Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Renewables coming on strong: will it be enough?

For the first time, the EU produced more energy from renewables (mostly solar and wind) than it did from fossil fuels. That's a big deal, but in the same breath this organization is reporting that they are still not close to reaching the targets for decreased emissions and later carbon neutrality. While definitely good news, it is somewhat undercut by today's other news that global ice is melting at an unprecedented rate, leading a glacier researcher to apocalyptically warn, "[T]hese feedbacks are kicking in faster than we thought."