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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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What Happens to an Economy When It’s Too Hot to Work?

Published: June 14, 2026 18:08

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PGW [Philadelphia area utility] is considering two pathways to lower its carbon footprint: full electrification and a ‘hybrid’ that includes gas

Published: June 14, 2026 14:28

submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 1 commentshttps://whyy.org/articles/pgw-carbon-footprint-electrification-hybrid/

Financial impact of climate events in the US (1980s-2020s)

Published: June 14, 2026 14:20

submitted by Innerworld to climate6 points | 0 comments

Louisiana just made it illegal to sue oil companies over climate change. So have other states.

Published: June 14, 2026 14:13

submitted by silence7 to climate21 points | 3 commentshttps://www.nola.com/news/environment/louisiana-bans-climate-lawsuits-against-oil-companies/article_630366c3-7aa7-4e0f-9107-f677f0858d22.html A bill signed by Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday mirrors other…

Is electrification happening fast enough? Electrification is advancing rapidly by historical standards but remains far too slow for net zero objectives.

Published: June 14, 2026 14:04

submitted by silence7 to climate3 points | 0 commentshttps://janrosenow.substack.com/p/is-electrification-happening-fast

The tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma, are hitting bottom. The oil market is about to hit a tipping point

Published: June 14, 2026 04:44

submitted by HaraldvonBlauzahn to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/business/cushing-oil-inventoryIn multiple ways, we are seeing the end of the oil age. Change is coming.

Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average

Published: June 14, 2026 01:56

submitted by FTonsilStones to climate22 points | 2 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/13/antarcticas-west-coast-missing-an-area-of-sea-ice-the-size-of-france-as-temperatures-peak-20c-above-average A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea…

Despite Record Renewable Growth, China Is Still Betting on Coal

Published: June 13, 2026 16:20

submitted by silence7 to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/12062026/china-coal-power-generation-grows/

New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement | The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.

Published: June 13, 2026 16:14

submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://prospect.org/2026/06/12/new-documents-detail-nine-figure-silicon-valley-funded-abundance-movement/These are the folks saying we should make it easier to drill for oil as a climate strategy

The Climate Change Culprits Not Addressed by Global Policy - Inside Climate News

Published: June 13, 2026 15:18

submitted by supersquirrel to climate9 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/12062026/global-warming-overlooked-pollutants/ Carbon monoxide and non-methane volatile organic compounds are the major players named in the paper, indirectly…

New San Francisco rule change for major home renovations mandates all-electric

Published: June 13, 2026 13:42

submitted by silence7 to climate18 points | 2…

Usikkerhed om opfyldelse af 2030-målet

Published: June 13, 2026 13:22

submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://concito.dk/analyser/usikkerhed-om-opfyldelse-2030-maalet

Senate Democrats threaten to block Newsom priorities over climate rule overhaul

Published: June 13, 2026 13:09

submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/newsom-climate-rules-budget-fight-senate-democrats/

Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests

Published: June 13, 2026 12:37

submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/13/trees-store-less-carbon-than-thought-studyThe paper is here

Renewable Groups Sue to End Pentagon’s ‘Total Halt’ of Wind Power | More than 100 planned wind farms in 21 states are now stalled indefinitely as the Pentagon delays military reviews once routine

Published: June 12, 2026 14:55

submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/climate/wind-power-lawsuit-pentagon-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.hV4D.rPqLywar44Pm

NOAA Officially Declares El Niño Is Here and Flashing Danger Signs

Published: June 12, 2026 14:32

submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 1 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/climate/el-nino-noaa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.JyyI.yyQysYP7-cQm The global weather pattern threatens to worsen floods and heat waves already intensifying due to…

El Niño ya está aquí y da señales de alerta

Published: June 12, 2026 14:30

submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/es/2026/06/11/espanol/tiempo-y-clima/el-nino-calor-extremo-lluvias.html El desarrollo de este patrón meteorológico puede traer intensas inundaciones y olas de calor a lugares que…

Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas

Published: June 12, 2026 14:20

submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/mark-carney-advisor-says-ai-data-centres-provide-markets-for-gas/

Analysis: Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever

Published: June 12, 2026 13:32

submitted by silence7 to climate28 points | 0 commentshttps://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-solar-overtakes-gas-power-in-asia-for-first-time-ever/

The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary | Machine learning has its limits—how it is being used

Published: June 12, 2026 12:05

submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/the-weather-and-climate-science-ai-revolution-isnt-revolutionary/

