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"Universal suicide": An imprisoned climate activist on why the fight for the planet still matters
2 months ago

"Universal suicide": An imprisoned climate activist on why the fight for the planet still matters

Salon  

Many people don’t need something as dramatic as Hurricane Milton to tell them our climate is spiraling out of control. And that's to do with how we frame things, not in a defeatist way of, “Oh, isn't it terrible they've done this, so we should all be suffering?” What we should be saying is “Good, they're imprisoning people. We need …

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JD Vance is wrong about climate science, experts say. It isn't "weird," it's overwhelmingly accurate
2 months, 3 weeks ago

JD Vance is wrong about climate science, experts say. It isn't "weird," it's overwhelmingly accurate

Salon  

During Tuesday night's vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz, Vance dismissed climate change as "weird science," skeptically characterizing the scientific consensus about burning fossil fuels as "this idea that carbon emissions drive all the climate change." These included University of Pennsylvania climatologist Dr. Michael E. Mann, who wrote to Salon that he could not "stomach …

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Republican dodo birds have a death wish for us all
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican dodo birds have a death wish for us all

Raw Story  

In the 1850s, British naturalist Charles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Last week, avoiding the words “climate change,” Fox News quoted the director of an eco-conservation park in Mexico saying they’d “never seen a situation like what’s happening right now.” The conservation park resuscitates and rehydrates dying animals for re-release into the wild, but if heat …

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NASA’s PACE satellite will tackle the largest uncertainty in climate science
7 months ago

NASA’s PACE satellite will tackle the largest uncertainty in climate science

Hindustan Times  

Small things can have big effects. Climate scientists hope that NASA’s new satellite, PACE, which was launched into Earth orbit on February 8th, will reduce those uncertainties around aerosols Other tiny things have similarly extensive effects. Sulphur from ships’ funnels also makes particles that seed clouds, producing strings of puffy white “shiptracks” that can be seen in satellite pictures. Uncertainties …

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Autonomous drones tested in Antarctica for scientific research
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Autonomous drones tested in Antarctica for scientific research

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The British Antarctic Survey said successful tests will allow the drones to undertake research such as surveying marine ecosystems …

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COP28 Dubai is over: Four key highlights from the UN climate summit
1 year ago

COP28 Dubai is over: Four key highlights from the UN climate summit

Al Jazeera  

A contentious Global Stocktake text amid a tough run for COP28 President al-Jaber – here are some key outcomes of the UN climate summit in the UAE. Hundreds of world leaders and climate experts gathered at this year’s United Nations climate conference to witness the approval of a climate disaster “loss and damage fund” and a disputed agreement on transitioning …

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COP28’s UAE president defends climate science comments
1 year ago

COP28’s UAE president defends climate science comments

Al Jazeera  

Sultan al-Jaber hits out at ‘repeated attempts to undermine’ the work of the COP28 presidency in Dubai. Amid tough talks over the future of fossil fuels, Sultan al-Jaber, who is also head of UAE national oil company ADNOC, hit out at “repeated attempts to undermine” the work of the COP28 presidency in Dubai. “I am factual and I respect the …

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Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.

Raw Story  

Justice Samuel Alito claims Congress has no power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court. Justices Alito and Thomas don’t just “regard themselves as unrestricted” by ethics, they have so egregiously violated the rules of fair play they shouldn’t be allowed to serve. Thomas luxuriates in a conservative donor’s uber-wealth Gifts lavished on Thomas and his crusading wife, …

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Heat is making our planet uninhabitable. Why isn't this the top news story around the world?
1 year, 2 months ago

Heat is making our planet uninhabitable. Why isn't this the top news story around the world?

Salon  

In the 1973 sci-fi movie "Soylent Green," the year 2022 is depicted as a world so ravaged by pollution that the temperature never drops below 90°F. The authors of the PNAS study analyzed "wet-bulb temperature thresholds across a range of air temperatures and relative humidities" using bias-corrected climate change models. Indeed, if global temperatures exceed 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, …

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The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong
1 year, 4 months ago

The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong

The Hindu  

Those following the latest developments in climate science would have been stunned by the jaw-dropping headlines last week proclaiming the “Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests” — which responded to a recent publication in Nature Communications. Back in 1998, the Atlantic Monthly published an article raising the alarm that global “warming could lead, paradoxically, to drastic …

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Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today's climate disaster
1 year, 6 months ago

Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today's climate disaster

Salon  

Once upon a time, the mainstream Republican Party did not deny the reality of climate science and even saw the environment as something to be valued and protected, not exploited. Related This is what the world will look like in 100 years if we do nothing to stop climate change "In terms of like the party's official stance being the …

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Insurance firms need more climate change information. Scientists say they can help
1 year, 7 months ago

