Tucker Carlson explains that he was sleeping in his bed with 4 dogs, woke up with scratches, and immediately knew he had been attacked by a demon.“I knew it was spiritual, immediately.” That’s where we are in 2024. Looks like it only gets weirder from here. | Continue reading
And, no, it’s not Jim Gaffigan. Rainn Wilson, (Dwight on The Office) has been using food to make climate points for ordinary folks. Forbes: Actor Rainn Wilson (The Office) made headlines last year when he changed his Twitter name to “Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson” to … | Continue reading
Weather forecast for Election Day includes rain across battleground states. | Continue reading
You’ve been warned. Yale Climate Connections: In many parts of Latin America, when the dark of night descends, the vampire bat emerges. Vampire bats are famous for feasting on the blood of live animals. As the climate warms, they’re spreading farther north. And according to Luis … | Continue reading
New York Times: Two weeks before world leaders meet to debate the climate crisis, a report released on Thursday shows the 10 deadliest extreme weather events in the past two decades were made worse by burning fossil fuels. More than half a million people around the world were kil … | Continue reading
Valencia meets Asheville.The pictures look like out-takes from a lost Mad Max movie. Australian Broadcasting Company: Valencia alone recorded a death toll of 92 after receiving what Spain’s weather service said was more rain in eight hours than it had received in the last 20 mont … | Continue reading
More postcards for the future.51 dead so far in Valencia. Washington Post: At least 51 people have died and many more are missing after torrential rains caused massive flooding in southeastern Spain, turning roads into rivers of floating cars and cutting off highways and access p … | Continue reading
Reading this story about climate impacts in rural Afghanistan, I couldn’t help but compare to the stories coming our of North Carolina and Tennessee.Fundamentalist religion having a tough time adjusting to a climate changed world. Washington Post: With parched deserts and defores … | Continue reading
Guardian: As emergency crews work to help people experiencing grave losses after Hurricane Helene, a wave of misinformation has accompanied relief efforts, heightened by an existential election just a month away. The upcoming election has ramped up the misinformation, a common th … | Continue reading
An Open Letter by Scientists to the Nordic Council of Ministers (emphasis mine): We, the undersigned, are scientists working in the field of climate research and feel it is urgent to draw the attention of the Nordic Council of Ministers to the serious risk of a major ocean circul … | Continue reading
Teaser for a longer report tonight. | Continue reading
This PBS report is really stunning. I’ve seen a number of pieces on this issue, but none quite so powerful as this. From the transcript: Miles O’Brien:The forests of Pennsylvania are filled with thousands of orphaned and abandoned oil wells, many of them more than a century-old.H … | Continue reading
From Accuweather – above, drone footage, and below, some context from reporter. Some perspective on wildlife impacts as well. | Continue reading
Ryan McBeth is a YouTuber focused on national security and military topics, who I have started to follow, because he seems well informed, grounded, and sensible. Here he is speaking to the topic of misinformation in a natural disaster, and whether that kind of activity could be w … | Continue reading
Cut rate real estate available. Gentrification underway, as buyers will come in with enough resources to repair and then raise existing homes, if not scraping off old homes and rebuilding entirely. | Continue reading
Kind of important to have AC if you’re living in Arizona. But utility bills, set by a Republican dominated, fossil fuel connected state board, have been skyrocketing. These positions are elected, and voters could, if they wish, make a change in November. Newsweek: The consecutive … | Continue reading
Because, as one of Donald Trump’s senior advisors and funders, and we are told a key member of any future Trump administration, with deep ties to the military and intelligence communities, and a top secret clearance, of course he is.Is there anyone on the Trump team who is not ta … | Continue reading
We’ve all seen the devastation from Helene in the Smoky Mountain region, and Milton in Florida, and there is plenty of ongoing coverage of the aftermath in those regions, which I’ll continue to follow. This morning I saw the only update from a mainstream source that I can find ab … | Continue reading
Democrats and VP Kamala Harris have tip-toed around the Fracking issue in Pennsylvania, the Conventional Wisdom being that the practice is an important job creator that is overwhelmingly supported in the all-important battleground state.The CW is Wrong and wrong. Wall Street Jour … | Continue reading
Farmer in Middletown Pa.: “Uncharted territory” going this many days without rain. Concerns about crops next year.Drought monitor shows eastern Pennsylvania, where the report above was filmed, shows “moderate” to “severe” drought, extending into New Jersey, as well as points nort … | Continue reading
Jacksonville local report – Florida’s taxpayer funded “Insurer of Last Resort”, Citizens, denied a huge number of claims from Hurricane Debby, which hit in August. Debby, rated as “only” a category 1, nevertheless caused more than a billion dollars in damages. The rub for policy … | Continue reading
