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Trump's entire Cabinet misrepresents climate change
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Trump's entire Cabinet misrepresents climate change
I analyzed the public statements of each nominee. It was awful. (Though Matt Gaetz was surprising?)Emily Atkin (HEATED)
🗃️ NOAA finds 77% of world’s corals exposed to bleaching-level heat
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#oceans #corals #climatechange #environment #conservation
NOAA finds 77% of world’s corals exposed to bleaching-level heat - Conservation news
NOAA reports that 77% of the world’s coral reefs faced bleaching-level heat stress in 2023, setting a new record. Rising ocean temperatures, driven by climate change, are threatening coral health and marine biodiversity.Conservation news
Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) says we need to spend the next three-plus years reforming our labor unions and building toward a general strike in 2028.
I like it.
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#Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction
Trump allies want to resurrect ‘red teams’ to question climate science - E&E News by POLITICO
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Trump allies want to resurrect ‘red teams’ to question climate science - E&E News by POLITICO
The idea includes compelling the National Academies to put together a team of researchers to debate the reality of climate change.Scott Waldman (E&E News by POLITICO)
Countries could use nature to ‘cheat’ on net zero targets, scientists warn | Climate crisis | The Guardian
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Countries could use nature to ‘cheat’ on net zero targets, scientists warn
By relying on natural carbon sinks such as forests and peatlands to offset emissions, governments can appear closer to goals than they actually arePatrick Greenfield (The Guardian)
COP29 Bulletin Day 8: G20 backs new climate finance goal but ignores fossil fuels
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COP29 Bulletin Day 8: G20 backs new climate finance goal but ignores fossil fuels
G20 leaders "commit to successful negotiations in Baku", including on climate finance, but promise little else to unblock fraught talksCHN Staff (Climate Home)
WEATHER WARNING for WEST COAST
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Bomb Cyclone :
* hurricane-force gusts of 120 km/h predicted for some areas of BC (Oregon and Washington states will be affected) this week.
*residents should be prepared for power outages, downed trees and travel delays brought by what it calls a "significant fall storm."
*BC, Oregon, and Washington states may see waves up to 9 m (30 ft)
#NEws #WEather #Hurricane #ClimateChange
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Forecasters issue 'bomb cyclone' warning for B.C., with 120 km/h winds predicted
An Environment Canada meteorologist says a so-called 'bomb cyclone' is expected to bring powerful winds to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast this week.British Columbia
One whole year above 1.5
"The PR pros will tell you not to bother talking about arcane topics like 1.5 degrees — no normies understand the significance, and it just sounds like a little-bitty thing, anyway. ..maybe that explains why we just lived through the first full year above 1.5 C with only perfunctory coverage by the global media.
👉 ".. truth is, no one knows how many people are dying from extreme heat."
#ClimateChange #News
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One whole year above 1.5
The PR pros will tell you not to bother talking about arcane topics like 1.5 degrees — no normies understand the significance, and it just sounds like a little-bitty thing, anyway. They’re probably right.Canada's National Observer
Microplastics Likely Causing Wave of Cancer in Young People.
Millennials and zoomers have a new thing to worry about. #ClimateChange
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Microplastics Likely Causing Wave of Cancer in Young People
More younger people are getting hit with all sorts of different cancers, and microplastics may be one big risk factor.Sharon Adarlo (Futurism)
—Sarah Kendzior, They Knew
#pandemic #climatechange
—Sarah Kendzior, They Knew
#climatechange
It's not us. It's them.
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Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50 percent, a comprehensive global analysis has revealed.
The assessment tracked more than 25,000 private jets and almost 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023. It found almost half the jets traveled less than 500 kilometers (311 miles) and 900,000 were used “like taxis” for trips of less than 50 kilometers (31 miles).
Private flights, used by just 0.003 percent of the world’s population, are the most polluting form of transport. The researchers found that passengers in larger private jets caused more CO2 emissions in an hour than the average person did in a year.
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#Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #CO2 #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange
‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions
An analysis of 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals a 50 percent rise in emissions.Damian Carrington, The Guardian (Grist)
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Here’s Barack Obama, speaking in 2012...
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“My administration has approved dozens of new oil and gas pipelines over the last three years. And as long as I’m President, we’re going to keep on encouraging oil development and infrastructure.
“Under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years. Over the last three years, I’ve directed my administration to open up millions of acres for gas and oil exploration across 23 different states.
“We’re opening up more than 75 percent of our potential oil resources offshore. We’ve quadrupled the number of operating rigs to a record high. We’ve added enough new oil and gas pipeline to encircle the Earth and then some.”
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As I said above, when it comes to our climate and environment, we can't blame either the Democrats or the Republicans. We have to blame both. We have to blame capitalism.
#Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Remarks by the President on American-Made Energy
Cushing Pipe Yard Cushing, Oklahoma 10:22 A.M. CDTwhitehouse.gov
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From the Washington Post…
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The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The unplanned fossil fuel boom reflects an uncomfortable truth for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: It is difficult for any president to stop the spigot of U.S. oil production, a leading driver of both the economy and climate change.
