Offshore wind and Green Hydrogen, Climate change + public health, & more!
Episode notes
Matt and Nick discuss the public health impacts of Climate Change (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/06/more-than-200-health-journals-call-for-urgent-action-on-climate-crisis?fbclid=IwAR1CH_4E_4L_4SzIVxFwVamQK1q1IQTnjplPxZPzzXchydZJy6qX55Q-XmA)!
Their Quick Hits of the week include Tesla recycling it’s battery materials (https://amp-interestingengineering-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.interestingengineering.com/tesla-says-it-can-now-recycle-92-of-battery-cell-materials),
a new offshore wind to green hydrogen plant in Denmark (https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/green-superpower-denmark-plans-second-gigascale-offshore-wind-to-hydrogen-plant/2-1-1060264),
a potential elephant reunion (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/science/nania-elephant.html),
the Biden administration’s solar and wind goals (https://news.trust.org/item/20210831100001-wdh18/),
a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-mexico-acapulco-7-1-magnitude/)
and updates to the IUCN’s endangered species list (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/good-news-for-tuna-populations-in-latest-iucn-update?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dsocial%3A%3Asrc%3Dtwitter%3A%3Acmp%3Deditorial%3A%3Aadd%3Dtw20210904animals-newanimalsiucnupdate&sf249204443=1&loggedin=true).