Labor keeps dire climate report under wraps

The federal government has delayed the release of highly detailed government modelling outlining the severe economic, environmental and budgetary risks posed by the effects of climate change, just weeks ahead of its decision on a new 2035 emissions reduction target

Before you watch Clearing The Air: The War On Smog on PBS learn about the Donora smog disaster!

The 1948 Donora smog was the worst air pollution disaster in U.S. history.

60 people died, 1000's were sickened, and it jumpstarted the fields of environmental, public health and The Clean Air Act.

Afghanistan climate crisis: drought and floods drive mass exodus

Afghanistan faces a brutal climate reality. Relentless drought and flash floods have driven over 500,000 from their homes in 2024 alone. Fields are gone, villages washed away, can the country survive this

My Body Is Burning. Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Labor Rights in Bangladesh

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Chart des deutschen Strommix ber die letzten 6 Stunden.

Guidelines for Cooling Centers (India)

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Climate chaos intensifies: Thailand swelters in rainy season

Global climate turmoil escalates in 2025, with extreme weather worldwide. Thailand swelters at 37C in the rainy season, as heavy rains loom from mid-August to September

Report Outlines Urgent, Decisive Action on Extreme Heat

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DNV: Renewing the aging fleet with more climate-efficient ships
Anastasia Kypriotaki
67 minutes

The Responsible Shipping Initiative (RSI) and DNV have released a study, Decarbonization of the Short Sea Dry Bulk Fleet, funded in part by the Swedish Transport Administration

The synergies of heat stress and air pollution and its health impacts

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Climate Security Is Energy Security

If political conditions in the United States and elsewhere require a rebranding of technologies formerly known as climate tech, so be it. The larger economic, technological, and geopolitical forces propelling everyone toward cleaner energy remain as strong as ever

In other words, Americans love their beef, and will keep eating it even when doing so breaks the bank

This means that when Americans start eating more ground beef and less steak, a higher share of consumed beef in the U.S. is coming from overseas.

This is a problem, Dumortier says, because beef production in other countries emits a lot more greenhouse gasses than it does in the United State

To me it looks like you can have a conventionally prosperous economy OR you can have meaningful climate action, but not both. This report might be a reality check the government finds hard to swallow.

Archive link has full article if the other one doesn't work:

It got to 107F/41.6C in Bordeaux, FR.

"Solar systems installed are off-grid, meaning their owners are nearly self-sufficient in energy.
Users only pay the electricity department for night-time use of the national grid, which is especially attractive to farmers who use high-voltage pumps during the day and do not need electricity at night."

In the midst of a national climate crisis, Carneys government falls silent

The words 'climate change' have barely passed Carneys lips, nor did they feature in communiqus from June's G7 summit in Alberta. It has been left to premiers, mayors, & Indigenous leaders to hold press conferences, comfort evacuees, & highlight the frightening reality of more intense, more widespread, more merciless fires

The new "White Australia Policy", bleached corals.

These results highlight an urban-rural divide in climate adaptation financing and emphasize the role of socioeconomic and political factors in shaping local climate action. By addressing gaps in adaptation policy implementation, this study contributes to the understanding of climate governance & provides insights for improving the equitable distribution of adaptation funding

Climate change is killing fireflies threatening a US summer ritual.

Scientists say lightning bugs are having a revival this year but theyre concerned about the insects long-term viability.

The history of grylloblattids is closely linked with global geo- since the Mesozoic Era, and is a model system for understanding the macroevolution of .
Chen et al. explain right here!
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As Cal Fire is flagging 5,362 fires in California right now, reports that a new study shows how fire season is starting 10 weeks earlier there than in the 1990s a pattern that will likely persist. Read about whats driving the early start:

Ningaloo is a beautiful reef. To read of its bleaching due to unprecedented ocean warmth is another wakeup. Meanwhile South Australia is in its fifth month of a toxic algal bloom over nearly one third of a very long coastline.
Climate Change is still a political fight and we need to do all we can to manage the risk
WAs longest and most intense marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch
 

Can We Alter the Ocean to Counter Climate Change Faster This Experiment Aims to Find Out.

As corporate interest in ocean carbon removal grows, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are testing the safety and effectiveness of one such technique.

Winds are right today for an unfortunate view across the Salish Sea/Puget Sound of the today from West Seattle.

Stop worrying about mineral shortage. is shuttering factories because of lack of demand for Sheesh...

Stop worrying about mineral shortage. is shuttering factories because of lack of demand for Instead of lighting cash on fire ( ) use that to help folks buy all over the world. We have a LONG way to go before those minerals come up short. Sheesh...

Why am I reminded of the old joke:

"I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!"

companies willing to kill of their own customers in the name of profits makes just as much sense.

A Way to Write Science Fiction About Climate Change

Author Tim Chawaga shares a way to write science fiction about climate change by looking at his debut novel Salvagia.
The post A Way to Write Science Fiction About Climate Change appeared first on Writer's Digest.

you can now get a rsum of all the spams in your spam box, with , and free warmth for all living earthlings.

Um, , stealing jobs, , because of and being arrested. Friggin' projectionist!

warns of '' if appeals court curbs tariff power

by BRETT ROWLAND The Center Square
Mon, August 11th 2025

heat extremes, driven by human-caused , has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s ...

A Way to Write Science Fiction About Climate Change /Fantasy -fi

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Daniel Swain on what's coming to us beyond 1.5C

(I agree. Giving up is NOT an option. Every fraction of a C less matters)

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New shipping lanes.

The scale of destruction in 2023, 2024, and now 2025, is taking a tragic toll on Canadian communities and our forests stated Rob Keen, Executive Director of the CTNA-ACPF. "We now require over 6.8 billion seedlings to restore just 15% of the forests lost to these catastrophic wildfires. This is not just an environmental crisis, the economic and social costs require immediate action from our Prime Minister, Premiers, and Forest Ministers

A viral headline claimed Antarctic ice is recoveringbut experts say it is misleading and ignores the bigger climate picture.

Scientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it's melting fast.

New data shows Perito Moreno Glaciers rapid retreat, revealing climate changes delayed impact on this iconic mass of ice.

Warming waters = changing marin life. Fisherman in this clip says that catch has been "abysmal" though (so yes, we should still worry).

But just remember if this results in wildfires and smoke it's and not I hate that I have to clarify this is sarcasm but we all know the situation