⚠️World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' officials warn, with majority of coral reefs in peril

Conditions last year were so unusually warm in some waters that heat stress levels were literally off the charts of NOAA's alert system. #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ocean-record-heat-coral-bleaching-rcna152637

World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' with majority of coral reefs in peril

Oceans are record-hot, and nearly two-thirds of the world’s coral reefs have experienced heat stress at levels high enough to cause bleaching, NOAA said.

^{Denise Chow (NBC News)}

From HEATED:

Pure propaganda. The laws of physics are immune to it.

Don’t fall for “climate-friendly” beef https://heated.world/p/dont-fall-for-climate-friendly-beef
#ClimateCrisis

Don’t fall for “climate-friendly” beef

New FOIA documents give insight into the secretive, industry-funded science behind the much-hyped product.

^{Arielle Samuelson (HEATED)}

Criticize the world's largest oil company? They'll sue you!!

(And I promise they can easily afford more and better lawyers than you can. Not to mention bribing judges.)

⬛️ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-exxon-mobil-suing-shareholders-100046384.html

#Law #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

Content warning: Government Secures Australia’s Future By Handing $300 Directly To Power Companies On Behalf Of Households Reveal/hide

Government Secures Australia’s Future By Handing $300 Directly To Power Companies On Behalf Of Households

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is today basking in the glow of one of the greatest budgets the nation has ever seen.

Handing down his 3rd version of the nation’s financial plan, Chalmers now looks set to enter the Labor Hall of Fame alongside figures like Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam and Gillard.

Faced by a cost of living crisis, growing job insecurity for millions, an inflated housing bubble which will continue pushing more and more people into poverty, flagging health and education sectors, energy insecurity, and uncertain futures for a raft of industries that made Australia strong – Jim Chalmers has decided to lean into his Labor values and tackle the monumental task in front of him head on.

Outlining an extraordinary vision for ordinary Australians, Chalmers has revealed historic plans to give power companies $300 for every single Australian household and small business.

The groundbreaking policy will ensure that rather than price gouging Australians directly, the energy sector will price gouge Australians through the taxes they pay to the government.

Chalmers said the measure was designed to ease pressures on the cost of living, citing the war in Ukraine as the generic reason why power prices have been pushed up.

However, rather than seeking to pull the ‘trigger’ to ensure multinationals don’t send all our gas overseas which allows power companies to then jam up the price of electricity because they are unregulated as part of the ‘free market for large corporations’ mantra we run the country on, Chalmers said he’d rather just give the sector taxpayer money.

“It’s a vision for the future to ensure the nation has a cheap and reliable energy source,” explained Chalmers.

“Think of it as an investment, that has no return and does nothing other than slightly lower the heat being turned up on average Australians.”

While criticised for the inflationary nature of the stimulus, Chalmers has seemingly dodged any criticism of the fact it’s a short sighted handout to giant corporations.

Chalmers was then recited the famous words from Ben Chifley in the post-war years;

“I try to think of the Labor movement, not as putting an extra sixpence into somebody’s pocket, or making somebody Prime Minister or Premier, but as a movement bringing something better to the people, better standards of living, greater happiness to the mass of the people. We have a great objective – the light on the hill – which we aim to reach by working the betterment of mankind not only here but anywhere we may give a helping hand. If it were not for that, the Labor movement would not be worth fighting for.“

Pausing for a short time to consider his role as the money man in the Australian Labor movement, Chalmers shrugged.

“Sounds like leftie shit to me.”

More to come.

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/breaking-news/government-secures-australias-future-by-handing-300-directly-to-power-companies-on-behalf-of-households/

#satire #AusPol #ClimateCrisis #Budget #ShitParty #ShitLiteParty #FsckOffDutton

Government Secures Australia's Future By Handing $300 Directly To Power Companies On Behalf Of Households — The Betoota Advocate

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Treasurer Jim Chalmers is today basking in the glow of one of the greatest budgets the nation has ever seen.

^{Wendell Hussey (The Betoota Advocate)}

"Ocean temperatures are currently hovering around the levels they typically reach in late July — and they’re likely to continue rising as the summer goes on."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/record-breaking-ocean-heat-wave-foreshadows-a-dangerous-hurricane-season/

#Nature #Environment #Ocean #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season

An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year

^{Chelsea Harvey (Scientific American)}

🔥 💨 🔥 👩‍🚒 🔥

Here is an Interactive Dashboard so you can track Canadian Active Wildfires and the Smoke.

You may want to bookmark it because we are in for a rough year.

The Climate Dashboard

#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #News

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2023/climate-dashboard/

🔥 👩‍🚒 Wildfire growth prompts another evacuation order in northeastern B.C.

Two more communities under evacuation orders:

Doig River First Nation and the Peace River Regional District as a fire threatens nearby.