Unseasonably warm and dry weather is fueling fire risk in the US Northeast.Foresters have warned of the vulnerability of eastern forests as climate change takes hold – a thirsty atmosphere pulls more moisture from plants and soils and drought conditions can take hold faster. This … | Continue reading
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Eastern US primed for fires.This is a postcard from the future. The fires we have seen in the west in recent decades, could well be coming to Eastern North America, as climate change makes for favorable conditions. The implications are serious, considering much higher population … | Continue reading
Well done video explains a crucial piece to watch as hurricanes close in (still weeks of hurricane season to come).The “Dirty Side” of hurricanes explained. | Continue reading
In some neighborhoods, water still rising.Homeowners who can’t get to their homes. Mobile home communities in particular are affected. These are largely low income residents, and their living situation is becoming more precarious and unsustainable. Roots of a coming climate migra … | Continue reading
’bout as good as it gets. | Continue reading
Above, young activist points out the hardship of storm evacuations on low income residents, as there are many in the southeastern US. Below, PBS Newshour report on economic ripple effects on the broader US economy, even a measurable hit on the US GDP, according to Barron’s report … | Continue reading
The Meidas Touch channel is a bit strident for me usually, but here he does a good job of highlighting the cognitive decline of Donald Trump, as well as showing how integral fossil fuel messaging is to the steadily deteriorating candidate, who has now taken to reminiscing about A … | Continue reading
Trillions of teardrop shaped UAPs. | Continue reading
OmTimes (Registration Required): In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are five elements and five seasons, with the latter part of Summer considered a special time of year in the cycle of seasons and elements. Late, or Indian Summer is that fifth season – a special time between … | Continue reading
Minneapolis TV report on climate impacts in the upper midwest. | Continue reading
“We’ll adapt.” | Continue reading
The new column is 10 days late because the storms wouldn’t stop coming. Midland Daily News: After the last three weeks, it should be clear to everyone that hurricanes and storms in a climate-altered world are different and much more dangerous threats than what humanity has dealt … | Continue reading
Keynote for the Michigan Climate Action Network Annual Summit in Ann Arbor, MI. , September 26. | Continue reading
Link should start at 17:52, interview this week by Pat Johnston of the Left of Lansing Podcast. | Continue reading
Wall Street Journal: Across much of Florida and especially along the western coast, a surplus of inventory and dwindling buyer interest are slowing sales and keeping homes on the market longer. That is cooling off what had been one of America’s biggest housing booms this decade. … | Continue reading
Welcome to Florida.Watch out for wreckage on the beach, and, oh by the way, Flesh Eating bacteria. | Continue reading
ABC News: With many western North Carolina residents still lacking power and running water from Hurricane Helene, a hearing began Monday on the insurance industry’s request to raise homeowner premium rates statewide by more than 42% on average. A top lieutenant for Insurance Comm … | Continue reading
Florida’s stock of unsold condos was already in a slump before the impact of Helene and Milton. Hard to argue that storms will have positive impact. The 2008 crisis started with a housing bubble in Florida. Just sayin’. | Continue reading
Insurance companies rely on a “pooled risk” model. Customers (the majority, we hope) who live in non-disaster areas, help, with their premiums, to pay for the misfortunes of those in disaster areas.But as the disasters keep coming, but model is fraying. Consumer Affairs: If you f … | Continue reading
Water still rising in areas around Tampa, and will for weeks, according to local officials. Homeowners in “non-flooding” areas not covered by flood insurance are horrified to see what is happening to their investments. MyNews13.com(Orlando): Residents along the St. Johns River in … | Continue reading
Match made in heaven?Maybe.Tech bros tend to have confidence, one could argue maybe too much confidence, in high tech fixes to sticky problems. They’ve been having an “oh shit” moment as power demands from AI appear to be going thru the roof. Above, Diane Olick outlines one of th … | Continue reading
Above, pathetic tap dance by Florida Senator Rick Scott in response to climate change questions following Hurricane Helene. Might as well get used to it.Republicans are so dug in on climate denial that not even a series of punishing, climate enhanced disasters can move them. Poli … | Continue reading
It’s not If there will be existential threats to a farmer – it’s only when.In the 1970s, it was PBB.Tracy Robison Ruell remembers growing up on a Big Rapids, Michigan farm d during the 1970s, when, in a nightmare scenario, a toxic chemical fire retardant was mistakenly mixed with … | Continue reading
Meteorologist Mathew Cappucci interviewed.He feels a sea change in recent months related to a tsunami of conspiracy theories. | Continue reading
Milton’s impacts still keep coming, and will be for weeks. Tampa dodged the potential catastrophic storm surge, but nearby Pasco County was among (already-saturated before Milton) communities drenched with huge rain totals, and the water will take weeks to work thru the river sys … | Continue reading