Some quirkier ideas have emerged

For example: "Real energy security comes from reducing our dependence on fossil fuels"

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In “Climate Hawks Join the Debate on Ukraine,” the New York Times’ Blake Hounshell and Leah Askarinam mock Bill McKibben’s call for a major investment in heat pump production to wean Europe from fossil-fuel dependence with the scoff: “Some quirkier ideas have emerged.”

Maybe it would have sounded less “quirky” if these Beltway snobs (formerly at Politico and National Journal) had first read the call for heat pumps now from Very Serious Germans in Tagesspiegel:

Jedes Windrad, jeder Solarpark, jede Biomasseanlage, jede Wärmedämmung, jede Wärmepumpe, die im Laufe dieses Jahres gebaut wird, hilft.¹

White House Press Secretary Jen “Shiv” Psaki emphasized how the fossil-fuel industry has completely rolled over the administration’s climate goals, as “U.S. production of natural gas and oil is rising and approaching record levels.”

But Russia’s war means that global oil and gas prices are skyrocketing, which is good for producers but terrible for everyone else who relies on fossil fuels. So, Psaki points out:

“It’s a reminder that real energy security comes from reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.”

Psaki sounds like a great climate activist here. If only the White House had any power over the administration!

Speaking of reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, now is not the time for the White House to be demanding everyone restart their daily commute to the office.

TODAY’S QUIRKY CHART:

Zack Labe @ZLabe

🚨 Methane (CH₄; potent greenhouse gas) reached a preliminary *record high* value in November 2021 (1909.3 ppb). Note there is a seasonal cycle. November 2020's global methane abundance was 1891.7 ppb. Data available from @NOAA_ESRL: esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trend…

WAR CRIMES MEANS BUY: In another quirkier idea, JPMorgan is telling clients to buy Lukoil, because now is a good time to profit from war crimes.² OPEC want us to focus on “how to decarbonize hydrocarbons.” Aaron Gordon investigates how the USPS bureaucracy killed the electric mail truck.

Jocelyn Anderson Photography @JocAPhotography

Down the hatch! A Cedar Waxwing tosses back a crabapple.

A fossil-fueled storm front brought deadly tornadoes to Iowa that killed seven on Sunday, flooding rains to Ohio, and record-high heat to the East Coast on Sunday and Monday. And that’s nothing compared to the catastrophic floods in Australia right now.

bambino @bambino2678

tornado that just went by my place i was looking out my front door

Hearings on the Hill:

• 10 AM: House Transportation and Infrastructure
  Stakeholder Views on Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization

• 10 AM: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
  Vote on Nominations of Shalanda Baker, Asmeret Berhe, Joe DeCarolis, Maria Robinson to Department of Energy

• 10 AM: House Natural Resources
  The History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management

• 10 AM: House Science, Space, and Technology
  Federal Climate Adaptation and Resilience for the 21st Century

• 10 AM: House Agriculture
  A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development

• 10:15 AM: House Energy and Commerce
  Charging Forward: Securing American Manufacturing and Our EV Future

• 2 PM: House Natural Resources
  Klamath River Basin Conditions and Opportunities

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1. “Every windmill, every solar park, every biomass plant, every thermal insulation, every heat pump that is built in the course of this year helps.”

2. Technically, its corporate debt.