Golf Courses Battle Environment
A new popularity of golf means more golf course. They use large amounts of water.They use chemicals for greens and fairways. They often displace local ecosystems.
A new popularity of golf means more golf course. They use large amounts of water.They use chemicals for greens and fairways. They often displace local ecosystems.
Ford is coming out with a new small EV pickup called the “Fathom” EV. Sales are supposed to help the environment. However, EV pickup sales have been a disaster. Look at the F-150 Lightning and Tesla Cybertruck
Most years, if there is a big fire in the US, help would come from Canada. It also worked the other way around. Cooperation across Europe faces the same problem. Firefighters are too busy fighting fires in their own countries.
There have already been 45,000 wildfires in the US this year. That’s a record. It’s driven by 100-degree F temperatures drought.
German giant RWE has entered into a deal under which the Interior Department will pay it $1.2 billion to give up offshore leases. Trump has cut several of these deals. Offshore wind was supposed to serve electricity to huge numbers of houses.
AI data centers have become a huge flashpoint. Over 500 ordinances are in place to stop their construction. The fight is now a major one in some states, counties, and cities. It’s a big election debate.
Transportation is among the largest contributors to greenhouse gases in the world. Some of the largest boats are cargo ships. The plan is to outfit some of them with clean nuclear engines.
A new AP poll asks whether extreme heat has hit their daily lives. Electricity prices are at the top of the problems. Outdoor exercise is important. But near the top is how the heat affects their pets. Wildfires, fire damage, and wildfire smoke are nowhere to be found.
People in NYC like to boat, swim, and fish inside the city. Sewage runoff hurts that, and the city has no solution
US wildfires have burned more than five million acres this year. And heat and drought are still spreading.
The temperature in South Korea is at a 122-year high. It has killed over a dozen people. It joins Europe and the US as extreme heat hot spots.
Almost 50% of Americans want to block the growth of AI data centers. They worry about electricity prices. But the chain of events goes beyond that. Many data centers are powered by fossil fuels. Less demand means lower use of these.
So far this year, America has had 45,000 wildfires. That is a record for this time of year. It’s mostly because of record drought and record high temperatures.
Bloomberg forecasts huge wildfires aren’t over. Three reasons. One, drought contributes to spread. Two, there are more 100-degree days. Third, total acres burned are well below the annual average
The largest wildfire is not in Europe or near Spokane. It is in the Unorganized Thunder Bay District in Ontario and has burned 800,000 acres. It is an example of how government does not bother to make an investment in ending fires far from populations
The No.1 pollution problem with data centers is water use. It can reach five million gallons a day at big centers. Much of the water evaporates. Some can absorb chemicals. A new system in use at some centers recycles water in a closed-loop system. If it scales, the environmental damage of data centers would drop…
There is an effort in Brazil to use macauba palm trees to create biofuels to run jet engines. It isn’t just a theory. Investments in the process have hit $3 billion.
The U.S Drought Monitor shows that 80% of America has some level of drought. In about a third of the country, that drought is severe. If there is one reason for the high number of acres burned, it is that.
A new study shows that Tampa is among the 15 American cities where buyers have an advantage over sellers. The primary reason is excess inventory. One reason is that major hurricanes have hit areas around the city. That damages homes and drives up insurance rates.
According to GasBuddy, gas prices are at an all-time high for this year, at about $4,10 for a gallon of regular nationwide. People tend to shop for hybrids and EVs when this happens
The latest count is that there have been over 44,000 wildfires in the US this year. That is a record. Some are small. Others are huge, like those near Spokane