This is normal. Everything is fine.
Very big waves are coming to the Great Lakes, with swells that could exceed 14 feet Thursday, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2020/02/27/weather/14-foot-waves-great-lakes-winter-weather/index.html
#Candyass
After leaving the state last year to shut down a climate change proposal, Oregon senators were absent again on Monday.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/us/republicans-oregon-climate.html
#BadCopNoDonut
It’s no secret that the oil and gas industry is in the pockets of our elected officials. I mean, a climate denier doesn’t sit in the White House by accident, right? A new study, however, confirms just how powerful contributions from the oil and gas sector can be.
— Read on earther.gizmodo.com/study-shows-big-oil-rewards-members-of-congress-with-ca-1841891833
…but not, like, *this* quarter, right?
The finance industry is issuing some of the direst warnings about climate change while funding the industry most responsible
— Read on earther.gizmodo.com/worlds-biggest-fossil-fuel-funder-notes-climate-change-1841835204
Whee!
A provocative new study finds emissions from leaks could be 25 to 40 percent higher.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/02/19/were-vastly-undercounting-methane-emissions-fossil-fuels-scientists-say/
…cli-fi micro-primer?
Stories about climate disaster have entertained us for years. Now, they’re getting more unforgiving and dire.
— Read on www.wired.com/story/doomer-lit-climate-fiction/
like many parents, they’re concerned that their children could be overwhelmed by predictions
…or, you know, seawater.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/02/03/eco-anxiety-is-overwhelming-kids-wheres-line-between-education-alarmism/
“Their whole gambit appears to be playing off our cultural love of trees and attempting to pick off a few environmentalist supporters here and there, win some praise, and keep the fossil fuels flowing.”
— Read on earther.gizmodo.com/the-dangerous-seduction-of-republicans-trillion-trees-1841699197
#FarmBabyFarm
The new study published in PLOS One on Wednesday shows that disturbing soils on new northern farmland could release 177 gigatons of carbon. That’s equivalent to more than acentury’s worth of present-day carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S.
— Read on earther.gizmodo.com/the-new-frontiers-of-farming-come-with-huge-climate-ris-1841665187
Atop the list of stats in response to which I lose my shiat anew each time I encounter it:
“The U.S. alone spends hundreds of billions of dollars on them, ten times as much as it spends on education.”
— Read on earther.gizmodo.com/cutting-fossil-fuel-subsidies-could-be-even-more-benefi-1841500311