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Baltimore Sun features an academic warning that climate change must be factored into rebuilding Key Bridge: ‘How does this bridge withstand climate change?’

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/27/how-long-to-rebuild-key-bridge/ How long will it take to rebuild the Key Bridge following its collapse? Excerpt: Natalie M. Scala, an associate professor at Towson University who directs the graduate program in supply chain management, said any “prudent bridge discussion” should include thinking about how the world will change over the next century, especially concerning how sea […]

Distracted By Climate Change? Former Trump Transportation Official Weighs in on Bridge Collapse

Former Trump administration U.S. Dept of Transportation General Counsel & acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation Steve Bradbury: “Some of these agencies, their attention has been diverted to some extent to other policy goals like climate change, like social justice, equity, and that goes for the Coast Guard. It goes for the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Secretary Pete Buttigieg, etc.

International organizations are involved here too, and they are focused on climate change. It really makes you wonder whether some of these disasters at some point might be affected by that shift in focus, that shift in prioritization. Again, safety and security of infrastructure, that needs to be mission No. 1 and No. 2. … That’s top priority for Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, etc.”

Study: ‘Climate change is messing with how we measure time’ – ‘Affecting Earth’s rotation…& how we keep track of time’

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-climate-messing.html by Daniel Lawler and Juliette Collen Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world’s timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation—and in turn, how we keep track of time. In a strange twist, global warming could even help out timekeepers by […]

STOP THE PRESSES! TIME Mag. Reveals the 2024 TIME Earth Awards – Honorees include John Kerry & Jane Fonda – Mag Praises ‘Leaders Working to Save the Planet’ 

TIME COVER: THE EARTH AWARDS  Jane Fonda’s Next Act + Leaders Working to Save the Planet  On Sale Friday, March 29 TIME journalists are available for interviews. ——————————————- Today, TIME reveals the 2024 TIME Earth Awards honorees, ​​recognizing individuals influencing the future of the planet through their work on climate justice, awareness, and activism. The 2024 […]

Floating Offshore Wind Projects Will Squander Hundreds of Billions of Dollars – ‘Will be the biggest waste of money ever imposed on the backs of working Californians’

Floating Offshore Wind Projects Will Squander Hundreds of Billions of Dollars By Edward Ring In December 2022, after years of planning, the U.S. Dept. of the Interior sold rights to develop offshore wind in five lease areas off the California coast. Five companies submitted successful bids, paying a total of $757 million for development rights. These leases […]

Baltimore bridge collapse will block coal exports from U.S.’s 2nd-largest coal-exporting port

Via Nexus news:  https://newsletter.climatenexus.org/20240327-private-fossil-lending-key-bridge-collapse-sunrise-wind Baltimore Bridge Collapse Will Block Coal Exports: The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Tuesday could block as much as 2.5 million tons of coal exports from the country’s second-largest coal-exporting port over up to six weeks, but the disruption will have little impact on global prices. Most of the coal […]

Whale of a lawsuit threatens to swallow up Biden green energy agenda – Lawsuit Asserts VA Virginia Offshore Wind project would threaten the North Atlantic right whale

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/whale-lawsuit-threatens-swallow-up-biden-green-energy-agenda By Fred Lucas Fox News A federal lawsuit pits green energy against saving endangered whales, as three conservative groups are suing the Biden administration to stop what they say would be the largest wind energy project in the world. The Virginia Offshore Wind project could cause significant harm to the North Atlantic right whale, according to the 61-page complaint in […]

We’re Saved! CNBC: ‘World’s first-ever global emissions tax takes a step closer to reality’ – UN seeks ‘decarbonizing shipping’ via ‘climate regulation of the shipping industry’ – ‘A universal greenhouse gas price’

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/22/worlds-first-ever-global-emissions-tax-takes-a-step-closer-to-reality.html By Sam Meredith The International Maritime Organization held its latest round of negotiations to discuss how to move forward on the climate regulation of the shipping industry. Campaigners said growing support for the world’s first-ever global emissions levy meant it was now more likely to be adopted by the IMO next year. “The UN […]