Weather Extremes and Carbon Emissions....a Tighter Link

Yes the link between slowly rising global temperatures and weather extremes has been postulated by many scientists and concerned alike, now the scientific community is coming together to say, YES, this is a cause and effect happening due to our steadily increasing carbon emissions.

For more details, see the NY Times article: 
New Study Links Weather Extremes to Global Warming

45th Anniversary of Earth Day

Yes, the first Earth Day was 45 years ago. I wonder what happened to the early, very positive acceptance and impact Earth Day had??? Maybe making money and staying elected got in the way?

Link to above NASA photo and article.

Carbon Capture and Storage...CCS

I have always been skeptical of this approach to reducing carbon emissions, because it has to obey the laws of thermodynamics, and hence will be very expensive to carry out, even with unique carbon capture schemes. But if one gets right to the heart of doing it as efficiently as thermodynamically possible...well maybe it will be a viable solution for reducing carbon emissions, especially from coal fired power plants.

So here is a link to the best lead I have seen to achieve this:
ATMI-Brightblack

Large Scale Battery Storage of Electricity

This is a highly desirable approach to making solar and wind power generation key players in low carbon emissions power generation. When the sun sets, or when the wind does not blow, these two forms of power generation are of little or no value. But if the electricity generated when the sun shines, or the wind blows, could be stored and used later, then we have a means of consistent wind and solar power supply.

Large efficient batteries can achieve this, and some are being built for just such a purpose...... And still more efficient batteries are being developed. For details on what is in the works, read Gates, Pritzkers Take on Musk in $5 Billion Race for Battery Storage

Youths in Action to Minimize Climate Change...with recent Yale student action

When our youngest citizens get it right about climate change.....AND TAKE ACTION....
I think maybe our Earth...... and the Life on it....... might have a chance.

So from Forbes, an encouraging article titled: Why Teenagers Are Suing States Over Climate Change

UPDATE...........And from 350.org about Yale students tackling climate change:
"On April 9th, a group of 19 students with Fossil Free Yale were arrested for refusing to leave a university building."

And one more link you may not have caught from the previous link:
Fossil Free USA