Headline News:
- “Harrowing Storms May Move Climate Debate, if Not GOP Leaders” • For years, climate change activists have faced a dilemma: how to persuade people to care about a grave but seemingly far-off problem and win their support for policies that might cost them in utility bills and at the pump. Now, people can see the problem for themselves. [New York Times]
Sailboat in Georgia (Credit: Luke Sharrett | The New York Times)
- The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is losing a race to the top of mountains throughout the Western United States, putting future generations in peril, researchers said. Climate change is warming its territory, giving a competitive edge to another species. [The Columbian]
- “Will Hurricane Harvey Launch a New Kind of Climate Lawsuit?” • Scientists can now link “acts of God” to climate change. Researchers are getting good at determining how much humans have weighted the dice. The field of “extreme event attribution” could give victims the power to hold someone accountable, say lawyers. [Inside Science News Service]
- The European Marine Energy Centre has produced hydrogen gas using electricity generated from tidal energy in Orkney, Scotland. This is the first time that hydrogen has been created from tidal energy. Tidal turbines fed power into an electrolyzer, which used the electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. [The Maritime Executive]
- A coalition of environmentalists, clergy and solar and wind energy companies launched a campaign calling for half of Maryland’s electricity to come from renewable sources. A policy adopted last year requires that renewable energy account for 25% of the state’s electricity portfolio by 2020. The new campaign calls for 50% by 2030. [Baltimore Sun]
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September 14 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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