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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>
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New Report: Global Bank Financing of Fossil Fuels Totals $869B In 2024, A Dramatic Increase In Financing
https://slrpnk.net/post/23432647
Published: June 17, 2025 04:20
submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 0 commentshttps://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/06/new-report-global-bank-financing-fossil-fuels-totals-869b-2024-dramatic
Many Hoped Senate Republicans Would Save Clean Energy. They Mostly Didn’t.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23428126
Published: June 17, 2025 01:21
submitted by silence7 to climate28 points | 3 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/climate/senate-republicans-tax-package-clean-energy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk8.HZ-3.B1rWjremusvZ
A Senate tax package softens some blows imposed on renewables by…
Lessons for protesters from Standing Rock | The events following the 2016 protest are urgently relevant to our current political moment.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23419891
Published: June 16, 2025 22:11
submitted by silence7 to climate15 points | 2 commentshttps://heated.world/p/lessons-for-protesters-from-standing
The Tick Situation Is Getting Worse. Here’s How to Protect Yourself. As temperatures rise, ticks of several kinds are flourishing in ways that threaten people’s health.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23412329
Published: June 16, 2025 19:59
submitted by silence7 to climate20 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/well/ticks-climate-change.html?rsrc=ss&unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.g7lc.f5du6QuMDIYz
Fingerprint of human-caused global warming was likely detectable 140 years ago, far earlier than previously thought
https://slrpnk.net/post/23411991
Published: June 16, 2025 19:52
submitted by silence7 to climate39 points | 1 commentshttps://www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/climate/global-warming-detection-studyThe paper is here
San Diego [and most of the US] is seeing more weather that fuels wildfires
https://slrpnk.net/post/23401011
Published: June 16, 2025 14:23
submitted by silence7 to climate13 points | 2 commentshttps://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2025/06/16/weather-fuel-wildfires-california-climate-change
Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance | IADB’s proposals involve lenders using public money to buy up renewable energy loans in poor countries
https://slrpnk.net/post/23399734
Published: June 16, 2025 13:48
submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/public-money-green-loans-climate-finance
Why we’re barely keeping track of this growing climate problem | Fossil fuel sites can emit a powerful greenhouse gas long after they shut down.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23399681
Published: June 16, 2025 13:45
submitted by silence7 to climate16 points | 1 commentshttps://www.vox.com/climate/416470/methane-emissions-climate-natural-gas-pollution-leak-coalArchived copies of the article:
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Two Suns, One City: Karachi’s Dueling Realities in a Warming World
https://slrpnk.net/post/23399677
Published: June 16, 2025 13:45
submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/16062025/karachi-pakistan-extreme-heat-crisis/
As another punishing summer edges into Karachi, a Stanford researcher and a former climate minister confront the same…
How Trump’s assault on science is blinding America to climate change | Through budget cuts and layoffs, the administration has begun to cripple the government’s ability to research global warming.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23399669
Published: June 16, 2025 13:41
submitted by silence7 to climate38 points | 5 commentshttps://www.eenews.net/articles/how-trumps-assault-on-science-is-blinding-america-to-climate-change/
Will Trump End the First Federal Heat Protections for Workers? As workplace deaths from heat increase, OSHA will debate the future of the first federal rules to protect workers from extreme heat.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23399293
Published: June 16, 2025 13:28
submitted by silence7 to climate28 points | 2 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/climate/federal-workplace-heat-rules.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.jkL3.mSf7U0GWCCbt
See where your flights will experience this climate-fueled turbulence
https://slrpnk.net/post/23399171
Published: June 16, 2025 13:25
submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0…
Emissions of Fast Fashion Giant Shein Balloon in 2024
https://slrpnk.net/post/23388775
Published: June 16, 2025 06:43
