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What is their life cycle and how are we going to dispose of them after their life cycle. When they are no longer serviceable are they going to be left there to rust and decay like what has happened to our rust belt? Those are my questions that we should be asking. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e28ESFEW

Choosing Optimism: Celebrating the Good Around Us Every day, we’re surrounded by headlines of crisis and conflict. While it’s important to stay informed, it’s easy to forget that good things are happening—just outside the spotlight. Communities are coming together, breakthroughs are transforming lives and small acts of kindness are creating ripple effects of positivity. These stories may not always make the front page, but they deserve to be seen and celebrated. Let’s choose to seek out the good, share it and amplify it. A shift in focus can inspire hope, action and remind us of what’s possible. What’s a positive story that’s inspired you recently? I’d love to hear it. 🙂

Gaslighting: First in a series published in partnership with The Assembly about opposition to a wave of new natural gas pipelines, power plants and storage facilities on the drawing board in North Carolina.  Listen to an audio version of this story below. ROUGEMONT, N.C.—Andrea Childers ambled down a moss-covered path with Hubert, the family Corgi, leading the way. She veered onto an old logging road and arrived at the creek, which lies a mile downstream of the Moriah Energy Center site in southeastern Person County.  This creek was a huge reason why the Childers family bought the property more than 30 years ago. It’s where the Childers sent their young daughters, now 29 and 26, to play and catch crayfish near their rustic home. It’s where she found solace after she miscarried. Childers brought up photos on her phone taken last January showing a stream so clear it looks like glass. Now the water is brown. In mid-August, Childers, a retired social studies teacher, her husband, Paul, and Samantha Krop, the Neuse Riverkeeper, led three people from the state Division of Water Resources’ inspection team on a walking tour of the local creeks. Krop had found turbidity levels in those leaving the Moriah Energy Center at 20 times the state standards. Explore the latest news about what’s at stake for the climate during this election season. <!-- /.content-holder --> <!-- /.icn-call-out-block --> “After a lot of back and forth, the state acknowledged that the sediment was coming from Dominion’s site,” Krop said, referring to the energy center’s owner. “But they said their hands are tied. You can see how we go around and around in circles here.” “There is no arguing that this is Dominion’s pollution,” Childers said. “This is another lesson in futility.” A half-mile away, Dominion Energy was toppling trees and blasting bedrock to build the $400 million Moriah Energy Center, where it will store liquified natural gas on 485 acres of forestland. When finished, the MEC, as it’s known locally, would hold 50 million gallons of LNG in two pressurized tanks at temperatures of 260 degrees below zero. Each tank would be 160 feet tall and 600 feet around, roughly the circumference of a ferris wheel.  One thousand feet above the Earth a few days later, Krop sits in the passenger seat as a retired lieutenant colonel and volunteer pilot for SouthWings, a conservation group, flies his Cessna over southern Person County. A view of the Moriah Energy Center construction site on July 28 in southeastern Person County. It’s at the peak of summer, and lush forests cover the landscape in green brocade. Helena Moriah Road, sinuous and narrow, hems in the fields whose ripening rows of corn are ribbed like corduroy. Suddenly there it is: the future factory for freezing and liquifying natural gas, now a brown scour of rubble and dirt.  Ascend another 5,000 feet, and the rest of the fossil fuel industry’s expansive buildout would

