2 AD systems
+40 UAVs
+1 ship

GreenFire, 7 days ago to solar

The world’s biggest solar plant has come online in China, capable of powering a small country with its annual capacity of more than 6 billion kilowatt hours.

The facility in a desert region of the north-west province of Xinjiang covers 200,000 acres – roughly the same area as New York City.

The 5GW complex, which was connected to China’s grid on Monday, is powerful enough to meet the electricity demands of a country the size of Luxembourg or Papua New Guinea.

#ClimateSolutions #Solar

TonyStark, 9 days ago to random

Emission reductions in the U.S. have provided $249 billion in climate and health benefits.

Yet another example of the cost of climate action being far, far less than the cost of climate inaction, financially and ethically.

Berkeley Lab's Innovative Methodology Reveals $249 Billion in Climate and Air Quality Benefits from Wind and Solar Energy - SolarQuarter:
https://solarquarter.com/2024/05/31/berkeley-labs-innovative-methodology-reveals-249-billion-in-climate-and-air-quality-benefits-from-wind-and-solar-energy/

TonyStark, 9 days ago to random

Thanks to a new federal initiative from the Biden Administration, the electric grid is getting over $10B of upgrades. New transmission lines will help countless Americans access cheaper, more reliable energy, preventing power outages and reducing pollution.

People constantly bring “the grid” up as a reason to not support clean energy, yet we have an administration addressing it.

White House to announce new actions to modernize America’s aging electrical grid:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/climate/energy-grid-modernization-biden/index.html

TonyStark, 8 days ago to random

I haven’t been overly thrilled with the Washington Post since Sally Buzbee came in but this seems much, much worse.

They let go of quite a few good journalists and have kept on those who seem determined to ruin their reputation. This definitely isn’t going to help.

It’s not a good sign for the publication or for the state of U.S journalism at all.

The Washington Post hires new editors from conservatives news orgs:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/2/2244387/-Breaking-The-Washington-Post-hires-new-editors-from-conservatives-news-orgs

GreenFire, 6 days ago to random

"I have a 1960 ranch house, but it's equipped like a modern green building, with solar, an EV charger, batteries and more," Auden Schendler says. "My house is how we grapple with the climate problem."

His utility is allowed to access the energy in those batteries and for each use gets paid a fee.

That is the idea of the "virtual power plant", or VPP, which is generating excitement as a way to build resilience into the electrical grid and speed the transition to renewable power.

GreenFire, 6 days ago to random

The Biden administration has staked its economic agenda on delivering a clean energy and manufacturing boom driven by the hundreds of billions of dollars in incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act, bipartisan infrastructure law and CHIPS and Science Act.

Yet, because of Iranian and Russian political technologists, Sunrise Movement, is withholding support for Joe Biden sadly.

Looks like they've yet to mature @barney https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/05/bidens-climate-chief-warns-against-u-turn-agenda-00161735

GreenFire, 9 days ago to random

Polls are an attempt to predict what the news will be someday so it's the opposite of what the news should be!

GreenFire, 9 days ago to random

MAGAs mad about Trump's trial being rigged are silent about this witch hunt.

The two federal judges who will preside over the criminal trials — Maryellen Noreika of Wilmington, Delaware, and Mark Scarsi of Los Angeles — have a lot in common. Both are former President Donald Trump appointees who got the nods of their home senators in blue states. Both have overseen few trials in their short time on the bench — and based on their limited records, they appear to be tough sentencers.

LindaCollins11, 8 days ago to random

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-travel-europe-commemorate-defeat-dictators-dday-rcna154516 JOE BIDEN

Biden travels to Europe to commemorate the defeat of dictators

In the background of the president's trip to France this week will be his rematch against Donald Trump, who questioned some of the pillars of the post-World War II order.

GreenFire, 8 days ago to random

This is my Representative and his son on the floor of Congress. I'll add that John Rose met his mother when she was about 12 or 14 when she was a student in Future Farmers of America. He's just being a kid.

GreenFire, 8 days ago to random

In case anyone is willing to look into the situation, the organization Freedom House does a good job of describing the status of territories and countries efforts to safeguard democracy and freedom.

Their analyses of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank make it clear why people like me and Joe Biden who care about everyone's human rights supports Israel even if we despise Netanyahu.

BTW, now that campus protesters are engaging in obvious terrorism I'd be cautious of the support you give them.

noelreports, 7 days ago to random

During Lukashenko's visit to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, a man ran to the central square with a Ukrainian flag.

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GreenFire, 8 days ago to random

It looks like a Republican won the governor's race in Puerto Rico. I don't follow their politics. Should this concern me?

Free_Press, 8 days ago to news

A few hours after the US permission, Ukrainians hit HIMARS on the base of the Russian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region

On Friday, the White House erased its red line. That same night, the Ukrainian army aimed some of its HIMARS wheeled launchers at the Russian city of Belgorod, population 384,000

It is unclear how much damage the raid caused, and more importantly, how much damage it caused to military installations.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia

noelreports, 8 days ago to random

Switzerland's upper house of parliament rejected a $5.58 billion reconstruction and repair aid contribution for Ukraine contained in a broader financial package on the grounds that the plan breached borrowing restrictions in the neutral country.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/switzerlands-upper-house-rejects-5-bln-swiss-franc-aid-plan-ukraine-2024-06-03/

jgkoomey, 8 days ago to random

Another dumb canard about renewables bites the dust. 2024. Wind power and solar photovoltaics found to have higher energy returns than fossil fuels. Nature Energy doi: 10.1038/s41560-024-01520-y. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01520-y