#News #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/wildfire-growth-prompts-another-evacuation-order-in-northeastern-b-c

Montreal Gazette

The blaze is one of several burning across Western Canada.

^{The Canadian Press (Montreal Gazette)}

You just cannot make it up...

#fossilfuels #climatechange #ClimateCrisis

Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says | Fossil fuels | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/14/fossil-fuel-investment-treaties-lobbying-climate-mary-robinson-ban-ki-moon-ect

Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says

Former Irish president and Ban Ki-moon say fossil lobbying is hampering climate progress

^{Fiona Harvey (The Guardian)}

After a lovely outing with several families, we all went for dessert after dinner on the weekend. We ended up at a bubble tea/egg waffle joint.

Everyone got a thing, but I did not allow my daughter to get a drink. I pointed to all the plastic cups and said they came in plastic and we simply aren't doing that. (I also didn't really want her to have that much sugar). I met her halfway and let her get a waffle thing b/c I had a takeout container (i carried them around anticipating leftovers after our dinner event).

I don't know if she felt embarrassed or that I was being unjust. I can only hope she remembers the values I am trying to teach as she grows up.

#ParentingInATimeOfCrisis #ClimateBreakdown
#ClimateCrisis

“Fed regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes to how America’s electric grids are planned & funded, in a move that supporters hope could spur thousands of miles of new high-voltage power lines & make it easier to add more wind and solar energy.

The new rule by Fed Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees interstate electricity transmission, is most significant attempt in years to upgrade and expand the country’s creaking electricity network”
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/climate/electric-grid-overhaul-ferc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

⚠️ 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

A message from Canadians to US citizens:
Dear US,

As the smoke from our wildfires continue to pollute your air and many of you struggle to breathe please think about this:

If you chose to abstain from voting or do not vote Blue, your air quality will continue to worsen because Trump will increase the use of and development of fossil fuels which will increase our wildfires.

Thanks for listening.
Breathe easy today.

#USA #ClimateCrisis

@TonyStark
@GottaLaff

👩‍🚒 🚒 Ottawa turns to civilian first responders as another dire wildfire season approaches

Emergency preparedness minister says the military is 'not the best resource to deal with a lot of emergencies'

The pilot program will involve multiple non-governmental organizations: the Canadian Red Cross, St. John Ambulance, the Salvation Army, the veteran-led Team Rubicon and the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC).

#News #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wildfires-climate-military-canada-1.7200878

Firefighter recruitment and retention top of mind as Quebec heads into wildfire season

Province is missing nearly one quarter of its water bomber pilots

"The planet, as folks will see, is effectively burning up and climate change is a significant factor," said Wilkinson. "Last summer, Canadians experienced the most destructive forest fire season in our country's history."

#News #Quebec #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/firefighter-sopfeu-recruitment-retention-quebec-forest-fires-1.7198279

Northern Cree community students' project on natural fire retardants in boreal forest wins at science fair

Kristopher Neeposh and Rory Henry-Felstead won 1st place at Quebec Indigenous Science Fair

Their most significant finding was that jack pine extract, applied to different materials, seemed to slow the spread of flames. They found that it even out-performed ammonium sulfate, a commercially available fire retardant.

#News #ClimateCrisis #Indigenous #Wildfire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cree-students-nemaska-science-fair-boreal-fire-retardants-1.7165226

I guess that's the last place we haven't exploited yet...

😔

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/05/11/russia-uncovers-oil-and-gas-reserves-british-antarctic/

#Russia #UK #Antarctica #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary

Russia finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory

Reserves 10 times the North Sea’s output raise fears over drilling in protected region

^{The Telegraph}

Perspective: the biggest carbon capture plant in the world sequesters 1 millionth of our annual emissions. We would have to build a million of these plants to _not_increase_ the CO2 level. And we need to significantly _decrease_ the CO2 level.

Carbon capture is a scam.

#ClimateCrisis
https://www.fastcompany.com/91120071/climeworks-carbon-removal-factory-iceland

When are we going to fucking wake up?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

#climate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis

‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair

Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned

^{Alessia Amitrano (The Guardian)}

Scientists tracked a young #whale's journey before he vanished. What they learned could help save his species.

#Bishop’s story, from birth to presumed death, shows the extreme danger facing right #whales, which could be extinct in 3 decades if they continue to disappear at the present rate. Bishop’s species is not doomed to #extinction …but time is running out.

