I just saw that the sale price of is higher than its ever been. Im disappointed, and not because I missed a profit opportunity. is a needless drain on the planets resources, slurping up electricity that could otherwise be put to better use and incentivizing the use of dirty coal & oil power plants. Its reversing decades of effort against , and the higher the price goes, the stronger the incentive to use electricity for crypto mining.

Over lunch, ministers discussed the state of the solar power sector in Europe. Ministers took well note of the explanations by the invited guests from Solar Power Europe and the European Solar Manufacturing Council.

This sounds silly, but if it helps expand so be it. Politicians feel more important when they talk with captains of industry.

'Mexico City is home to nearly 22 million people. But for months, the sprawling city has been suffering from diminishing water supplies.'

'Most of Mexico is experiencing some form of drought, with many areas experiencing the highest levels of "extreme" and "exceptional," according to the country's drought monitor.'

'Rainfall has decreased over the past four to five years.'

"poor water management" has also been a major contributor to the problem.'

The Great Barrier Reefs latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers the corals now have almost no reprieve

and State Street quit Climate Action 100+ climate group as scales back - have been pushing hard for this, a souce in the industry told me

Florida passes cruel bill curbing water and shade protections for workers

"The average surface temperature of the US this past winter was 37.6, which is 5.4 F. above the norm. A winter that is 5 degrees warmer than normal ought to be horrifying. This is not normal. And we are only at the beginning of this heating.

One way you could tell it was hot was that Wisconsin had its first February tornado on record. Wisconsin."

Really important article here about how big oil companies, including ExxonMobil, knew plastic recycling was BS since the'70s, but kept pushing the lie anyway.

"New research by the Center for Climate Integrity reveals that the plastics industry knew this plastic waste crisis was coming. And so petrochemical manufacturers worked hard to persuade the public that we could recycle our way out of the problem."

This is in addition to them knowing about the dangers of carbon emissions since the 1970s, and deliberately delaying action:

(Worth noting the plastic used in the synthetic rubber in tyres is a major source of plastic pollution: )

"Twenty petrochemical companies generate more than half of all the worlds single-use plastics. They include major oil and gas companies such as ExxonMobil, the worlds leading producer of single-use plastic waste.

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"Behind the scenes, however, they were admitting all along that such efforts were virtually hopeless. For more than 40 years, they knew that plastic recycling is not technically or economically feasible at scale. More than 90 percent of all plastic has ended up in landfills, ecosystems, or incinerators.

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"Since the 1970s, these companies, their trade associations, and their front groups promoted recycling solutions using misleading advertising, inaccurate educational materials, performative investments, and commitments that they knew they were unlikely to meet.

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"Internal documents reveal that the industry knew by 1986, for example, that recycling cannot be considered a permanent solid waste solution to plastics, as it merely prolongs the time until an item is disposed of. In 1994, an Exxon employee warned staffers at the American Plastics Council that they did not want paper floating around saying they could not meet recycling goals, since the issue was highly sensitive politically. These compelling admissions and many more are grounds for a thorough investigation.

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"Plastics are a product made from fossil fuels. As the world moves away from fossil fuels in a race to avert climate catastrophe, journalists have shined a light on how oil companies promote recycling, in part because plastics are their 'Plan B.'"

These days, the CEO of ExxonMobil likes to gaslight the public and blame activists:

"Frankly, society, and the activistthe dominant voice in this discussionhas tried to exclude the industry that has the most capacity and the highest potential for helping with some of the technologies."

Well, these same companies knew about the problems with toxic fossil fuel pollution since the 1970s. That's both greenhouse gas and microplastic pollution.

And they deliberately and knowingly lied to delay action.

The has fought against government support for clean technologies for more than half a century, the Guardian can reveal, even as vast subsidies have propped up its polluting business model.
Oil industry has sought to block state backing for tech since 1960s

A new report by sounds an alarm: a staggering $4 trillion annually is needed to effectively combat and achieve the s (SDGs).
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Here's some hard-to-swallow axioms about . Humanity will not change unless 1. It's convenient. 2. It's profitable. 3. We can't avoid it.

I remember almost 10 years ago I was giving a high school presentation on and thermal expansion in the . I remember being asked "do you believe humanity will solve climate change by 2020" I said "No." I was laughed at and shunned, but look who was right Some people really think buying a 6000 pound will curb these graphs. EVs only make sense for maintaining our destructive way of life without addressing the real problems.

Satellite Measurements Show That Global Carbon Emissions are Still Rising

Seasonal Attribution Report. An analysis of how climate change boosted temperatures worldwide between December 2023 and February 2024

"Carbon pollution drove abnormal warmth experienced by 59% of humanity between December 2023 and February 2024. Roughly 80% of Earths population, 6.7 billion people, were exposed to unusual warmth linked to climate
change."

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Bringing Nature Home is very similar to Nature's Best Hope.

A new book you might enjoy is A New Garden Ethic, by Benjamin Vogt.

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Let's choose over , over . We're not defined by our past, but by our bold for the future: a that lifts all, fair taxes, and for the . Together, we can tackle and end . I'll be a president for all, building a brighter future for every .

