There’s one thing that can be said about Tuesday’s high temperature in Albany. It was not as high as it was on one very hot day in June two years ago.
Thinking about the future on a hot day
Written July 27th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
If you go by the motto of the Oregon Global Warming Commission, “Keep Oregon Cool,” you might say the commission has already failed, at least this week.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: carbon reductions, climate change, cooling, Germany, Heat waves, Oregon Global Warming Commission, Russian gas
Tags: carbon reductions, climate change, cooling, Germany, Heat waves, Oregon Global Warming Commission, Russian gas
Renewable gas? Company sounds hopeful
Written February 27th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Northwest Natural, the gas company, is telling customers in Albany and elsewhere that it will be able to supply us with life-saving energy even as the state government is determined to essentially end the use of fossil fuels by 2050. Good luck with that.
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Tags: climate change, energy conservation, hydrogen, natural gas, NW Natural, Oregon Climate Protection Program, renewable gas
Tags: climate change, energy conservation, hydrogen, natural gas, NW Natural, Oregon Climate Protection Program, renewable gas
When it’s hot, worry about HB 2021
Written June 27th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
When it’s 104 degrees in the shade outside, and the air conditioning is going full blast inside along with an electric fan, you kind of wonder how all this is going to work out on a similar day 19 years from now. Will there be enough electric power to keep people in the mid-valley from […]
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Tags: climate change, coal and gas, electric generating capacity, excessive heat, fossil fuels, HB 2021, Oregon legislature, Pacific Power
Tags: climate change, coal and gas, electric generating capacity, excessive heat, fossil fuels, HB 2021, Oregon legislature, Pacific Power
There’s hope in climate change, maybe
Written February 26th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”z_KWtOWbLq8″] Under another winter storm warning and with snow coming down on Tuesday night, I’m thinking back to a hopeful report about climate change that OPB broadcast on Feb. 13.
Before I forget: Checking on the sea
Written August 26th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”CS0WDFsYuXc”] When things get slow, go to the beach and check on the level of the ocean. That’s my motto. One of them, anyway.
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Climate Friendly Areas: A skeptical view
Bowing to a state mandate to slow global warming, the City of Albany is plowing ahead with the designation of six so-called “climate friendly areas.” It’s hard to imagine a project that is so ambitious and unrealistic at the same time.
Tags: Albany planning, city council, climate change, Climate Friendly Areas, Climate Protection Program, high-rise apartments, housing density, Planning commission