Late Mon, A fed #court blocked the #Biden admin’s pause on approving new facilities that export liquefied natural gas, dealing another blow to the president’s #climate agenda.
Judge James Cain ruled in favor of #Louisiana & 15 other #Republican-led states that challenged the move. The #Trump appointee wrote that the pause “is completely without reason or logic & is perhaps the epiphany of ideocracy [sic]."
⬛️ Tiny plastic particles in the food we eat and in the water we drink, our bodies literally filling up with plastic.
⬛️ Fossil fuel extraction at record levels, greenhouse gas emissions rising faster and faster.
⬛️ Forests still being mowed down, jungles razed, species lost that haven't even been discovered.
⬛️ Our oceans heating up and acidifying, killing coral reefs and threatening the overall food chain.
⬛️ More and bigger storms, more and longer droughts, more climate chaos and much more suffering.
But it didn’t have to be this way. It could have been different.
Our governments knew and industry leaders knew decades ago about all the damage they were doing, about the risks they were presenting to public health, to our environment, and to the climate.
They knew, and they did it anyway. Because capitalism could not be denied. Because economic growth leading to concentration of wealth in the hands of a few greedy plutocrats was more important to them than anything else.
"Australian governments don’t charge royalties for gas drilled offshore, so we give it away for free and they end up paying bugger all petroleum resources rent tax (PRRT). And if it is drilled onshore the government excludes it from being subject to the PRRT. It’s a sweet deal for gas companies – they have got us both coming and going." Greg Jericho, Guardian, 270624 #climate#climatechange#climatecrisis
Turning Brownfields to Blooming Meadows, With the Help of Fungi.
Toxicologist Danielle Stevenson cleans up carbon-based pollutants and heavy metals from contaminated sites using fungi and plants. She’s also training environmental justice and tribal communities in using these methods so they can remediate toxic sites on their own. #ClimateChange#climatecrisis#globalwarming
"Much of the southeast #Caribbean is on alert as Beryl strengthens into the first #hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with forecasters warning of a “very dangerous” Category 3 storm."
"4) While the science is still evolving, we are seeing storms now slowing down. Couple that with more rain and you get Harvey. Couple that with more wind and you get Dorian."
As #ClimateChange makes extremes more extreme, rainfall is no different
"A federally commissioned report finds the government's calculations for maximum potential rainfall are no longer valid thanks to the more intense rainfall driven by climate change.
The estimates are used to reduce the risk of catastrophic flooding and build structures that can withstand #ExtremeRainfall."
"For a year now, #LoadShedding linked to falling gas production, rising demand and a shortage of foreign currency has led to scheduled two-hour daily power cuts in most parts of the country.
Egypt’s power blackouts have worsened this summer amid soaring temperatures, a shortage of domestic energy supply and an overreliance on Israeli gas."
The world’s biggest banks and investors are continuing to funnel billions of dollars to carbon-intensive industrial livestock companies, undermining their own pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fueling an ongoing boom in meat and milk production that threatens global climate goals. #ClimateChange#ClimateCrisis#GlobalWarming
@offbyone
For such corporate bastardry, there should be consequences. If our legislators won't rein them in, then it's up to the people. How can we destroy something as rich and powerful as Santos? #AusPol #SLAPP #climate #ClimateChange
The Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine, gutting federal environmental protections.
Scrapping the legal precedent could send a "convulsive shock" to decades of federal environmental, financial, and healthcare regulations. #ClimateChange#ClimateCrisis#GlobalWarming
Tropical disturbance Invest 95L in the central Atlantic is likely to develop into Tropical Storm Beryl in the next 48 hours and evolve to Hurricane status in ~4 days.
The fingerprints of Climate Change are all over Hurricane Beryl and over the forecast for the above-normal Atlantic hurricane season this year.
Sea-surface temperature anomaly (deviation from norm) is breaking all-time records this year after a record year in 2023.
Heatwaves, drought, floods, storms, sea-level rise, and glacial melting are all linked to increased amount of greenhouse gases like CO2 and Methane in the atmosphere.
Researchers have calculated that roughly 489,000 heat-related deaths occur each year, with 45 percent of the deaths in Asia and 36 percent in Europe.
For older adults with physical health problems, temperatures as low as 26.7°C (80°F) can pose significant danger. And when humidity is as high as 90 percent, even 25.6°C (78°F) can be hazardous, said Deborah Carr, a Boston University sociologist who specializes in the study of aging.
Number of days over 35 C surges in world's scorching capitals
Delhi alone documented its longest and most severe heatwave in 74 years, registering 39 consecutive days with maximum temperatures at or above 40 C (104 F) from May 14 to June 21.
Jakarta experienced the greatest absolute rise in the number of days over 35 C, from 28 days between 1994 and 2003 to 167 in the most recent decade.
Seoul, South Korea, went from nine days to 58, while Buenos Aires went from seven days to 35. #ClimateChange
Trump Won’t Commit to Doing Anything About #ClimateChange
"During the #PresidentialDebate, Trump twice refused to name anything he would do to slow the climate crisis.
Trump has reportedly called on oil and gas executives to donate $1 billion to help fund his presidential campaign, and promised those executives a host of policy favors in return — including a rollback of Biden’s environmental regulations and faster corporate mergers."