Johann Rockstrom of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany has a harrowing assessment of recently observed acceleration in climate impacts. | Continue reading
Hidden camera reporting on Project 2025 – secret video of P2025 author, who is also author of GOP platform – this cut is even more shocking: -“Getting ready for a year 5 of the Trump administration”-favors Nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions “I want to get to abolition (of … | Continue reading
The Daily Show has a pretty funny run down on the creepy “Training Videos” that leaked from the Trump Campaign’s plan for a new administration, known as “Project 2025”. The document outlines plans to “eradicate” climate change “everywhere” across the government, deconstruct NOAA … | Continue reading
Business Standard: Electricity bills have outpaced home rental rates for some people in Pakistan, as tariff increases and other reforms to comply with IMF loan conditions spark nationwide protests. The South Asian nation — where nearly half the population survives on less than $4 … | Continue reading
They’re not going back, it turns out. Bloomberg: In Georgia, the heart of the US green manufacturing boom, a new electric vehicle gigafactory is nearing completion. Spanning 3,000 acres, the plant is expected to create 8,500 new jobs. Hyundai Motor Co. has tapped incentives from … | Continue reading
I’ve heard a few good versions of this Stephen Foster classic, but this one is fire. | Continue reading
2024 Hurricane Season continues to run ahead, and above, normal. Michael Lowry – Eye on the Tropics: Winds gusted to 74 mph on the eastern edge of Puerto Rico during the pre-dawn hours Wednesday. So far over up to 7 inches of rain has fallen, mainly south and east of San Juan in … | Continue reading
Schools closing, National Guard activated in Puerto Rico, warnings to “expect outages..”.No word on whether Donald Trump will send paper towels. NPR: Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. t … | Continue reading
Above, famously clear explanation of climate change by Elon Musk from 8 years ago..Now, we have last night’s bizarre and baffling “interview” with Donald Trump, downplaying climate risks, that Trump has called “a Hoax.” It can only be called Weird. Guardian: Donald Trump and Elon … | Continue reading
Fascinating walk-through of a St Petersburgh neighborhood where a large number of home owners are clearly distressed, and the narrator points out there have been a string of severe flood events making things progressively worse.This New York Times story, that I missed, describes … | Continue reading
Totally great that this has become Tim Walz theme music at rallies. | Continue reading
CNN: Russian forces started a fire at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post Sunday. Zelensky posted a video showing a large plume of smoke coming out of one of the towers on the … | Continue reading
TLDW: Could become Tropical storm as it moves over Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico, possibly a Cat 2 Hurricane, but current steering guidance curves it away from the US coast, except for possibly coastal impacts in New England and/or Canada. | Continue reading
Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ new pick for Vice President, is one of several upper midwest progressive Governors who have taken very pro-active stances on climate change.As the video mentions above, Minnesota under Walz has set an ambitious goal to decarbonize their grid by 2040. Mich … | Continue reading
Florida, California, Texas, Louisiana.Coming soon to a state near you. Unaffordable home insurance. Below, mashup of reports from NBC News, a Wichita, Kansas, local report, and my interview with Andrew Dessler on the climate and insurance dilemma.Climate change impact that most A … | Continue reading
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What is the carbon sequestration value of single whale? “A living and thriving nature is not only valuable intrinsically” – we can actually put a financial value on it. Climate Risk is financial risk – and we need to start accounting for it. Below, do not miss the scathing exchan … | Continue reading
As Ohioans pick thru the wreckage and swelter in the dark, following last week’s severe storms – Dave Anderson, a journalist working with the utility watchdog Energy and Policy Institute has a reminder.Federal prosecutors are still sorting out the largest racketeering and bribery … | Continue reading
We’re spending a lot of money to keep rich people’s beach front property maintained and insured. There are some justifications made to continue it, such as preservation of expensive infrastructure, and maintaining beach habitat for species under threat. How about this idea? If ch … | Continue reading
She looks like a warm, fun loving person.“Eradicate Climate Change References Everywhere.” Oops. ProPublica: Project 2025, the controversial playbook and policy agenda for a right-wing presidential administration, has lost its director and faced scathing criticism from both Democ … | Continue reading
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Illustrating the fragility and instability of a world run on scarce, expensive resources. Any Euro-Energy experts out there, weigh in. US News and World Report: Video posted on Ukrainian media outlets on Friday showed Ukrainian soldiers in control of a gas measuring facility in t … | Continue reading
