QUICK NEWS, March 13: It’s Official – Feds Find Humans Are Causing Climate To Drastically Change; New Energy Is Winning In The Free Market; Big $$$ Goes To MA Ocean Wind Jobs
It’s Official – Feds Find Humans Are Causing Climate To Drastically Change The government is nearly done with a major report on climate change. Trump isn’t going to like it
Chris Mooney, March 12, 2018 (Washington Post)
“The country’s top independent scientific advisory body has largely approved a major climate report being prepared by scientists within the Trump administration — suggesting that another key government document could soon emerge that contradicts President Trump’s skepticism about climate change and humans’ role in driving it…The U.S. National Academies on Monday released a public peer review of a draft document called the U.S. National Climate Assessment, a legally required report that is being produced by the federal Global Change Research Program…The final version is expected later this year…[The process highlights how despite the changing political context] technical government studies of climate science continue…The report, 1,506 pages long in draft form, says U.S. temperatures will rise markedly in coming decades, accompanied by many other attendant effects. It predicts that Northeastern fisheries will be stressed by warmer ocean waters, that the Southeast will suffer from worsening water shortages, that worse extreme-weather events will tax water and other types of infrastructure, and far more…” click here for more
New Energy Is Winning In The Free Market Is The Corporate Demand For Solar Energy Stronger Than Trump's Tariffs?
Ken Silverstein, March 12, 2018 (Forbes)
“…[The corporate push for renewables may be] more powerful than current federal policies and especially just-imposed solar tariffs…[Their] efforts that have not escaped even the most cynical politicians…While the movement started with Silicon Valley’s tech giants like Amazon and Apple, it has now gained a lot of traction among major retailers like CostCo., Wal-Mart and Target. And companies long a part of the American fabric are also active…[like] General Motors and General Mills…Building up the brand to appeal to environmentally-aware consumers is one reason. But so too is economics and free markets: Indeed, wind costs have fallen by 67% since 2009 while utility-scale solar has dropped by 86% since that time…Santa Barbara-based Wiser Capital has said that 83% of the small-to-mid-size company managers that it surveyed will be investing in solar energy projects by 2020…[PriceWaterhouseCoopers found 72% of surveyed companies] are pursuing renewables…[O]ne thing will remain a constant no matter who occupies the White House — the free market, which is led by consumer demand and economic opportunities. And that will eventually trump the current obstacles…” click here for more
Big $$$ Goes To MA Ocean Wind Jobs Vineyard Wind to develop nation-leading offshore wind labor pool in Massachusetts
Michelle Froese, March 12, 2018 (Windpower Engineering)
“…Vineyard Wind’s $2 million Wind Workforce initiative will recruit, mentor, and train local, Massachusetts residents for high-skills careers in the offshore wind industry. The program, which will be undertaken in partnership with vocational schools, community colleges, and other local organizations, is part of Vineyard Wind’s proposal to construct a large, utility-scale wind energy project off the coast of Massachusetts…[and support the Massachusetts legislature’s goal to make the state the nation’s leading center for offshore wind farm development…[It is expected that development] of offshore wind will bring billions of dollars of private investment into Massachusetts, helping to diversify and grow the region’s economy through modernization of local ports, new services such as transport vessels, ongoing research offshore, and skilled workforce training…Vineyard Wind’s proposal to construct an 800MW wind farm approximately 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard includes plans for up to 3,600 new jobs, including 1,000 new hires before 2022…” click here for more
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