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2024-06-13 at 11:19 PM UTC in Billion-Dollar Thunderstorms in Florida? Thanks, Climate ChangeBillion-Dollar Thunderstorms in Florida? Thanks, Climate Change
Large swaths of South Florida were underwater this week after the sky turned into a firehose that flooded Miami and dumped 10 inches of rain on Fort Lauderdale in a day. It was the worst rainstorm in Fort Lauderdale … since the one in April 2023 that dumped more than 2 feet of rain in a day. That earlier storm did more than $1 billion in damage, and this one probably will, too. Governor Ron DeSantis, who has outlawed talking about climate change, declared a state of emergency in four Florida counties. Flights were canceled and parts of I-95 were closed.
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2024-06-13 at 11:15 PM UTC in Crops failing as heatwave and extreme drought intensify in central and northern ChinaCrops failing as heatwave and extreme drought intensify in central and northern China
The situation is even more dire in Mengyin County, Shandong Province, where Beijing News reports from Tuesday, June 11, indicate a potential 30% drop in crop yields compared to last year due to a lack of rainfall.
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2024-06-13 at 11:13 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-13 at 8:38 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-13 at 11:52 AM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-13 at 11:44 AM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-13 at 1:39 AM UTC in Scientists Arrested During Citigroup Climate Protest
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2024-06-13 at 1:34 AM UTC in How criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the world
“Punishment for collective actions is becoming ever more draconian, as a means to discourage them and criminalise them …… This is a testament to the way in which the political class, while having few practical responses in store to the demands of social movements, all too often resorts to simply repressing these very demands and the groups and individuals voicing them.”
In Australia, Human Rights Watch has found that the authorities “are disproportionately punishing climate protesters in violation of their basic rights to peaceful protest”. Several states, including Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria, have passed or are trying to pass laws that can punish peaceful environmental protesters with hefty fines and jail time. The laws are accompanied by an expansion in the discretionary powers available to police such as on-the-spot fines and onerous bail conditions. -
2024-06-13 at 1:29 AM UTC in Scientists Arrested During Citigroup Climate ProtestScientists Arrested During Citigroup Climate Protest
"I have studied climate change since 1982," Sandra Steingraber, a biologist and retired scholar in residence at Ithaca College, said in a speech outside the Wall Street giant's entrances. "I've testified. I've sent letters to the White House. I've met with the science advisor. I went to the Paris Climate talks. But carbon dioxide levels just reached a new high, and Citi here is financing the arsonists."
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2024-06-13 at 12:08 AM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-12 at 11:44 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-12 at 10:37 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their workSince the onset of industrial times in the 18th century, human activities have raised atmospheric CO2 by 50% – meaning the amount of CO2 is now 150% of its value in 1750. This human-induced rise is greater than the natural increase observed at the end of the last ice age 20,000 years ago.
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2024-06-12 at 10:32 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their workWe know that carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere.
We know that humans are burning fossil fuels, releasing huge amounts of carbon pollution and trapping more and more heat in the atmosphere.
Conclusion: humans are the primary reason we see our climate changing at such an extraordinary rate today. -
2024-06-12 at 10:13 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their workEarth's climate has been stable for the past 12,000 years. This stability has been crucial for the development of modern civilization. A stable climate enabled humans to pursue agriculture, domesticate animals, settle down and develop culture.
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2024-06-12 at 7:11 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-12 at 4:34 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-12 at 12:34 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
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2024-06-12 at 4:18 AM UTC in How criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the world
Originally posted by mmQ I've learned the key to life is to just play Rocket League and chess all day every day. Do whatever you want as nothing *really* matters.
Great advice.
Tiger got to hunt,
Bird got to fly,
Man got to sit and wonder why, why, why?
Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land,
Man got to tell himself he understands.
Unfortunately, I have never understood anything. -
2024-06-12 at 2:22 AM UTC in How criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the worldHow criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the world
“These defenders are basically trying to save the planet, and in doing so save humanity,” said Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders. “These are people we should be protecting, but are seen by governments and corporations as a threat to be neutralised. In the end it’s about power and economics.”
Climate and environmental justice groups report a significant increase in draconian, and often arbitrary, charges for peaceful protesters as part of what they claim is a playbook of tactics to vilify, discredit, intimidate and silence activists. -
2024-06-12 at 1:23 AM UTC in UN chief says world is on ‘highway to climate hell’ as planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat
Originally posted by Donald Trump Canada is a major oil exporter, and unlike every just about every other oil exporters they also have massive domestic taxes on gasoline/diesel?
And the oil wealth just goes to fuelling mass immigration and the deficit instead of investing in a sovereign wealth fund?
Typical Canadians.
