In public, Chief Justice #JohnRoberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care & caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country & the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. #Obama’s plan to address the global #ClimateCrisis.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt #SCOTUS #ShadowDocket

The justices unanimously agreed to allow the #oil companies to fight the lawsuits in #federal court rather than #state court.

“Congress has long authorized federal officers & their agents to remove suits brought against them in state court to federal court,” Justice #ClarenceThomas wrote.

#law #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #habitats #wildlife #FossilFuels #money

The case, #Chevron USA Inc v #Plaquemines Parish, LA, focused on a narrow question: whether the #oil companies could remove cases over #environmental damage from #state to #federal court. But the case has been closely watched by litigants in other #climate lawsuits because state courts are generally thought to be more receptive to people who sue over damages caused by #ClimateChange, including activists & state officials.

#law #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #FossilFuels #money

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#SCOTUS Sides With #Oil Companies in #Louisiana #Coastal Lawsuits

The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move #environmental lawsuits out of #state courts, to friendlier #federal venues.

#law #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #MarineWildlife #FossilFuels #money
nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/poli…

“[Researchers] find that…storms that pass through a marine heatwave during their rapid intensification cause 93% higher economic damages than storms that do not.”

carbonbrief.org/marine-heatwav…

#Ocean #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Climate #ClimateScience #Science #Economics

Marine heatwaves ‘nearly double’ the economic damage caused by tropical cyclones - Carbon Brief

Tropical cyclones that rapidly intensify when passing over marine heatwaves can become “supercharged”, increasing the likelihood of high economic losses

^{Giuliana Viglione (Carbon Brief)}

A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View.

Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

e360.yale.edu/features/sea-lev…

A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View

Scientists have uncovered a "blind spot" in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation.

^{Yale E360}

i try to emphasize good news

and if i can't do that i try to emphasize anger over sadness

but there's nothing i can do about this bit of news except be depressed:

"Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor #penguins at risk of #extinction"

theguardian.com/environment/20…

essentially, #globalWarming, the #climateCrisis, is breaking up the ice the #emperorPenguin depends upon to raise its young, and this is resulting in mass killings of their young now

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#penguin #science #climateChange #ecology

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}

Heartbreaking: Thousands of fluffy emperor penguin chicks have drowned as Antarctic sea ice shatters beneath them — too early for the babies to swim or stay warm.
The IUCN has now officially listed emperor penguins as Endangered. Record-low sea ice, driven by global heating, is collapsing their breeding grounds. Entire colonies are falling into the ocean. Chicks that don't drown often freeze to death, soaked and helpless.
This isn't some distant future scenario. It's happening now — in 2022 alone, four out of five colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea were wiped out. Scientists are calling them a "sentinel species": what we're doing to the planet is playing out in real time on the ice.
The emperor penguin’s move to endangered is a stark warning: climate change is accelerating the extinction crisis before our eyes.

#ClimateCrisis #EmperorPenguins #Antarctica #SaveOurSeas #ActOnClimate

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}

Most #volcanoes warm the #atmosphere with SO2

But the 2022 Hunga #Tonga eruption was unique

Deep enough for sea water to penetrate, but shallow enough for the explosion to push water into the *mesosphere* 🤯

The water penetration removed most of the SO2, and the water is also still up there in the #stratosphere, *cooling* us

Meaning:

#GlobalWarming should be even worse than it already is, and could rebound to such as the high water veil dissipates

indiandefencereview.com/hunga-…

#ClimateCrisis

Tonga's Volcanic Eruption Hit the Edge of Space. Then the Atmosphere Froze, and It Hasn't

When the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted two years ago, scientists expected the usual pattern: ash, sulfur, temporary cooling at ground level. What they got instead broke every rule in the textbook.

^{Evelyn Hart (Indian Defence Review)}

Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin & the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming.

#climate #environment #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science
washingtonpost.com/climate-env…

'Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals'

'Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco'

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#ClimateCrisis #NoAI #CDNPoli #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #Pollution

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

^{Dara Kerr (The Guardian)}

A juvenile #GrayWhale that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, & an official with a #marine mammal research group suspects #hunger may have driven the whale to new hunting grounds as the species’ population declines.

#science #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #EndangeredSpecies #ecosystems #MarineLife #whales #law #EnvironmentalLaw
apnews.com/article/gray-whale-…

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#FDT

#US panel votes to exempt #GulfOfMexico #drilling from #EndangeredSpeciesAct

The committee — nicknamed the “God Squad” for its ability to decide the fate of #species — voted to exempt #oil & #gas firms from federal #wildlife protections, citing the #IranWar.

#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #conservation #habitats #ecosystems #MarineLife #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth
washingtonpost.com/climate-env…

"Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy"

bbc.com/news/articles/c0e7lrxr…

Yeah, fuck that

Fuck any country in Europe still stuck on #oil and #gas

Fuck bigot Americans in giant low fuel economy pickup trucks whining

Fuck you India, Fuck you China

Fuck you all

All countries:

Get the fuck off oil and gas. Period. End of story

Addressing the #climatecrisis and defunding vile regimes is job #1

#Zelensky:

Pulverize #Russia's #energy sector to oblivion

#UkraineWar

Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy

Ukraine's president says partners asked if the attacks could be "reduced" as prices soar due to the Iran war.

^{Vitaly Shevchenko (BBC News)}