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Financial Times (paywall): One of the largest wildfires in California’s history has burnt through swaths of forest earmarked for conservation under carbon credit plans backed by companies including oil refining and power groups. The blaze so far covering 450,000 acres, known as t … | Continue reading
Song written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root (1820–1895). More video from the rally below. | Continue reading
Evac-ing rescue animals ahead of Debby’s deluge. These animals are the lucky ones – climate change is already causing untold suffering among animal populations. | Continue reading
Still drying out from record floods a week ago, Debby on deck.Not too long ago, people were saying Vermont was a “climate haven’. There are no climate havens. WCAX Burlington: BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A year after destructive flooding rocked Vermont, two more devastating floods h … | Continue reading
Spotlights Michigan Senate Race with Elissa Slotkin and Mike Rogers squaring off to take retiring Debbie Stabenow’s seat. | Continue reading
Above from my recent interview with Andrew Dessler.I would agree that climate denial is a little less overt than it was 15 years ago, but there’s still a lot of just plain silence around climate issues, sadly in the media, especially local reporting, which is some of the most tru … | Continue reading
These stories keep coming days after Hurricane Debby has moved on.Supercharged with moisture from a bathtub warm Gulf of Mexico, the barely Cat 1 hurricane dropped enough water to overwhelm storm sewers even in areas that were not categorized as flood zones. This report from a Ta … | Continue reading
Perfect example of how increasing extreme rains overwhelm aging storm systems and pollute waterways. We either adapt with ever more expensive upgrades, or pay the price of p0lluted, dangerous, and disease ridden water.As usual, local news commentators completely fail to make the … | Continue reading
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Leah Stokes in The Guardian: When we spoke, Harris demonstrated a depth I didn’t expect – she geeked out over heat pumps, confessed her love of electric school buses and described the heavy burdens poorer communities face from air pollution. The more I learned about her backgroun … | Continue reading
We’ve changed the planet – forever, in human terms.YouTuber with a PhD Climate Adam has a long view look forward. The good news – we’ve pushed back a potential new Ice Age.But, there’s bad news, too. “Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,” said Scrooge, “answer m … | Continue reading
ABC reported earlier today that Florida’s largest insurer had asked for a 13 percent rate increase, so I did a little lookup.The largest insurer is called Citizens, and it’s the taxpayer supported insurer of last resort that has taken on a lot of customers fleeing from commercial … | Continue reading
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ABC report from this morning “Florida’s largest insurer already requesting 13 percent rate increase.” The northeast is waterlogged from constant rain, and there is video of soaking rains in New York over last 24 hours, but that is exactly where the remnants of Hurricane Debby are … | Continue reading
Debby continues to move ever so slowly up the coast.Say a prayer for rain soaked New Englanders who will be getting the remnants of Debby, plus more, this weekend, as Bryan Norcross explains. | Continue reading
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“Highly unusual” 4-5 days of flood watches in Carolinas, as Debby dawdles and dumps. No steering flow to push storm along until friday – saturday.After that, a long haul up the east coast. Storm weary Vermont/upstate New York in the forecast cone. | Continue reading
It’s going to be a long week, as Debby is moving so slowly it won’t clear from the SouthEast till Friday. National Hurricane Center graphic shows the forecast cone, check out the timing notation in the center for “2 pm Fri”. Still over Carolinas.Beyond that unknown but clear pote … | Continue reading
There’s a flaw with the Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes, as Debby will show, wind speeds go down as it crosses inland, but the heavy rains will threaten all time records. | Continue reading
Andrew Dessler in the Climate Brink: 1. Tropical cyclones are becoming more destructive: sea level We have 100% confidence that sea level is rising because humans are heating the planet. And higher sea levels mean today’s TCs do more damage than an identical tropical cyclone in a … | Continue reading
Still many hours away from the main rain event, which will be over Georgia, South Carolina. Most recent CBS report from about 10:30 ET. | Continue reading
As Hurricane Debby ramps up a potentially historic rain dump in the Southeast, this new NASA vid describes how satellite observations of precipitation have been conducted and improved in recent decades. | Continue reading
Peter Sinclair in the Midland Daily News: On September 8, 1900, a hurricane struck Galveston Texas, cutting off a major portion of the city’s residents on a barrier island, and took between 8000 and 12,000 lives. It was by far the deadliest hurricane in American history, but not … | Continue reading