Yes, it’s OK to laugh at wealthy Burning Man attendees mired in muck
Maybe it feels satisfying to see the US elite in discomfort because we’re so unlikely to see them face accountability in normal life
Nature, however, has not been so kind to Burning Man. Over the weekend, heavy rains turned the stretch of dusty flats that attendees insist on calling “the playa” into a muddy mess.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/burning-man-wealthy-attendees

#BurningMan #DrowningMan #ClimateCrisis #GlobalBoiling #climate #ClimateSOS

#GoodLawProject
#Crowdfunder
The Government is still failing on net zero, so we are taking them back to court.
Good Law Project is taking legal action with Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth to ensure the Government tackles the climate crisis.
We’re now in the crucial decade to stop irreversible damage from global heating, but our Government still hasn’t produced a realistic plan to tackle the climate emergency.

https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/net-zero-2/?utm_source=Good+Law+Project&utm_campaign=c1e259423c-EMAIL_NetZero2_Donate_2023_08_24_02_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_db5adb9599-f19ac15ead-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=c1e259423c&mc_eid=029f2a5337

#GlobalBoiling #ClimateSOS #ClimateCrisis #ToryFail

Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather

Heatwaves, wildfires and floods are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’, leading climate scientists say

‘Crazy off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?
The “crazy” extreme weather rampaging around the globe in 2023 will become the norm within a decade without dramatic climate action, the world’s leading climate scientists have said.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/dramatic-climate-action-needed-curtail-extreme-weather

#GlobalBoiling #ClimateSOS #climate

I’ve spent 40 years in Antarctic research. Right now it’s facing a climate emergency so we must not put vital science on ice
Antarctica is experiencing disturbing changes – from missing winter sea ice to disintegrating ice shelves – and it’s almost certain things will get worse
Much of this winter’s sea ice is missing. A crucial ocean current is slowing down, and glaciers and ice shelves are disintegrating.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/22/ive-spent-40-years-in-antarctic-research-right-now-its-facing-a-climate-emergency-so-we-must-not-put-vital-science-on-ice

#GlobalBoiling #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateSOS

Warning of ‘catastrophic flooding’ as Hurricane Hilary nears Mexico and California

Storm expected to hit Baja California on Saturday evening before reaching southern California as rare tropical storm on Sunday
Hurricane Hilary is expected to enter the Baja California region on Saturday evening as a powerful hurricane before reaching southern California as a rare tropical storm on Sunday amid warnings of deadly flooding.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/hurricane-hilary-mexico-california-flooding

#GlobalBoiling #ClimateChange #ClimateSOS

Canada wildfires: British Columbia in state of emergency as 19,000 flee Yellowknife fire

Premier says days ahead will be ‘extremely challenging’, as firefighters in neighbouring Northwest Territories fight to save city
The premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia has declared a state of emergency, saying authorities there were “facing the worst wildfire season ever”, as thousands were evacuated from cities east of Vancouver.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/canada-wildfires-british-columbia-in-state-of-emergency-as-19000-flee-yellowknife-fire

#GlobalBoiling #ClimateSOS

@TexasObserver @delger Another reporter on the #ClimateCrisis beat on the fediverse - please follow all climate reporting and all climate activists that you can. The emergency has been here & it’s getting worse. 🆘 We must support each other now.

#ClimateSOS #climate #lahaina
 
https://texasobserver.social/users/TexasObserver/statuses/110890503111994575A

Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts

As much of the northern hemisphere endures blistering heatwaves and parts of Asia are deluged with rain, a number of climate records are being challenged

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateSOS #climate

Harry's Last Stand

Canada's Wild Fires Made The Climate Crisis Real For Millions And Then We Shrugged.
The sky above me last week was ominously smeared with smoke that turned the horizon sepia tone. The fug was poisonous and originated at least a thousand kilometres from where I live. There, forests enormous in geographical size; they could be nations onto themselves are burning.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/canadas-wild-fires-made-the-climate?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#WildFires #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateSOS

Tell the UK government to stop oil and gas exploration in the North Sea:

https://chng.it/2fCtV4QgFD

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #ClimateSOS