Cedric's Rantings

Source: Volvo says it will abandon traditional engines by 2019 – The Washington Post

Source: ‘Clean coal’ showcase forced to stick with natural gas – The Washington Post

The Cosmos co-creator reflects on her husband’s legacy and how Hollywood can inspire careers in science.

Source: The Story of the Brilliant, Incendiary Trump Ad That Has Cannes Buzzing – Adweek

Source: A bitter scientific debate just erupted over the future of America’s power grid – The Washington Post

Source: Coal in the Trump age: Industry has a pulse, but prospects for jobs are weak – The Washington Post

The punitive California Air Resources Board (CARB) has figured out how Audi cheated on a particular run of “several hundred thousand” of their cars, according to a new report by the German newspaper BILD am Sonntag. This time we Americans have discovered a trick in the car’s software that relates to the steering wheel.

Source: America Figured Out A New Way Audi Cheated on Emissions Testing: Report

Source: The Smokestacks Come Tumbling Down

From Cambodia to California, industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die, local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And booming urbanisation means the demand for this increasingly valuable resource is unlikely to let up

Source: Sand mining: the global environmental crisis you’ve never heard of | Cities | The Guardian

This novel solution to the world’s nuclear waste problem could power the future.

Source: Scientists Are Turning Nuclear Waste Into Super-Efficient Diamond Batteries » Second Nexus

“We’ve got the scientists, we’ve got the lawyers, and we’re ready to fight.”

Source: Jerry Brown Vows to Fight Trump on Climate: “California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite” | Mother Jones