submitted by solo to climate14 points | 0 commentshttps://earth.org/fast-fashion-giant-sheins-emissions-balloon-in-2024/
Geological CO₂ Storage: Massive Scale, Hidden Risks, Eternal Monitoring - CleanTechnica
https://slrpnk.net/post/23351526
Published: June 15, 2025 14:28
submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 2 commentshttps://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/geological-co%E2%82%82-storage-massive-scale-hidden-risks-eternal-monitoring/
Washington State’s climate pollution slow to see light of day, despite new law
https://slrpnk.net/post/23351469
Published: June 15, 2025 14:22
submitted by silence7 to climate9 points | 0 commentshttps://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/15/washingtons-climate-pollution-slow-to-see-light-of-day-despite-new-law/
U.S. cities look to Vienna for green affordable housing
https://slrpnk.net/post/23351420
Published: June 15, 2025 14:21
submitted by silence7 to climate8 points | 1 commentshttps://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5400642/affordable-housing-environment-vienna-climate-changehttps://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5400642/affordable-housing-environment-vienna-climate-change
The National Weather Service issues Alaska's first ever heat advisory
https://slrpnk.net/post/23330212
Published: June 14, 2025 23:38
submitted by ZeroCool to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://apnews.com/article/alaska-first-ever-heat-advisory-df913edec183efd7b1b800fab33ff1ad
Trump’s ‘gas-guzzling’ parade will produce planet-heating pollution costs, analysis says
https://slrpnk.net/post/23308633
Published: June 14, 2025 16:42
submitted by silence7 to climate67 points | 1 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/trump-military-parade-pollution-emissionsI’ll be at my local no kings protest to object — not just to this, but to every way in which the parade and his…
Wolves in Green Suits: How environmental commodities traders Bram Bastiaansen and Jaap Janssen reaped the system
https://slrpnk.net/post/23306441
Published: June 14, 2025 15:03
submitted by solo to climate12 points | 0 commentshttps://www.eureporter.co/environment/2025/06/14/wolves-in-green-suits-how-environmental-commodities-traders-bram-bastiaansen-and-jaap-janssen-reaped-the-system/
According to a 2024 investigation by Follow…
Climate Change Warps Brains in the Womb, Scientists Discover
https://slrpnk.net/post/23305199
Published: June 14, 2025 14:15
submitted by silence7 to climate13 points | 2 commentshttps://www.404media.co/climate-change-warps-brains-in-the-womb-scientists-discover/The headline paper is here
This Oakland Block Tried to Quit Fossil Fuels. Here’s What They Learned
https://slrpnk.net/post/23285051
Published: June 13, 2025 23:35
submitted by silence7 to climate21 points | 0 commentshttps://www.kqed.org/science/1997283/this-oakland-block-tried-to-quit-fossil-fuels-heres-what-they-learned
Oil and Gas Lobby Escalates Global Campaign Against Methane Regulations
https://slrpnk.net/post/23264039
Published: June 13, 2025 18:56
submitted by silence7 to climate21 points | 0 commentshttps://influencemap.org/briefing/Methane-Bulletin-32503
New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings
https://slrpnk.net/post/23263623
Published: June 13, 2025 18:35
submitted by silence7 to climate13 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/13062025/dire-sea-level-warming-polar-ice-sheets/
Soaring Temperatures Threaten Crops, So Scientists Are Looking to Alter the Plants
https://slrpnk.net/post/23263160
Published: June 13, 2025 18:14
submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/climate/plants-climate-change-photosynthesis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok8.MzQS.H7UpVhDgs_h8
Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme…
In Texas, AI Gold Rush Helps Spur Demand for Over 100 New Gas Plants
https://slrpnk.net/post/23261929
Published: June 13, 2025 17:32
submitted by silence7 to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://www.desmog.com/2025/06/12/texas-ai-artificial-intelligence-demand-100-gas-plants-data-centers-pollution-eip-report/
Fossil fuel methane emissions likely underestimated in a model based on atmospheric δ13C trends
https://slrpnk.net/post/23261464
Published: June 13, 2025 17:08
submitted by silence7 to climate11 points | 0 commentshttps://www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pnas.2507837122
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
https://slrpnk.net/post/23260904
Published: June 13, 2025 16:42
submitted by SteveKLord to climate19 points | 0 commentshttps://heated.world/p/fossil-fuel-billionaires-are-bankrollingOn May 20, the right-wing organization ADF sued Minnesota over its advocacy for trans rights. ADF argues that allowing trans girls and…
1.5 is dead: How hot will the Earth get?
