Some of us will notice increased data centers in the form of worsening asthma symptoms.
Naomi Oreskes@naomioreskes.bsky.social · 10h agoAnother end run around democracy www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Conejo Climate Coalition
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Nonpartisan, grassroots coalition advocating for the #ConejoValley while addressing the #ClimateCrisis. *Follows and likes not necessarily endorsements. https://linktr.ee/conejoclimate
Naomi Oreskes@naomioreskes.bsky.social · 10h agoThe climate crisis threatens our food supply.
Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈@ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 24h agoNot sure why this isn’t the dominant topic of national conversation rn: “Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nearly 50 Million More People to Face 'Massive Threat' of Acute Hunger Due to El Niño, UN Warns
Nearly 50 Million More People to Face 'Massive Threat' of Acute Hunger Due to El Niño, UN Warns
The United Nations World Food Program warns of 50 million facing acute hunger due to El Niño.
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Ventura County! Will we see you this weekend?
Ventura County Citizens’ Climate Lobby@vcccl.bsky.social · 2d agoThis Saturday, August 8th at 9am: Tomás Rebecchi, Central Coast Organizing Manager of @foodandwater.bsky.social is joining us to speak about a very timely topic: Data Centers! Our meeting will be in person and on Zoom. More information below.
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and #climatecrisis That’s $700,000 a minute Iran conflict windfall over 3 months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage Story by Jillian Ambrose and me www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
*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/
Why are the devastating fires 🔥 in the Pacific NW so immense? Is it ‘just summer’? Land management issues? Climate change? In this short video we cover a ton of ground with an in-depth analysis on what the data shows. Stick around for a complete picture of the #science of these #wildfires #spokane
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
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
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Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
Move comes as fourth heatwave of summer intensifies, edging temperatures in some areas close to 40C
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The Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, but Texas is getting away with torturing people to death www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won't shell out for AC
The system for choosing who gets a "cool bed" is arbitrary, inadequate, and ineffective,” a judge ruled.
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"These markets risk creating perverse incentives, undermining public trust, and commodifying human suffering in ways that warrant careful scrutiny."
Senators Urge Regulator to 'Crack Down on Prediction Markets' Amid Wildfire Betting
"These markets risk creating perverse incentives, undermining public trust, and commodifying human suffering in ways that warrant careful scrutiny."
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BREAKING NEWS! The Senate has paused the OMB rule that would put Trump appointees in charge of federal spending. Next step - Contact your MoC and tell them to permanently REVOKE THE RULE: zurl.co/1SXEN Article: zurl.co/23mF8
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London
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Congrats to BP and all the other oil companies raking in historic profits off the back of the Iran War.
BP's quarterly profit doubles to over $5 billion after Iran war oil surge
BP reported second-quarter profit more than doubled to $5.73 billion, beating forecasts thanks to higher energy prices, trading and refining margins, as CEO Meg O'Neill outlined the group's prioriti...
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(1/2) So far, the bill to bring safe Plug-In solar to California has been passing every vote in the legislature with flying colors because of YOU! Now, the bill heads to the Asm. Appropriations Committee.
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
Finally got around to reading @climatecabineteducation.org's "Taming Data Center Turmoil" report that came out last month. This is one of, if not the, clearest and most practical guides to state and local policymaking around data center energy use.
Taming Data Center Turmoil - Climate Cabinet Education
A new data center decision making approach for policymakers to protect consumers, the economy, and the climate.
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Dear Climate & Environment Donors, I have a proposal for you. Hundreds of smaller non-profits, academic centers, and community-based organizations are seeing their content and web presence get lost in and displaced by the Generative AI juggernaut.
Demand for shark fishing bait has slammed Florida’s cownose rays. Fishing effort and landings have multiplied by 3-4X over the past 10 years and recoveries that took decades are reversing. Tomorrow, FWC votes on whether to intervene. Submit a comment today: fishdefender.org/FWCcomments
NASA: Warming Effects of Carbon Pollution since the 1800s. Wait for it. Since human’s industrialized the Earth has warmed 1.5°C/2.7°F due to heat-trapping greenhouse gases released from the burning of fossil fuels, changes in land use, and the feedbacks of both. This may not sound like much but 1/
Smoke will cover half the US today from the devastating Pacific NW fires. Here’s where we stand: 2.4 Million Acres burned in Washington, Oregon, & Idaho - 16X the size of #Chicago. 700 structures lost. Countless lives changed forever. One unsustainably warming planet. 🌍 #smoke #fire #spokane
Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2d agoThe wildfires in the Pacific NW are incredibly sad and devastating. We have to face the fact that a warming climate is unsustainable. As you can see, fires in the Pacific NW are getting much larger in recent decades. The largest fires (100K acres+) have increased by 10-15X since the 1980s. 1/
Cited: Record-breaking fires | 2026 warming projection | Wildfire scientist Q&A ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/7bX7i8t Subscribe to Cited ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org/cited
Cited 4 August 2026: Record-breaking fires | 2026 warming projection | Wildfire scientist Q&A - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief speaks to a researcher about rising fire risk in Europe
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The ‘extremely effective’ campaigns undermining support for renewables – podcast
The ‘extremely effective’ campaigns undermining support for renewables – podcast
The Guardian’s environment and climate correspondent Graham Readfearn joins Reged Ahmad to unpack Australia’s relationship with renewables
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We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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