Read, Watch, and Listen #3 - Tuesday, August 15, 2023

In this edition: Climate uproar in Alberta amid Canada’s worst fire season in history; carbon capture pilot projects get real with funding; warming ocean waters = hurricane fuel; farmers grapple with wild mood swings from Mother Nature; and a review of ‘King Coal,’ a meditation on a rapidly changing way of life in coal country.

1. Fury as Alberta cuts renewables during Canada’s worst fire season ever
   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/alberta-canada-solar-wind-project-six-month-moratorium

2. U.S. to Fund a $1.2 Billion Effort to Vacuum Greenhouse Gases From the Sky
   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/climate/carbon-dioxide-direct-capture.html

3. Warm Waters Complicate Hurricane Forecasts and Raise Fears Along the Coast
   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/hurricane-forecast-ocean-temperatures.html

4. First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers
   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/kansas-wheat-harvest-drought.html

5. ‘King Coal’ Review: Heavy Is the Crown
   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/king-coal-review.html