Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has always insisted she is not a climate change denier and that her rightwing government is committed to greener sources of energy....
Yeah. A fair amount of California’s utility-scale solar is built on land which was farmed for a while, but which didn’t have a sustainable water supply.
Not really. Both solar and nuclear produce small amounts of waste compared with the fossil fuels industry. This makes them both reasonable choices from that perspective.
Solar pays for itself within the first 2-3 years, and lasts for decades. Batteries are cheap enough to do overnight storage at utility scale so that wind + solar + batteries do overnight power more cheaply than nuclear.
This leaves nuclear only able to maybe compete with longer-duration storage. Which is why nobody is building much.
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Tornadoes shifting east in the U.S., study finds, putting more people at risk | Researchers aren’t sure if the change is permanent and if climate change is playing a role. (wapo.st)
What Made New York Great? Leadership. Where Is It Now? (www.nytimes.com)
The New York State Legislature passed a climate bill that would force polluters to pay into a “cost recovery” fund, but the focus of the session’s last days was on the collapse of congestion pricing. (www.nytimes.com)
I’ll note that the governor has not yet signed the NY climate superfund act
Far Right Surges in European Parliament Elections, Early Data Shows (www.nytimes.com)
Far-right fossil fuel company allies pressure US supreme court to shield firms in unprecedented campaign (www.theguardian.com)
How Governor Hochul Decided to Kill Congestion Pricing in New York (www.nytimes.com)
Conservationists respond with praise to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s recent climate action (wtop.com)
Trump’s Energy Guy Talked a Green Game but Now Sells Big Oil Priorities | Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, has stepped into the spotlight as a cheerleader for oil and Trump (www.nytimes.com)
Illinois to consider the ‘Future of Gas’ in unprecedented regulatory proceeding (www.dailyherald.com)
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It Looked Like a Reliable News Site. It Was an A.I. Chop Shop. (www.nytimes.com)
Opinion | The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day (www.nytimes.com)
Peter Dutton accused of trying to ‘rip up’ Australia’s commitment to Paris climate agreement (www.theguardian.com)
Giorgia Meloni puts brakes on Italy’s solar energy rollout (www.ft.com)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has always insisted she is not a climate change denier and that her rightwing government is committed to greener sources of energy....
Beautiful but worrying 🌍 (jlai.lu)
From World must exit ‘highway to climate hell’, UN boss warns, as records are again broken
A renewable energy transition that doesn’t harm nature? It’s not just possible, it’s essential (theconversation.com)
SLRPNK community discussion - June 2024
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