This map shows anomalous U.S. methane emissions (or how much the emissions differ from average background concentrations) for 2003 to 2009, as measured by the European Space Agency's SCIAMACHY instrument. The Four Corners area [circled]—the area where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet—is the only red spot on the map.
Emissions from methane (natural gas) are replacing emissions from coal, but not petroleum (source; click to enlarge).by Gaius PubliusMethane ("America's clean natural gas") is being touted and sold as the "bridge fuel" from carbon emissions from all sources, including oil. In fact, methane is turning out to be a bridge fuel away from coal only.
It will now take one of these — large, dark and next to impossible to find — to keep our species from a rendezvous with Exxon's mandated future. Welcome to the post-Sanders-endorsement-of-Clinton world. by Gaius PubliusIn keeping with the theme of the week — Sanders' pivot to endorsing Clinton, the Democratic Party's "pivot" to supporting TPP — I'm going to pivot from the scripted faux-drama of the prologue to the next four years ... to climate.
Graphic showing global warming from 1850–2016. Notice the rapid outward spiral near the end (source).by Gaius PubliusA climate note, to add some perspective to the "very encouraging" or "just in the margins" changes to the Democratic platform, as you prefer to see them.
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Monthly mean global surface temperature since 1996 (source; my annotation; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI know most of us in the current generation of Americans expect the climate to deteriorate, from a livability standpoint, at some reasonably slow rate over the next century or more.
A Hillary gaffe last week has set off an environmental hell-storm for her campaign.
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