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<p>Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.</p> <p>As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/figures/summary-for-policymakers/figure-spm-1" rel="nofollow">responsible for the warming in recent decades</a>: <img src="https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/4276aa7e-c3b3-470d-8519-8c2424265624.png" alt="Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming" /></p> <p><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/figures/summary-for-policymakers/figure-spm-2" rel="nofollow">How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: <img src="https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/74846940-97b5-4d50-ba90-c7136693f3c3.png" alt="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." /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/figures/summary-for-policymakers/figure-spm-7/" rel="nofollow">Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future: <img src="https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/e7c05fc0-0391-407a-9492-f848810507e3.png" alt="" /></a></p> <p>Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.</p>
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Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid (SF₆) Is Cooking the Planet
https://slrpnk.net/post/42931996
Published: September 20, 2026 17:08
submitted by silence7 to climate6 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/20092026/china-grid-sf6-emissions/ The nation’s electric utilities release vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. Recycling efforts could slash…
Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet
https://slrpnk.net/post/42928636
Published: September 20, 2026 15:36
submitted by Midnight to climate4 points | 2 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/20092026/china-grid-sf6-emissions/
Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule
https://slrpnk.net/post/42913290
Published: September 20, 2026 07:13
submitted by Gamers1980 to climate-1 points | 0 commentshttps://kingdomrising.sbs/I’m excited to share Kingdom Rising — a free strategy game where you build your kingdom, train your army, strengthen your defenses, raid real players, and compete for the top…
Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
https://slrpnk.net/post/42885794
Published: September 19, 2026 14:15
submitted by silence7 to climate3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/19/summer-of-truth-will-political-leaders-act-as-climate-chaos-comes-knocking what has the political response been? Tepid at best from centrist and…
For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action
https://slrpnk.net/post/42880196
Published: September 19, 2026 10:48
submitted by solo to climate3 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092026/for-climate-vulnerable-countries-debt-costs-25-times-more-than-climate-action/ Across 65 highly climate-vulnerable countries analyzed, debt servicing is expected…
Amazonian study identifies most effective ways of conserving biodiversity and carbon - Lancaster University
https://slrpnk.net/post/42877379
Published: September 19, 2026 07:46
submitted by solo to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/amazonian-study-identifies-most-effective-ways-of-conserving-biodiversity-and-carbon “While no one strategy is a silver bullet, our results provide clear evidence that we…
Working-Class Taxpayers Subsidize Billionaires' Climate-Killing Private Jets: Report
https://slrpnk.net/post/42860443
Published: September 18, 2026 20:27
submitted by savvie to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.commondreams.org/news/taxpayer-dollars-to-private-jet A handful of the world’s wealthiest people are traveling aboard some of the planet’s most polluting vehicles while receiving substantial…
European Parliament Approves Extension of Carbon Border Tax
https://slrpnk.net/post/42854483
Published: September 18, 2026 17:33
submitted by tardigrade to climate3 points | 1 commentshttps://energynews.pro/en/european-parliament-approves-extension-of-carbon-border-taxcross-posted from: scribe.disroot.org/post/11391211 Meeting in plenary session, the European Parliament approved…
World Weather Attribution Scientific Report on Nepal Floods
https://slrpnk.net/post/42854232
Published: September 18, 2026 17:24
submitted by antheraeavx to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warming-in-the-himalaya-exacerbates-geohazard-cascades-beyond-adaptation-limits/The full report is available for download. The analysis highlights the…
Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds
https://slrpnk.net/post/42850489
Published: September 18, 2026 15:33
submitted by supersquirrel to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/18/improved-air-quality-pollution-mental-development-toddlers-new-york-study
Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
https://slrpnk.net/post/42849864
Published: September 18, 2026 15:16
submitted by supersquirrel to climate42 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/private-jets-pollution-undertaxed
An Oil Exec’s Notes Spell Out Industry’s Methane Duplicity | A Fieldnotes investigation reveals how industry is supporting the illusion of regulation while avoiding the real thing.
