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10/28/2026

https://electrek.co/2026/10/27/renewables-to-reach-40-of-total-generating-capacity-beat-gas-within-a-year-eia/

Over the coming year, renewables’ share of total generating capacity will grow from 37.7% to 40.4%, surpassing natural gas, says the EIA.

10/28/2026

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-27/el-nino-flooding-grips-newport-beach-mother-nature-comes-to-collect-some-tax

A mix of astronomical and tidal events are converging with unusually warm waters off Southern California's coast to push the tides higher than ever before, sending surges of water into beach cities like Newport Beach and Redondo Beach.

10/27/2026

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-27/la-me-heat-california-coast-water

Unprecedented flooding is quickly becoming a fact of life in some Southern California coastal communities.

10/26/2026

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-10-26/industry-executives-knew-for-decades-about-microplastics

Experts say we're just beginning to understand the harm the tiny bits of plastic we drink, eat and breathe are doing to our bodies. Documents from the 1970s and '80s show that industry scientists have been discussing microplastics for decades.

10/24/2026

https://electrek.co/2026/10/23/gm-sodium-ion-battery-peak-energy/

GM and Peak Energy are developing sodium-ion batteries that they say can cut grid storage costs by 20% and boost uptime.

10/24/2026

Fun with geography!

Local Wikipedia shows Wikipedia articles about things within a half-hour walk of any address, like Golden, Colorado's Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.

10/24/2026

The Universe is weird

The Webb telescope sees tiny red dots everywhere. Astronomers can’t agree on what they are, but some believe they may be enormous stars with black holes inside.

10/23/2026

https://boingboing.net/2026/10/22/uncensored-library-hides-forbidden-literature-inside-minecraft.html

The Uncensored Library is what you might call gamizdat: forbidden literature hidden inside a game. A Minecraft server (or downloadable map) housing a massive and beautifully-designed neoclassical library, it's packed…

10/23/2026

We humans are responsible for 110% of the observed warming

Ancient plants reveal that the vestiges of the North American ice sheet started expanding a few thousand years ago, but that climate change caused it to reverse course.

10/23/2026

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-10-22/twenty-years-after-californias-landmark-climate-law-state-is-not-on-track-to-meet-its-targets

California is only about halfway to its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goal, according to the state's latest inventory, released in September.

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