France's government has abandoned its climate plans
With planning on environmental projects at a standstill since 2023, France's political leaders are only reinforcing the idea that they are unable to think long-term, even when it comes to such crucial issues as climate change & biodiversity collapse
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/10/27/france-s-government-has-abandoned-its-climate-plans_6746820_23.html
"The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report.
The report from scientists and conservationists warns the world is also “on the brink” of reaching other tipping points, including the dieback of the Amazon, the collapse of major ocean currents and the loss of ice sheets.
But some experts have questioned the report’s claims about the fate of coral reefs, with one saying while they are in decline there is evidence they could remain viable at higher temperatures than suggested.
Tipping points are recognised by scientists as moments when a major ecosystem reaches a point where severe degradation is inevitable.
The world’s coral reefs are home to about a quarter of all marine species but are considered one of the most vulnerable systems to global heating."
Electric Vehicles Face a ‘Pretty Dreadful Year’ in the U.S. - The end of a federal tax credit is expected to push sales of battery-powered cars down bu... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/electric-vehicles-federal-tax-credit.html #sportsutilityvehiclesandlighttrucks #regulationandderegulationofindustry #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #taxcreditsdeductionsandexemptions #internationaltradeandworldmarket #fuelemissions(transportation) #electricandhybridvehicles #globalwarming
You know the state of the world is starting to have an effect on you when you read “fifth” as “filth”.
New research looked at 213 heat waves around the world from 2000 to 2023. No surprise: Heatwaves became more likely and more severe during that period, largely due to the burning of fossil fuels. Of those events, up to a quarter of them would have been impossible without pollution from 14 "carbon majors" — fossil fuel and cement producers including ExxonMobil, Chevron, and the former Soviet Union. @CNN reports on the possible legal implications of this. “Courts are indicating a willingness to hold carbon majors accountable, but at the same time asking for more scientific certainty, and our study helps to close a part of that gap,” said Corina Heri, a study coauthor and law professor at Tilburg Law School in Zurich.
Now the #globalWarming and human-made #climateChange denialists will say: 'Look, nature also emits so much #CO2, we humans are not the problem!'
Yes, there are natural sources of CO2: Mofettes, volcanos, fumaroles, hydrothermal vents, smokers, etc.
BUT: We humans emit *two orders of magnitude* (100 times) MORE than all of those combined¹. 
Natural sources are a baseline we can't change. Anthropogenic CO2 emissions are a question of technology and political will.
Trump admin blocks funds for U.S. farmers who want solar.
For two decades, thousands of farmers have installed money-saving solar panels with help from the federal REAP program. Trump’s USDA is choking off that resource. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/trump-blocks-reap-funding-farmers
Larry Ellison Wants to Do Good, Do Research and Make a Profit - Oracle’s co-founder and the world’s second-richest person pledges to concentrate his vast... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/business/larry-ellison-oracle-philanthropy.html #contenttype:personalprofile #highnetworthindividuals #nonprofitorganizations #oraclecorporation #medicineandhealth #ellisonlawrencej #oxforduniversity #entrepreneurship #givingpledgethe #globalwarming #philanthropy #malnutrition #research
#FYI #ClimateGenn #NickBreeze #MarkMaslin
"There are eight richest billionaires [who] own the same amount of wealth as the poorest four billion people… That should make everybody angry, pick up their pitchforks and demand change"
In July 1943, dark, smoky clouds suddenly descended over Los Angeles. The waves of pollution called “smog” — a combination of “smoke” and “fog” — continued and the cause remained a mystery.
This film follows the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act, which have had an enduring effect on the quality of air Americans breathe. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/clearing-air-war-smog-trailer/
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now? #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
The federal policy — which requires hybrids and EVs to make up 20 per cent of sales in 2026 and 100 per cent by 2035 — will save Canada more than $90 billion and 11,000 premature deaths over the next 25 years, according to analysis by The Atmospheric Fund, a Toronto-based non-profit focused on climate change and air pollution
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/29/news/ev-sales-mandate-public-health
Omakuvauspäivitys:
Keskimääräinen heppuli. Tosikko ja oman elämänsä koomikko. Pyöräilijä, mutta lähinnä muualla kuin kaupungissa. Harrastaa kirjojen lainaamista enemmän kuin lukemista. Loputtoman utelias ja kiinnostunut uudesta tiedosta, jota jakaa turhankin mielellään muille. #strategia #johtajuus #leadership #management #cycling #read #learning #bookstodon #globalWarming #nobridge #travelOnTheGround #UTC +2 / +3
(he/him, native finnish, broken english, and some swedish, too)
Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel motorcycles and mopeds in the heart of the capital, Hanoi, starting July 2026, as part of a nationwide effort to curb air pollution, state media reported. #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming
AI Might Kill Us All (With Carbon Emissions) - So-called artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now between your gran... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/ai-might-kill-us-all-with-carbon-emissions/ #publicutilitycommission #artificialintelligence #carbonemissions #renewableenergy #climatechange #globalwarming #nuclearenergy #powerplants #naturalgas #nuclear #energy #ai
Even more special is today's 24-hour average temperature. In all of the 125-year temperature record, only 3 end-of-July days ever were warmer than today here! And it's only 1 July.
[That's after 22 hours. Average still moving up now, but it could theoretically still end up in fifth place]
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#heatwave #globalwarming #ClimateChange
Trump administration shuts down #US #website on #climatechange
The U.S. Global Change Research Program’s website, https://globalchange.gov, was taken down along with all five versions of the #NationalClimateAssessment report and extensive information on how #globalwarming is affecting the country.
Peter Gleick, #climate #scientist who was one of the authors of first National Climate Assessment in 2000. “This is the modern version of book burning.”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-01/trump-us-climate-website
https://archive.ph/mgV7L
Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• Archiving, organizing, and productivity, with @Daojoan and David Press
• Context from the history of #Iran on current events, by @worldhistory
• #GlobalWarming and the #heatwave in the #UK, by Anton Krutikov
• Debunking myths about #India, by Gauri Khurana
• Redefining limitations, by Bridget Webber
https://medium.com/blog/are-you-building-a-second-brain-or-just-performing-productivity-6f521825d4cf
