At least 4 deaths, over 142 injured with hundreds of homes & businesses destroyed as #catastrophic #wildfires rampage across #Oklahoma, state of #emergency declared: #news #climate #US #disaster https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/at-least-4-dead-hundreds-of-homes-destroyed-after-wildfires-sweep-across-oklahoma-and-texas
Storm across the US Midwest and South spawns #tornadoes, #wildfires and dust storms, leaving 42 fatalities, concentrated in the Midwest. Anyone still denying #climate change is lying. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/17/weather/storm-tornado-outbreak-fire-climate-hnk/index.html
Who says the EU is hesitant on carbon removal technologies? 380 ppm CO₂ at the European Commission today!
https://www.europesays.com/1920889/ Bogotá’s Teatro Colón stages climate change opera ‘Sun and Sea’ #Arts #Bogotá #Climate #ClimateChange #Culture #GlobalWarming #lithuania #music #opera #PerformingArts #TeatroColón #VeniceBiennale
I've been toying with the idea of some sort of Solarpunk/Library Socialism Movement in St. Louis for a while. I do not feel like any current organization deals with the specific issues I'm concerned with in a comprehensive, local way.
As a result, I have a vision I've been toying with that I feel ready to share: https://nextcloud.nullarch.com/s/qkkisXnC5iw2EAX
I'm very open to feedback or interest in this idea/project.
‘Space junk’ is clogging the atmosphere—and it’s going to make weather forecasts and internet access much worse
A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from weather tracking to broadband internet to national defense.
It turns out billionaires like Bill Gates care more about themselves and their money than about maintaining a livable planet for the rest of us.
Are you surprised? I’m not.
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In decades past, as the effects of climate change slowly became undeniable, some people looked to the super-rich for solutions. By the early 2020s, a few billionaires had positioned themselves as masters of climate change policy, taking advantage of their great fortunes to become indispensable to environmentalism.
Now, however, many of those same billionaires are pulling their support at an alarming rate. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the sixth richest man in the world, is the latest among them. Breakthrough Energy — Gates' climate change nonprofit — has locked the doors on its policy and advocacy office, laying off dozens of employees throughout Europe and the US.
Ever since billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump won his second presidential election, tech barons like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and of course Elon Musk have made no bones about shedding their progressive skin and embracing the new administration.
Gates, too, is cozying up to the returning president. In early January, the Microsoft founder spent three hours dining with his fellow billionaire, telling the Wall Street Journal he was "frankly impressed" by Trump's grasp on the issues dear to him.
Though many no doubt feel betrayed by what seems like a sudden rightward turn, billionaires like Gates have always behaved like wolves in sheep's clothing, prioritizing their fortunes above all.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://futurism.com/bill-gates-gives-up-climate-change
SEE ALSO -- “Bill Gates Is Giving Up on Climate Change” https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-is-giving-up-on-climate-change-as-trump-drains-the-woke-out-of-washington-2000576270
Climate change not only means warming temperatures. It means a total breakdown in how we've always expected the climate to behave...
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Climate whiplash is hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed.
Cities across the world are affected but the data shows some regional trends, with drying hitting Europe, the already-parched Arabian peninsula, and much of the US, while cities in south and south-east Asia are experiencing bigger downpours.
The analysis illustrates the climate chaos being brought to urban areas by human-caused global heating. Too little or too much water is the cause of 90% of climate disasters.
The savage wildfires in Los Angeles in January were an example of a single whiplash event, with a wet period spurring vegetation growth, which then fueled the fires when hot and dry weather followed. Such events are increasing due to human-caused global heating.
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https://www.europesays.com/1919378/ Oklahomans survey devastation after hundreds of homes are destroyed and damaged by wildfires #AllenFerguson #america #ARStateWire #Climate #ClimateAndEnvironment #DeborahFerguson #DomesticNews #ErinOConnor #GeneralNews #JeremyCook #KeithMerckx #KevinStitt #MOStateWire #OKStateWire #Oklahoma #Stillwater #TerryEssary #Texas #TXStateWire #U.S.News #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews #wildfires #WillJoyce
Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/who-doge-hurts-gutting-noaa
"the #NOAA was preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers...
People who live in #hurricane & #tornado country keep their “NOAA #weather radios” handy...
In theory, it sounds like one more bad thing to worry about. In practice, it’s much worse. We’ve just had a demonstration of precisely how effective NOAA is & what we stand to lose without it."
I just stepped out to transplant taros in the garden,
saw the weather, shut the door, huddled back in the cozy blanket.
Welcome to Trump Country!
Storm Deaths Mount, Exacerbated By DOGE and Trump’s Climate Chaos
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/climate-storm-tornado-doge-trump-cuts/
ClimateJustice.social is a Mastodon server for climate justice activists and those concerned about global warming and the current environmental crisis:
You can find out more at https://climatejustice.social/about or contact the admin @PaulaToThePeople
“#Microsoft walking back its climate commitment is a great example of why we need binding state and federal #climate laws, not corporate pledges that are reneged when they become inconvenient to profits and shareholders”
#climatefriendly #it #bigtech #unplugtrump #opensource #foss #ClimateAction #datacenter #ki #ai
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/microsoft-shrugs-off-company-climate-goals-to-support-burning-methane-gas-for-ai-data-centers/
I'll be discussing #climate and #water on Sunday, live, with Dan Miller on Climate Chat, 10am Pacific time. Tune in!
https://www.youtube.com/live/WkbwMfwImWs?si=Tob_yfYWXAQl3wku
Latin America Prepares New UN Climate Plans as Emissions Rise https://www.byteseu.com/833255/ #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes and fire, killing at least 17 https://www.byteseu.com/832023/ #America #APTopNews #ARStateWire #Arkansas #AutomotiveAccidents #CharlesDaniel #Climate #ClimateAndEnvironment #Fires #GeneralNews #JimAkers #KevinStitt #Missouri #MOStateWire #OKStateWire #Oklahoma #SarahHuckabeeSanders #Storms #texas #Tornadoes #TXStateWire #U.S.News #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #weather #Wildfires #WinterWeather
File under "it isn't EVs, it's Musk":
BMW spots opportunity, as Tesla tumbles
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/15/bmw-spots-an-ev-sales-opportunity-as-tesla-tumbles/