True to form, the media will never miss a chance to miss a chance to help people connect their daily experience to climate change.
Chicago’s Beaches Drenched with Sewage – But Don’t Say “Climate Change”
True to form, the media will never miss a chance to miss a chance to help people connect their daily experience to climate change.
I learned from this that Chicago still has old-school combined sewer system which, per federal regulation, cities have been spending a lot of money to reconfigure.
EPA description of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) is here.
EPA 2013 map of cities that still have “combined sewer and storm” sewer systems:
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=004909c6679a4289b629a1c26278224c
Hmm. Tried to post a response with a link twice, but it’s been black-holed both times. This is a final try. The history of Chicago’s sewage system is actually really interesting – it was an incredible achievement at the time.
MWRD Virtual Tour: Deep Tunnel, Wastewater Treatment, Green Infrastructure, Chicago Water History
It’s a little heavy on the “tour guide” guy, but he does cover some interesting stuff (long, but still watchable at 1.25x):
I’ve seen several places reporting on Toyota’s solid state batteries lately:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/04/toyota-claims-battery-breakthrough-electric-cars
They must have just put out a vague press release.
(“Please don’t stop investing in us!”)
I’ve seen multiple sources over the last month. Leads me to suspect it’s solid.
As long as the “multiple sources” aren’t based on a single press release, as is often the case. This is the upside of competition, if Toyota has been scared by all of the other companies’ commitments to EVs (or at least plugins).