climatechange

<p>Alaska and vicinity seasonal 50-year temperature changes (ºF) updated through autumn 2025, all in one graphic for your convenience. A whole lot of warming going on. <a href="/tags/akwx/" rel="tag">#akwx</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/arctic/" rel="tag">#Arctic</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Climatologist49" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Climatologist49</span></a></span></p>

<p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a>, <a href="/tags/collapse/" rel="tag">#Collapse</a>, <a href="/tags/climatediary/" rel="tag">#ClimateDiary</a> </p><p>Many folks seem to think we are making good progress electrifying everything and are on track to phase out fossil fuels by around 2050.</p><p>I would like to bring this article to people’s attention.</p><p><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/23/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/23/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/2</span><span class="invisible">3/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/</span></a></p><p>The question is, can we mine enough metals to fully support the transition to “renewable” technology? </p><p>As the article says: “The short answer: No, not even close!” (1/4)</p>

<p>What I’ve been reading (and listening to) this week ending 8 March 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-8-march-2026-6ed77607b00d" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-8-march-2026-6ed77607b00d"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-8-march-2026-6ed77607b00d</span></a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/resilience/" rel="tag">#resilience</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#addiction</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/depression/" rel="tag">#depression</a> <a href="/tags/product/" rel="tag">#product</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a></p>

<p>Stories by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica identified bottlenecks that have stalled green energy projects in Oregon.</p><p>The governor aims to accelerate efforts through a series of mandates. Here&#x27;s where they stand.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/wind/" rel="tag">#Wind</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a></p>

<p>America’s stillbirth crisis. A threat in your medicine cabinet. The drying planet.</p><p>Here are some ProPublica investigations you may have missed this year.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-you-may-have-missed-2025?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-you-may-have-missed-2025?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-investigations-you-may-have-missed-2025?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/reporting/" rel="tag">#Reporting</a> <a href="/tags/longreads/" rel="tag">#Longreads</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/namibia/" rel="tag">#Namibia</a></p><p>In an extraordinary example of resilience, Namibia’s desert lions—once thought to be confined to the arid interior—are now roaming the Atlantic coastline, evolving into the world’s only known maritime lions. According to BBC Future, these rare big cats have adapted to extreme conditions by changing their diet and habitat, swapping traditional prey like oryx and springbok for seals, flamingos, and even cormorants</p><p><a href="https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/namibias-beach-lions-are-adapting-to-climate-change-by-hunting-seals/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.onegreenplanet.org/news/namibias-beach-lions-are-adapting-to-climate-change-by-hunting-seals/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.onegreenplanet.org/news/na</span><span class="invisible">mibias-beach-lions-are-adapting-to-climate-change-by-hunting-seals/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a></p>

<p>1/</p><p>Lots of new connections. Hence, a re-introduction to a hopeful story, &quot;A New Faith,&quot; available to read online or download (EPUB and PDF) for free at: <a href="https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/story/" rel="tag">#story</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/climatefiction/" rel="tag">#climatefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#speculativefiction</a> <a href="/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">#mystery</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/detective/" rel="tag">#detective</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#climatecrisis</a> <a href="/tags/extinction/" rel="tag">#extinction</a> <a href="/tags/survival/" rel="tag">#survival</a> <a href="/tags/adaptation/" rel="tag">#adaptation</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#migration</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a></p>

<p>Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of sunlight-reflecting particles into Earth’s <a href="/tags/atmosphere/" rel="tag">#atmosphere</a> is now a matter of serious scientific consideration. <br><a href="/tags/environmental/" rel="tag">#Environmental</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#Engineering</a> <a href="/tags/sflorg/" rel="tag">#sflorg</a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env10212501.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env10212501.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env1021</span><span class="invisible">2501.html</span></a></p>

<p>Carbon-sucking fungi and &#x27;forever chemical&#x27; crackdowns: Positive environmental stories from 2026.</p><p>Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year&#x27;s most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate. <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/19/carbon-sucking-fungi-and-forever-chemical-crackdowns-positive-environmental-stories-from-2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/19/carbon-sucking-fungi-and-forever-chemical-crackdowns-positive-environmental-stories-from-2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.euronews.com/green/2026/01</span><span class="invisible">/19/carbon-sucking-fungi-and-forever-chemical-crackdowns-positive-environmental-stories-from-2</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a></p><p>US Congress Rejects Trump’s Proposed Cuts to NOAA and NASA Climate Funding</p><p>The U.S. Capitol is virtually ready to reject the Trump administration’s proposals for drastic cuts to funding for federal climate and weather research programs, including NOAA and NASA</p><p><a href="https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/us-congress-rejects-trump-s-proposed-cuts-to-noaa-and-nasa-climate-funding/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mezha.net/eng/bukvy/us-congress-rejects-trump-s-proposed-cuts-to-noaa-and-nasa-climate-funding/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mezha.net/eng/bukvy/us-congres</span><span class="invisible">s-rejects-trump-s-proposed-cuts-to-noaa-and-nasa-climate-funding/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="/tags/upheavalclimate/" rel="tag">#UpheavalClimate</a> <a href="/tags/climateinstability/" rel="tag">#ClimateInstability</a> <a href="/tags/massatrocity/" rel="tag">#MassAtrocity</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a></p>