A lost kelp forest, found in a box of old photos

Published: June 12, 2026 11:33

submitted by silence7 to climate3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/11/news/bc-kelp-forests-archive-photographs?nih=Bk9FIBSsJ6EQX7fHTsyfoTeR1uzcDS_bP8zszKdoKL4 The photos helped Timmer and his colleagues show something recent…

Everlane, Shein, and the myth of sustainable fashion

Published: June 12, 2026 05:08

submitted by Sepia to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://grist.org/culture/everlane-shein-and-the-myth-of-sustainable-fashion/No matter what a retailer says about its climate goals, its main goal is to make you buy more clothes. … [Fashion brand Everlane]…

El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather | Meteorologists predict it will be the strongest of century, UN secretary-general calls it ‘urgent climate warning’

Published: June 11, 2026 22:49

submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/el-nino-forms-historic-strength

California is investing a half-billion dollars to decarbonize homes for low-income households

Published: June 11, 2026 22:34

submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/california-is-investing-a-half-billion-dollars-to-decarbonize-homes-for-low-income-households/

An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry. Billions of dollars are at stake.

Published: June 11, 2026 17:50

submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/fossil-fuels-national-academies-climate-science-00897237Not much other coverage of this, so using a source I usually avoid

Also Expected to Take the Field at the World Cup: Hazardous Heat | The heat risks are a consequence of global warming, climate scientists & others said. “Climate change is now affecting the spectacle”

Published: June 11, 2026 16:38

submitted by silence7 to climate15 points | 1 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/climate/world-cup-heat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pVA.z9YX.A0vHUxNWx0gF

Why the Media Keep Quoting the Same Climate Scientist: Daniel Swain has a knack for breaking down the complexities of climate and weather into precise but accessible ideas.

Published: June 11, 2026 15:41

submitted by silence7 to climate9 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/06/climate-weather-scientist-daniel-swain/687457/?gift=mBLCHcnsd_Gd3EecvWSKTbb6lMg_-6tiX-jgsjg9fWM

Clean energy and efficiency spared in Rhode Island budget process

Published: June 11, 2026 12:24

submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.canarymedia.com/articles/energy-efficiency/clean-energy-efficiency-rhode-island-budget

Climate Standard Setter SBTi Sets New Rules for Companies Seeking Net Zero |Carbon removals and environmental credits will now be considered in decarbonization efforts

Published: June 11, 2026 11:44

submitted by silence7 to climate3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.wsj.com/pro/sustainable-business/climate-standard-setter-sbti-sets-new-rules-for-companies-seeking-net-zero-43a38733?st=6nCFri&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkI’ll note that offsets are…

Lee Raymond, Exxon CEO Who Doubted Climate Change, Dies at 87 | as early as the 1970s, Exxon had understood more about climate change than it had let on and had deliberately misled the public about it

Published: June 11, 2026 11:29

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Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown

Published: June 11, 2026 11:26

submitted by silence7 to climate15 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/record-winter-temperatures-in-antarctic-raise-fears-over-speed-of-climate-breakdown

Meet the baseball player who's tired of promoting Big Oil | In an exclusive interview, Brent Suter becomes the first American pro athlete to speak out against fossil fuel advertising in sports.

Published: June 11, 2026 03:40

submitted by silence7 to climate59 points | 2 commentshttps://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/brent-suter

‘Electrify daily life’, urges Cop31 host

Published: June 10, 2026 21:11

submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/09/third-of-world-energy-electricity-by-2035-says-turkey-cop31-host

The worst-case climate scenario is gone. The catch? The best case is, too.

Published: June 10, 2026 20:21

submitted by silence7 to climate15 points | 0 commentshttps://www.eenews.net/articles/the-worst-case-climate-scenario-is-gone-the-catch-the-best-case-is-too/

Operationalizing publicly managed decline: Public asset acquisition in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Published: June 10, 2026 16:53

submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://authors.elsevier.com/c/1nEVd7tZ6aAhm2

Recent Landslides in Indonesia Devastated Rare Orangutans, Study Finds

Published: June 10, 2026 15:17

submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/climate/indonesia-floods-organgutans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.kHwc.ZwpTzmNP8iHa More than 5 percent of the species is estimated to have been lost when a…

Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks

Published: June 10, 2026 13:23

submitted by silence7 to climate10 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/trump-administration-immigrants-climate-crisis

In reversing fossil fuel divestment, Princeton chooses moral cowardice

Published: June 10, 2026 12:15

submitted by silence7 to climate18 points | 0 commentshttps://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026/06/princeton-opinion-column-divestment-fossil-fuel-princo-climate-vincent-tuohey

Junk offsets rise like a rocket and wreck Australia’s biggest climate policy

Published: June 10, 2026 10:50

submitted by silence7 to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260610-junk-offsets-rise-like-a-rocket-and-wreck-australias-biggest-climate-policy

Searching for Shade When It’s 125 Degrees Farenheit | Every season brings a new struggle for people in Dadu District, Pakistan, an area prone to sandstorms, drought and flooding.

