Miami Herald: After Hurricane Milton, a growing risk: Flooded electric cars going up in flames – ‘Water and the ion batteries do not mix, and they literally explode’

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1s1bLC by Ashley Miznazi As emergency crews respond in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton over the next few days, they’ll have to deal with a lot of dangers in the damage along the Gulf Coast — downed power lines, unstable ruins, leaking natural gas tanks and pipe lines, chemical spills and more. There is one […]

Newsweek column: ‘Milton’s Landing: Big Oil Must Pay for Massive Storm Damage’ – Likens energy companies to ‘a Bond villain’ who ‘had pushed a killer hurricane button to create such a lethal storm’

https://www.newsweek.com/miltons-landing-big-oil-must-pay-massive-storm-damage-opinion-1966615 By Aaron Regunberg – (Aaron Regunberg is a former Democratic state legislator and senior climate policy counsel at Public Citizen.) Excerpt: Violent weather, storms, deluges, the fragility of civilization—for countless families in Florida, Georgia, western North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, these predictions have become reality. Hurricane Helene was a cataclysm of nightmarish scale. […]

Politico: ‘Will Milton move the climate needle?’ – Claims ‘disinformation is…further entrenching political opposition to climate action’

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2024/10/10/will-milton-move-the-climate-needle-00183225 By ARIANNA SKIBELL Hurricane Milton stunned meteorologists and climate scientists with its ferocity. But disinformation is threatening to cloud the public’s understanding of the science while further entrenching political opposition to climate action. Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm about 50 miles south of Tampa. It knocked out power to […]

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Presents Master Class on Hurricane Milton & Climate Misinformation

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Presents Master Class on Hurricane Milton and Climate Misinformation By James Taylor The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MJS) shamefully attempted to cash in on Hurricane Milton as the storm ravaged the Florida coast, spreading false assertions and misinformation to further its aggressive climate change agenda. Presenting a Master Class on deception and sensationalism, the MJS […]

YouGov survey: The Clean Energy Transition’s Voter Problem: They’re just not that interested

https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-clean-energy-transitions-voter By Roger Pielke Jr. and Ruy Teixeira Excerpt: Findings from a new YouGov survey When presented with a choice among three options—a rapid green energy transition, an “all of the above” energy policy, and emphasizing fossil fuels—American voters across demographics and partisanship strongly prefer an “all of the above” approach to energy policy including oil, gas, […]