Frank Todd
Frank Todd
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"In part due to this statistics-driven view, reinsurers asserted that evermore frequent and damaging natural catastrophes are likely a consequence of man-made #climate change at an earlier stage than, for example, the IPCC, making them important translators of climate change knowledge"
Bookkeepers of catastrophes: The overlooked role of reinsurers in climate change debates
Global warming had long been discussed as an abstract matter of physics and chemistry. Only in the 1990s did the more tangible costs caused by natural…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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And then let's look at Tesla, the queen of all subsidies globally:

“The foundation for Musk’s financial success has been the US government,” said Daniel Ives, tech analyst for Wedbush Securities.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/b...
How much of Musk’s wealth comes from tax dollars and government help? | CNN Business
Elon Musk is the world’s richest person partly due to his companies’ impressive innovations. But his wealth is also due to government contracts and programs that affected his two main businesses – ele...
www.cnn.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?

“It’s still pretty much amateur hour in terms of assessing what actually happened,” says NASA's top climate scientist, Gavin Schmidt.

Things are behaving in a more erratic way...

e360.yale.edu/features/gav...

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?
Since early 2023, the world has seen a steep rise in temperatures that scientists are struggling to explain. Our contributor Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, ...
e360.yale.edu
November 22, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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Avaada Group commits $12B to transform Rajasthan into a global renewable energy hub with green #hydrogen and #ammonia investments.

#RenewableEnergy #GreenHydrogen #Solar #Decarbonise #H2 #CleanEnergy

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December 23, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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Our new paper in Energy and Climate Change discusses the equity aspects of nascent global value chains for
#hydrogen and its related green industries, with
@kmkennedy6.bsky.social & @energymorgan.bsky.social
Link: tinyurl.com/yrbapub3 👇🔌💡
As the global #hydrogen economy grows, how can nations share benefits and burdens equitably?
New research, led by @kmkennedy6.bsky.social, summarizes trends in national hydrogen strategies and develops recommendations to ensure equity is at the center of hydrogen development: doi.org/10.1016/j.eg...
December 13, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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Electric Hydrogen nabs $100 million in credit financing | Latitude Media #energysky www.latitudemedia.co...
Electric Hydrogen nabs $100 million in credit financing | Latitude Media
Four banks gave the electrolyzer manufacturing startup a vote of confidence, despite its having barely started production.
www.latitudemedia.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:32 AM
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The "anti-hydrogen fanatics" are mostly paid shills of dirty oil. Don't worry about what they say.
December 1, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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$500 billion in damage and economic loss estimated after destructive and unprecedented North Atlantic hurricane season

"For perspective, this would equate to nearly 2 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product"

www.accuweather.com/en/press/exc...
www.accuweather.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:50 PM
UN: 'The world is now on course for warming of 3.1C above pre-industrial levels, based on current policies. At about 3C of warming, NGFS says its updated model points to GDP losses of roughly 30%.' www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
Global GDP Seen Taking Much Bigger Climate Hit Than First Feared
The economic cost of climate change will likely be much more severe than previously feared, as fresh data informs models used to predict the most probable outcomes.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 AM