https://slrpnk.net/post/42848871
Published: September 18, 2026 14:50
submitted by silence7 to climate12 points | 0 commentshttps://fieldnotes.substack.com/p/an-oil-execs-notes-spell-out-industrys
Al Gore Is Still Sounding the Alarm About Climate Change
https://slrpnk.net/post/42846992
Published: September 18, 2026 13:59
submitted by silence7 to climate35 points | 2 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/nyregion/al-gore-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFE.Z_d0.DSI2G26V5Fyo The former vice president will speak today on the topic, in advance of Climate Week…
Warnings Across the Himalayas After Nepal Floods
https://slrpnk.net/post/42846291
Published: September 18, 2026 13:40
submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/climate/nepal-tibet-floods-himalayas-warnings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFE.yrpX.Ua5flwvxGlix The catastrophe set off alarms in a region with thousands of glaciers…
Exxon Sounds Alarm Coal Use Is Accelerating Global Warming
https://slrpnk.net/post/42846182
Published: September 18, 2026 13:38
submitted by silence7 to climate26 points | 4…
Rainfall caused bv climate change creates risks to China's farmland
https://slrpnk.net/post/42836764
Published: September 18, 2026 06:30
submitted by Hotznplotzn to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/extreme-rainfall-caused-bv-climate-change/cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/59216599 Archived Southwest China is one of the areas with the highest…
The open houses at the edge of disaster | What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
https://slrpnk.net/post/42820715
Published: September 17, 2026 19:08
submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://heated.world/p/the-open-houses-at-the-edge-of-disaster
Thousands will die if EPA repeals power plant climate rules, lawsuit says
https://slrpnk.net/post/42813854
Published: September 17, 2026 15:43
submitted by silence7 to climate27 points | 4 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/thousands-will-die-if-epa-repeals-power-plant-climate-rules-lawsuit-says/
Trump’s love of fossil fuels is about more than money
https://slrpnk.net/post/42813623
Published: September 17, 2026 15:34
submitted by savvie to climate25 points | 2 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/trump-fossil-fuels-industry …part of Trump’s love of fossil fuels – and his accompanying hostility to climate change mitigation, green initiatives,…
124 Land Defenders Killed in 2025 Amid Trump-Driven Lawlessness and Aid Cuts
https://slrpnk.net/post/42813448
Published: September 17, 2026 15:26
submitted by savvie to climate12 points | 0 commentshttps://www.commondreams.org/news/124-land-defenders-killed Indigenous people remain especially vulnerable to violence, as over three-quarters of the people killed in 2025 were either Indigenous,…
Safety Issues and an Accident delayed Linde's Green Hydrogen Plant for Years
https://slrpnk.net/post/42802113
Published: September 17, 2026 08:52
submitted by hanno to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://industrydecarbonization.com/news/safety-issues-and-an-accident-delayed-lindes-green-hydrogen-plant-for-years.html
Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds | Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre gl
https://slrpnk.net/post/42792353
Published: September 17, 2026 00:14
submitted by silence7 to climate30 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/17/climate-crisis-likely-behind-deadly-nepal-tibet-floods
Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge
https://slrpnk.net/post/42791167
Published: September 16, 2026 23:28
submitted by silence7 to climate9 points | 0 commentshttps://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-indias-power-sector-emissions-flat-for-two-years-due-to-clean-energy-surge
