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Hurricanes Helene and Milton Further Proof We’re Not Ready for Fossil Fuel-Caused Climate Change  

Union of Concerned Scientists

The hurricane went from a Category 1 hurricane to a Category 5 hurricane in just 18 hours, making it the second fastest strengthening storm in Atlantic recorded history after Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Why are the oceans so warm and fueling this rapid intensification?

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Optimizing Energy Efficiency: The Benefits of Microgrids, PPAs and CHP

Environment + Energy Leader

In the aftermath of major power outages, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the interest in microgrids increased significantly as a way to provide critical infrastructure and services with reliable and resilient power during emergencies.

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Our Satellite Database Reaches a Milestone. We’ve Learned Much Along the Way

Union of Concerned Scientists

We began this project in 2005, when we realized there was a significant lack of accurate and public data of this kind. We’ve tracked changes in space for nearly two decades Back in 2005, we counted 810 actively working satellites; almost exactly half of these were owned by the United States.

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Optimizing Energy Efficiency: The Benefits of Microgrids, PPAs and CHP

Environment + Energy Leader

In the aftermath of major power outages, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the interest in microgrids increased significantly as a way to provide critical infrastructure and services with reliable and resilient power during emergencies.

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Has Gasoline Use in California Peaked?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Despite adding six million more passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs to the roads over the last 10 years, California’s gasoline consumption has dropped over two billion gallons from its peak in 2005. Gasoline use per person has also fallen, from 445 gallons per year per person in 2005, to under 350 gallons per year per person in 2024.

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WMO: Update on 2023/4 Anomalies

Real Climate

The impacts of East Asian SO 2 emission changes (which have dropped precipitously since ~2005) are noticeable in the global mean trends, but because they have been relatively smooth, the impact on the 2023/4 residuals is small. A number of things stand out.

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Registration Open! Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 11-12

PA Environment Daily

Since 2005, the goal of this biennial Summit has been to bring together scientists, managers, restoration practitioners, and educators from different sectors to share the latest scientific information, network, and make ecological linkages that promote a better understanding of the watershed as a whole.

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