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Experience from past conflicts shows that pollution, contamination and ecological stress can persist long after the missiles stop flying

Climate Crisis

Serious Court Challenges May Reverse the Trump EPA’s Revocation of 2009 CO2 Endangerment Finding

The Conversation

The court found that various greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, were “pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act.

Climate Crisis

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Climate Crisis

New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials

ProPublica

by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica Co-published with Inside Climate News and The Texas Tribune ( ProPublica ) – Hakim Dermish moved to the small South Texas town of Catarina in 2002 in search of a rural lifestyle on a budget. The property where he lived with his wife didn’t have […]

Climate Crisis

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the data is in. It paints an alarming picture, especially at a moment when Big Oil has taken over the US government via its Republican puppets and is spiking all our […]

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Islanders of Tuvalu Prepare first Mass Migration because of Sea Level Rise, as ICJ grants them Right to Sue

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The entire nation of Tuvalu, 11,000 people, is making preparations to relocate, reports Sophie Mak at Nikkei Asia . The nine atolls making up Tuvalu are for the most part only two feet above sea level, which is rising as our carbon dioxide emissions are causing surface ice to melt […]

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Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet

Tom Engelhardt

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, he’s done quite a job so far and, in a way, it couldn’t be simpler to describe. Somehow he’s managed to take the greatest looming threat to humanity and put it (excuse the all-too-appropriate image) on the back burner. I’m thinking, of course, about climate change. My guess is that […]

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Earth is Heading for nearly 5ºF Heating this Century — Unprecedented Peril, But We’ve Made Progress

The Conversation

By Sven Teske, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Is climate action a lost cause? The United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement for the second time, while heat records over land and sea have toppled and extreme weather events have multiplied. In late 2015, nations agreed through the Paris Agreement to try […]

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CO2 in Atmosphere Higher than in 2 Million Years, with 2024 the Hottest Year Ever Recorded

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual report of the World Meteorological Organization concludes that in 2023, the latest year for which a complete analysis has been carried out, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere reached its highest level ever recorded —- about 420 parts per million (ppm). That’s 151% higher than […]