Terry Tremwel, PhD, MBA

@tremwel.bsky.social

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Proudest of our ER Doctor son and solar projects we led at Good Shepherd Lutheran Fayetteville, AR, Grace Community Fort Smith & OMNI Center in Fayetteville

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Still marveling at Gorsuch's Ohio v. EPA opinion, in which he confused nitrogen oxide (a pollutant) with nitrous oxide (laughing gas). He did this five times, never once getting it right—in an opinion overruling the EPA's own expert scientific analysis! s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

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How does the "sea-level rise" adaptation strategy of Managed Retreat transfer to enhanced-wildfires adaptation, or does it even? Two experts discuss pros & cons of managed retreat as a response to wildfire with @PPIC. www.ppic.org/blog/does-ma...

Does Managed Retreat Make Sense in Wildfire-Prone Lands?www.ppic.org The concept of “managed retreat” originated in coastal areas that are dealing with sea level rise. Now, the term is increasingly used in discussions around wildfire—but does that make sense? We asked ...

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The global sale of ICE cars peaked in 2018. They are now losing market share to EVs. That translates into less fossil fuel consumption and lower emissions from light transportation vehicles. 🧪🔌💡

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Yet another tick upward for the 12-month running mean global temperature (updated through June 2024)... Graphic from zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

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Jesse D. Jenkins

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Supreme Court overturns FERC solar approval after Chevron’s demisewww.eenews.net The case is considered an important precedent for renewable energy under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).

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#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through June 2024, which was unusually warm + Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 45/46=coldest (blue) + Download visual: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

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Burning coal is the most dirty, polluting, and inefficient way to get electricity. As early as 1306, Edward I banned Londoners from burning it, due to its noxious smog. So which countries are phasing it out the fastest now? Greece and the UK lead the way! Source: www.wri.org/insights/cou...

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Never stops making me mad every time I see it: if we had begun the process of eliminating fossil fuels in the 1990s, it would've been a relatively shallow curve. Climate deniers and delayers have put us in a position where the same temp limits require a cliff-like drop in emissions.

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The mean global sea surface temperature averaged over the last three months was the highest on record relative to any other March to May period... Data from NOAA ERSSTv5: psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...

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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.

Humans share the same fate as other animals.

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Hello Australia - it is #ShowYourStripes day! Visit showyourstripes.info to download simple, stark graphics that highlight how your climate has warmed over the past century or so. Share them to start conversations about climate change. It's time for action.

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If only we had detailed information telling us the climate is changing far faster than any time in human history... ...and if only we had an unambiguous physical explanation for why those changes have occurred... ...then some politicians would still deny any problem exists.

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if there’s any issue on which “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” applies to Biden it’s climate - the IRA has been a tremendous success beyond all expectations and the news on the renewable energy front is excellent depressing to see it lumped in with issues on which he’s actually bad

Hochul’s decision to kill congestion pricing was horrible but seeing a story about Gen Z influencers abandoning Biden over climate policy makes me think pols have absorbed the lesson that lowering emissions just doesn't pay off politically - you make enemies and proponents won't be satisfied.

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Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, The Inflation Reduction Act, & the CHIPS & Science Act are HUGE climate wins — they have started a clean energy transition & will double the amount of clean energy & emissions reductions we have by 2030. It’s the biggest thing ever. Now we need to do it again.

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Exciting news to share - y'all know I like to rattle on about the intersection of climate science and climate risk. Well, now I'm going to do it sitting on the Science Advisory Board for NOAA! Excited to lend my nerd brain to the problem of driving climate information into decision-making.

Dr. Kelly Hereid - NOAA Science Advisory Boardsab.noaa.gov Dr. Kelly Hereid Director of Catastrophe R&D Kelly Hereid, Ph.D., CCRMP, is the Director of Catastrophe R&D at Liberty Mutual in the Corporate Enterprise Risk Management group, with over 10 years of e...

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Summary of May globally, featuring the end of El Niño and another slew of heat records: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/may-...

May 2024: Earth's 12th-consecutive warmest month on record » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org The year 2024 is being given a 50-75% chance of surpassing 2023 as Earth's warmest year on record.

From 2019 to 2022: "All told, the emission reductions from SO2 and NOx provided $249bn of climate and health benefits to the US, the authors found – a figure Millstein said he found was “noteworthy”." There were considerable health benefits. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Increasing use of renewable energy in US yields billions of dollars of benefitswww.theguardian.com New study published in Cell Reports Sustainability finds emission reductions provided $249bn of climate and health benefits

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A new study says that due to an increase of around 55% in wind and solar generation between 2019 and 2022, air quality in the United States shot up and asthma risk fell. #ShareGoodNewsToo buff.ly/3Rh9C9Z

Increasing use of renewable energy in US yields billions of dollars of benefitsbuff.ly New study published in Cell Reports Sustainability finds emission reductions provided $249bn of climate and health benefits

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Katharine Hayhoe

The letter was organized by two of my (many) favourite UK colleagues, Emily Shuckburgh of Cambridge, and Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute at LSE. Here I am with Emily at Climate Week NYC, and that's Gail Whiteman from Exeter in the background. I am grateful for their leadership!

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Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their workwww.theguardian.com Groundbreaking new research also reports that 11% of surveyed have faced physical violence in their reporting

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Chris Bowen is pulling out of the Paris agreement too: just in a way that's less noticeable (and truly, even if it was more noticeable, everyone would still try to not notice) ketanjoshi.co/2024/06/02/a...

Australia’s land-use emissions data revisions are an engine of climate delayketanjoshi.co Australia keeps revising land-use emissions data in a way that allows for more burning of coal, oil and gas. The latest update is worse than ever.

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Banning or boycotting fossil-fuel ads would "hit oil companies where it hurts" by "removing one of the key cogs in Big Oil's climate denial & delay machine" - My take to The Guardian's @dharna.bsky.social on the UN Secretary General's call to ban fossil fuel ads. www.theguardian.com/media/articl...

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I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot: “The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are being poisoned every day, so why do we keep voting for more pollution? Ask a lobbyist | George Monbiotwww.theguardian.com The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Katharine Hayhoe

And no matter where we live, we’re all worried about climate change but we’re not talking about it: except in a circle of countries around Sweden, which I believe powerfully illustrates the catalyzing effect of just one young woman’s voice. If she can do it, can’t we all?

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I can't even choose which sentence to highlight in this very good piece......just go read the whole damn thing. Those who argue that we should actively sacrifice nature for the energy transition are parroting industry profit-protecting fatalism. It is entirely possible be fast + minimise damage.

A renewable energy transition that doesn’t harm nature? It’s not just possible, it’s essentialtheconversation.com Rapidly reaching net-zero is vital to avoiding the worst ravages of climate change. But doing so in a way that damages nature is self-defeating.

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"a sustainable future hinges on politics, not technology or science. Policymakers must now call out the fact that an industry facing obsolescence is distorting the market to try to shut out a superior competitor, clean energy." @andrewdessler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/o...

Opinion | Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplacewww.nytimes.com Fossil fuel interests are spreading misinformation that renewable energy is harmful, unreliable and worse for consumers.

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🚨 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels set a new *record high* in May 2024 - 426.90 ppm (seasonal max) "Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever..." + NOAA Press Release: noaa.gov/news-release...

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NYC's Independent Budget Office is steamed: "The sudden loss of this anticipated revenue coupled with the lack of any long-term financial alternative to support crucial improvements for tracks, signals, and cars, will complicate the long-term competitiveness of NYC" www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/pressrelease...