May 30, 2020
INTRODUCTIONThe COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. This is defined as when an infectious disease passes easily from person to person in many parts of the world at the same time.The material in this blog comes from two BBC News articles dated May 28 … More “COVID-19: deaths and reopening”
If the world is serious about reducing greenhouse gases, the fossil fuel industry is the place to start. Fossil energies provide 83% of the world’s energy and 73% of the world’s greenhouse gases. The oil and gas industry alone provides 57% of the world’s energy and 50% of the world’s greenhouse gases. Read the full article here.
The world can address greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in a few different ways. The direct way is by reducing fossil fuel production, the main source of emissions at 75% of global GHG.
The consensus of scientists who study the atmosphere and climate is that current levels of man-made greenhouse gases (GHG) are large enough to produce serious disruption of the climate. READ MORE
In a 2021 General Motors Superbowl ad with Will Ferrell, the comedian punches his fist through Norway’s location on a globe. The commercial took potshots at Norway because its number of electric vehicles (EVs) per capita far exceeded those in the United States. Read the full article here.
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