When a Road Goes Wrong | Highway projects bring destruction to the rainforest and surrounding ecosystems in South America. One connecting Brazil and Peru is a case in point.
When a Road Goes Wrong - Inside Climate News
Highway projects bring destruction to the rainforest and surrounding ecosystems in South America. One connecting Brazil and Peru is a case in point.Inside Climate News
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention
A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened, not look away.Rochmyaningsih, Dyna
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I am not overly surprised by this. The humanitarian response funding has been absolutely gutted this year, and not only by Trump (for example German gov. funding is down by 50% since 2022).
Thus organisations are struggleing to keep the lights on in the many emergency responses they already previously committed to, and have also not yet structurally adjusted, so there is an administrative overhang that further swallows what little funding remains.
And without NGO pushing for it, the shallow self of what journalism has become is totally oblivious to such relatively slow moving disasters. But it also becomes a self-reinforcing death spiral with no media coverage there is little non-government donations, thus further reducing the funds available.
Global Scientists Anticipate Less Reliance on the US in Future Carbon Monitoring
Global Scientists Anticipate Less Reliance on the US in Future Carbon Monitoring - Inside Climate News
With Trump’s budget knife still poised over NOAA’s climate research operations, international researchers see a reduced role for the nation that pioneered CO2 measurement.Inside Climate News
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'Scumbag': Texas candidate skewered for running as Republican after fundraising off Dems
'Scumbag': Texas candidate skewered for running as Republican after fundraising off Dems
A Texas candidate for state railroad commissioner sparked fury online after fundraising for her campaign as a Democrat — then filing to run as a Republican.Matthew Chapman (Raw Story)
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Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
Some Democrats Are Helping the Trump Admin's Anti-LGBTQ+ Tech Agenda
This op-ed from Fight for the Future, a group organizing around the internet and political power, criticizes Democrats' backing of age verification laws and attacks on Section 230 as enabling a censorious MAGA agenda.Evan Greer and Janus Rose, Fight for the Future (Teen Vogue)
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Los Angeles says so long to coal| The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stopped receiving any coal-fired power, officials announced Thursday.
I'll note that while California buys electricity generated by burning coal, coal exports using ports in the state continue
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Los Angeles says so long to coal
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stopped receiving coal-powered electricity from its last remaining coal source, the Intermountain Power Project in Utah.Hayley Smith (Los Angeles Times)
Carney Defector Says ‘No Way’ Canada Can Meet Climate Goals Now
Ex-minister Steven Guilbeault said the government’s recent policy decisions put its targets for 2030, 2035 and even 2050 out of reach.
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed | Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research findsPhoebe Weston (The Guardian)
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Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates | The class-action lawsuit is the first of its kind to target Big Oil over rising home insurance costs.
Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates - Inside Climate News
The class-action lawsuit is the first of its kind to target Big Oil over rising home insurance costs.Inside Climate News
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C.R.M.L.S. and a few homeowners told The Times they questioned the validity of property-level forecasts, and C.R.M.L.S. said it grew “suspicious” when models showed high flood risk in places that hadn’t flooded in decades.
Who wants to tell them that floods don’t always just target the same places all the time?
The indisputable fact that flood maps are going to have to be updated based on climate change makes some people uncomfortable: especially those whose activities are worsening climate change, and those whose income will be greater if they sweep the bad news under the rug.
Well, fuck them. People are entitled to the best information so they can make informed decisions.
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws - DeSmog
A public relations firm for major U.S. polluters worked to dismantle EU laws that require large corporations to make plans for cutting emissions.Joey Grostern (DeSmog)
New Report Warns of Critical Climate Risks in Arab Region | Foundations of daily life, including farms, reservoirs and aquifers that feed and sustain millions, are being pushed to the brink
New Report Warns of Critical Climate Risks in Arab Region - Inside Climate News
Foundations of daily life, including farms, reservoirs and aquifers that feed and sustain millions, are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming.Inside Climate News
Shifting Climate Alters Pattern of Atlantic’s Giant Seaweed Blobs
Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.
Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisisWhitney Bauck (The Guardian)
EU climate chief criticises China, India and Saudi pushback on carbon tax
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The carbon border tax, which comes into force from January, was behind an attempt by the big exporters to scupper wider negotiations on climate action at the latest UN summit in Brazil.
Speaking in the aftermath at COP30, Wopke Hoekstra told the Financial Times that the petrostates had also been “more assertive” across the board in a bid to thwart climate agreements as the shift to cleaner energy systems accelerates.
“Some of those making money out of [fossil fuels] are seeking to prolong that process. We have seen this quite explicitly,” he said. “Some of the petrostates are seeking to at least slow down rather than speed up [the energy transition].”
He added: “I have sensed a certain sense of assertiveness that might not have been there five or 10 years ago.”
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During public and closed-door meetings at the two-week talks, some of the developing countries argued the tax, or carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), was a unilateral measure that would drive up costs, restrict trade and hinder their ability to grow their economies.