124 Land Defenders Killed in 2025 Amid Trump-Driven Lawlessness and Aid Cuts
https://slrpnk.net/post/42784753
Published: September 16, 2026 19:59
submitted by savvie to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.commondreams.org/news/124-land-defenders-killed Indigenous people remain especially vulnerable to violence, as over three-quarters of the people killed in 2025 were either Indigenous,…
NVIDIA’s greenwashing tactics and hidden emissions revealed in new research
https://slrpnk.net/post/42783087
Published: September 16, 2026 19:25
submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/85825/nvidia-greenwashing-hidden-emissions-report/
El Niño Is Just a Fraction of a Degree Away From Becoming the Strongest on Record
https://slrpnk.net/post/42775490
Published: September 16, 2026 16:29
submitted by Midnight to climate11 points | 0 commentshttps://gizmodo.com/el-nino-is-just-a-fraction-of-a-degree-away-from-becoming-the-strongest-on-record-2000812485
Congressional Republicans Aim to Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits
https://slrpnk.net/post/42771460
Published: September 16, 2026 15:21
submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092026/congress-republicans-introduce-bills-protecting-fossil-fuel-industry/
Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years
https://slrpnk.net/post/42770460
Published: September 16, 2026 15:02
submitted by silence7 to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://apnews.com/article/climate-change-ice-sheet-antarctica-greenland-melting-4721be25690317bc8f7bd9699b6f41f1
EU sets out COP31 battle lines: pledges are not enough
https://slrpnk.net/post/42769446
Published: September 16, 2026 14:48
submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/16/eu-heads-to-cop31-with-a-blunt-message-climate-pledges-are-no-longer-enough
Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis
https://slrpnk.net/post/42767757
Published: September 16, 2026 14:07
submitted by silence7 to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-fossil-fuel-emissions-set-to-fall-in-2026-amid-hormuz-crisis
“They’re pulling out all the stops”: Big Oil’s all-encompassing attacks on climate lawsuits
https://slrpnk.net/post/42767691
Published: September 16, 2026 14:05
submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://pointsourcenews.org/theyre-pulling-out-all-the-stops-big-oils-all-encompassing-attacks-on-climate-lawsuits/
Introducing Point Source, reporting that exposes the bad actors on climate change
https://slrpnk.net/post/42767622
Published: September 16, 2026 14:02
submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://pointsourcenews.org/introducing-point-source/
How the electrotech and information revolution are converging – and what this means for energy, markets and geopolitics
https://slrpnk.net/post/42767576
Published: September 16, 2026 14:01
submitted by silence7 to climate3 points | 0 commentshttps://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-age-of-power/Importantly: and
Trump EPA’s arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution ‘dead wrong’
https://slrpnk.net/post/42766560
Published: September 16, 2026 13:47
submitted by silence7 to climate10 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/trump-epa-pollution-rollback
EU Plans Climate Insurance Pact After Hot ‘Summer of Truth’
https://slrpnk.net/post/42766502
Published: September 16, 2026 13:45
submitted by silence7 to climate6 points | 0…
Yes, this summer really was as hot as you think it was
https://slrpnk.net/post/42766202
Published: September 16, 2026 13:43
submitted by Midnight to climate20 points | 0 commentshttps://grist.org/extreme-heat/yes-this-summer-really-was-as-hot-as-you-think-it-was/
Trump’s U-Turns to Set Back US Carbon-Cutting by a Decade | Overturning major policies will bring additional emissions of about 1 gigaton by 2040.