Published: June 10, 2026 10:45

submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/world/asia/pakistan-heat-wave.html?unlocked_article_code=1.olA.56T5.NalzKJzOIKU5

Solar Surpasses Coal in Historic Shift For US Electricity Mix

Published: June 10, 2026 09:52

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Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says

Published: June 10, 2026 09:40

submitted by silence7 to climate17 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/super-rich-assets-outsized-amount-climate-harm-study Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with…

Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running

Published: June 10, 2026 02:48

submitted by silence7 to climate19 points | 1 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062026/trump-emergency-order-keeps-florida-coal-plant-open/

The Movement to Stop Data Centers

Published: June 10, 2026 02:11

submitted by silence7 to climate31 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/climate/data-center-bans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o1A.0UEc.oVRurID5FgOg

Extreme heatwaves: Indians struggle and suffer from water shortages

Published: June 10, 2026 01:07

submitted by Kind_to_Everyone to climate16 points | 0 commentshttps://youtu.be/0SwQGaSTTkw

Singapore Brings Back 19th-Century Tech to Beat Warming Climate

Published: June 9, 2026 17:17

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Singapore Brings Back 19th-Century Tech to Beat Warming Climate

Published: June 9, 2026 17:17

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Decarbonizing buildings will require a 'more restrictive' approach

Published: June 9, 2026 11:40

submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/09/news/quebec-housing-building-decarbonization?nih=97xvk2aBUz_JDwLGhZuzI-RF_Pn8cyoB4oF9dQrB4mc

'Short, sharp and more strategic': the EU's new approach to climate talks

Published: June 9, 2026 10:07

submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/short-sharp-more-strategic-eus-new-approach-climate-talks-2026-06-08/

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds

Published: June 9, 2026 09:51

submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/09/world-banks-pledge-billions-fossil-fuel-industry-2025 JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures,…

Climate Change, Pollution Push Oceans to Tipping Point, UN Report Says | Dying coral reefs and depleted fish stocks are signs of the “grave risk” to marine health

Published: June 8, 2026 17:10

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Legal & General Says Energy Transition is ‘Alive and Well’ | In a new report, the UK insurer and asset manager challenged the notion that the shift to a low-carbon economy has stalled.

Published: June 8, 2026 17:08

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Trump’s cuts at sea could make the coming super El Niño harder to predict | The world’s “eyes and ears of the ocean” monitor storms, climate, and biodiversity. Now they’re being “descoped.”

Published: June 8, 2026 11:43

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Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change: The common wisdom says it's a losing issue. Evidence suggests it actually helps Democrats.

Published: June 8, 2026 11:41

submitted by silence7 to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://grist.org/politics/democrats-quiet-climate-change-autopsy-report/

Atlantic 'cold blob' caused by weakening ocean current system that's likely nearing a tipping point, reanalysis finds

Published: June 8, 2026 11:36

submitted by silence7 to climate6 points | 0 commentshttps://phys.org/news/2026-06-atlantic-cold-blob-weakening-ocean.htmlThe paper is here

Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely

Published: June 8, 2026 11:29

submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/08/airline-industry-chiefs-willie-walsh-2050-net-zero-unlikely

How does China aim to hit climate targets? It rewrites the rules

Published: June 8, 2026 07:51

submitted by Hotznplotzn to climate6 points | 0 commentshttps://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/china-climate-change-targets-fc9g0lkrfcross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/54371015 Analysts criticise a damaging precedent after Beijing made an…

Tapped out: Okanagan faces water shortages on farms and in cities

Published: June 8, 2026 03:41

submitted by lemmie689 to climate5 points | 1 commentshttps://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/618210/Tapped-out-Okanagan-faces-water-shortages-on-farms-and-in-citiesThe sudden announcement that irrigation flows to Greater Vernon-area orchards and farms will…

The FIFA World Cup is brought to you by Saudi oil. These fans and players want to stop it

Published: June 7, 2026 16:10

submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/fifa-world-cup-aramco-9.7224085