Insurance firms need more climate change information. Scientists say they can help

NPR  

Insurance firms need more climate change information. Insurance companies are worried about climate change Kapnick says she has heard from insurance companies that are increasingly concerned that they don't have sufficient information to accurately assess what the future holds. "Climate change is a significant concern to the property casualty insurance industry as our nation faces the prospect of increased frequency …

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Climate misinformation group infiltrates convention of science teachers
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate misinformation group infiltrates convention of science teachers

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The CO2 Coalition, a group which denies that human-caused emissions are causing the global climate …

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Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming since 1970s: study
1 year, 11 months ago

Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming since 1970s: study

The Hindu  

Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists' conclusions, a new study says. It “gives us airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it.” The paper quoted then-Exxon CEO Lee Raymond in …

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Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s
1 year, 11 months ago

Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s

Associated Press  

DENVER — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a new study says. It “gives us airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it.” The paper quoted then-Exxon CEO Lee …

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Exxon Mobil publicly denied global warming for years but quietly predicted it
1 year, 11 months ago

Exxon Mobil publicly denied global warming for years but quietly predicted it

LA Times  

Environmental activists rallied outside the New York Supreme Court building in October 2019 in New York City while inside New York’s attorney general was taking on Exxon Mobil in a case that accused the oil giant of misleading investors about the company’s financial risks due to climate change. In perhaps the most unexpected twist in the field of climate science, …

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COP27 Loss And Damage, Climate Mobility And More 10 New Climate Science Insights Announced At United Nations Climate Change Conference Summit
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 Loss And Damage, Climate Mobility And More 10 New Climate Science Insights Announced At United Nations Climate Change Conference Summit

ABP News  

COP27: Climate change is real, and has a devastating impact on ecosystems. On the third day of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference, 10 new insights in climate science were announced. The insights highlight how the potential to adapt to climate change is not limitless, and that climate change negatively impacts the health of living beings and ecosystems as …

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The India Clean Air Summit 2022 begins in Bengaluru on Tuesday
2 years, 4 months ago

The India Clean Air Summit 2022 begins in Bengaluru on Tuesday

Hindustan Times  

The fourth edition of the India Clean Air Summit began Tuesday in Bengaluru with global experts set to discuss an integrated approach to resolving air pollution and climate change. The summit has been organised by think-tanks Centre for Air Pollution Studies and the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy. The four-day event will see policymakers, scientists, technologists and …

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5 authentic sources to keep yourself updated on climate change
2 years, 5 months ago

5 authentic sources to keep yourself updated on climate change

Live Mint  

A 2021 study by The Conversation and YouGov on 1,722 respondents living in the UK found that 50% of them couldn’t identify misinformation about climate change online, and a staggering 44% were unable to identify that they had been exposed to misinformation in the first place. “Every falsehood, distortion, and conspiracy theory about climate change is an obstacle to meaningful …

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Slide show which convinced Johnson climate crisis is real in 2019 ‘show PM lacked basic knowledge when elected’
2 years, 10 months ago

Slide show which convinced Johnson climate crisis is real in 2019 ‘show PM lacked basic knowledge when elected’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While Mr Johnson has previously spoken of experiencing a “road to Damascus” moment on the climate crisis after being …

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Inside the insidious world of climate-change denial
3 years, 1 month ago

Inside the insidious world of climate-change denial

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “With Heartland’s powerful impact on the global warming debate, it’s no wonder the Big Government left fears returning to …

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Trump officials removed from White House after faking approval for papers which downplay climate crisis
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump officials removed from White House after faking approval for papers which downplay climate crisis

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Titled the "Climate Change Flyers”, the papers claimed to be published by the Office of Science and Technology Policy …

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Amy Coney Barrett’s Climate Dodge Isn’t Just Unscientific. It’s At Odds With Most Americans.
4 years, 2 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett’s Climate Dodge Isn’t Just Unscientific. It’s At Odds With Most Americans.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Twice this week, Amy Coney Barrett refused to acknowledge the scientific reality that the climate is changing. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee told the Senate Judiciary Committee she was “not a scientist” and therefore did “not have firm views” on the shifts in weather patterns, record-breaking temperatures and melting polar ice that even the …

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Faith and politics mix to drive evangelical Christians’ climate change denial
4 years, 3 months ago

Faith and politics mix to drive evangelical Christians’ climate change denial

Salon  

U.S. Christians, especially evangelical Christians, identify as environmentalists at very low rates compared to the general population. Climate science denial may stem more from politics than religion Social scientist Dan Kahan rejects the idea of an automatic link between religiosity and any anti-science bias. They also exhibit the strongest correlation, among any faith group, between religiosity and either climate science …

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