<p>Dangerous <a href="/tags/heatwave/" rel="tag">#HeatWave</a> Expands Over Central & Eastern <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a></p><p>A multiday <a href="/tags/heat/" rel="tag">#heat</a> wave is bringing high temperatures & health risks from the <a href="/tags/midwest/" rel="tag">#Midwest</a> to the <a href="/tags/northeast/" rel="tag">#Northeast</a>, prompting warnings & emergency measures.</p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a> <a href="/tags/airquality/" rel="tag">#AirQuality</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/weather/heat-wave-temperatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/weather/heat-wave-temperatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/wea</span><span class="invisible">ther/heat-wave-temperatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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<p>Part 3 begins! </p><p>Finally, the stakes come into focus. <br>How does it all end?</p><p>Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website 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>Parts 1 and 2 are available to <a href="/tags/download/" rel="tag">#download</a> (or read online) for <a href="/tags/free/" rel="tag">#free</a> in <a href="/tags/drmfree/" rel="tag">#DRMfree</a> <a href="/tags/pdf/" rel="tag">#PDF</a> and <a href="/tags/epub/" rel="tag">#EPUB</a> formats</p><p><a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/adaptation/" rel="tag">#adaptation</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#migration</a> <a href="/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">#mystery</a><br><a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#amwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerscoffeeclub/" rel="tag">#WritersCoffeeClub</a><br><a href="/tags/wordweavers/" rel="tag">#WordWeavers</a> <a href="/tags/scribesandmakers/" rel="tag">#ScribesAndMakers</a><br><a href="/tags/pennedpossibilities/" rel="tag">#PennedPossibilities</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a><br><a href="/tags/climatefiction/" rel="tag">#climatefiction</a></p>
<p>Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn</p><p>Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering via Guardian</p><p>(Also paper here: <a href="https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">essd.copernicus.org/articles/1</span><span class="invisible">7/2641/2025/</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/18/only-two-years-left-of-world-carbon-budget-to-meet-15c-target-scientists-warn-climate-crisis" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/18/only-two-years-left-of-world-carbon-budget-to-meet-15c-target-scientists-warn-climate-crisis"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/environmen</span><span class="invisible">t/2025/jun/18/only-two-years-left-of-world-carbon-budget-to-meet-15c-target-scientists-warn-climate-crisis</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/guardian/" rel="tag">#guardian</a> <a href="/tags/airpollution/" rel="tag">#airpollution</a></p>
<p>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 <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@LiveScience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LiveScience</span></a></span>: </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/T3kzTB" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/T3kzTB</a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="/tags/tuvalu/" rel="tag">#Tuvalu</a> <a href="/tags/pacificocean/" rel="tag">#PacificOcean</a></p>
<p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/stuffifound" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stuffifound</span></a></span> who wrote: "Admit it, allistic people are pretty weird when you think about it"</p><p>cc: @actuallyautistic </p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistmspectrum/" rel="tag">#autistmspectrum</a> <a href="/tags/thunberg/" rel="tag">#thunberg</a> <a href="/tags/gretathunberg/" rel="tag">#gretathunberg</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/climatechangeisreal/" rel="tag">#climatechangeisreal</a> <a href="/tags/climateactivism/" rel="tag">#climateactivism</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/xr/" rel="tag">#xr</a> <a href="/tags/extinctionrebellion/" rel="tag">#extinctionrebellion</a> <a href="/tags/fridaysforfuture/" rel="tag">#fridaysforfuture</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p>
<p>The Drying Planet<br>—</p><p>A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wat</span><span class="invisible">er-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</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/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#Earth</a></p>
<p>We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@candicequestions" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>candicequestions</span></a></span> and Mary Tuma as special investigative correspondents, joining <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stevanzetti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevanzetti</span></a></span> as freelance reporters helping us tackle the <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a>, reproductive rights, and <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> respectively: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/home/sta</span><span class="invisible">ff/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/reproductiverights/" rel="tag">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a></p>
<p>People who are worried about <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a>:<br>Do you usually vote for the Green party in your country's elections? If not, why?</p><p><a href="/tags/savetheplanet/" rel="tag">#SaveThePlanet</a> <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#Elections</a></p>
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<p>The <a href="/tags/unitednations/" rel="tag">#UnitedNations</a>’s top court announced Wednesday that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a>, they could be in violation of <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a>.</p><p>The International Court of Justice [<a href="/tags/icj/" rel="tag">#ICJ</a>] 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 & <a href="/tags/existential/" rel="tag">#existential</a>” threat to <a href="/tags/humanity/" rel="tag">#humanity</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/environmentallaw/" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/climatelaw/" rel="tag">#ClimateLaw</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/un-court-opinion-climate-change-1ac84a94a5aaffd63518ef1da3502a9e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-23-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/un-court-opinion-climate-change-1ac84a94a5aaffd63518ef1da3502a9e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-23-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/un-court-op</span><span class="invisible">inion-climate-change-1ac84a94a5aaffd63518ef1da3502a9e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-23-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p>8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater<br>—</p><p>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.