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Look, if anybody still wants to dispute the science around climate change, have at it. You’ll be pretty lonely...
—President Obama, speaking tonight during his final State of the Union address, calls out the dwindling number of climate deniers.
One of the nation’s biggest coal companies just filed for bankruptcy. -
Arch Coal, the second-largest coal supplier in the United States, is more than $4.5 billion in debt. New climate policies and an increase in natural gas use are making it difficult for the dirty fuel to survive. Think Progress
It’s not good enough for GM, but it’s good enough to shove down people’s throats?
—Gladyes Williamson, a former employee of General Motors, points out that the company stopped using Flint, Michigan’s water in October 2014 because it was too corrosive for engine parts. Flint residents, on the other hand, continued drinking the water—and all the lead that came with it—for another year.
Researchers are studying how to make aircraft more fuel efficient. -
Potential improvements may come in the form of better engines, aerodynamic modifications, and even radical new designs. Commercial aviation accounts for 2 percent of our carbon emissions, and with the worldwide fleet expected to double over the next 15 years, we can't afford for the industry to stay in a holding pattern. New York Times
You can’t focus, you can’t concentrate, you can’t learn.
—Eleven-year-old Cameron Michaels explains how the noxious smell from the Porter Ranch methane leak is disrupting nearby schools.
The thing we can’t keep doing is building suburban developments that don’t work.
—Sam Rashkin, chief architect at the U.S. Department of Energy, discusses how suburbs depend on excessive energy and pollution to maintain their trademark monotony. The DOE ’s Solar Decathlon competition is challenging architects to design diverse houses that work with the surrounding environment.