“If you were to show someone who came from Mars the line of U.S. oil and gas production over the last 15 years, they probably would not be able to tell whether a Republican or Democrat was in the White House,” said Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
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#Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
It’s obvious that a second Trump administration will be worse in almost every conceivable way from what a Harris administration might have been.
But let's not fool ourselves into believing that a Harris victory would have been *good* for our climate and environment. We've been going in the wrong direction for at least 20 years under Presidents from both parties — and there's no reason to think that Kamala Harris would have charted a different course.
SEE ➡️ archive.ph/VnlWF
When it comes to our climate and environment, we can't blame either the Democrats or the Republicans. We have to blame both. We have to blame capitalism.
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#Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Despite Biden's Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down
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Old-growth forests are key to slowing #climate change and to protecting endangered species. In #Oregon, logging in Bureau of Land Management-controlled areas has continued at a steady pace despite Biden’s promise to protect these forests.
#News #Biden #Environment #Sustainability #Forest #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateChange #Carbon #Trees
A Biden Effort to Protect Old Forests Hasn’t Curbed BLM Logging
In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.ProPublica
"It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it"
#solar #ClimateChange #renewables
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It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it | RenewEconomy
Global solar PV capacity has reached 2 terawatts, and is forecast to quadruple by 2030.Joshua S Hill (RenewEconomy)
The Renewable Energy Revolution Is Unstoppable
Wind and solar now make up 15 percent of the world’s energy mix, up from just 1 percent only 10 years ago. #ClimateChange
Latin America: When climate change ruins renewables.
Droughts lasting weeks mean less water flowing through hydroelectric plants. And the less water, the less electricity. In Ecuador and Cuba, power cuts for hours at a time, sometimes even days. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
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Latin America: When climate change ruins renewables
Climate change has been disrupting Latin American efforts to make its energy more renewable. Countries are now searching for new solutions and everything from nuclear power to green hydrogen is being debated.Tobias Käufer (Deutsche Welle)
Climate finance is not about charity or generosity but responsibility and justice. It is based firmly on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities – those who contributed most to the climate crisis must bear the brunt of the solution.
#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
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Cop29 could change the financial climate for the world’s wealthy polluters
This week’s summit will focus on paying for the costs of global heating – and much more money is neededJillian Ambrose (The Guardian)
"Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit"
#COP29 #Climate #ClimateChange #Energy
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Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit
Elnur Soltanov recorded speaking with fake oil and gas group that asked for deals in exchange for sponsoring talksHelena Horton (The Guardian)
The United Nations — founded by and controlled by the world’s most powerful capitalist countries — will NOT save us from climate and environmental collapse.
All we’ll ever get from them and our so-called leaders is a lot more “blah, blah, blah.” Words, not actions.
What our biosphere will get is more chemicals poisoning the land and sea, more plastic waste, more cars, more roads, more forests chopped down, and more droughts...
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The Amazon Basin is responsible for around 15% of all fresh water discharged into the oceans and 13% of the planet’s biodiversity. But the rivers in the world’s largest tropical rainforest are drying up. Their waters have dropped to record lows this year.
This is all happening, scientists warn, at a point when the biome has lost 18% of its forest cover, reducing its capacity to absorb and store carbon. The Amazon is now approaching the point of no return, while global temperatures are set to break the annual heat record for the second consecutive year.
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#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
The horrifying desiccation of the Amazon - SUMAÚMA
River levels have reached record lows in what is usually one of the planet’s great sources of freshwater, another sign that the vast rainforest basin is slipping toward a point of no returnViviane Zandonadi (SUMAÚMA)
This year set to be first to breach 1.5C global warming limit
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#Climate #ClimateChange
2024 'virtually certain' to be world's warmest year on record
It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.Mark Poynting (BBC News)
Not that any of us really want to read MORE bad news this week. But — this is the world we live in.
Turning away from it and closing our eyes does not change things. I believe it's important to know just where we stand and what we face so we can make the best choices in how we should live.
Also, note that this essay was published before this week's disastrous US election, which means that you can expect conditions warned about here to get even worse, sooner rather than later.
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In recent years, environmental warnings have become impossible to ignore. Humanity has pushed Earth far beyond its natural limits, launching it into a cascade of intertwined disasters that scientists now call the “polycrisis.” No longer a distant threat, this crisis is unfolding before us, destabilizing the foundations of ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide.
While some hold out hope for a turnaround, the brutal truth is that we are too far gone. The trajectory is set, the damage done, and there is no miracle solution on the horizon. Our only option is to live through this polycrisis as best we can, facing an uncertain and increasingly harsh reality.
As temperatures climb, ecosystems crumble, and resource conflicts rise, it’s clear that our world will never be the same. For those of us with young families, our hopes are tempered by a haunting reality: the future we once dreamed of has shifted beyond reach. What remains is an obligation to understand the forces shaping this collapse, accept the inevitability of hardship, and try to adapt as the familiar falls away.
