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President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by launching a website for applications for his Climate Corps jobs and training program, a plan that has attracted a lot of interest from young Americans.
NPR reports: "Eventually, the corps will employ more than 20,000 young people."
Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average
#GlobalWarming #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
Europe is warming twice as fast as global average, leading climate monitors say
In a year of contrasting extremes, Europe witnessed scorching heatwaves but also catastrophic flooding, withering droughts, violent storms and its largest wildfire.TheJournal.ie
How Oil Companies Could End Up Footing Bill For #Climate Disasters
“When a flood or wildfire hits, researchers in “attribution science” run computer models to help determine whether the disaster was caused or intensified by #ClimateChange.
As those models become more precise, other scientists are working to measure how specific companies, such as Exxon Mobil or Shell, have contributed to climate change through their historic #greenhousegasemissions.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/lawmakers-hope-to-use-this-emerging-climate-science-to-charge-oil-companies-for-disasters
Lawmakers Hope To Use This Emerging Climate Science To Charge Oil Companies For Disasters
This story first appeared at Stateline. A fast-emerging field of climate research...TPM
Protesters block private jets at Hanscom Airfield - The Lexington Observer
https://lexobserver.org/2024/04/20/hanscom-extinction-rebe/
Thank you to everyone that is addressing the reality we’re increasingly faced with - a system that destroys our future. The #climate crisis is here. We have to stop the insanity of believing in trickle-down economics and imagine with open-mindedness a different way of doing things
Protesters block private jets at Hanscom Airfield
About 20 protesters were arrested after standing in the way of private jets to protest the proposed expansion of the airportLauren Feeney (The Lexington Observer)
Climate change is already killing people and the toll is going to continue to rise.
#Climate
#climatechange
Climate change played a role in killing tens of thousands of people in 2023
And that’s an extremely conservative estimate.Samantha Harrington (Yale Climate Connections)
Global billionaires tax to fight climate change, hunger rises up political agenda
Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum tax on billionaires’ wealth, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the idea
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Global billionaire tax for fighting inequality rises up political agenda
Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum billionaire tax, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the ideaJoe Lo (Climate Home)
All along they've told us it would be so easy... just recycle some of your trash, or ride a bike once in a while, and everything will be fine.
There's no need to even *think* about system change. 🙄
#Pollution #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Greenwashing #Environment #Climate #Degrowth
Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens the pace of extinction.
The loss of plant and animal species on Earth is happening at a speed never seen in human history, according to the United Nations. #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Climate #Environment
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lizard-population-declining-climate-change/
Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens the pace of extinction
A disappearing a lizard population in Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction.David Schechter (CBS News)
The 12-month moving average of global mean temperatures has now moved slightly above 1.6 °C (2.9 °F).
#ClimateChange #globalwarming #temperature #climate
As expected, the Hill Heat (@climatebrad) interview with @pluralistic on The Lost Cause is excellent.
https://hillheat.news/p/lost-cause-part-one
https://hillheat.news/p/lost-cause-part-two
https://hillheat.news/p/lost-cause-part-three
https://hillheat.news/p/lost-cause-part-four
https://hillheat.news/p/lost-cause-part-five
The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow: Interview Part Two
the terroir of Burbank, the AI apocalypse vs. the Green New Deal, billionaires and dirtbagsBrad Johnson (Hill Heat)
Editorial: Global heat record streak is a climate crisis
The planet has recorded 10 straight months of record-high temperates. If world leaders need a jolt to get into crisis mode on climate change, this should be it.The Times Editorial Board (Los Angeles Times)
#Desert city of #Dubai #floods as heaviest #rainfall in 75 years hits #UAE
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast
#Rain is unusual in the UAE but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months.
#weather #climate #environment #earth #news #disaster
Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years
City records over 120mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year as rain floods highways and homesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
“Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Triggers 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event”
> reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat
https://www.sciencealert.com/record-breaking-ocean-heat-triggers-4th-global-coral-bleaching-event
#Climate #Heat #Warming #Nature #Earth
Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Triggers 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event : ScienceAlert
The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.AFP (ScienceAlert)
Finally, an actual good idea about use of the former Nevada Test Site (now #NNSS).
-Cover the heavily irradiated landscape with solar panels. Allow the unusable soil to be covered with renewable energy production.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/nuclear-test-site-cleanup-clean-energy/
The US government wants to transform nuclear bomb test sites — and six companies have offered to help
The U.S. government is exploring a unique way to turn former nuclear test sites into renewable energy powerhouses.Leslie Sattler (The Cool Down)
The #EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
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Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, #Kentucky, remains polluted.
The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
#Pollution #Environment #Climate #CleanAir #CleanWater #Cancer #News #Science #Law
Why EPA Efforts to Clean Up Kentucky Town Haven’t Worked
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.ProPublica
For anyone who still thinks that biofuels are going to be better than electrification, here's a couple of statistics from the World Resources Institute:
- Producing just 2% of the world's energy needs from liquid biofuel would require agricultural production to increase by another 30% by 2050.
- Even on the best lands, a hectare of modern solar voltaics can generate 40-100 times more usable energy than biomass
Here's how we use our land already.There just isn't room for that.