https://slrpnk.net/post/42764493
Published: September 16, 2026 13:31
submitted by silence7 to climate19 points | 0…
Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years
https://slrpnk.net/post/42755871
Published: September 16, 2026 11:53
submitted by floofloof to climate20 points | 0 commentshttps://apnews.com/article/climate-change-ice-sheet-antarctica-greenland-melting-4721be25690317bc8f7bd9699b6f41f1cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/66826876 About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3…
US Data Centers Set to Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations
https://slrpnk.net/post/42736463
Published: September 15, 2026 21:09
submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0…
US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035
https://slrpnk.net/post/42735532
Published: September 15, 2026 20:45
submitted by floofloof to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/us-data-centers-could-consume-more-natural-gas-than-germany-and-japan-combined-by-2035/cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/70951453 cross-posted from: …
Big Tech and Big Oil have fused – Call it Fossil Tech
https://slrpnk.net/post/42721920
Published: September 15, 2026 14:03
submitted by HaraldvonBlauzahn to climate15 points | 0 commentshttps://naomiklein.substack.com/p/big-tech-and-big-oil-have-fused-callcross-posted from: piefed.social/…/big-tech-and-big-oil-have-fused-c… (Big Tech data-centers are increasing fossil fuel…
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis | Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
https://slrpnk.net/post/42706881
Published: September 15, 2026 02:35
submitted by silence7 to climate56 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings
US coal ‘biggest contributor by far’ to rise in global emissions
https://slrpnk.net/post/42701660
Published: September 14, 2026 23:27
submitted by inari to climate21 points | 1 commentshttps://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/us-coal-biggest-contributor-by-far-to-rise-in-global-emissions/
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record | More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
https://slrpnk.net/post/42691223
Published: September 14, 2026 18:15
submitted by silence7 to climate15 points | 1 commentshttps://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosphere-just-set-a-water-vapor it is unimaginable that any month in the last few thousand years, maybe 100,000 years, has more PWAT in the atmosphere than August…
Trump’s EPA reportedly poised to axe carbon pollution rules for power plants
https://slrpnk.net/post/42687815
Published: September 14, 2026 16:18
submitted by silence7 to climate3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/trump-epa-repeal-pollution-standards-power-plants
Why Won’t the Media Say “Climate Change”? Climate coverage has been dropping even as extreme climate-supercharged weather gets worse
https://slrpnk.net/post/42687189
Published: September 14, 2026 16:03
submitted by silence7 to climate11 points | 2 commentshttps://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/why-won-t-media-say-climate-changeThe Sierra Club has a country-level block on much of Eastern Europe. For those that need it archived copy of the article
Some coastal towns in North Carolina now flood up to 100 days a year | Sea level rise worsens flooding, cutting people off from work, school, and services.
https://slrpnk.net/post/42686893
Published: September 14, 2026 15:50
submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 1 commentshttps://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/some-coastal-towns-in-north-carolina-now-flood-up-to-100-days-a-year/
Big Tech and Big Oil have fused – Call it Fossil Tech
https://slrpnk.net/post/42684219
Published: September 14, 2026 14:29
submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://naomiklein.substack.com/p/big-tech-and-big-oil-have-fused-call
Disaster insurance, datacenters, right to repair: meet the midterm candidates running on green policies
https://slrpnk.net/post/42682480
Published: September 14, 2026 13:43
submitted by Jonawan to climate8 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/midterm-candidates-climate-datacenter-policies
As the Fight for a Key Climate Goal Falters, Some Begin a Fight for Survival
https://slrpnk.net/post/42679532
Published: September 14, 2026 12:04
submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/climate/global-warming-limit-paris-climate-agreement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.bH4x.4O4bex4QJRN3 As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius,…
US EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
https://slrpnk.net/post/42665875
Published: September 14, 2026 01:38
submitted by silence7 to climate41 points | 1…
Ocean temperatures in recent years (video)
https://slrpnk.net/post/42661007
Published: September 13, 2026 21:49
submitted by rimu to climate19 points | 8 commentshttps://mastodon.nzoss.nz/system/cache/media_attachments/files/117/265/199/454/365/156/original/7358ed8174521c7e.mp4
Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running
https://slrpnk.net/post/42654603
Published: September 13, 2026 18:52
submitted by silence7 to climate27 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/climate/coal-plant-michigan-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A1E.nE_A.uRvfroInB6DD The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump…
Take climate action to win votes, UN executive tells EU politicians
https://slrpnk.net/post/42646082
Published: September 13, 2026 14:21
submitted by uszo165 to climate6 points | 0 commentshttps://www.euronews.com/2026/09/10/clean-energy-is-the-surest-path-europe-should-be-leading-the-energy-transition-says-un-exe