#RightWhale #ClimateCrisis #Wildlife #Conservation #MarineLife #Ocean
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/north-atlantic-right-whale-species-challenges/

"I don't say this lightly - but the floods in #PortoAlegre, #Brazil, are looking comparable to what Katrina did to New Orleans in 2005 -- massive evacuations, water & power outages, key infrastructure damaged, parts of city, possible long-term consequences."—Brian Winter

Background heating +1.3ºC

#ClimateCrisis

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#Biden crackdown on #PowerPlants expected to speed shift away from coal https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4625164-biden-power-plants-crackdown-coal-renewables/

"experts say that instead of trying to meet these requirements, more #coal plants may just retire — and some power companies may opt to invest in #renewables... the rule could increase the amount of coal power that comes offline between 2028 and 2035 by nearly 25%"

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #USpol #Climate #FossilFuels

The world that capitalism and conservatives have created/destroyed:

"almost a fifth of the female climate experts who responded have chosen to have no children, or fewer children, due to the environmental crises afflicting the world."

#capitalism #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/climate-scientists-starting-families-children?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families

A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}

343 US Tornadoes in the Past 14 Days!

Man-Made climate change is changing the world - today!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatecrisis #climatechange #BreakingNews #Breaking #tornado

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iOBLvC5KPvM&si=BnHJ9n5TEDCgnhoQ

343 US Tornadoes in the Past 14 Days!

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^YouTube

“Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don’t emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane…

For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued to grow fast.” #ClimateCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/2718fce0ed37232dc25dbf46fff87955

Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

A record 30% of global electricity was generated from renewables in 2023, according to a report released by Ember, a think tank based in London. Solar was the main factor in adding clean energy to the global electricity grid.

^{ISABELLA O'MALLEY (AP News)}

Capture carbon from air.

Push carbon deep into Earth to force oil up to be extracted. 🤨

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/climate/direct-air-capture-plant-iceland-climate-intl/index.html

#ClimateCrisis #oil #fossilfuel

Smarter than dinosaurs? Nope, not us!

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

⚠️Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed. #ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}

Nothing else matters.

Almost 80% of IPCC climate scientists believe we're heading for 2.5ºC of warming this century; 50% say 3ºC.

These are objectively disastrous numbers.

Over 70% say that lack of political will is to blame; 60% also blame vested corporate interests.

I'd add the demagogues, populists, & their cronies, weaponising denialism for their own short-term selfish gains.

History will judge our generation very harshly.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature

#ClimateCrisis

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}

IPCC scientists talk about the future:

“The big difference [with the most recent IPCC report] was that all of the scientists I worked with were incredibly frustrated. Everyone was at the end of their rope, asking: what the fuck do we have to do to get through to people how bad this really is?”

“We did our science, we put this really good report together and – wow – it really didn’t make a difference on the policy. It’s very difficult to see that, every time.”

“1.5C is a political game – we were never going to reach this target.”

Asked what individual action would be effective, he said: “Civil disobedience.”

“Fight for a fairer world.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

#Climate #ClimateCrisis

This is so annoying. 😡

Have you noticed that whenever corporate media decides to publish one of their rare articles about global warming, they almost always will headline it with a cheerful photo of people at the beach, or happily enjoying the sun?

It's a subliminal message.

Yes, the words you're reading might be alarming, but that's okay. We've got this. Business and industry and government will work together to solve the problem. There's nothing to worry about.

As you see here, these three young women are smiling as they relax by a fountain. Life is good!

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

Science finally catching up with what I've been raving about for years.

From the article:

"At $190 a ton, the utility industry averaged damages more than twice its profits. Materials manufacturing, energy and transportation industries all had average damages that exceeded their profits."

There is no profit when we account for negative externalities -- all of capitalism is premised on an accounting lie that doesn't work if, you know, we *actually account* for the pollution. Capitalist economics have always been premised on destroying our biosphere for free.

If you can't destroy the biosphere by using it as your own free cesspool -- you can't profit.

It's fucking physics. Balance the equations.

#climate #ClimateCrisis #Accounting #economics

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-carbon-corporations-damage-pollution-9cb9e7c9feb2a68cb6dc0ae99c5e943a

Study reveals how much carbon damage would cost corporations if they paid for their emissions

Economists calculate that the world's corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for what they put out.

^{SETH BORENSTEIN (AP News)}

WARNING...WARNING 🚨🚨

Weather forecasters issued dire warnings Monday for a significant tornado outbreak that's expected in the central U.S. on Monday that could impact millions of people from Texas to the Dakotas!

STAY TUNED to your local weather source if in the affected areas!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatecrisis #climatechange #weather #BreakingNews #Breaking

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-high-risk-warning-issued-175221153.html

Great, another source of emissions that has been underestimated.

The US obviously tops the charts, but other notable mentions are China, Australia and Norway.

https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2024/04/big-data-reveals-true-climate-impact-of-worldwide-air-travel/

Direct link to study: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3a7d

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #climate #aviation #USA #China #Australia #Norway

Climate emissions from air travel 50 per cent higher than reported

A new study that looked at almost 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel internationally.

^{Nancy Bazilchuk (Norwegian SciTech News)}