climate events – California Climate and Energy Collaborative

Department of Energy announces $15 million for ecosystem and climate modeling research

June 25, 2018

“The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $15 million in funding for 27 projects in atmospheric and ecological sciences in an effort to improve the power of Earth system models to predict weather and climate. Selected projects cover a range of topics in both atmospheric and terrestrial ecosystem studies, ranging from the role of aerosols…

PG&E, Sonoma Clean Power offer wildfire rebuild energy incentives

May 18, 2018

Sarina Soor

climate change, climate events, disaster relief, wildfire

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“Sonoma Clean Power and PG&E – each a provider of power to customers in parts of the North Bay – announced a partnership with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) offering up to $17,500 in incentives specifically for October fire victims who chose to rebuild with energy efficient features and equipment such as…

Scientists say ocean circulation is slowing. Here’s why you should care.

May 18, 2018

Sarina Soor

climate change, climate events, disasters

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“There are already signs that the weakening is having an effect. In 2015, scientists traced the imminent collapse of the commercially important cod fishery in the region to rapidly warming water in the Gulf of Maine, which fits the pattern of slowing Atlantic circulation. Record-warm water off the East Coast that helped fuel 2011’s destructive…