Ely Climate Change

These notes come from the Q&A section that immediately followed Jeff Hanson’s talk. This section was not recorded as part of the zoom. The notes have been lightly edited.

Maggie S This transition will be good for the climate and good for the Minnesota economy. It will require, a transition period of retiring […]

Divestment Outline Valerie Myntti July 5, 2022

Discussion

A Brief History of Divestment Movements

Policy Objectives of FF Divestment

(Please Note: this is the longest section)

The Arguments against FF Divestment The Nuts & Bolts of Personal Divesting

*We will break after each section for about 10 minutes to take comments/ questions.

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May 31st 2022

Hi Folks,

Our next climate change meeting will be June 7th at 10am at the Ely Senior Center. The TG presentation that day will be given by Grant Hauschild, the DFL candidate for Minnesota’s senate seat currently held by Tom Bakk who is retiring. Grant was invited to our CC meeting but […]

This is from the Publications of the National Academy by Jason Hill at the University of Minnesota https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2200997119

The sobering truth about corn ethanol

Jason Hill

Evidence that RFS2 increases rather than reduces GHG emissions adds to long-standing criticism of its high economic and environmental costs. At current prices, $20 billion of corn is converted […]

On 22 February, Germany scuttled its approval of a newly built gas pipeline from Russia, and is now planning to import liquefied natural gas from countries such as Qatar and the United States. Belgium is reconsidering its exit from nuclear power, while Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are all accelerating efforts to […]