And Toronto leads the way. Which I can attest to.
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How’s the taste?
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lol. Gamey
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“It’s difficult to evaluate the importance of this positive feedback,” he said, “but it is something which is currently underestimated in the ice sheet models used for performing future projections.”
Positive feedback loops never end well, I believe. Once again, pointing out that every single estimate of climate change has turned out to be overly optimistic. And some of those are pretty damned grim.
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DTE Energy is disconnecting thousands of customers while increasing rates and expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, according to a new report. Despite growing energy affordability concerns, the company has continued investing in natural gas and opposing community solar, even as its profits surged 41% in 2024.
The report, released by the Center for Biological Diversity, analyzed shutoff data and financial records from six major utilities, finding that DTE cut power to 150,000 customers in 2024—most during the summer—while paying $607 million to shareholders.
Advocates say the company’s business model prioritizes profits over affordability and reliability, with rate hikes and time-of-use pricing disproportionately impacting low-income households. Meanwhile, DTE continues investing in gas-fired power and fighting policies that could expand community solar access for residents struggling with high bills and frequent outages.
Fossil fuel-driven heating, climate disasters and utility rate hikes often hit vulnerable populations hardest, said Selah Goodson Bell, energy justice campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity and co-author of the report.
“Extreme temperatures force customers to use more electricity to keep their homes cool or warm,” Goodson Bell told Planet Detroit. …
Paging Luigi…
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I think I remember hearing that was done deliberately because they thought nobody would believe them or something like that?
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Prof. Hansen again; time for another less than happy message from a climate scientist who is often right.
And the original article:
Hansen, J. E., Kharecha, P., Sato, M., Tselioudis, G., Kelly, J., Bauer, S. E., … Pokela, A. (2025).
Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed?
Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 67(1), 6–44.
We find that most of the other half of the warming was caused by a restriction on aerosol emissions by ships, which was imposed in 2020 by the International Maritime Organization to combat the effect of aerosol pollutants on human health.
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