John Englart / Indiana Jones & Juliet

We see here a self-styled "honest broker" with decades of experience in downplaying climate change presenting an age-old climate denial trope: using *annual* rainfall data as argument against an increase in *extreme* rainfall.
Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
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🌍 BREAKING: The UN #HRC just passed a #Climate & #HumanRights resolution, but without naming #FossilFuels.

💬 “We deeply regret the continued failure of the Council’s members to explicitly call for an equitable phase-out of fossil fuels, the root cause of the crisis.” - Sébastien Duyck, CIEL.

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Netherlands and Hungary hit 40% solar of total electricity generation during June...

Melting ice will strengthen the monsoon in northern Australia – but cause drier conditions north of the Equator Sediments in a lagoon near Darwin hold traces of changes to monsoonal rains over 150,000 years. Here’s what it means as Earth’s polar ice melts.

Melting ice will strengthen the monsoon in northern Australia – but cause drier conditions north of the Equator
theconversation.com/melting-ice-...

This is just so terribly sad. A marine ecosystem dying before our eyes.

Environment Agency insider alleges ‘cover-up’ over sewage sludge on farmland Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight

The more we discover, the worse it gets. Now we learn the water companies wrote the guidance ensuring sewage sludge is not tested for the vast majority of contaminants before being spread on farmland. They gave themselves a free licence to dump hazardous waste. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic - Nature Observations from 12 hydrocast stations along a transect crossing the North Atlantic from the subtropical gyre to the northern European shelf provide evidence of large amounts of nanoplastics througho...

“Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic”

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Everyone is more at risk during a heatwave, but check on children, older people and those with underlying conditions as temperatures rise above 30C again, @ilankelman.bsky.social tells @stevehreports.bsky.social.

@ucl.ac.uk | @lbcnews.bsky.social

At #MontrealProtocol #OEWG47, delegates considered how best to secure and allocate funding to complete the global atmospheric monitoring network needed to measure concentrations of controlled substances around the globe and their impact on the #OzoneLayer. @unepozone.bsky.social @UNEPozone

NOT SATIRE: U.S. Politicians Say Wildfire Smoke is Ruining Americans’ Summers, Demand Canada Stop It Six Republican members of the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states.

NOT SATIRE: U.S. Politicians Say Wildfire Smoke is Ruining Americans’ Summers, Demand Canada Stop It
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
www.theenergymix.com/not-satire-u...

Environment Victoria supports Yoorrook blueprint for First Nations transformation, putting water on the table for Traditional Owner Treaties - Environment Victoria Environment Victoria has strongly welcomed the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s landmark final report, supporting calls for water rights to be on the table for future Traditional Owner Treaties, while em...

MEDIA RELEASE - Environment Victoria supports Yoorrook blueprint for First Nations transformation, putting water on the table for Traditional Owner Treaties

First Nations didn't cause climate change, but with responsibilities to Country and economic exclusion, bear unequal share of consequences.

DEA will head to the Federal Court on July 14 -15 to challenge NOPSEMA’s approval of the Environment Plan for Woodside’s Scarborough gas project.

This is a pivotal moment – not just for climate litigation, but for public health in Australia.

Stay tuned.

Australians could cut power bills by 90% if they made their homes more energy efficient, report finds Debate on how to generate energy ‘important but misses the point’, analyst says, when you can get such savings by using solar, batteries and efficient appliances

Australians can cut their power bills by 90% if they make their homes more energy efficient, a new report finds. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Join us as we uncover how Australia’s Big Four banks and other major banks like HSBC are fuelling climate destruction through #FossilFuel financing.

Learn about the impacts to women and their communities around the world, and how you can take action.

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Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand)
Results:
Last week: 99.1% RE
Last 202 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say

Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds #Climate

Heat extremes in Western Europe increasing faster than simulated due to atmospheric circulation trends - Nature Communications Heat extremes in Western Europe have increased by an outstanding amount in the last 70 years. Climate models simulate weaker trends. This is largely due to atmospheric circulation trends, favouring he...

Here’s some recent articles on how Europe is warming faster and why:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

What are the odds this July’s Mediterranean heat is natural?
About 1 in a billion!
It's the most extreme Mediterannean heatwave on record, for this time of year. This is a thread, digging deep, adding context, so follow along… 1/

Showing him the future of power.

This brown coal thing, I think it'll be big!

A chihuahua sniffing next to a dragon statue

Indiana Jones and the way of the dragon …

#JulietandJones
#Chihuahuas

🔴 The EU’s updated Climate Law falls short of delivering the real solutions needed to reach real zero.

The new proposal rely on international carbon offsets and #CDR — approaches that undermine climate ambition and delay real emission cuts.

Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...

Our six pathways to a liveable and climatesafe future A ranked list of six approaches which represent the most impactful endeavours humanity is undertaking to cut carbon emissions.

What really works to tackle the climate crisis? Let's build confidence in what works.

We outline the six most promising approaches to reducing emissions and regenerating Earth. We also ask: why has the climate movement failed to make a real dent in emissions?

climatesafety.info/our-six-path...

Really good interview w @ericholthaus.com on @maddow.msnbc.com last night. It’s so important to talk to the general public. #TalkAboutClimate #SupportNOAA 🔌💡

#TheSustainableHour #556:
RICHER THAN BEFORE: Building renewable economies

→ Listen: climatesafety.info/wp-content/u...

→ Notes: climatesafety.info/thesustainab...

Our guests are Wayne Wadsworth, also known as Wadzy, and Marama Grace Brownsdon, also known as Mims.

Nothing like snuggling up to a companion animal when sick. My chihuahuas have been great companions while I have been
Grounded with a respiratory infection.

Don’t go to the US
Don’t trade with the US
Don’t defend the US
Don’t support the US
Don’t appease the US
Don’t partner with the US
Don’t invite the US
Don’t accommodate the US

Nazis, White Supremacists, Terrorists, Thugs.

#ApartheidAmerica

American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists

As the United States cuts science funding and international cooperation, Australia and other countries see a chance to capitalise on the American brain drain.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.

Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

This is an absolute lie.

Worse, this is the person responsible for making those kids less safe and he's trying to deny the damage he caused.

50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath

50 reasons to want more walkable cities.