https://slrpnk.net/post/23260242
Published: June 13, 2025 16:20
submitted by Midnight to climate14 points | 0 commentshttps://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-06-13/1-5-is-dead-how-hot-will-the-earth-get/
California sues over Trump’s plan to block state’s electric vehicle mandate
https://slrpnk.net/post/23256911
Published: June 13, 2025 14:16
submitted by silence7 to climate11 points | 0…
Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30 | Sale covering 56,000 square miles set to go ahead despite opposition from Indigenous and environmental groups
https://slrpnk.net/post/23255331
Published: June 13, 2025 13:15
submitted by silence7 to climate19 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/13/brazil-to-auction-oil-exploration-rights-months-before-hosting-cop30
Veja os locais do mundo onde a população está mais vulnerável a inundações no fim do século
https://slrpnk.net/post/23255201
Published: June 13, 2025 13:06
submitted by silence7 to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://g1.globo.com/meio-ambiente/noticia/2024/12/22/veja-os-locais-do-mundo-onde-a-populacao-esta-mais-vulneravel-a-inundacoes-ate-o-fim-do-seculo.ghtml
Climate Investment Funds Approve $2.6 Billion Coal-Exit Plan for South Africa
https://slrpnk.net/post/23255033
Published: June 13, 2025 12:57
submitted by silence7 to climate10 points | 0…
Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims
https://slrpnk.net/post/23254953
Published: June 13, 2025 12:54
submitted by silence7 to climate10 points | 0 commentshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/13062025/agriculture-ethanol-biofuel-policy-climate-failure/
The Critical Research That Unlocks Our Climate’s Past and Future May Be on Thin Ice | “There’s questions that we don’t know we should be asking yet.”
https://slrpnk.net/post/23254949
Published: June 13, 2025 12:53
submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/artic-research-cut-trump-thin-ice/
Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks'
https://slrpnk.net/post/23254942
Published: June 13, 2025 12:51
submitted by silence7 to climate9 points | 0 commentshttps://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5340710/copenhagen-climate-change-solutions-flooding
Why taking apart buildings piece by piece is a climate solution
https://slrpnk.net/post/23254868
Published: June 13, 2025 12:50
submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5340709/deconstruction-recycling-climate-solution
Trump’s EPA accidentally made the case against passing the Big Beautiful Bill
https://slrpnk.net/post/23254672
Published: June 13, 2025 12:43
submitted by silence7 to climate6 points | 0 commentshttps://grist.org/regulation/trump-epa-power-plant-rules-big-beautiful-bill/
GOP leaders claim that repealing power plant pollution rules and tax breaks for renewables will fuel an energy boom. Experts…
Energy Star, on the Trump administration’s target list, has a long history of helping consumers’ wallets and the planet
https://slrpnk.net/post/23238157
Published: June 13, 2025 03:58
submitted by silence7 to climate15 points | 0 commentshttps://theconversation.com/energy-star-on-the-trump-administrations-target-list-has-a-long-history-of-helping-consumers-wallets-and-the-planet-258152
Ocean acidification crosses “planetary boundaries” - Ars Technica
https://slrpnk.net/post/23224949
Published: June 12, 2025 23:00
submitted by otters_raft to climate7 points | 1 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/ocean-acidification-crosses-planetary-boundaries/
Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
https://slrpnk.net/post/23220951
Published: June 12, 2025 22:03
submitted by Midnight to climate6 points | 0 commentshttps://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164261
Extreme weather could send milk prices soaring, deepening challenges for the dairy industry
https://slrpnk.net/post/23204421
Published: June 12, 2025 19:16
submitted by Midnight to climate7 points | 1 commentshttps://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-could-send-milk-prices-soaring-deepening-challenges-for-the-dairy-industry-258175
Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming
https://slrpnk.net/post/23200993
Published: June 12, 2025 18:44
submitted by Midnight to climate11 points | 3 commentshttps://www.carbonbrief.org/ocean-current-collapse-could-trigger-profound-cooling-in-northern-europe-even-with-global-warming/
California sues Trump for blocking clean-air rules for cars, trucks
https://slrpnk.net/post/23200664
Published: June 12, 2025 18:18
submitted by silence7 to climate19 points | 0 commentshttps://calmatters.org/environment/2025/06/california-sues-trump-blocking-clean-air-rules-cars/
Which States Would Lose the Most if the IRA is Repealed: How a potential IRA repeal would impact clean energy deployment in each state
https://slrpnk.net/post/23199942
Published: June 12, 2025 17:45
submitted by silence7 to climate9 points | 2 commentshttps://www.distilled.earth/p/which-states-would-lose-the-most?publication_id=1172725&post_id=165793231&isFreemail=true&r=bzxnl&triedRedirect=true
