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The question isn’t IF climate change is making extreme weather worse—it’s how much. Science can put a number on how many more homes flood, how much more rain a hurricane dumps, how much larger wildfires grow--and how much worse it will get if we don't act now. More by @frediotto.bsky.social & I:

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Billions wasted on LNG Europe’s LNG imports are falling but governments continue throwing cash at new terminals — destined to become stranded assets fuelling the climate crisis 🤯 Why not throw money at this instead: ☑️ Preventing fossil fuel lock-ins ☑️ Energy security that's clean, fair & efficient

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GOP lawmakers seek climate funds they opposed - The Daily Climate www.dailyclimate.org/gop-lawmaker...

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Carbon capture is nonsense : deployment of technologies that pull carbon dioxide would be much more expensive and damaging than a switch to renewable sources – taking energy costs, emissions, and health impacts into account. sustainability.stanford.edu/news/opportu...

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Everyone needs to understand this. Carbon capture is not going to save us. Solar panels, heat pumps and EVs are tactics every family can employ TODAY -- and you'll help save the biosphere and money.

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As we celebrate World Whale Day, it's clear that change is possible. The shift away from whaling took time, but it proves that with the right mix of public pressure, innovation, and policy, industries that harm the environment can be left behind. www.thegreatprojects.com/blog/world-w...

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Carbon Brief has analysed global media coverage over the past two years to identify reporting on extreme weather events damaging crops. interactive.carbonbrief.org/crops-extrem...

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Indigenous women call for climate justice at New Mexico gathering ->The Daily Climate | #IndigenousWomen #ClimateJustice | More info from EcoSearch

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Reflecting on the Trump administration's ambitions to expand shipping lanes throughout the Arctic, IBES Professor Amanda Lynch asserted that "an oil spill or some other toxic accident on that route is inevitable." Read more in The Cool Down: www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/gre...

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With Sen. Tina Smith stepping down, the race for her seat is wide open. Fingers crossed Minnesota will elect someone who will keep pushing for clean energy and climate action. #minnesota www.minnpost.com/national/202...

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This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important! We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy

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💯 An east-west 🛢️ pipeline is a trap—Canada needs an east-west electricity grid Reviving a dead fossil fuel project that the private sector doesn't even want won't solve the Trump crisis. It's time to think bigger.👏 #TheFutureIsElectric #cdnpoli #alternatives www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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Are you looking for a new browser after Google caved. I wanted to share the search engine I use: Ecosia. I highly recommend it. It’s a woman owned business, and they use funds from the service provided to plant trees and fight climate change. Ecosia.org #boycottgoogle

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Headline in the Cannon study is that 12 consecutive months above 1.5C occurs after climatological exceedence 75% of the time in CMIP. But we want to know the probability that we've crossed given we've seen this event, and I'm not convinced that's the same number. /1 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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It's hard to believe that humanity is at a place where a headline like this, to our peril, is merely met with a yawn... Earth is now retaining profuse excess heat - the equiavlent of a million nuclear bombs per day - in our climate system. Today’s Berardelli Bonus H/T to @LeonSimons8 Linear trend

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What they call "Government Efficiency" just means removing all barriers to the speedy looting of federal funds by the broligarchy. Sorry MAGA, you got played. Visual aid to help you understand the hierarchy ⬇️ musk > musk's little kid > trump

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www.edie.net/why-net-zero...?

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👀 DOJ acknowledges making two significant errors during a court hearing last week on efforts to dismantle USAID 1) It said only 500 employees had been placed on leave. Actual number was 2,140. 2) Said only future contracts were stopped. Existing contracts were also stopped.

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It's wild how many Americans still vaguely think of China as the place where low-wage labor cranks out low-value ticky-tacky products. That was true, I dunno, 20 years ago, but these days China is kicking our ass specifically on sophisticated high-tech engineering. We oughta be embarrassed.

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Trump is shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which helps protect consumers from fraud. This was started by @warren.senate.gov to protect consumers. Call your representatives and demand they stop Trump #ProudBlue meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...

