Category Archives: cliamate mitigation

Opposing Canadian hydropower, an opposition which supports local renewables?

Posted on 5 October 2020 by ecoquant

Ilana Cohen of the Pulitzer prize-winning Inside Climate News reports how some environmental activists in northern New England are concerned about the progress of tapping Canadian hydropower to feed the electrical needs of New England. Opposition is also voiced by … Continue reading →

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“On the road again …”

Posted on 4 November 2019 by ecoquant

Suggested citation: Davis, Lucas. “Electrification? We Are Already On The Way“, Berkeley Haas Energy Institute Blog.​ Even without environmental incentives, the United States has moved towards greater electrification. Note, however, that Massachusetts is not numbered amongst the Enlightened.

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How quickly temperature barriers are breached!

Posted on 19 September 2019 by ecoquant

This is from the Economist‘s special issue this week on climate disruption. What’s striking is how quickly delay in substantial action takes us from +1.5C to +2C tp +2.5C to +3C, and it’s almost independent of how much we cut, … Continue reading →

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