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The essay includes sections on climate change, biodiversity loss, economic and social erosion, and finally, "living through the polycrisis." I hope you'll find it helpful.
FULL ARTICLE -- archive.ph/MwljK
ALTERNATE LINK -- medium.com/edge-of-collapse/no…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
No Turning Back: Accepting the Irreversible Global Collapse
The failure of governments and industrialists have doomed the global populace to a world of bleak future of an almost uninhabitable planet.Angus Peterson (Edge of Collapse)
Whatever the post analysis of why a majority of Americans voted for #Trump, for example, was misinformation on social media owned by billionaires a factor? the fact is clear that for whatever personal reasons, & considering that Trump has clearly expressed his plan to "drill, drill, drill" for fossil fuels, a majority of Americans are not voting to mitigate #ClimateChange (quite the opposite)
Implicitly (ignorantly) or not, Americans have voted to make climate change worse. Addicted to #BigOil
Mount Fuji is still without its iconic snowcap in November for the first time in 130 years
#Japan #ClimateChange
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Mount Fuji is still without its iconic snowcap in November for the first time in 130 years
Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, known for its snowcap forming around this time of the year, is still snowless in November for the first time in 130 years, presumably because of the unusually warm temperatures in the past few weeks.MARI YAMAGUCHI (AP News)
"facing the end of the world is neither here nor there."
Judge Christopher Hehir, 2024
The judge who jailed Roger Hallam for 5 years.
Killing the messenger
#juststopoil #xtinctionrebellion
#climatechange
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Attached: 1 image Where are all the #bats – alarm as numbers fall in England Decline blamed on washout summer driving down population of insects, butterflies and moths they feed on There has been a decline in UK insect populations for decades, li…Mastodon
I really can't wait until I can revert to just posting about #climatechange, #water, and #science rather than garbage, racism, sexism, and the threat of a fascist takeover of America.
So, here's a pretty picture of water for now.
Over the past 65 years, the rate at which atmospheric CO₂ grew, increased from less than 1 ppm/year in the 1960s to 2.5 ppm in the 2010s.
Last year saw a record increase of 3.36 ppm.
So far this year, we're 3.54 ppm higher than last year...
#emissions #co2 #climate #ClimateChange
Death Toll Rises to 155!
Rescue efforts ongoing after at least 150 people killed in flooding in Spain
The emergency services ruled out the use of aerial means and will focus on ground work as the weather phenomenon continues into Thursday in some regions with dozens of people still missing
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Spain #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis #Breaking #BreakingNews
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Rescue efforts ongoing after at least 150 people killed in flooding in Spain
The emergency services ruled out the use of aerial means and will focus on ground work as the weather phenomenon continues into Thursday in some regions with dozens of people missingEl País (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
1. If you think #valencia is out of the woods, think again. The cut-off low that pulls humid air from over the meditteranean across the mountains north of Valencia is not done yet. In the coming 2 days the @kachelmannwetter multimodel ensemble predicts up to 177 mm of extra rain in the region of #castellon .
Not only #Spain but the entire #EU will have to have a difficult conversation on how we'll prepare us for #weather #disaster amplified by #ClimateChange
A thread.
At least 70 people have died in the region. More are missing and expected perished.
The government has announced 3 days of mourning.
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#ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #valencia #españa
Última hora de la dana, en directo | Al menos 95 muertos y decenas de desaparecidos en la peor gota fría del siglo en España
Siga la última hora del temporal en EspañaEl Pais
Just went and geolocated this picture for an after climate-disaster/before climate-disaster look on Google Maps. Map link below, the main highway V-30, that runs around the south side of the City of Valencia alonside the, often dry, riverbed of the Turia river. #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #valencia #españa #valencia #cambioclimatico #climático
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Vyhľadanie miestnych firiem, zobrazenie máp a získanie trás jazdy v službe Mapy Google.39°26'10.9"N 0°22'55.2"W
If you hate protesters blocking roads in the name of taking immediate #ClimateAction, you’re going to really hate how Climate Change itself blocks roads.
A picture today from Valencia, Spain where they received 500mm of rain, a year’s worth, in one day on Tuesday. >95 dead.
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange
edit: More Pictures. Valencia is the third largest city in Spain. It affected towns just to the south (Sedavi) of it mainly as well as other areas of Southeast Spain.
This climate crisis is brought to you by our friends at ExxonMobil.
#ExxonMobil #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 | Climate crisis | The Guardian
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Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023
Carbon dioxide concentration has increased by more than 10% in just two decades, reports World Meteorological OrganizationAjit Niranjan (The Guardian)
Half of Recent Heat-Related Deaths in Europe in Recent Years Are Thanks to Climate Change - Splinter
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Half of Recent Heat-Related Deaths in Europe in Recent Years Are Thanks to Climate Change - Splinter
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.Dave Levitan (Splinter)
#climatechange The scale of the flooding currently unfolding in Valencia, Spain is unfathomable. This is footage from Chiva, where a jaw-dropping 343 mm of rain was recorded in just 4 hours earlier today, between 4:30 PM and 8:30 PM.
Video credit: Nalabcer