Trump Blocks California E.V. Rules in Latest Move to Rein In the State | California leaders said the state intends to challenge the move in court, and to find new ways to move drivers toward EVs
https://slrpnk.net/post/23199598
Published: June 12, 2025 17:24
submitted by silence7 to climate17 points | 4 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/california-trump-electric-vehicle-waiver.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.oBG2.bx42zUS5ED4p
Trump targets California with bill blocking ban on gas cars | The move sets up yet another political and legal battle with California
https://slrpnk.net/post/23199190
Published: June 12, 2025 17:08
submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0…
What do the latest WMO temperature projections imply for 1.5C: The next five years are expected to be quite warm
https://slrpnk.net/post/23199025
Published: June 12, 2025 17:02
submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/what-do-the-latest-wmo-temperature
How MAGA Lobbying is Undermining EU Climate Rules | European leaders are bending to the demands of U.S. climate science deniers.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23194750
Published: June 12, 2025 13:27
submitted by silence7 to climate5 points | 0 commentshttps://www.desmog.com/2025/06/12/how-maga-lobbying-is-undermining-eu-climate-rules/
Submarines Are Hard to Detect. Climate Change Might Make It Even Harder.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23194494
Published: June 12, 2025 13:10
submitted by silence7 to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/climate/climate-change-submarines-sonar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.ZHMx.l9xUfBGhY5qP
Sound is the primary means of tracking subs in vast ocean expanses, and…
Record high temperatures hit Greenland and Iceland, Copernicus Observatory warns
https://slrpnk.net/post/23194495
Published: June 12, 2025 13:10
submitted by tastemyglaive to climate2 points | 0 commentshttps://en.mercopress.com/2025/06/12/record-high-temperatures-hit-greenland-and-iceland-copernicus-observatory-warns
US oil output set for first annual drop since pandemic | Blow to Donald Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ goal as EIA predicts production decline in 2026
https://slrpnk.net/post/23194393
Published: June 12, 2025 13:08
submitted by silence7 to climate6 points | 0…
There’s only one statewide ballot this year in Georgia — and it’s important. A guide to the candidates who want to set future energy policy.
https://slrpnk.net/post/23194165
Published: June 12, 2025 13:00
submitted by silence7 to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://grist.org/climate-energy/theres-only-one-statewide-ballot-this-year-in-georgia-and-its-important/
Trump Administration Targets State Climate Laws
https://slrpnk.net/post/23181702
Published: June 12, 2025 03:17
submitted by silence7 to climate4 points | 0 commentshttps://natlawreview.com/article/trump-administration-targets-state-climate-laws
US EPA moves to repeal limits on greenhouse gas emissions by power plants
https://slrpnk.net/post/23151962
Published: June 11, 2025 21:47
submitted by silence7 to climate10 points | 0…
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired | Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
https://slrpnk.net/post/23142762
Published: June 11, 2025 20:55
submitted by silence7 to climate13 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shut-down-noaa
Earth's energy balance is rising much faster than scientists predicted, and we have no idea why | LiveScience
https://slrpnk.net/post/23170256
Published: June 10, 2025 05:35
submitted by federalreverse to climate3 points | 1 commentshttps://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/earths-energy-imbalance-is-rising-much-faster-than-scientists-expected-and-now-researchers-worry-they-might-lose-the-means-to-figure-out-why
Have We Surrendered To Collapse? - YouTube
https://slrpnk.net/post/23165158
Published: June 8, 2025 18:29
submitted by RockBottom to climate1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G96PUbxxR2w
Australia Extends License for Nation’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Project
https://slrpnk.net/post/23123970
Published: June 4, 2025 08:09
submitted by solo to climate7 points | 0 commentshttps://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/04/australia-extends-license-nations-biggest-fossil-fuel-project
Gas Expansion Undermines Indigenous Cultural Rights, Right to a Healthy Environment
Last week, the…
Ireland's love affair with fossil fuels is an oil-soaked slippery slope
https://slrpnk.net/post/23123897
Published: June 4, 2025 08:07
submitted by solo to climate14 points | 0 commentshttps://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41644450.html
Trócaire’s latest report shows that emissions from just 25 oil and gas corporations between 1985 and 2018 caused more than $20…