Tag Archives: climate

Climate scientist wins defamation lawsuit

*US climate scientist Michael Mann wins $1m in defamation lawsuit* against right-wing denialists.

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Campaign reporting adopts climate actions

*This is the year of the climate election. Journalists should cover it that way.* I’ve treated the slowly developing climate crisis as crucial since 2000 or before.

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Ugandan climate activists

*Ugandan climate activists face charges after a month in maximum security jail.* Thugs already brutalized them. Now they could be imprisoned for a year for a nonviolent protest. The law being used to prosecute them was imposed by Britain when … Continue reading

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Climate protests

*Repetition has blunted the art museum protests so much that the pumpkin soup assault on the Mona Lisa felt pathetic. More effective tactics are needed.*

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Saboteur and climate change

*[The saboteur-in-chief’s] allies and advisers have hinted at a more methodical second term: driving forward fossil fuel production, sidelining scientists and overturning rules.*

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Climate disasters: CA, CHL

*World “not prepared” for climate disasters after warmest ever January.* Unprecedented disasters have just occurred in California (extreme rains) and the Valparaíso region (wildfires entering a major city).

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Climate disasters: CA, CHL

*World “not prepared” for climate disasters after warmest ever January.* Unprecedented disasters have just occurred in California (extreme rains) and the Valparaíso region (wildfires entering a major city).

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Demand for weak policies on climate

*European politicians weaken climate policies amid farmer protests.* It’s much more comfortable in the short term not to bother preparing to keep climate disaster small enough to survive it. But it is foolish in the long term.

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USDA requires urging for climate strategy

Climate defenders called on the US Department of Agriculture to take account of the contribution to global heating of meat and dairy production.

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Climate crisis warning in 1954

Fossil fuel companies were warned about the danger of global heating in 1954, from research that they funded to track the level of CO2 in the air.

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Climate gentrification

Global heating is causing sea-level rise. The better-off people in the prosperous parts of Miami (mostly whites) want to move west to higher ground, into neighborhood now inhabited mainly by blacks. To facilitate this, redevelopment projects tear down old housing … Continue reading

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Biden’s climate commitments

*Rampant Biden Administration Oil, Gas Drilling Approvals Continue to Undermine U.S. Climate Commitments.* No amount of renewable electric generation will avert global heating disaster unless it leads to reducing total greenhouse gas emissions. For civilization’s survival, that must be the … Continue reading

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UK’s crackdown on climate protesters

*Five examples of the UK’s crackdown on climate protesters.* Has Starmer said that Labour would end this repression, or defend the climate enough to the protests unnecessary? I don’t think so, but I’d like to be reminded if I forgot.

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Cooking carbon offsets overstate climate benefit by 1,000%, study finds

Burning wood indoors for cooking is a bad idea because the wood smoke harms people’s health. Projects to hand out wood-burning stoves in poor countries are supported by “carbon offsets” which are fraudulent in the usual way. I’ve heard of … Continue reading

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