The tax will initially apply to products such as steel, cement and fertilisers, and aims to ensure imported goods meet similar green standards to those produced inside the EU or face an additional charge.
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Hoekstra said the criticism was “clearly not very credible”, adding that in one-on-one conversations many countries “acknowledge it is clearly a climate tool” rather than a trade measure.
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More than 80 countries had rallied around a proposal at COP30 for a so-called road map to help countries wean their economies off fossil fuels.
But the plan failed to appear in the final agreement after objection from more than 30 other countries [particularly China, Russia, and petro-states in the Middle East]....
EU climate chief criticises China, India and Saudi pushback on carbon tax
Petrostates becoming ‘more assertive’, Wopke Hoekstra tells FTAlice Hancock (Financial Times)
Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body
Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body
University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).Mitchell Beer (The Energy Mix)
Tiny cup corals show accelerating ocean acidification in the Salish Sea
Tiny cup corals show accelerating ocean acidification in the Salish Sea
University of Washington oceanographers decoded data from two sets of native coral samples collected more than a century apart, and found acidification there was accelerating.Bellamy Pailthorp (KNKX Public Radio)
The Cost of Climate | Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.
The Cost of Climate
Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.Gabrielle Gurley (The American Prospect)
Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report
The study from the Transition Security Project – a joint US and UK venture – reveals how the Pentagon is stockpiling huge stores of critical minerals that are needed for a range of climate technologies including solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and battery storage.
Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report
Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfareMatthew Taylor (The Guardian)
If Cars Are Too Expensive, Just Pump More Gas. What?
The net benefit is put at just $24 billion or, using households as a proxy for families, a princely $181 per household spread over five years. The $925 figure, meanwhile, equates to less than 2% of today’s average vehicle price. Even assuming it were actually realized, at $3 per gallon it would be eaten up by extra gasoline costs within three years....
In the real world, relaxing mileage standards, along with the earlier removal of penalties for missing them, will spur Detroit to sell more of the higher margin, lower fuel-economy, trucks and SUVs at the core of its business model, as opposed to shifting production toward smaller, cheaper models.
The fuel economy standard being repealed is one that's incredibly beneficial to consumers — it both encourages the production of less expensive vehicles, and saves on fuel costs.
New Fuel Economy Rules Won't Save Drivers Much
The Trump administration has hit upon an unorthodox solution to the cost-of-living crisis: Pumping more gasoline. Executives from Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co.Liam Denning (Bloomberg)
New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds
New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds
Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five yearsOliver Milman (The Guardian)
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Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for gas utilities
Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for its gas utilities
Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035.Canary Media
Trump embraces gas guzzlers and air pollution by weakening fuel economy standards
Trump embraces gas guzzlers and air pollution by weakening fuel economy standards
The Trump administration proposed a major reversal of Biden-era fuel economy standards.Justine Calma (The Verge)
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Trump administration moves to revoke key permit from another offshore wind project proposed near Mass.
Trump administration moves to revoke key permit from another offshore wind project proposed near Mass. | WBUR News
This represents the latest move by the Trump administration to target the offshore wind industry in the U.S.Miriam Wasser (WBUR)
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.Inside Climate News
Governor Hochul Buys Time on Pollution Rules | New York State is ready to collect data on emissions, but is fighting a court order to cut them.
Hochul Buys Time on Pollution Rules
New York is ready to collect data on emissions, but is fighting a court order to cut them.New York Focus
These companies want to block the sun to cool the planet | The world’s most controversial climate solution is becoming a private industry.
Theoretically, rogue billionaires could afford to at least start changing the climate on their own. That’s the premise of the science fiction novel “Termination Shock,” which inspired Iseman to found Make Sunsets in 2022.
Dystopian sci-fi isn't something you're supposed to imitate.
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Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call. | When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps
Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,Susan Crawford (Moving Day)
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate | At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problemHannah Daly (The Irish Times)
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in reply to silence7 • • •Diurnambule
in reply to silence7 • • •Ir's it like a climate inversion between south north ?
This would be fucked
Fushuan [he/him]
in reply to Diurnambule • • •Yeah, and there's data that it happened in the past. And we are seeing the same signals that happened in the past before the thing stopping happen again. It might have happened naturally but we are artificially inducing it in an accelerated pace, of course.
~~It was one of the major reasons for the heavy and long winters in the dark ages iirc.~~ I didn't recall correctly.
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in reply to Fushuan [he/him] • • •Fushuan [he/him]
in reply to silence7 • • •Not the past few, I was remembering wrong that one. Apparently around 500 years it weakens but the last shutdown was 12k years ago:
The most recent evidence of an AMOC shut-down is the Younger Dryas period, which occurred about 12,000 years ago. climate.sun.ac.za/uncategorize…
AMOC shut-down by 2100 – should important new results be used to update an approved IPCC consensus on risk? - School for Climate Studies
dorette (School for Climate Studies)silence7
in reply to Fushuan [he/him] • • •Diurnambule
in reply to silence7 • • •cerement
in reply to silence7 • • •stone that is normally covered by a body of water but exposed during periods of drought
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