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More hurricanes are lingering for days. These places are most vulnerable. | New research found hurricanes are stalling more often along vulnerable coastlines, increasing danger from rain & wind (wapo.st)
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Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef | An environmental group said the company, a major food producer, was misleading shoppers with its claims about eco-friendly practices. (www.nytimes.com)
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New Study Suggests Major Climate Reports May Be Underestimating Drought Risks (insideclimatenews.org)
 

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More than £494bn subsidies a year in developing world harmful to climate, says report |ActionAid says ‘parasitic behaviour’ fuelling the climate crisis and represents ‘corp. capture’ of public finance (www.theguardian.com)
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How Colorado Cowboys and Conservationists Joined Forces to Stop Drilling | The members of a self-described ragtag group had little in common, but their campaign could serve as model for future efforts (www.nytimes.com)
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Flooding in Europe Is a ‘Clear Reminder’ of the Threat of Extreme Weather: Climate change is influencing extreme weather events like the flooding across six countries that has led to mass evacuations (www.nytimes.com)
Climate change is making home insurance costs more expensive. These maps show prices and weather risks in your state. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

The local NPR station has an answer:

‘Unbelievable’ insurance increases are walloping Nebraska homeowners. Climate change is a big reason why.

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MAGA's scariest environmental proposal | The blueprint for Trump’s second term envisions deregulating ubiquitous and carcinogenic “forever” chemicals. (heated.world)
New Yorkers Are Driving More, Even as Climate Plan Hinges on Driving Less | From New York City to Buffalo, people are driving a lot more than they did before the pandemic. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I suspect that hostility towards mask wearing and lack of maintenance due to the governor blocking congestion pricing are a much bigger deal

Climate change is making home insurance costs more expensive. These maps show prices and weather risks in your state. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

There are a lot of places in the western US where there aren't any insurers writing new policies anymore.

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New Yorkers Are Driving More, Even as Climate Plan Hinges on Driving Less | From New York City to Buffalo, people are driving a lot more than they did before the pandemic. (nysfocus.com)
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JD Vance got a former professor to delete a blog post Vance wrote in 2012 attacking GOP over anti-immigrant rhetoric (www.cnn.com)
 

Makes it very clear that Vance knows that what his doing is evil, but he's weird enough to decide to do it anyways.

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The Fires That Could Reshape the Amazon | Vast, diverse parts of Brazil are burning at the same time, forcing officials to rethink how to protect crucial ecosystems like the Amazon. (www.nytimes.com)
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Climate change is making home insurance costs more expensive. These maps show prices and weather risks in your state. (www.cbsnews.com)
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Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’ | Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars sold to be zero emission (www.theguardian.com)
Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It's pretty well documented that the transferrable renewable energy credits don't result in the construction of additional renewables. That lack of additionality means that they're not effective at causing decarbonization.

Food is a huge source of methane emissions. Fixing that is no easy feat. | At least two-thirds of methane emissions come from human activity, which is both a problem and an opportunity. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That argument has been around since antiquity, and hasn't been effective.

It takes something more.

Switching California from gas to electricity, one neighborhood at a time | Clean-energy advocates hope a bill awaiting Governor Newsom’s signature will jump-start projects that shut down gas pipelines in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The bankruptcy took out a big chunk of their executive team, and induced a huge investment in grid upgrades. So completely reasonable actually.

Switching California from gas to electricity, one neighborhood at a time | Clean-energy advocates hope a bill awaiting Governor Newsom’s signature will jump-start projects that shut down gas pipelines in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

PG&E literally went bankrupt because they didn't inspect a powerline, and the cast-iron hooks holding it up swung slowly back and forth over a century until they wore through, dropping a live powerline to the ground, sparking a fire, and causing towns to burn down.

Mirroring how ABC’s debate moderators treated climate change, cable news networks aired 31 hours of post-debate coverage without a single mention of climate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

What I think actually got it into the 2020 election news coverage was that people figured out when and where high-dollar fundraisers would be, and showed up outside them to ask the candidates about climate as they entered or exited.

Eating less beef is a climate solution. Here's why that's hard for some American men in c/[email protected]
‘Democrats are losing’: a battle on EVs could cost Kamala Harris votes in Michigan | Trump promises to end electric vehicle mandate. Harris has been silent, risking swing state autoworkers’ votes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Absolutely, but the executives started claiming that EVs would require less labor to manufacture. It's utter bullshit, but they managed to panic a bunch of the workers.

The Hague becomes world’s first city to ban fossil fuel-related ads in c/[email protected]
Climate Change Will Not Spare the Rich in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Per the article:

as the planet warms further, the increase in risk actually falls heaviest on those swimming in money rather than floodwater.

It may not kill, but it's going to be incredibly expensive.

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