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RSMacKinnon , 8 days ago to random

Jun 11 EWE: Senegal — Bassari people talk about climate change, and how their local knowledge is key to coping strategies. We interviewed people and convened group discussions in three Bassari villages and found that increased temperatures, dry spells, and the shortening of the rainy season were the most reported changes. Many people also reported forest degradation, plant and animal loss, and soil erosion. https://theconversation.com/senegals-remote-bassari-people-talk-about-climate-change-and-how-their-local-knowledge-is-key-to-coping-strategies-227734 #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 9 days ago to random

Jun 12 EWE: Türkiye — Wildfires grip 7 provinces in Türkiye amid heat wave. Warm air masses from North Africa will continue to ensure temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius in places in Greece and Türkiye until at least Friday. The heat is not expected to subside until the weekend. https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/wildfires-grip-7-provinces-in-turkiye-amid-heat-wave/news #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 12 days ago to random

Jun 10 EWE: India — India's heat wave longest ever, worse to come. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-india-longest-worse.html #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 13 days ago to random

Jun 7 EWE: #Disease — As climate warms, Europe braces for rise in mosquito-borne infections. As temperatures rise, many places are becoming more hospitable to Asian tiger mosquitoes, which are known to carry and transmit dengue fever, Chikungunya but also Zika. https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/down-to-earth/20240607-as-climate-warms-europe-braces-for-rise-in-mosquito-borne-infections #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 14 days ago to random

Jun 6 EWE: India — Devastating floods hit Assam: 2.5 lakh people still suffering. Nearly 2,47,000 people were affected due to the floods in Cachar, Dima Hasao, Hailakandi, Hojai, West Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Morigaon and Nagaon districts. #ClimateCrisis https://www.deccanherald.com/india/devastating-floods-hit-assam-25-lakh-people-still-suffering-3055096#5

RSMacKinnon , 1 month ago to random

May 19 EWE: USA — Stan’s 84-year-old parents, Don and Shirley Ledgerwood, have watched oil companies drill multiple wells on their farm, where the family had grown crops and run cattle. The family received small royalty payments from the oil production. And decades later, they had to allow a wastewater pipe to cross the farm when another company, Southcreek Petroleum Co. LLC, redrilled the well behind the red gate. https://grist.org/accountability/oil-companies-contaminated-a-family-farm-the-courts-and-regulators-let-the-drillers-walk-away/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 1 month ago to random

May 19 EWE: Peru — ‘Nothing left’: How climate change uprooted an Indigenous village. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/5/19/nothing-left-how-climate-change-pushes-indigenous-people-from-their-land?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FAlJazeera #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 1 month ago to random

May 20 EWE: USA — Colorado's demand for water is slated to surpass supplies by 2050: Did lawmakers do enough to address the crisis. #WaterInsecurity https://phys.org/news/2024-05-colorado-demand-slated-surpass-lawmakers.html

RSMacKinnon , 1 month ago to random

May 20 EWE: #HeatWaves — Extreme heat waves in south and southeast Asia are a sign of things to come. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-extreme-south-southeast-asia.html #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 1 month ago to random

May 20 EWE: USA — Work to restore power continues across Houston as dangerous heat returns in wake of deadly derecho. Some Houston residents who lost power during Thursday’s blistering severe wind event are now facing the daunting possibility of being without power and air conditioning for days or even weeks as temperatures heat back up. #ClimateCrisis https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/houston-regions-could-be-weeks-without-power-as-90s-heat-returns

RSMacKinnon , 1 month ago to random

May 15 EWE: Canada — The Alberta government is refusing to take responsibility for imposing a moratorium on renewable energy projects, despite revelations from internal correspondence obtained by The Narwhal, showing how it pressured the independent Alberta Electric System Operator last year to go along with its plan. https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewables-pause-contradictions/ #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 1 month ago to random

Apr 25 EWE: Tanzania — Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern Africa. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament that the El Niño climate pattern has worsened the ongoing rainy season, causing the flooding and destroying roads, bridges and railways. Flooded schools have been closed and emergency services have rescued people marooned by the flood waters. https://www.thespec.com/news/world/africa/flooding-in-tanzania-has-killed-155-people-as-heavy-rains-continue-in-eastern-africa/article_362232ff-ca6b-53d7-be71-05b5c730ff8e.html #ClimateCrisis

RSMacKinnon , 2 months ago to random

Apr 16 EWE: #Renewables — Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy. Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power. #ClimateCrisis https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/renewable-energy-solar-climate-targets-b2529461.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Seven%20countries%20now%20generate%20100%25%20of%20their%20electricity%20from%20renewable%20energy&utm_campaign=20240419_Newsletter

RSMacKinnon , 2 months ago to random

Mar 28 EWE: India — Indians may already be experiencing temperatures close to limits of human survivability without even being aware. During a humid heatwave, the temperature felt by the human body or by other animals and plants is much higher. This happens even when the observed temperatures are lower than the thresholds because of relative humidity, which is a measure of the moisture levels in the atmosphere. #ClimateCrisis https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/indians-may-already-be-experiencing-temperatures-close-to-limits-of-human-survivability-without-even-being-aware-95278