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- The Industrial Revolution That Almost Was (2022) https://etiennefd.substack.com/p/the-industrial-revolution-that-almost 14 comments
- New research shows that we’ve experienced almost the same range of temperature change since the beginning of the industrial revolution as over the previous 11,000 years of Earth history – but this change happened a lot more quickly. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/scientists-find-an-abrupt-warm-jog-after-a-very-long-cooling/ 15 comments science
- Coal generation in OECD countries falls below half of its peak | As the UK, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, closes its last coal power plant, almost all OECD countries are making good progress on phasing out coal power, replacing it predominantly with solar and wind. https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/coal-generation-in-oecd-countries-falls-below-half-of-its-peak/ 2 comments climate