Washington Post: A northeastern Siberian town is likely to have set a record for the highest temperature documented in the Arctic Circle, with a reading of 100.4 degrees (38 Celsius) recorded Saturday in Verkhoyansk, north of the Arctic Circle and…
Financial Times (Paywall): An influential research firm has cut its estimate of potential oil production by an amount that exceeds the reserves of Saudi Arabia, as the coronavirus crisis accelerates longer-term structural changes to the market. In an annual report…
The group Stop Funding Heat has a web ad urging Gillette, which has famously produced a number of groundbreaking ads featuring progressive ideas – to stop advertising on race baiting, climate denying Fox News.Ad below features Fox climate denial along…
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy…
Recharge News: A new type of battery is coming onto the market that can store multiple days’ worth of energy, that doesn’t degrade, can’t possibly explode and is up to five times cheaper than lithium-ion, claimed its developer as it…
Every part of America will eventually get the wake up call – that climate change is not just something that happens to brown-skinned people in Bangladesh.It’s here, now, and it’s coming for your town, your home, and your pocketbook. For…
Perhaps we should learn more about the creatures we share the planet with before we kill them. LA Times: It was decades ago when Bruce Robison first looked through the plexiglass sphere of a submersible and spotted a most curious…
Jeff Masters PhD is now writing for Yale Climate Connections, and he’s gotten off to a roaring start. Jeff brings vast knowledge, great writing chops, and a huge audience of loyal readers, and I couldn’t be happier to have him…
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor WitShall lure it back to cancel half a Line,Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” ― Omar Khayyám Chris Hughes in Bloomberg: BP Plc’s…
Favorite climate denial prediction of Global cooling yet to appear, even during the deepest trough of the dreaded “Solar Minimum”. James Hansen: Global temperature in May 2020 set a record for May (1.29°C, relative to 1880-1920) for the period of…
Only pawns in their game. New York Times: WASHINGTON — President Trump will return to the campaign trail on June 19 with a rally in Tulsa, Okla., for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak forced most of the country…
We’re seeing a lot of firsts this year. Lucky us. Detroit Free Press: A tropical cyclone has crossed over Lake Superior for the first time ever. Tropical Depression Cristobal, which brought flooding and tornadoes to the Gulf Coast, is now…
Trump revokes marine sanctuary designation under the doctrine of “if the Black guy did it, it’s bad”. Washington Post: President Trump signed a proclamation Friday that opened the Atlantic Ocean’s only fully protected marine sanctuary to commercial fishing, dismissing arguments…
Simon Evans on Twitter: Great Britain has gone two month without coal and yes, that is a big deal. It’s gone from 40% coal powered to ~2% in 8yrs. And plenty for other countries to learn from the experience. How…
File this under “Laws no one would have imagined necessary until the age of Trump”. Washington Post: Last August, Axios reported that President Trump repeatedly asked top national security officials to consider using nuclear bombs to weaken or destroy hurricanes.…
John Cook has done a lot of work on conspiracies and misinformation in the climate space, and here takes a look at the similar mechanisms in play during the pandemic period. Cook’s Conspiracy Theory Handbook is available for download.…
I posted a segment from Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s recent piece in the Washington Post last week, and now I’ve come across several video clips of her further climate observations. Urgent and well stated.More to come tomorrow.…
Sierra Club: During the street protests and marches of the past two weeks, many people carried signs that read “Racism Is Killing Us.” It’s no exaggeration to say that racism and white supremacy harm all of us, because in addition…
CNBC: The Earth had its hottest May ever last month, continuing an unrelenting climate change trend as 2020 is set to be among the hottest 10 years ever, scientists with the Copernicus Climate Change Service announced on Friday. It’s virtually…
Bridge Magazine (Michigan): MIDLAND — The owner of a Gladwin County dam that failed and prompted widespread evacuations Tuesday was cited repeatedly by federal officials for safety violations, including failing to fix spillways used to prevent flooding, records show. Federal…
