Pope Leo XIV celebrates first ‘green Mass’ after calling out greed that fuels climate injustice.
Pope Leo XIV is also enacting a plan to build a solar farm that would make Vatican City the world’s first carbon-neutral state. #ClimateChange
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Japan might be famous for sushi and pork ramen, but tourism, climate goals and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/01/29/sustainability/veganism-rise-japan-climate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #climatechange #food #diets #vegan #vegetarian #allergies #japanesecuisine #meat #fish
"Canadian #wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, according to a letter from six members of Congress to #Canada's ambassador in Washington"
Great!
So you #USA #Republican #GOP are ready to address #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis now
Right?
The letter isn't just a cringe display of profound ignorance about *why* there are #wildfires
Right?
Fucking morons
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ruining-americans-summer-1.7580738
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A climate scientist in Texas writes about the devastating Texas floods: “Climate change isn’t creating new risks: rather, it’s amplifying existing ones.” Read more from @time:
Heatwaves sweep Europe, US; London may touch 40 degrees this summer
Europe and the US are facing extreme heatwaves driven by Omega blocks, heat domes, and climate change, with London possibly nearing 40 degrees Celsius this summer
#Europe #USA #US #UK #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#Trump expressed his disdain for #WindPower during a meeting with his Cabinet recently, calling it an expensive form of #energy that “smart” countries
don’t use.
His comments contained false & misleading information about the use of wind power in the #UnitedStates & around the world, & came on the heels of an #ExecutiveOrder he signed Monday that would end subsidies around “#green” energy.
#FossilFuels #disinformation #Climate #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/wind-turbines-power-electricity-energy-trump-5eb370dfb407b86a11d420917e4acaba
Canada's already into our 2nd worst wildfire season in recorded history & Albertans will AGAIN breathe historically WILD smoke hours in the 100s, so can we REALLY be talking about more #Pipelines in 2025? Hub co-founder #JoeVipond on the latest! #yyc https://www.podcastics.com/episode/370425/link/ #MarkCarney #Wildfires #Smoke #SmokeYYC #Climate #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli #Pipelines #ElbowsUp #CostOfClimate
The Guardian, not pulling any punches with its headline:
White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/trump-michigan-coal-power-plants
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
Dangerous #HeatWave Expands Over Central & Eastern #UnitedStates
A multiday #heat wave is bringing high temperatures & health risks from the #Midwest to the #Northeast, prompting warnings & emergency measures.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #AirQuality #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/weather/heat-wave-temperatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Part 3 begins!
Finally, the stakes come into focus.
How does it all end?
Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree #PDF and #EPUB formats
#solarpunk #hopepunk #books #bookstodon #novel #climatechange #adaptation #migration #mystery
#thriller #amwriting #WritersCoffeeClub
#WordWeavers #ScribesAndMakers
#PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction
#climatefiction
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering via Guardian
(Also paper here: https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/)
More than 5,000 residents of Tuvalu, a nation consisting of nine low-lying atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, have applied for a first-of-its-kind visa giving them an escape from the worst effects of climate change. Read more from @LiveScience:
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Tuvalu #PacificOcean
via @stuffifound who wrote: "Admit it, allistic people are pretty weird when you think about it"
cc: @actuallyautistic
#autism #autistmspectrum #thunberg #gretathunberg #climate #climatechange #climatechangeisreal #climateactivism #activism #xr #extinctionrebellion #fridaysforfuture #mentalhealth
The Drying Planet
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A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Science #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Water #Earth
We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead @candicequestions and Mary Tuma as special investigative correspondents, joining @stevanzetti as freelance reporters helping us tackle the #environment, reproductive rights, and #extremism respectively: https://www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/
#ReproductiveRights #abortion #healthcare #ClimateChange #news #fascism #journalism #nonprofit #media #environment
People who are worried about #ClimateChange:
Do you usually vote for the Green party in your country's elections? If not, why?
Options: (choose one)
The #UnitedNations’s top court announced Wednesday that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from #ClimateChange, they could be in violation of #InternationalLaw.
The International Court of Justice [#ICJ] was delivering an advisory opinion in a landmark case about nations’ obligations to tackle climate change & the consequences they may face if they don’t, calling it an “urgent & #existential” threat to #humanity.
#EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateLaw #law
https://apnews.com/article/un-court-opinion-climate-change-1ac84a94a5aaffd63518ef1da3502a9e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-23-Breaking+News
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
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Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Science #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Water #NASA #Data
Multiple #deaths reported in #Texas, rescue efforts underway as #FlashFlooding threatens communities
Multiple deaths have been reported in Texas after heavy #rain caused flash #flooding of a river, while search teams used boats to conduct rescues Friday as fast-moving water threatened riverfront communities near #wildlife #habitats & campgrounds.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #FEMA #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/thunderstorms-new-jersey-deaths-trees-hail-e8a4c85c77f714c9a974e50f3cd1fca1?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-04-Breaking+News
Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Wildfires #Map #Home #Misinformation #Climate #ClimateChange
The Southwest is rapidly losing groundwater due to overpumping and climate change, study finds
They found the Southwest U.S. – including Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Nevada, Colorado, Utah and California – has lost massive amounts of groundwater. That’s due to overpumping by cities and farmers & persistent drought
#Arizona #NewMexico #Nevada #Colorado #Utah #California #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #pollution #environment #climate
The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on more hazardous pollutants including mercury.
The EPA has already exempted 47 companies from regulations to curb mercury and air toxics for coal-fired power plants for two years, and last June, it proposed repeal emissions of carbon dioxide, mercury and other air pollutants from power plants. #ClimateChange