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“It was renewables that did it!” That was the headline after Spain’s blackout on April 28. But the official report published today points to other factors: chain reaction of overvoltages led to cascading generation disconnections. Human error played a big role too. media.licdn.com/dms/document...

submitted 3 hours ago • 11 comments

Even if your child won't *die* from measles, you probably do not want them to get it. @scientificdiscovery.dev's latest article on the non-fatal health effects of the disease: ourworldindata.org/measles-incr...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Our latest fact brief: Q: "Was 1934 the hottest year in the global record?" A: "1934 was a particularly hot year in the contiguous United States, but not globally exceptional. Worldwide, 1934 was a relatively cooler year [...]" sks.to/gfb-1934?utm... All fact briefs sks.to/gfb?utm-sour...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Understanding these "six truths" - it's real, it's us, experts agree, it's bad, others care, and there's hope - predicts pro-climate attitudes and support for climate policies, @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social finds. In particular, (see next post) ...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Almost everyone: "Electric cars are too expensive and are all SUVs. We need smaller, cheaper ones." *BYD launches new compact, high-quality electric car in the UK at £18,000* BBC: No, not like that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

Surging output from solar farms has led to a rare decline in fossil fuel power production in India, and is setting the stage for a potential drop in annual coal-fired power output in the world's second-largest coal consumer. Reuters’ ROI column by @gavinjmaguire.bsky.social‬: reut.rs/4l2OPnh

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

submitted 8 days ago • 111 comments

If you think he's mad now, wait until he finds out the resale price for Teslas.

submitted 11 days ago • 613 comments

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

submitted 12 days ago • 644 comments

Greece is turning its back on coal and replacing it with solar and wind. Today's data insight: ourworldindata.org/data-insight... Data from @ember-energy.org.

submitted 16 days ago • 25 comments

how it started / how it's going

submitted 16 days ago • 17 comments

From #Arctic ti #Florida! The #Copernicus #Sentinel5p Aerosol map of May 31st shows the huge plume of smoke from the #canadafires. #Airquality #Canada #ClimateEmergency

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Gold standard science

submitted 19 days ago • 90 comments

Accurate

submitted 21 days ago • 159 comments

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

submitted 29 days ago • 262 comments