Dreamers: Notes on Session 1 of TED2024

Hosts Chris Anderson, Monique Ruff-Bell and Helen Walters unveil TED’s new tagline — “Ideas change everything” — at Session 1 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, on Monday, April 15, 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) It’s time for TED! And this year’s conference marks a big year: the 40th anniversary of TED, honoring the inaugural conference in 1984. With that in mind, TED2024 kicked off with a classically eclectic opening session, ranging from a powerful conversation on how Israel and Palestine ca . . . [More]

Dreamers: Notes on Session 1 of TED2024

Hosts Chris Anderson, Monique Ruff-Bell and Helen Walters unveil TED’s new tagline — “Ideas change everything” — at Session 1 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, on Monday, April 15, 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) It’s time for TED! And this year’s conference marks a big year: the 40th anniversary of TED, honoring the inaugural conference in 1984. With that in mind, TED2024 kicked off with a classically eclectic opening session, ranging from a powerful conversation on how Israel and Palestine ca . . . [More]

Mind Expanders: Notes on Session 2 of TED2024

Head of TED Chris Anderson and host of The TED AI Show Bilawal Sidhu speak at Session 2 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) AI is reshaping how we interact with the world around us and within us, expanding creative possibilities and bringing us closer together by dissolving barriers of all kinds. But anyone who’s paying attention can spot its obvious flaws and potential pitfalls. From trailblazing platforms making software accessible to micro-robotics rev . . . [More]

Mind Expanders: Notes on Session 2 of TED2024

Head of TED Chris Anderson and host of The TED AI Show Bilawal Sidhu speak at Session 2 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) AI is reshaping how we interact with the world around us and within us, expanding creative possibilities and bringing us closer together by dissolving barriers of all kinds. But anyone who’s paying attention can spot its obvious flaws and potential pitfalls. From trailblazing platforms making software accessible to micro-robotics rev . . . [More]

Meet the 2024 class of TED Fellows

In this complex world, it’s easy to believe that the future is out of our hands. But there are some who understand that the future doesn’t just happen — it’s made. Among these are the TED Fellows: innovators, activists, artists, inventors and dreamers. The TED Fellows program, now celebrating its fifteenth year, provides communication training, professional tools, network-building opportunities and amplification on the global stage to early-stage innovators working across multiple disciplines in over 100 countries.   We are thrilled t . . . [More]

Meet the 2024 class of TED Fellows

In this complex world, it’s easy to believe that the future is out of our hands. But there are some who understand that the future doesn’t just happen — it’s made. Among these are the TED Fellows: innovators, activists, artists, inventors and dreamers. The TED Fellows program, now celebrating its fifteenth year, provides communication training, professional tools, network-building opportunities and amplification on the global stage to early-stage innovators working across multiple disciplines in over 100 countries.   We are thrilled t . . . [More]

Observation of the Earth shows that deforestation and urbanization cause three times more warming t

There's a far more scientific way of understanding the climate, and that involves observing the actual climate system directly from space or in situ. Re Posted From: Observation of the Earth shows that deforestation and urbanization cause three times more warming than CO2Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Observation of the Earth shows that deforestation and urbanization cause three times more warming t

There's a far more scientific way of understanding the climate, and that involves observing the actual climate system directly from space or in situ. Re Posted From: Observation of the Earth shows that deforestation and urbanization cause three times more warming than CO2Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Is Biden’s War on LNG the New Anti-Nuclearism?

If idealistic politicians succeed in removing U.S. LNG from the global market, it will lead to the double whammy of increased coal and dirtier natural gas from emissions-agnostic countries like Russia. Like nuclear, the LNG export sector is highly vulnerable to political disruptions.Re Posted From: Is Biden’s War on LNG the New Anti-Nuclearism?Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Is Biden’s War on LNG the New Anti-Nuclearism?

If idealistic politicians succeed in removing U.S. LNG from the global market, it will lead to the double whammy of increased coal and dirtier natural gas from emissions-agnostic countries like Russia. Like nuclear, the LNG export sector is highly vulnerable to political disruptions.Re Posted From: Is Biden’s War on LNG the New Anti-Nuclearism?Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Claim: Climate Change is Driving Impoverished Californians to use “Predatory” Payday Loans to Pa

Apparently if it wasn't for climate change, we wouldn't be having so much of this hot and cold weather which is stretching household finances in California.Re Posted From: Claim: Climate Change is Driving Impoverished Californians to use “Predatory” Payday Loans to Pay Energy BillsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Claim: Climate Change is Driving Impoverished Californians to use “Predatory” Payday Loans to Pa

Apparently if it wasn't for climate change, we wouldn't be having so much of this hot and cold weather which is stretching household finances in California.Re Posted From: Claim: Climate Change is Driving Impoverished Californians to use “Predatory” Payday Loans to Pay Energy BillsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Aussie Anti-Fossil Fuel Green Billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forest is Completing a Gas Import Term

I wonder if prices will go up if Australia switches from drilling for our own gas to buying gas through Twiggy's import monopoly?Re Posted From: Aussie Anti-Fossil Fuel Green Billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forest is Completing a Gas Import TerminalWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Aussie Anti-Fossil Fuel Green Billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forest is Completing a Gas Import Term

I wonder if prices will go up if Australia switches from drilling for our own gas to buying gas through Twiggy's import monopoly?Re Posted From: Aussie Anti-Fossil Fuel Green Billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forest is Completing a Gas Import TerminalWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Exit Stage Right: Investors Are Bailing on Green Funds

Investors are fading on green energy investment funds due to worries about the sector’s ability to grow and the possible return of former President Donald Trump to the White House, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing analysis conducted by a firm called LSEG Lipper.Re Posted From: Exit Stage Right: Investors Are Bailing on Green FundsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Exit Stage Right: Investors Are Bailing on Green Funds

Investors are fading on green energy investment funds due to worries about the sector’s ability to grow and the possible return of former President Donald Trump to the White House, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing analysis conducted by a firm called LSEG Lipper.Re Posted From: Exit Stage Right: Investors Are Bailing on Green FundsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The UK heat pumps scandal has gone on for too long. End subsidies now

Even with an increase in the grant from £5,000 to £7,500 per installation, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme has failed to capture the imagination of the British public.Re Posted From: The UK heat pumps scandal has gone on for too long. End subsidies nowWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The UK heat pumps scandal has gone on for too long. End subsidies now

Even with an increase in the grant from £5,000 to £7,500 per installation, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme has failed to capture the imagination of the British public.Re Posted From: The UK heat pumps scandal has gone on for too long. End subsidies nowWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #594

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” � Albert Einstein Re Posted From: Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #594Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #594

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” � Albert Einstein Re Posted From: Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #594Watts Up With That . . . [More]