#PacificNorthwest #flooding offers sneak peek of hotter climate's toll

The ocean-crossing #storms known as #AtmosphericRivers are nothing new: They deliver precipitation up & down the #WestCoast every winter & are the source of close to half of W. Washington & W. Oregon’s precipitation from Nov to April. But #climate scientists expect them to grow more powerful, arrive more frequently, & last longer as Earth’s climate keeps warming.

#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather
kuow.org/stories/northwest-flo…

Northwest floods offer sneak peek of hotter climate's toll

“The science is clear that floods are going to become larger and more frequent in the future,” Washington State Climatologist Guillaume Mauger said.

^{John Ryan (KUOW Public Radio)}

"The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change. Now it only mentions natural phenomena, even though scientists calculate that nearly all of the warming is due to human activity."

apnews.com/article/epa-climate…

#PublicHealth #environment #climate #FossilFuels #energy #EPA #USpol

So much for #StatesRights

#Trump signs #ExecutiveOrder to neuter #State #AI laws, a win for #tech companies & #billionaires that have #lobbied against #regulation of the #technology.

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for #ArtificialIntelligence, Trump told reporters.

#law #regulations #safety #labor #DataCenters #energy #climate #PublicHealth
nytimes.com/2025/12/11/technol…

Probably the best bet for a nationwide news source that can be trusted is PBS and NPR. Probably its everyone's duty to strongly support them and ProPublica.

Who knew Uruguay completely ended fossils fuels. 98% renewables, economy restored, employment up, energy costs plummeted, stability of supply, economy growing.

npr.org/2023/10/06/1197954251/…

#newsie #billionaires #censorship #manipulation #freepress #npr #pbs #climate #klima