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It's been a thousand years since Colorado has burned like this
Colorado's three largest wildfires in history have been in the past three months. Wildfires on this scale are exceedingly rare without a boost from climate change.
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In Colorado, fires are slowly advancing through early winter snowstorms – with heavy snows posing new challenges for firefighting crews.
None of this is normal.
Thank you, @EricHolthaus and @WyClimate for raising the alarm.
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How Climate Change Is Making the Alps More Dangerous - Nexus Media News
As the mountains thaw, rocks are coming loose from the ice, increasing the risk of injury or death for even the most experienced mountaineers.
Geothermal energy is poised for a big breakout
"An engineering problem that, when solved, solves energy."
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There’s enough energy in the Earth’s crust, just a few miles down, to power all of human civilization for generations to come, writes @drvox.
Read this explainer of the possible pitfalls and incredible potential of geothermal.
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Thirty books to help us understand the world in 2020
The climate crisis, gender, populism, big tech, pandemics, race… our experts recommend titles to illuminate the issues of the day
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“A dystopian future is possible if we fail to act. But a utopian future is not out of reach if we succeed in doing so.”
@MichaelEMann reviews Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future" about a fictional climate dystopia that's already here!
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“COVID-19 is the pop quiz but climate change is the final exam”
This week we are joined by Lauren Kurtz, the Executive Director of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF).
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Yesterday, Amy Coney Barrett described climate change as a "matter of public debate."
The latest episode of @_ClimateXChange's #CoolerEarth podcast covers the history and present of the politicization of science with @ClimSciDefense's Lauren Kurtz.
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One of the best climate solutions is giving Indigenous People their land back
On Indigenous People's Day, we should remember that returning stolen land is a necessary step towards climate justice.
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"Indigenous sovereignty is non-negotiable," writes @EricHolthaus in this piece about climate justice.
"Climate change is a consequence of capitalist expansion and imperialist aggression, particularly in the Americas."
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Welcome to The Phoenix
A new publication for revolutionary change in the climate emergency.
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"What we need isn’t more stories about apocalypse; what we need is justice."
Read @EricHolthaus's newsletter about radical change amid climate emergency.
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Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms
The change is a significant escalation over its previous actions targeting QAnon and one of the broadest rules the social media giant has put in place in its history.
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In an unprecedented move, Facebook banned QAnon across its platforms.
"I’m surprised it has taken the company this long to take this type of action,” said @travis_view of @QAnonAnonymous.
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Climate Deniers Are Embracing QAnon
“It’s the scariest thing I’ve ever encountered.”
The Growing Danger From Gas Pipelines
A decade ago, Congress set out to make pipelines safer, but today there are more accidents on pipelines that carry gas to homes.
Noam Chomsky’s Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal is insightful on capitalism and politics
A chat about his new book with co-author Robert Pollin.
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Noam Chomsky talked with @drvox about whether capitalism and climate change are synonymous, the historical analogues to the scale of the climate crisis response and why modern democracies devolve.
#CCNow #ClimatePolitics2020 @CoveringClimate @CJR
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Over 170 Environmentalists Sign Letter Urging Against Green Party “Protest Vote”
Activists who mainstreamed the Green Party’s Green New Deal say electoral math is just as unforgiving as climate math.
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Green Party & progressive activists have moved Biden to the left on climate, while 170+ climate leaders including @MichaelEMann urge against green party “protest vote.”
@CandiceBernd writes for @truthout.
#CCNow #ClimatePolitics2020 @CoveringClimate @CJR
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Mad About Climate Denial
A cartoonist and a climate scientist teamed up on a new book.
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This month, the weather looked a lot like this @TomTolesToons's cartoon from his and @MichaelEMann's book on climate change denial, The MadHouse Effect.
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Latino Voters Are Worried About Climate Change. They Could Swing the Election.
Latinos consistently vote in smaller numbers than other groups. The climate crisis could change that.
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📣 Latinos care more about climate than any other demographic, according to @YaleClimateComm.
@SierraClub president @RamonCruzDiaz says that Democrats can work with Latino voters by pushing for ambitious climate policies that tackle economic issues.
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East Chicago Lead Crisis Highlights Perils of Proposed EPA Cuts
“I thought we had regulations in place to protect us from pollution like this.”
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@gblad told the story of the residents in the East Chicago housing complex and an EPA that abandoned them.
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Extreme Heat Is Killing Farm Workers. The Government Doesn’t Have a Plan to Protect Them. (VIDEO)
“Farm workers are working around the clock and throughout the year in conditions that most of us would not accept.”
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There is no federal standard protecting farm workers from extreme heat. As @David_Arkush of @Public_Citizen said: "There is an undiagnosed epidemic of heat-related illness and death, and the problem will get much worse because of global warming."
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A New Language for Grappling With Climate Change
How to cope with the loss of our only home.
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Philosopher Glenn Albrecht coined the term “solastalgia” to describe emotional distress caused by environmental change.
A read about one linguistic way to cope with the climate crisis, with insights from @mollycrabapple, @EricHolthaus and @zoeschlanger
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Rising Temperatures Will Help Mosquitos Infect a Billion More People
“Plain and simple, climate change is going to kill a lot of people.”
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Global warming is causing mosquitos to proliferate, which will expose more people to disease. Research from @SadieRyan of @UFGeogand and @wormmaps of @georgetown_ghss.
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Obama’s EPA Chief: ‘Sometimes You Need to Listen to the Kids’ - The Years Project
Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy on inequality, corruption, and the young Americans who have had enough.
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President of @NRDC and former EPA administrator in @BarackObama's administration, @GinaNRDC talked to us about environmental inequality, and how she has drawn inspiration from the growing youth climate movement.
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There’s a Fungus Among Us — And It’s Deadly.
Climate change is driving the spread of a fatal, drug-resistant fungus.
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A drug-resistant fungus Candida auris that sickens people in hospitals, may be the first fungal disease to emerge because of climate change according to research from @ACasadevall1 published in @mbiojournal
@JohnsHopkinsSPH
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