<p>&quot;Did you know that for every US$1,000 a person has in savings is roughly equivalent to the direct <a href="/tags/emissions/" rel="tag">#Emissions</a> generated by flying from New York to Seattle every year” </p><p><a href="/tags/banks/" rel="tag">#Banks</a> are a core part of how we store and spend money. This <a href="/tags/money/" rel="tag">#Money</a> can be invested in <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> which negatively impacts the <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> aka <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a>. In this <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#Blog</a> post I explained my journey switching banks and how you can to.</p><p><a href="https://primonatura.co.uk/why-i-changed-banks-for-the-planet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="primonatura.co.uk/why-i-changed-banks-for-the-planet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">primonatura.co.uk/why-i-change</span><span class="invisible">d-banks-for-the-planet/</span></a></p>

<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; Reflections on the impact of digital infrastructure and racism in traditional communities</p><p>&quot;After 29 versions of agreements and negotiations far from the planet’s greatest tropical socio-biodiversity, this conference must be broad and unrestricted, analysing all inequalities imposed since the earliest colonisation, still persistently referred to as “development”.</p><p>----&gt; New on APC.org: <a href="https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/reflections-impact-digital-infrastructure-and-racism-traditional-communities" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.apc.org/en/pubs/reflections-impact-digital-infrastructure-and-racism-traditional-communities"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.apc.org/en/pubs/reflection</span><span class="invisible">s-impact-digital-infrastructure-and-racism-traditional-communities</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/amazonia/" rel="tag">#amazonia</a> <a href="/tags/brazilianamazon/" rel="tag">#BrazilianAmazon</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalcommunities/" rel="tag">#Traditionalcommunities</a> <a href="/tags/development/" rel="tag">#Development</a></p>

<p>Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk, Alaska, adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of coastal villages facing climate change.</p><p>Which town will be wiped away next? Should their former homes be rebuilt?<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kipnuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kipnuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kip</span><span class="invisible">nuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a></p>

<p>A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science.</p><p>It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a></p>

<p>You are here.<br>We&#x27;ve breached 430 ppm CO2.<br><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a></p>

<p>I fear the Ice Dragon has one again become jealous of our Sun, so it is up to our hero to save the day, literally. 🌞🐉🦸‍♂️</p><p><a href="/tags/martisor/" rel="tag">#Martisor</a> <a href="/tags/superhero/" rel="tag">#Superhero</a> <a href="/tags/spring/" rel="tag">#Spring</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/savetheplanet/" rel="tag">#SaveThePlanet</a> <a href="/tags/patreon/" rel="tag">#Patreon</a> <a href="/tags/storytime/" rel="tag">#Storytime</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/34487593" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.patreon.com/posts/34487593</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/23/migrants-die-trying-to-cross-mediterranean-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/23/migrants-die-trying-to-cross-mediterranean-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/world/2026</span><span class="invisible">/feb/23/migrants-die-trying-to-cross-mediterranean-2026</span></a></p><p>Hmm... wonder why so many people keep putting themselves in harm&#x27;s way just to leave their home for good and go to another country where the natives may not even want them. Hmm... weird huh?!</p><p>That is what <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> is worsening - the already insane <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a> and terrible prospects in poor countries. </p><p>We have to help the migrants in better ways. A theme I explore in &quot;A New Faith&quot;</p><p><a href="https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/adaptation/" rel="tag">#adaptation</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#migration</a> immigration</p>

<p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#Climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/genie/" rel="tag">#genie</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/secondamendment/" rel="tag">#secondamendment</a> <a href="/tags/leftist/" rel="tag">#leftist</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#memes</a> <a href="/tags/ourmemes/" rel="tag">#ourmemes</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/environmentalism/" rel="tag">#Environmentalism</a> <a href="/tags/forests/" rel="tag">#Forests</a> <a href="/tags/overconsumption/" rel="tag">#OverConsumption</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#Capitalism</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/bigoil/" rel="tag">#BigOil</a> has just won a US$345 million ruling against <a href="/tags/greenpeace/" rel="tag">#Greenpeace</a>.</p><p>Not for pollution.<br>Not for an oil spill.<br>For peaceful <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a>.</p><p>This lawsuit sends a chilling message. If corporations can use the courts to punish environmental groups for speaking out, anyone who challenges fossil fuel power could be next.</p><p>This type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms. </p><p><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/81860/what-345-million-judgment-means-greenpeace/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.greenpeace.org/international/story/81860/what-345-million-judgment-means-greenpeace/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.greenpeace.org/internation</span><span class="invisible">al/story/81860/what-345-million-judgment-means-greenpeace/</span></a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

<p>What I’ve been reading this week ending 15 March 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-15-march-2026-97dbd2fb1a28" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-15-march-2026-97dbd2fb1a28"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-this-week-ending-15-march-2026-97dbd2fb1a28</span></a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#housing</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/aging/" rel="tag">#aging</a> <a href="/tags/statistics/" rel="tag">#statistics</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a></p>

<p>They&#x27;re costing the world, not just the USA. Fossil fuel subsidies are killing us all.<br><a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a> <a href="/tags/greed/" rel="tag">#Greed</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> </p><p>&quot;The Oil and Gas Industry Is Costing American Taxpayers, Consumers, and Communities:<br>By Jessica Maher, Virginia Palacios &amp; Tyson Slocum Oct. 9, 2025.&quot;<br><a href="https://ssir.org/articles/entry/fossil-fuel-subsidies-taxpayer-costs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ssir.org/articles/entry/fossil-fuel-subsidies-taxpayer-costs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ssir.org/articles/entry/fossil</span><span class="invisible">-fuel-subsidies-taxpayer-costs</span></a></p>