Asias fossil-free future demands real transformation, not a false transition. As it meets this week, the Asian Development Bank should stop supporting fossil gas as a bridge fuel and back renewable energy.

Asias fossil-free future demands real transformation, not a false transition. As it meets this week, the Asian Development
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Build, baby, build: Canadas new prime minister wants to make the country into an energy superpower

Mark Carney has promised to partner with Indigenous peoples. He's also promised to fast-track extractive energy projects

Wake up Link, this realm needs saving!

Floods Ravage Northern Italy as Europe Faces New Normal of Climate Extremes

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Also seeks to cut climate, gender, sustainability mentions from deal

How the climate crisis threatens Indigenous traditions in Canada: Its not the way it used to be Canada

Janelle Oombash stands on the smooth ice of an outdoor rink, keeping score and watching the time as
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However, there are risks involved. When budding occurs, leaf spread begins and sap circulation resumes. Since buds protect leaf primordia from the cold, if winter has not yet fully passed, the floral parts and young shoots can freeze

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Asias fossil-free future demands real transformation not a false transition

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Care about climate change Protest. Opinion

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"In view of our results, it is essential that weather and climate models take biological particles into account," said Athanasios Nenes in a press release issued by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) on Monday. This is particularly important as an increase in these particles is expected with global warming

Trudeaus government failed to deliver on its promise to lift all long-term drinking water advisories & made little progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions calls to action. Meanwhile, resource projects such as the Trans Mountain pipeline moved forward without full Indigenous consent

We should be grateful the vote was not dominated by dudes, for example. If youre relieved not to face a Poilievre government, Canadian women (notably in Quebec) are the voters to thank

How the climate crisis threatens Indigenous traditions in Canada: Its not the way it used to be

Shorter winters and thinning ice are imperiling cultural activities in the north, including hockey, broomball and hunting

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Normally at this time of year Id be closing most windows & doors but opening blinds to let the sun flood in through north facing windows. Not today. Weve had cooler nights, and the temperature usually drops noticeably as the sun goes down, but not today.

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Why for several reasons
Sivaram served for the first two years of President Joe Bidens as the managing director for clean energy and senior advisor to Secretary John F. Kerry.
At Orsted, Sivaram led an organization of 180 people comprising the corporate strategy, capital allocation, technology innovation, digital and AI, and partnerships and M&A functions.

A democrat, specialized in clean energy...

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"Climate change is causing a rise in extreme heat, which helps fuel wildfires, while hotter temperaturescan also lead to more intense rainfall and flooding, because warmer air holds more moisture."

5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament and it has the numbers to deliver

Australians have returned an expanded Labor Party to government alongside a suite of climate-progressive independents. Meanwhile, the Coalition
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5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament and it has the numbers to deliver

As a way to debunk some conservative lines of thinking, read this, from the chair of the worlds biggest insurance company:

presented with this information at the Santos AGM, their Chairman's response: "we aren't concerned

The Daily Telegraph (which is owned by Rupert Murdoch) is talking up a new mixed-use development in the Parramatta CBD. And normally, I'd be all for developments of this kind.
Except for one small issue.
It's in a floodplain.
"Parramatta CBD is set to have a ground breaking 45-level twin tower featuring modern apartments, three levels of retail and eateries within a uniquely designed building.
"Construction of Cosmopolitan, the latest project by Sydney development company Deicorp, has begun and is said to be unlike anything currently within the suburb.
"Located at 34 Hassall St, the twin buildings will deliver 604 new apartments into the community by 2027."

The Tele's article fails to mention the drawn-out approvals process for a neighbouring apartment tower at 39 to 43 Hassall St.
It was knocked back by Parramatta City Council (possibly the most pro-development council in Australia). The Council shared concerns with the State Emergency Services and a State Government agency about flood risk.
(That decision was overturned by the NSW Planning Department.)
That's because it's right next to a creek bed.
"The NSW Planning Department noted the Environment and Heritage Group, and the NSW State Emergency Service, opposed the development on flooding grounds. The site, which is adjacent to Clay Cliff Creek and close to the Parramatta River, is considered flood affected.
The Environment and Heritage Group raised concern that the proposal has potential to seriously increase flood risk to life and is not compatible with the flood risk of the land, the department said.
"The developer tweaked an earlier proposal, reconfiguring the block and increasing the number of car spaces, in response to negative feedback in public submissions. But the City of Parramatta maintained its opposition on grounds the project did not meet the councils design excellence standards, particularly as there was no clear setback between the tower and the podium level."