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Even the most untouched corners of our planet aren't free from our impact. Scientists have found microscopic pieces of plastic in deep field camps in Antarctica - the first time they've been found in such remote locations. bas.ac.uk/media-post/microplastics-discovered-in-antarctica/ 📸Steve Gibbs

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I like the way the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative gets into the details of what's being stripped away. Their blog promises more to come this week. Unfortunately.

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“China is extending its lead in the energy transition,” with solar up 45%, wind up 18%, and solar panel exports up 34% in 2024, Danny Kennedy writes. See Kennedy on the dramatic acceleration of #cleanenergy in #Asia. @barclay2.bsky.social @blairpalese.bsky.social @climateandcap.bsky.social

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You can ignore climate change. The political system can ignore climate change. But the insurance industry cannot ignore climate change.

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Today, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that the Trump administration violated his order halting a sweeping federal funding freeze. U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell is now ordering the government to “immediately restore frozen funding.” Judge McConnell handed down the order…

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NEW: Trump is freezing money for clean energy — batteries, EVs, renewables, heat pumps, and more. Nearly 80% of manufacturing investments spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act have flowed to Republican congressional districts. w/ Lisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social 👇 Gift link in reply

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National security agencies DON'T ban words - de facto search terms - if they are at all serious about security. To ban any single word - search term - is to create a loophole in security awareness that could potentially be exploited by malign actors and enemies of the State. Way beyond ridiculous.

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In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day

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One fact is not well known: in most UK cities, the top single contributor to key air pollution is... farming, mostly livestock www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ma.... Ammonia from animal farming & fertilisers accounts in Europe for 50% of PM2.5 pollution www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #goplantbased

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Science Mom's #climatechange themed Ad ranked as one of the best for this year's #Superbowl thinc.blog/2025/02/08/c...

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"At lower oil prices, Saudi Arabia would struggle to generate enough revenue to pay for social services, monthly payments to citizens and big infrastructure projects. It will need about $90 a barrel this year to balance its budget, according to the International Monetary Fund."

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A Review in Nature Reviews Clean Technology discusses energy production through enhanced geothermal systems and the technological developments that could enable its future expansion. https://go.nature.com/4gyX7k6 🧪

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⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid. On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.

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Anthropogenic Global Warming & Drought 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/multi-year-d...

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Welcome to the resistance! Over 1 million brave souls have answered the call this week. The Empire—Trump’s administration and Musk—may believe its grip is unbreakable, but every day, more join our ranks. We’ve always known—tomorrow, there will be more of us.

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Trump is pushing to keep coal alive, with his administration using the misleading term 'clean coal' to justify rolling back progress on climate resilience and energy security. But clean coal doesn’t exist—we need renewables and must shut down all coal plants. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/c...

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NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday. Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.

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Exxon’s proposed plastics plant in Point Comfort, Texas, threatens to worsen pollution while the company, despite record profits, seeks hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies for a project that could harm local minority communities and ecosystems. #stop #texas grist.org/accountabili...

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Also, for some important context: Everything we spend on science in America amounts to one penny per tax dollar. The entire NIH budget is less than 5% of the Department of Defense budget. Yet this science funding determines our entire future.

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The National Science Foundation has been given guidance from the Musk-Trump administration to pull grants with this very LONG list of keywords. As Prof. Saxbe points out, this is an assault on American science and academic freedom.

submitted 18 days ago • 31 comments

They might be able to ignore phone calls or hope that you’ll give up due to the wait time, but do you know what they can’t ignore? Piles of angry constituent letters showing up in their office. The mail still works. Use it.

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The "Fix Our Forests Act" (H.R. 471)- poses environmental risks, weakening protections like the NEPA and ESA. It aims to expedite logging without thorough environmental reviews, potentially leading to habitat destruction, wildfires, and harm to endangered species. earthjustice.org/document/jan...

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ICE raids in the Central Valley of California have chased farmworkers off the farms. youtube.com/shorts/ij9F5...

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