Gaslighting: First in a series published in partnership with The Assembly about opposition to a wave of new natural gas pipelines, power plants and storage facilities on the drawing board in North Carolina.  Listen to an audio version of this story below. ROUGEMONT, N.C.—Andrea Childers ambled down a moss-covered path with Hubert, the family Corgi, leading the way. She veered onto an old logging road and arrived at the creek, which lies a mile downstream of the Moriah Energy Center site in southeastern Person County.  This creek was a huge reason why the Childers family bought the property more than 30 years ago. It’s where the Childers sent their young daughters, now 29 and 26, to play and catch crayfish near their rustic home. It’s where she found solace after she miscarried. Childers brought up photos on her phone taken last January showing a stream so clear it looks like glass. Now the water is brown. In mid-August, Childers, a retired social studies teacher, her husband, Paul, and Samantha Krop, the Neuse Riverkeeper, led three people from the state Division of Water Resources’ inspection team on a walking tour of the local creeks. Krop had found turbidity levels in those leaving the Moriah Energy Center at 20 times the state standards. Explore the latest news about what’s at stake for the climate during this election season. <!-- /.content-holder --> <!-- /.icn-call-out-block --> “After a lot of back and forth, the state acknowledged that the sediment was coming from Dominion’s site,” Krop said, referring to the energy center’s owner. “But they said their hands are tied. You can see how we go around and around in circles here.” “There is no arguing that this is Dominion’s pollution,” Childers said. “This is another lesson in futility.” A half-mile away, Dominion Energy was toppling trees and blasting bedrock to build the $400 million Moriah Energy Center, where it will store liquified natural gas on 485 acres of forestland. When finished, the MEC, as it’s known locally, would hold 50 million gallons of LNG in two pressurized tanks at temperatures of 260 degrees below zero. Each tank would be 160 feet tall and 600 feet around, roughly the circumference of a ferris wheel.  One thousand feet above the Earth a few days later, Krop sits in the passenger seat as a retired lieutenant colonel and volunteer pilot for SouthWings, a conservation group, flies his Cessna over southern Person County. A view of the Moriah Energy Center construction site on July 28 in southeastern Person County. It’s at the peak of summer, and lush forests cover the landscape in green brocade. Helena Moriah Road, sinuous and narrow, hems in the fields whose ripening rows of corn are ribbed like corduroy. Suddenly there it is: the future factory for freezing and liquifying natural gas, now a brown scour of rubble and dirt.  Ascend another 5,000 feet, and the rest of the fossil fuel industry’s expansive buildout would

🌸Hey Earth, you rock! Which is why it’s important to clean up our act - and the planet. Whether it’s reading a book instead of binge watching a show, giving up bottled water, or swapping your lights to energy-efficient bulbs, every little bit counts! What Earth Day-friendly activities do you want to focus on today (and every day)? #johnrwoodproperties #christiesinternationalrealestate #happyearthday

The public voting phase for SXSW #PanelPicker is open for ONE MORE WEEK (8/18). I'm really excited to have Ray Long, CEO of American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)’s submission “Clearing the Air: How to Win Hearts and Save the Planet” in the running. We need YOUR support! 🎉   Check out his session at this link and if you agree, please vote! The direct link is here: https://lnkd.in/gP_x7n23 Creating a free SXSW account is quick and easy – and your sign-up info remains confidential. Once you're in, your vote can help us make a big impact! 💪 Here’s how you can help: Sign Up: Create your SXSW account here.  Vote: Once logged in, find Ray Long/ACORE’s “Clearing the Air: How to Win Hearts and Save the Planet” panel and cast your vote. The direct link is here: https://lnkd.in/gP_x7n23   Spread the Word: Encourage your friends, family, and followers to vote too! Let’s make some noise and show our support! 🌟 Every vote makes a difference! #VoteNow #SXSW #SupportACORE #YourVoteCounts 

It’s too hot on earth to. . . ✅ To believe it’s weather ✅ To give coal, oil & gas one more pass at politics this year ✅ To knock doors w/o ice, water & a plan to end fossil fuels ✅ To deal w/ the mental load of all the climate things alone. Check out our warmline and other resources https://lnkd.in/gN_QVTz5

Interesting articlea about NIR and CVA https://lnkd.in/geQsgCv7 . Low mw/cm2 (50) when the typical incadescent with a BroadBand wavelength of NIR, Middle, FIR . Maybe Scott can double check my work. Here are some typical values based on distance for a 60-watt incandescent bulb: • At 1 meter: 1-2 mW/cm² • At 0.5 meters: 4-8 mW/cm² • At 0.25 meters: 16-32 mW/cm² so why not use NIRA bulbs with a ratio of 3:1 NIR to Vis. I can already tell an improvement when i’m on the EMR for 12 hours a day.

Check out my blog post https://wix.to/Km2DHmX #newblogpost

As this energy propels humanity into change, chaos may intensify—fuelled by fear of the unknown. Now, more than ever, lightworkers are called to anchor peace, becoming living examples of harmony amidst upheaval. Discover practical ways to embody and radiate peace, helping humanity navigate this transition with grace and purpose. https://lnkd.in/eWy_AiBc #lightworker #alignedliving #awakening #energyupdate