‘When politicians talk about how much it will cost to act on climate change, for example, they almost always refer to economic models commissioned by the fossil fuel industry, which leave out the cost of inaction, which rises with every passing year.
When politicians say that climate policies will increase the cost of gas or energy, they count on reporters having no idea how gas or energy pricing works’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/14/climate-disinformation-explainer
How to spot five of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest disinformation tactics
Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope have covered climate disinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode itAmy Westervelt (The Guardian)
Amazon degradation hits area three times larger than deforestation
8–9 minutes
Despite the resumption of public environmental policies that have effectively slashed deforestation in the Amazon, degradation is on the rise as warnings have been issued for close to 163 thousand km² of the biome
#Amazon #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Amazon degradation hits area three times larger than deforestation
Despite the resumption of policies that have slashed deforestation in the Amazon, degradation is on the rise as warnings have been issued for close to 163 thousand km² of the biome.Agência Brasil
I love this PBS series on climate change. The presenter (Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant ) tells it as it is.
"You can't shop your way out of climate change"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OTxdgMJsnw
You Can't Shop Your Way Out of Climate Change
We have seen a boom in “eco-friendly” products marketed to consumers’ concerns about the impact of the stuff we buy. But this "shop ‘til you drop” approach d...YouTube
Biden races to commit billions to climate action as election looms
Biden administration hopes funding will spur enduring cuts to planet-heating emissions no matter who is in White House
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/biden-climate-change-policy-election
#USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
UN climate chief warns there are 'two years to save the world'
James Murray 10 April 2024 • 6 min read
7–8 minutes
The head of the UN climate change secretariat has issued his starkest warning yet over governments' continued failure to curb global emissions, warning "the next two years are so essential in saving our planet"
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4195918/climate-chief-warns-save-world
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
UN climate chief warns there are 'two years to save the world'
Simon Stiell acknowledges warning may sound 'melodramatic', but insists time is running out to avoid catastrophic climate impactswww.businessgreen.com
"Record-breaking rain in recent months has drastically reduced the amount of food produced in the UK, farming groups have said...
According to the Met Office, 1,695.9mm of rain fell from October 2022 to March 2024, the highest amount for any 18-month period in England in recorded history.
The UK will be reliant on imports for wheat in the coming year and potentially beyond because of the drastic reduction in yields.
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrsis #Climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/uk-food-production-down-record-rainfall-farmers
UK food production down after record rainfall, farmers say
Reduction in yields means UK will be dependent on imports for wheat in coming year and possibly beyondHelena Horton (The Guardian)
NY Times Climate:
"The extreme weather. The melting glaciers. The weirdly warm oceans. They’re all the product of global warming, which is being driven by the release of the three most important heat-trapping gases: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
And according to a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, emissions of those three greenhouse gases continued to surge last year to historic highs."
One is a billionaire who is selling all of his books, the other one is a quite-broke human who has the courage and decency to provide her book online for free. Trade-Free. No ads, no data collection, no subscribe-here-to-read bullshit.
That's the world in which we live. The ones who make a fortune are trained and incentivized to not even share their "must read" books for free, despite having so much wealth.
Oh look, Bill Gates released a book about "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster"! It must be important.... so it is worth 18$ to read.
Grab Sasha's book from here https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book/ - she also talks a lot about Climate Change, solutions, and a new kind of worldview.
#gates #climatechange #capitalism #TradeRuinsEverything #climate #billionaires
The US aims to ‘crack the code’ on scaling up geothermal energy production
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/02/geothermal-energy-electricityOliver Milman, The Guardian (Grist)
@gretathunberg arrested at Hague climate #protest
Swedish #climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested by #Dutch police at a protest in The Hague.
The 21-year-old joined hundreds of protesters in a march against fossil fuel subsidies on Saturday.
The protest devolved into a standoff as dozens of police officers, some on horseback, attempted to stop protesters from blocking a main road.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z__4F7wFyaU
Greta Thunberg arrested at Hague climate protest | BBC News
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested by Dutch police at a protest in The Hague.The 21-year-old joined hundreds of protesters in a march ...YouTube
From @MichaelEMann: “I push back on [#climate] doomism because I don’t think it’s justified by the science, and I think it potentially leads us down a path of inaction. And there are bad actors today who are fanning the flames of climate doomism because they understand that it takes those who are most likely to be on the front lines, advocating for change, and pushes them to the sidelines, which is where polluters and petrostates want them.”
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/forget-doomers-warming-can-be-stopped-top-climate-scientist-says/
Forget ‘doomers.’ Warming can be stopped, top climate scientist says
Michael Mann points to prehistoric catastrophes, modern environmental victories.gazetteterrymurphy (Harvard Gazette)
#climate #ClimateCollapse
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/just-57-companies-linked-to-80-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-since-2016
Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016
Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate dealJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
How Federal Tax Dollars Meant to Fight Climate Change Could End Up Boosting Louisiana's Fossil Fuel Production
How Federal Tax Dollars Meant to Fight Climate Change Could End Up Boosting Louisiana’s Fossil Fuel Production - CounterPunch.org
Louisiana accounted for nearly one-sixth of the nation’s oil-refining capacity and shipped 63% of its liquefied natural gas exports in 2022.Ned Randolph (CounterPunch.org)