"Water engineering and hydrology firm GRC Hydro noted the proposal included flood gates and doors to provide safe evacuation or a place to shelter during a flood emergency, and to protect the basement car park from inundation."
"The NSW Planning Department said the flooding concerns could be mitigated with conditions. Those included a requirement a construction certificate not be issued until the certifier had evidence the building was suitably designed to ensure the building does not fail due to floodwater forces, debris and buoyancy effects from flooding in events up to the probable maximum flood level as certified by a registered structural engineer."
"Structural failure" in this context is an engineering term that means "the building collapses".
And why this all matters is because the Parramatta River can be a little floodprone:
"A senior SES official has warned that Parramatta's CBD could be overwhelmed by a flash flood in as little as nine minutes, giving residents little time to evacuate.
"George Jeoffreys, senior manager for risk reduction and avoidance at the NSW State Emergency Service, cited the difficulty of predicting flash floods.
"Parramatta is a low-lying catchment area fed by 39 tributary creeks, any of which can cause flooding. But another expert said the risks seemed to have been ignored as the government and council continued with strategies to turn Parramatta into Sydney's second city centre.
"SES senior planning coordinator Marcus Morgan said the agency should have been involved earlier in the planning process."

Now, I want to stress again that I'm usually all for higher-density housing and mixed-use developments close to public transport.
Parramatta is the second biggest CBD in NSW, and there's a strong demand for new housing as office towers go up.
And there are plenty of sites around Parramatta, especially in Parramatta North, which are close to the new light rail and would be ideal for more density.
At the same time, because of global warming from fossil fuel pollution, floods are going to become more frequent and severe.
I don't think putting tall apartment blocks next to creek beds in flood plains near the Parramatta ferry wharf is a great idea, from the point of view of climate resiliency.
And at the very least, reporters writing about new developments built on floodplains should at least mention the fact.

Anna-Karin Hatt, som valdes till ny centerledare i helgen, kommer inte att ge Tidregeringen en lugn stund, s lnge den inte tar tag i klimatfrgan. om det r ngon som r lika tydlig i klimatfrgan som Hatt r det Jimmie kesson (SD). P en direkt frga i debatten om det r viktigt att Sverige klarar klimatmlen till 2030 svarar han: nej.
Susanne Nystrm, Anna-Karin Hatt gav ett tydligt besked i SVT-debatten (DN 20250505)

An issue with climate change (lol) is that the gall wasp will not hibernate over the cold months if the cold months never fucking come.
But on the other hand, if it gets warmer, then the gall wasp predator may be able to survive the cold, and eat the gall wasp.
But, as it stands, the gall wasp has no predators this far South, because it can conveniently hide in its fucking GALL on all our citrus trees, and survives the cold. But its QLD based predator can not.

RIP Prof. Malcom Potts. UC Berkeley Prof I had the chance to meet. His seminars with basic props showed the intertwined impact of and lack of access in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the US he asked FDA approval to remove prescription barrier to contraception. This bold vision was evident as early as 1969, in his landmark quote inReaders Digest, It would be a service to mankind if The Pill were available in vending machines and cigarettes were placed on prescription.

regeringens politik har inneburit hjda utslpp i tre kvartal i rad, ngot som inte hnt sedan mtningarna inleddes. Det frsker bde statsministern och SD:s Jimmie kesson rttfrdiga med att klimatpolitiken mste godknnas av vljarna
Det finnsf frgor som s mnga vljare skattar som mycket viktigt som den om ett mer milj- och klimatvnligt samhlle, samtidigt som frtroendet fr klimatministern rasar
Annie Reuterskild (DN 20250505)

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Palestinian Space Lasers

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Incase I'm being too obscure, by space lasers I mean racist conspiracy theory

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the snowpack in the Rockies is about 70 per cent of what it should beit means less melt coming through the system to the Saskatchewan River. As well, the glaciers are melting down about seven to eight metres each year. He says, Its affecting us all far downstream, and really, weve got to get climate change under control right away. We are passing the point where its becoming catastrophic right now

New meatlike proteins based on mycelium are only now coming to market, but some of them are already quite good. Plus, low carbon footprint and high nutrition.

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