the cascade's run dry
for the first time ever
but not the last

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As the U.S. East Coast ramps up offshore wind power projects, much remains unknown.

AP examines "projects transforming coastlines from Maine to South Carolina."

https://flip.it/5yAEZz

#Wind #WindPower #ClimateChange #Climate #Environment

#globalwarming is caused by human activity, primarily by industrialized countries. The problems it causes are everybody's problems. #Industrialized countries tends to have more resources to mitigate the problems and seems to choose that path instead of the removing the cause. Poor countries can not reduce emission that makes a difference and has few options to handle #climate #risk.

Exclusive: British Gas staff wrongly tell our reporter hydrogen will replace gas and that new boilers can burn it

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-gas-centrica-hydrogen-ready-boilers-green-energy-heat-pumps/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Mastodon

#UKPol #UkPolitics #Greenwashing #Environment #Climatechange #Climate #BritishGas #Hydrogen

Just found this:
Are you interested in fighting #racism and addressing #climate injustice?
Would you like to explore how #theatre, art practices and #agroecology can work together? Are you Black, of African or Asian descent, an Indigenous person or Person of Colour, from a migration background or a white person actively committed to #antiracism? Can you commit to three residential gatherings to collectively develop tactics for #ClimateJustice
#Brandenburg #Berlin
https://havelland-verteiler.de/event/agri-cultural-practices-for-climate-justice-anti-racism-arts-and-ecologies-a-workshop-in-three-parts/

A safe operating space for humanity?

Outlining the planetary boundary & tipping points framework, Johan Rockström interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLq8e73-FAw

'Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity', Johan Rockström et al.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26268316
#ClimateBreakdown #TippingPoints #PlanetaryBoundaries #climate #FossilFuels

New methodology reveals health, climate impacts of reducing buildings' energy use https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-methodology-reveals-health-climate-impacts.html
#energyusage #buildings #climate

Markus Wypior of GIZ opens day two of the 3rd Europe-China conference on clean energy transition by emphasizing the backdrop of increasing extreme weather events around the globe, which shows the need to reduce emissions fast for ourselves and future generations. #climate

University of #Graz has a neat emission calculator that compares travel by car, train and plane between two locations.

CarbonTracer https://carbontracer.uni-graz.at/

#travel #train #car #flight #co2 #Climate

The case of logging and clear felling the proposed Great Koala National Park - On Consultation and consent 1/3

Times have rapidly changed. The old school extractive ways were perceived as legitimate under colonial extractive regimes.

Today we are confronted with an urgency of interlocking global crises of the environment and democracy. Anthropocene defaunation and an increasingly uninhabitable climate exposes human well-being under increasing threat.

'Business as usual' is no longer tenable. A new set of circumstances demands a rapid transition and consensual modes of action. Trust and legitimacy can be generated by genuine participatory deliberation of all 'stakeholders' and societal institutions.

People increasingly claim ownership of their planet and question the legality of the commodification and financialization of their only home.

Consultation and cooperation in a democratic civil society must consult all 'stakeholders' in public (digital or f2f) for a consensual outcome. The operating party has to face the affected community in person in public meetings. Stewards of biodiversity and the climate have to be present 'at the table'.
Discussions and negotiations should be public, transparent and take all aspects (externalities) into account.

Stop deforestation and clearfelling in a climate emergency
Stop eradicating ecosystems in a biodiversity crisis
Stop the denial of reality
Stop logging the proposed Great Koala National Park now

There is no consent.

#financialisation #forests #NativeForests #biodiversity #climate Emergencies #consultation #bellingen logging #save Trust

https://timcadman.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/formal-advisory-to-minister-moriarty-regarding-evidence-of-remnant-original-forest-within-tuckers-nob-plantation-compartments-026-and-027/

North Coast Local Land Services
https://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/regions/north-coast/financial-assistance/protecting-koalas-through-habitat-restoration

Richards, Carol and Lyons, Kristen (2016). The new corporate enclosures: plantation forestry, carbon markets and the limits of financialised solutions to the climate crisis. Land Use Policy 56 209-216.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.05.013
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:398969

Despite its environmental impact, the plane is highly popular during the holidays. Today's cartoon by Plop & KanKr. More cartoons: https://cartoonmovement.com/search?query=&sort=created&order=desc

#summerholiday #airtravel #Flying #climate

#Climate #News: Studies highlight new approaches to addressing climate change: Failing to achieve climate mitigation goals puts increasing pressure on climate adaptation strategies. In two new studies, researchers address novel approaches to these issues.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141202.htm

#Climate #News: Helicopter-based observations uncover warm ocean water flows toward Totten Ice Shelf in Southeast Antarctica: An international team of scientists has successfully conducted large-scale helicopter-based observations along the coast of East Antarctica and has identified pathways through which warm ocean water flows from the open ocean into ice shelf cavities for the first time.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141140.htm

#Climate #News: Researchers charting a sustainable course in oceanic carbon capture: As researchers around the world race against time to develop new strategies and technologies to fight climate change, a team of scientists is exploring one possible way to directly reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment: Negative emissions technologies (NETs).
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141107.htm

I just participated in my first "hour of action" with Climate Changemakers! It's a wonderful program that helps give clear directions to US citizens on climate action issues and how to contact government officials to make the most impact!

This week's focus is the Solar for All grant opportunities available for states, municipalities, and tribal governments to apply for funding for decentralized solar projects.

Check them out! https://www.climatechangemakers.org/
#climate #climatechange #climateaction

"Climate breakdown has begun" as Phoenix breaks another heat record

Story by Andrei Ionescu, September 11, 2023

"According to the National Weather Service (NWS), on Saturday, September 9, the temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona set a new heat record, continuing to rise as the city broke its previous record of the most days at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius).

New record

"This was the 54th day this year that the temperatures in Phoenix surpassed 110F – one day more that the record of 53 days set in 2020. Moreover, the daily average temperature of 97F (36.1C) in June, July, and August surpassed the previous record of 96.7 (35.9) set three years ago.

"As the weekend highs were expected to range between 108F and 114F (with night temperatures between 80F and 88F), NWS issued an excessive heat warning until 8pm on Sunday.

Anthropogenic climate change

"The scientists blame anthropogenic climate change correlated to the advent of El Nino (a temporary warming of parts of the Pacific Ocean impacting weather all over the globe). However, since this natural phenomenon is expected to peak at the beginning of next year, 2024 will most likely break all the records set this year.

"'The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting,' warned United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "Climate breakdown has begun.'"

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #RecordHeat #PhoenixArizona #Arizona #Climate #Weather #Heatwaves

Full article:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-breakdown-has-begun-as-phoenix-breaks-another-heat-record/ar-AA1gyw8Z?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5c3015c008344526948d2c6d52278127&ei=9

#Climate #News: Scientists find evidence of sea star species hybridization: A new study presents genomic evidence of hybridization between two closely related species of sea stars -- Asterias rubens, the common starfish, and Asterias forbesi, known as Forbes' sea star.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141025.htm

#Climate #News: Climate change can alter the risk of succumbing to infectious diseases: A new Europe-wide study investigated the prevalence of protozoans, bacteria and viruses potentially pathogenic to humans and domestic animals in birds and bats in varying climatic conditions. The prevalence of many of these pathogens was associated with temperature or rainfall.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141012.htm

The #UK is becoming a #climate #prison

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-11-brits-disagree-climate-crisis-sent-to-prison.html

Ocean temperatures. Covid in wastewater. These aren't opinions or beliefs.

We can disagree about what these 'mean', but not about whether they 'are'. That measurable phenomena are now up for debate seems... worrying.

#climate #covid