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Michigan is betting $7.5M on a buried clean fuel that burns like gas but emits only water—and it could slash emissions from trucking and steel.
Read more → https://grist.org/energy/michigan-invests-7-5m-to-find-out-if-its-sitting-on-a-clean-energy-gold-mine/
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The secret to a better grid? #ElectricVehicles.
Despite fearmongering that #EVs will crash the #grid, an emerging technology will help them support it by providing backup power. #Grist article. #Energy #Environment #Renewables #Respiratory #CleanAir #Solar #Wind
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Seeing fewer #fireflies this year? Here’s why, and how you can help.
Fireflies are vulnerable to #ClimateChange and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between #Grist and #BPR, a #PublicRadio station serving western #NorthCarolina.
Katie Myers Regional Reporter, #Appalachia, July 11, 2025
Excerpt: "Basham and Jacobs have a few other tips for helping fireflies thrive. You don’t need to be a scientist to help protect fireflies. In fact, the biggest difference comes from how we care for our own #backyards. Here are a few things Basham and Jacobs recommend:
- Turn off your #PorchLights. Fireflies are incredibly sensitive to #ArtificialLight, and it can confuse them.
- Ditch the manicured lawn and embrace #NativePlants. In addition to being easier to care for, they suit the local environment and conserve water.
- Leave some leaves behind when you rake in the fall. They’re a great place for fireflies to find food, stay cool, and lay eggs.
- Plant shrubs, tufting grasses, and other, large plants. These can shelter fireflies during rainstorms and other severe weather.
- If you spot fireflies, jot down when and where you saw them and add your observations to citizen science databases like iNaturalist, Firefly Watch, or Firefly Atlas to help scientists collect data."Even among those who study fireflies, the thrill of spotting them remains magical. Lower has made many excursions to the southern #AppalachianMountains to find the famous, ethereal 'blue ghosts.' Rather than flicker, the insects emit a continuous bluish-green glow. 'You walk into the pitch black woods and at first you can’t really see anything right because your eyes are getting used to the darkness,' Lower said. 'But eventually you start to see all these dim glows.' "
#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience #FireflyConservation #LessLawns #Rewilding #HabitatLoss #Insects #Nature #LeaveTheLeaves #DarkSkies #TurnOffTheLights #ConservingNature
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Banning Private Jets and Going to a 4-Day Work Week Are Radical – and Popular
https://gizmodo.com/banning-private-jets-and-going-to-a-4-day-work-week-are-1851221050
#ycombinator #Karl_Marx #Tim_Jackson #Greta_Thunberg #A_Karl_Marx #Grist #Ecological_economics #Capitalism #Environmental_economics #McDonald_s #Schools_of_economic_thought #Economic_growth #Post_capitalism #Kohei_Saito #Jeremy_Corbyn #Environment #Green_politics #Anti_capitalism #Degrowth #Economic_inequality #iPhone #Jason_Hickel #Socialism #Gizmodo -
The Intercept and Grist begin release of 50 #TigerSwan documents
by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 14, 2023
"The #Intercept and #Grist began releasing new TigerSwan spy documents in new coverage of the mercenaries hired by the #DakotaAccess Pipeline. They now have 50,000 TigerSwan documents, and another 9,000 are held up in the court battle for now. The documents reveal TigerSwan spying on #WaterProtectors at #StandingRock in #NorthDakota, Bold Iowa, and at other locations.
"[Murdered] #Pauite #journalist, drone #activist and filmmaker #MyronDewey was among those that TigerSwan spied on and stalked at Standing Rock..."
#WaterIsLife #NoDAPL #IndigenousNews #Blackwater #ErikPrinceRead more: https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-intercept-after-spying-on-standing.html