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News about the status of our changing climate and environment and the actions being taken to mitigate the risks of climate change. Main areas of focus are on climate politics, climate data, ecological research and renewable energy. 🌏
+++ Ab dem Wochenende neue #Hitze☀️🔥 // Nächste Woche #Temperaturen bis 40°C🌡️🟣 möglich // Historische #Dürre❗️ +++ Die Modelle rechnen einheitlich ab dem Wochenende aus SW neue Hitze!
This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters
The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’
independent.co.uk
🎥 How to survive a heatwave - make your home a cool zone (without air conditioning) More detailed #video ▶️ youtu.be/mSSQmkH2XdM What other tips do you have!? PL RP🩷💚💙 Thank you! #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klima #ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction #heatwave #heat
Really interesting article in a trade publication for dairy farmers about how the depletion of the Ogallala aquifer in Kansas/Texas is affecting what banks are willing to finance, and at what cost and for how long, and how that relates to the underlying situation of the aquifer. 1/2
Dairy Bet $1.6B on the Fastest-Drying Part of the Ogallala
Hilmar and Leprino built 8-million-pound-a-day cheese plants right over the thinnest Ogallala water — and the lenders financing the dairies that fill those tankers are already pricing the decline. Exe...
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Electric Buses Point of no return - have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just 6yrs Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028 Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!
Nuclear climate casualty. My interview, key Australia Broadcast Corporation (ABC) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Drying rivers in Europe force shut down of nuclear reactors - ABC listen
The drying up waterways have exposed a critical energy problem.
abc.net.au
Once in a 1000 year events happening increasingly regularly all over the world say it's time to #StopAllDrilling #ReduceFossilFuelUseToZero "1000-Year Rain Event In New York The rain falling in the #Hudson Valley has peaked near the 1-in-1000 year recurrence interval." via WFLA Jeff Berardelli
*2026 El Niño Ahead by a Mile* It’s remarkable for us scientists to witness El Niño’s evolution. If you had asked us if something like this was possible a year ago, it would have been a definitive no. But here we are… already more than 1C (& 3 months) ahead of the next strongest episode in 1997… 1/
"Grocers are already bringing in more products from abroad because of the poor conditions at home" But the time is coming - soon - when countries will hold onto their own And the UK imports getting on for half its food www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farmers warn shoppers face smaller and more expensive vegetables due to hot weather
This year's harvest could be the worst on record due to the exceptionally dry spring and summer.
bbc.co.uk
From a moral standpoint, any wealthy nation that does not have zero fossil fuel emissions, should be banned from importing food. Especially importing food from poor nations facing famine.
Happy to see @gwagner.com leaning into the necessary combination of adaptation along with mitigation to respond to our warming world👇
Gernot Wagner@gwagner.com · 4h agoThe solution, Wagner argued, lies in both adaptation and emissions reductions. "Invest, invest, invest — in resiliency measures, of course, but also in cutting greenhouse gas pollution in the first place."
"Heat kills — both lives and livelihoods." "And it is often rather small changes in the average that lead to large threshold effects" @chinadailyusa.bsky.social gwagner.com/china-daily-heat "only one additional day above 32 C in any given year lowers annual payroll by 0.04 percent" gwagner.com/hle
The solution, Wagner argued, lies in both adaptation and emissions reductions. "Invest, invest, invest — in resiliency measures, of course, but also in cutting greenhouse gas pollution in the first place."
The main reason for developing our El Niño prediction capabilities is to mitigate its severe negative consequences.
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity
theguardian.com
Climate Change Is Rewriting Europe’s Nuclear Cooling Assumptions open.substack.com/pub/michaelb...
Climate Change Is Rewriting Europe’s Nuclear Cooling Assumptions
Romania used explosives to clear the way for redirecting Danube water toward Cernavodă as heat and drought cut nuclear output when cooling demand peaked.
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Also die Daten sind mehr als eindeutig: Einige Orte in Europa (zum Beispiel London, wie hier dargestellt) hatten seit Mitte Mai kaum noch "normale" oder sogar niedrigere als durchschnittliche Temperaturen.
You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
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Het 🌧️ 🌧️ warmterecords, in Tsjechië, Slowakije, Oostenrijk - nooit eerder vertoond 40C+ all over the place, debiele warmte, hitte Dus ik ontkom er niet aan weer uit de bron van @extremetemps.bsky.social te putten - ditmaal begeleid door de kabbelende tonen van Strauss, 👌, dat dan weer wel 1/
Extreme Temperatures Around the World@extremetemps.bsky.social · 19h agoInsane 41.5c Plzen CZECH REPUBLIC Dozens and dozens of places in Czechia,Slovakia and Austria between 40C and 42C and already 3 months in a row ! 40C was virtually unheard until few years ago. Danube is on fire ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTY...
Climate change never ignites a fire. That’s almost always humans or lightning. But it’s clear when we examine the data that climate heating sets the table for fires that burn faster and larger. Since the 1980s temperatures during fire season in the Pacific NW have warmed around 4°F… 1/
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 5, 2026 ~ Sympathy for the devil. "warming is accelerating ... That’s because traditional industrial pollution that creates soot and smog — which cool the planet and mask greenhouse gas-triggered warming — is decreasing." apnews.com/article/warm...
This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say
With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.
apnews.com
For many years, this hawthorn grew alone in an open landscape. Now a young species-rich rainforest ecosystem is building all around. Nature loss isn't inevitable: it *can* be reversed, through rewilding.
Check out the newest episode of the Apocalyptic Optimist! I talk with the director of @momscleanairforce.org about how caregivers across the country are turning protective love and "angry optimism" into political power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxn_... @piqueaction.bsky.social @au-cece.bsky.social
How Moms Are Shutting Down Big Polluters
YouTube video by Pique Action
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Forget it. The Caledonian Sleeper is not going to run through the Channel Tunnel An independent Scotland joining the EU and Schengen is more likely than this! A #CrossChannelRail quick rant jonworth.eu/forget-it-th...
Forget it. The Caledonian Sleeper is not going to run through the Channel Tunnel
There's a higher chance that Scotland becomes independent, and joins the EU and Schengen, than the Caledonian Sleeper is extended through the Channel Tunnel under the current political framework. Rea...
jonworth.eu
🚨 Last month set a new record for the hottest average global sea surface temperature in the month of July! Record warmth is found in both the deeper ocean and at the surface. This isn't necessarily a surprise, but it will have consequences for around the world. Data in the graphic from NOAA ERRSTv6
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
theguardian.com
Seattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 13h agoGreetings from the Yes Seattle Libraries election night party at Reuben's downtown, featuring CM Dionne Foster.
The Wildlife Trusts are calling for a complete ban on 5 dangerous chemicals “Two sugar cubes of the concentrated active ingredient imidacloprid would be enough to exceed the predicted no-effect concentration in about 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways
theguardian.com
The California Democratic Party has officially endorsed a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires that will be on the ballot this November. They're right to support it — and Gavin Newsom is wrong to oppose it. Here's why.
Why I Support The California Billionaire Tax
Billionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.Don't fall for their fearmongering.A one-time, 5% ta
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