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State Of the Union
March 07, 2024

The unjust climate. Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth

The authors show for the first time, "concrete evidence from 24 countries on the magnitude of the challenge posed by the climate crisis for rural people in socially and economically vulnerable positions due to their wealth status, gender, and age."

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A study in patterns.

Australias Great Barrier Reef is in the grip of a mass bleaching event, officials have confirmed.

The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said on Friday that they have detected widespread damage at the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Aerial surveys conducted say it is the fifth time in eight years scientists have seen extensive damage on the reef.

Ten dollars.
8 Eight bands.
2 Two stages.
1 One huge gas development to stop.

DBH gig at clancysfremantle, with all profits going towards the campaign to help STOP plundering & polluting for profit in the

Beyond the Eye of the Storm. Mapping Out a Comprehensive Research Agenda for the National Security Implications of Climate Change

The authors "argue that there is still an enormous amount to be learned about how climate change may affect U.S. national security...The authors highlight specific areas that researchers should study further and illustrate how the impacts of climate change in these areas may affect" the Department of Defense.

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"We need to be retrofitting homes that are just not appropriate for the climate that we are living in now, but the climate of the future."

Rachel Sewart, acting CEO WACOSS.

Follow the . The evidence based science.

Could the immediate existential threat to our planet be any clearer

How do I respond to this

Source:

A roughly 2.5-mile-long oil slick has been detected off the coast of Huntington Beach, CA.

The Coast Guard said Friday that the slick is located about 2.8 miles off the coast of Huntington Beach. Officials say there were initial reports that the oil had possibly spilled from an offshore platform.

Life-sized whale replica attracts hundreds of curious onlookers after appearing on Adelaide beach
By Josephine Lim

A 15-metre whale has appeared to wash up overnight on Glenelg in Adelaide's south-western suburbs in a surreal scene on Saturday morning.

"China is going to lead the way and boy, China has come out of nowhere in the last few years and is now the 800 pound gorilla in the global economy, and particularly as goes. Albertans have not been paying attention. Their leaders have not been paying attention."

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The Gomeroi win puts native title holders in a stronger position to fight fossil fuel projects on their land

> A first-of-its-kind legal decision puts native title holders in a stronger position when fighting fossil fuel projects. The Gomeroi people won their appeal against the Native Title Tribunal.

Biden backtracks on climate plans and walks tightrope to court both young voters and moderates

Harsh take or progress given political reality "Bidens climate policies are colliding with the election in four key areas"

Scientists predicted this years ago.

The Barrier Reef is the coronary for the world. It is dying before our eyes.

The responsible Ministers and all in the Govt, in fact all parliamentarians in Canberra know the solutions:
stop all new fossil fuels development, starting with Beetaloo and Middle Arm developments
end toxic runoff from agrochemicals

But hey,

Published!

published "River water quality shaped by landriver connectivity in a changing climate" yesterday.

Lead author and Cluster member, based Li Li along with three other members of the writing team joined us for our latest Cluster chat.

Access the paper

Watch the interview

Calgary will never address the Housing Crisis until it addresses Zoning Reform. Check out this cool event from the good folks at More Neighbours Calgary to learn more about a VERY IMPORTANT vote coming up on April 22nd

I'm preparing a lecture and made this figure from s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan and the data also provided by the government. I find I am, skeptical.

However, continuing with this government is likely to deliver better outcomes than the most-likely alternative.

Power of and from the Sea 

The islands of Orkney are home to some of the finest archaeological sites in the world, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in The Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the village of Skara Brae. Uncovered in 1850 by a huge winter storm, the village where the early farmers of Orkney once lived, had been buried in sand dunes since it was abandoned as the sea encroached on the settlement.

Harnessing the ability of products to store even after harvest could have a significant effect on gas emissions and change commonly accepted practices

'By 2029 UK will have enough curtailed wind power to produce 455,000 tonnes of green hydrogen.'

'Policies will be needed to encourage energy arbitrage, including presenting wind power generators with a combination of positive and negative incentives to develop arrangements with electrolysers to offtake surplus power generation.

'Could also introduce a matchmaking scheme used in the US to set up wind power producers with green hydrogen developers.'

New Kind of Industrial Revolution to Create 260,000 Jobs over the next 16 years in NYC

Various programs will "retrofit apartment blocks, install solar panels, EV charging stations, and wind turbines across the five boroughs".

Headline: warmest February, records fall (as opposed to heat skyrocketing)
Lead photo: cute kid in nice cool water
Article Body: Dire climate information
visual semiotics plus framing within the headline- all MINIMISE


How many people skim by looking at the headline & image

The Department of Environmental Protection sent out a survey on climate change in New Jersey.

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'The ANSTO campus in Clayton hosts the Synchrotron, where electrons are accelerated to almost the speed of light to allow researchers to investigate materials down to the atoms.'

'Going solar was a no-brainer because of the size of the facilitys rooftops and the ample, uninterrupted exposure to sunlight at the location within the Monash University precinct.'