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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Climate crisis threatens medical blood supply in US amid extreme weather (www.theguardian.com)
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"The climate crisis is threatening the medical blood supply in the US, with this summer’s record heat contributing to an emergency blood shortage, the American Red Cross has warned..."

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Oregon DEQ says NW Natural [methane gas company] is misleading people on state climate program (www.oregonlive.com)
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Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions (www.nature.com)
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Large animal conservation and rewilding are increasingly considered to be viable climate mitigation strategies. We argue that overstating animal roles in carbon capture may hinder, rather than facilitate, effective climate mitigation and conservation efforts.

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Research shows that what you call climate change doesn't matter much | People don't need "climate emergency" or "global boiling" to make them worried. They're already worried. (grist.org)
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Recent US Supreme Court decisions are already slowing climate progress | Supreme Court rulings limiting federal authority have upended the legal landscape — and could discourage bold climate policies. (grist.org)
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From ecocide to resource-stripping: War’s collateral damage on the planet (www.thenewhumanitarian.org)
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Texas drought forces small town to default on water system debt | The small city near Abilene is facing a rare climate-related default. (www.dallasnews.com)
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Texas oil companies pinned climate promises on carbon capture. Now, cost spikes threaten those plans (www.houstonchronicle.com)
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Project 2025 Would Jeopardize Global Climate Action (www.americanprogress.org)
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Why vilify the oil and gas industry: A response to Elon Musk's latest climate talking point. (heated.world)
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Tax The Rich (www.tax-the-rich.eu)
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Tax The Rich

European Citizens' Initiative We want a European wealth tax to finance the social and climate transition and help countries hit by climate change.

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The Era of Runaway Heat Records Is Here | Climate change is delivering spiking temperatures that break more records. Now scientists are anticipating bigger jumps from one high to the next. (www.bloomberg.com)
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NuScale Power to layoff more than a quarter of full-time staff (www.power-eng.com)
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Following the cancellation of its small modular reactor (SMR) project in Utah, NuScale Power announced it will take “strategic” actions to reduce costs, including laying off 28% of its full-time workforce.

Related article from the shareholder's investigation into the company:

NuScale Power (SMR) Admits to Ongoing, Active SEC Inquiry

On July 29, 2024, Hunterbrook Media reported that the SEC is conducting an “active and ongoing” investigation into NuScale and noted that after Hunterbrook's publication “a spokesperson wrote in a statement: ‘[w]e are unaware of any SEC investigation into NuScale or any reason for such an investigation.’”

But, on August 2, 2024, NuScale did an about face. The company admitted that, contrary to its July 29 denial, in December 2023 the SEC requested information relating to the company’s employment, severance, and confidentiality agreements. In addition, NuScale revealed that the SEC requested additional information from the company on July 31, 2024.

Each of these events drove the price of NuScale shares sharply lower.

“We’re investigating the propriety of NuScale’s financial disclosures and operations, including whether the company’s agreements with employees suppress whistleblowing,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

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The promise of ecocide law, from boardroom to courtroom (commentary) (news.mongabay.com)
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Climate Groups Begin $55 Million Ad Campaign for Kamala Harris | Three of the ads frame Biden-Harris policies in terms of their economic, rather than environmental, benefits. (www.nytimes.com)
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US Democrats divided over permitting reform’s climate math (thehill.com)
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Oil insider hired to help shape Alberta's climate policy (www.nationalobserver.com)
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When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? Intensifying extreme weather events and an insurance crisis are likely to cause significant economic and political disruption in the U.S. (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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Climate Change is Killing People. Could Fossil Fuel Companies Be Held Criminally Responsible? | Some advocates and legal scholars are suggesting going beyond civil lawsuits (www.sierraclub.org)
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Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group (www.desmog.com)
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New Satellite Will Track Methane Super Emitters (www.scientificamerican.com)
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cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/13611

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California hits milestones toward 100% clean energy — but has a long way to go (calmatters.org)
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Lightning-Strike Deaths May Become More Common, Thanks to Climate Change | In rural India, stormy weather, a lack of knowledge, and scant protections are combining to kill thousands every year (www.wired.com)
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EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place [Ethiopia] (www.cnn.com)
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Sources of California greenhouse gas emissions (slrpnk.net)
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From this report

I'll note that California is a bit unusual, having imposed energy efficiency standards on buildings decades ago (much of the US didn't) and having actively taken steps to substitute solar, wind, and storage for fossil-fuel based electric generation

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