Discourse for all interested in all things air-quality related
WMO’s State of the Global Climate report confirmed that 2024 was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, with a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13°C above the 1850-1900 average. This is the warmest year in the 175-year observational record. WMO’s flagship report showed that: Atmospheric … Read more
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Today [Mar. 14, 2025] the Bureau of Land Management helped Unleash American Energy by approving the Sapphire gen-tie transmission line and facilities project on approximately 40 acres of public lands in eastern Riverside County. EDF Renewables Development, Inc., is authorized to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission a transmission line and … Read more
Well, the results are in. The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) released its Traffic Volume Trends: December 2024 report. The report doesn’t just provide traffic trend information for the 12th month of last year, but data for the entire year as well as for … Read more
For those who have been following closely, a major upgrade to my home’s master bathroom was performed. The work took three weeks (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) to complete. The reno (short for renovation) started with the vanity and countertop being ripped out, the shower tiles and curb (or what the new shower glass installer called … Read more
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2025 – The American Clean Power Association (ACP) today released its Snapshot of Clean Power in 2024, a preview of the upcoming full Clean Power Annual Market Report that shows a dominant year for clean energy in 2024. The data from ACP demonstrates an industry entering a new chapter with incredible momentum. … Read more
Since the time records regarding the changes in the average temperature at the Earth’s surface first started being kept beginning in year 1850 or thereabouts, the global mean surface temperature has risen 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit or 1.5 degrees Celsius. Science backs that up with fact. What is more difficult to prove is whether or not … Read more
He says California high-speed rail should be started anew, in effect. The “he” in this case, being KTLA columnist and consumer advocate David Lazarus. Okay, so how would one go about — or propose doing — that? Lazarus didn’t say. What he did say, on the other hand, in an on-air commentary, was that, basically, … Read more
AMHERST, Mass. — In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural “carbon sinks:” those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they release. While scientists have long known that coastal salt marshes are just such a sink for “blue carbon,” or carbon … Read more
Several months ago an under-the-bathroom-sink water leak did extensive damage to one part of the house. At first the leak was small and was coming from the angle stop that controls the flow of hot water to the faucet above. When I went to try to shut off (close) the valve by rotating the handhold … Read more
The world’s electricity consumption is forecast to rise at its fastest pace in recent years, growing at close to 4% annually through 2027 as power use climbs in a range of sectors across the economy, according to a new IEA report released today. Electricity 2025, the latest edition of the IEA’s main market analysis of … Read more