Discourse for all interested in all things air-quality related
The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) came to a conclusion on Nov. 20, 2022 after convening for a total of 14 days. If global warming is to be limited to a 1.5 degree Celsius rise by the end of the century compared to what the global mean surface temperature was when the Industrial Revolution … Read more
The below Nov. 20, 2022 press release is from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 closed today with a breakthrough agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. “This outcome moves us forward,” said Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change … Read more
Without technology – and innovation right alongside that – where would we be? Well, we all know the answer: the Stone Age. And, perhaps not even that advanced. What technology has done in large part is give humanity a tool through which society, life can move forward if not thrive, technologically developmentally. And, that’s exactly … Read more
Revised data shows California reached its GHG emissions-reduction goal in 2014; not in 2016, as previously thought. The change was explained in the California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board’s “2020 saw steepest drop in carbon pollution due to the pandemic,” Oct. 26, 2022 news release as follows: “[T]he 2022 Edition of the [Global Warming … Read more
I gotta tell you: I’ve seen some weird things in my day not the least of which was freakishly strange weather. How weather-strange was this? A 1960s rain befuddler Well, for starters – meaning witnessing my first freakish weather occurrence – when this happened, I had to be in my teens. I happened to be … Read more
The below Oct. 27, 2022 press release is from the United Nations Environment Programme.* As intensifying climate impacts across the globe hammer home the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall rapidly, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris [Agreement] goals, with … Read more
So, what’s it like to listen to frontlines climate-change reporters give their views on climate-change matters? It isn’t every day that we get to hear accounts from these specialists in the field of climate reporting, climate journalism. Well, for all those who tuned into last evening’s televised PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) broadcast of “Burning Questions: … Read more
The below is from the Oct. 12, 2022 press release from the Center for Biological Diversity.* A federal judge approved a legal agreement today requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to update measures protecting the environment from soot, sulfur and nitrogen air pollution by Dec. 10, 2024. “Under this agreement, the EPA can no longer skirt … Read more
Fallout: That’s nasty stuff. Well, that’s exactly what we’re talking about with wind-blown toxic lakebed dust. And, if that weren’t enough, conditions are being exacerbated by the effects of a changing climate. In order to fully understand what’s on the line here, we need to understand both the problem and its extent. Because of climate change coupled … Read more
Just to be clear, air condition is not to be confused with air conditioning, which refers to or implies, enclosed-environment temperature and humidity reduction. Air condition, as used here, has to do with the condition or state air is in, as in whether the air is pure or impure, for instance. Okay, so now that … Read more