Eat your heart out, Trump and your recidivist Repugnican sycophants…
Climate Denial Crock of the Week
We are watching giant, coal-heavy, Rust Belt utilities pivot hard away from fossil fuels and towards renewables, and efficiency.
My jaw was on the floor after I interviewed Jessica Woycehoski, a forecaster for Consumer’s Energy, Michigan’s largest utility, and one I know well. Below, summary of a speech by her boss, Patti Poppe.
Simply by running the numbers, Utility execs are getting that renewables aren’t just a good idea, like eating more Kale – but the only way they can compete and survive going forward.
In a speech this week to a large, business-friendly crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Consumers Energy President and CEO Patti Poppe presented an economic case for solar power, electric vehicles and moving past coal.
The company closed seven Michigan coal plants in 2016, cutting carbon emissions 25 percent without hurting its workforce. As the company focuses on solar in the coming years…
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There’s almost more plastic in the ocean than fish.
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True that. I read somewhere that the oceans will be empty of fish before another decade. Speaking of plastics, these polymers come from all those things that contribute to climate change, and I get the feeling that as less crude is needed to fuel transportation, more will be funneled into increased plastic production. It wouldn’t surprise me that more ocean life is killed and poisoned by plastics than by over-fishing.
Copy: “Plastics, also called polymers, are produced by the conversion of natural products or by the synthesis from primary chemicals generally coming from oil, natural gas, or coal. Most plastics are based on the carbon atom.
[Search domain plastics.americanchemistry.com/How-Plastics-Are-Made/] https://plastics.americanchemistry.com/How-Plastics-Are-Made/
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