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gro</span><span class="invisible">undwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</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/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>Multiple <a href="/tags/deaths/" rel="tag">#deaths</a> reported in <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a>, rescue efforts underway as <a href="/tags/flashflooding/" rel="tag">#FlashFlooding</a> threatens communities</p><p>Multiple deaths have been reported in Texas after heavy <a href="/tags/rain/" rel="tag">#rain</a> caused flash <a href="/tags/flooding/" rel="tag">#flooding</a> of a river, while search teams used boats to conduct rescues Friday as fast-moving water threatened riverfront communities near <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/habitats/" rel="tag">#habitats</a> & campgrounds. </p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/thunderstorms-new-jersey-deaths-trees-hail-e8a4c85c77f714c9a974e50f3cd1fca1?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-04-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/thunderstorms-new-jersey-deaths-trees-hail-e8a4c85c77f714c9a974e50f3cd1fca1?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-04-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/thunderstor</span><span class="invisible">ms-new-jersey-deaths-trees-hail-e8a4c85c77f714c9a974e50f3cd1fca1?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-04-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p>Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.</p><p>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.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#Map</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#Home</a> <a href="/tags/misinformation/" rel="tag">#Misinformation</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>
<p>The Southwest is rapidly losing groundwater due to overpumping and climate change, study finds</p><p>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</p><p><a href="https://knpr.org/2025-08-07/the-southwest-is-rapidly-losing-groundwater-due-to-overpumping-and-climate-change-study-finds" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="knpr.org/2025-08-07/the-southwest-is-rapidly-losing-groundwater-due-to-overpumping-and-climate-change-study-finds"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knpr.org/2025-08-07/the-southw</span><span class="invisible">est-is-rapidly-losing-groundwater-due-to-overpumping-and-climate-change-study-finds</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/nevada/" rel="tag">#Nevada</a> <a href="/tags/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="/tags/irreversibleoverheating/" rel="tag">#IrreversibleOverheating</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>The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on more hazardous pollutants including mercury. </p><p>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. <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-epa-plans-loosen-mercury-rules-coal-plants-this-week-nyt-reports-2026-02-18/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-epa-plans-loosen-mercury-rules-coal-plants-this-week-nyt-reports-2026-02-18/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/energ</span><span class="invisible">y/us-epa-plans-loosen-mercury-rules-coal-plants-this-week-nyt-reports-2026-02-18/</span></a></p>
<p>"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."</p><p>James Baldwin, ‘As Much Truth<br>as One Can Bear’, 1962"</p><p>Source:<br>Planet on Fire.<br>A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown</p><p><a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="/tags/nonficiton/" rel="tag">#nonficiton</a> <br><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>
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<p>Today is the unofficial end of the California rainy season and the last official snowpack survey. There's basically no snow, and the reason is <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a>.</p><p>“This particular year is as clear an indication of the influence of climate change as anything we’ve seen”<br><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-04-01/extreme-heat-california-snow" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-04-01/extreme-heat-california-snow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.latimes.com/environment/st</span><span class="invisible">ory/2026-04-01/extreme-heat-california-snow</span></a></p>
Records of Trump Administration’s Illegal “Climate Working Group” Available Online<br>Environmental Defense Fund, Union of Concerned Scientists Obtained Documents By Court Order Related to Attack on Endangerment<br><p>Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright secretly arranged for five hand-picked climate contrarians to form the “Climate Working Group” last year. They were assigned to secretly draft a biased report challenging the overwhelming scientific consensus underpinning the Endangerment Finding – EPA's foundational scientific finding that climate pollution endangers public health and the environment. That report was kept hidden until it was unveiled as part of the Trump administration EPA’s proposal to overturn the Endangerment Finding last July. <br></p>From <a href="https://www.edf.org/media/records-trump-administrations-illegal-climate-working-group-available-online" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.edf.org/media/records-trump-administrations-illegal-climate-working-group-available-online"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.edf.org/media/records-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-administrations-illegal-climate-working-group-available-online</span></a><br><br>The "energy secretary" is a climate change denier who's been using the full power of the US state to broadcast climate change denial. Good on EDF and UCS for freeing these documents so that everyone can see for themselves the level of treachery and deceit involved.<br><br><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/globalheating/" rel="tag">#GlobalHeating</a> <a href="/tags/climatedeniers/" rel="tag">#ClimateDeniers</a><br>
<p>Daily Beast:<br>Trump Goes on Wild Rant as Irish PM Struggles Not to Laugh</p><p>Trump reignited one of his favorite grievances, and the Irish prime minister could barely stifle his laughter at the absurdity.</p><p>Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin could barely keep a straight face as President Donald Trump launched a rant about one of his signature complaints: windmills. <br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-on-wild-rant-about-windmills-as-irish-pm-micheal-martin-struggles-not-to-laugh/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-on-wild-rant-about-windmills-as-irish-pm-micheal-martin-struggles-not-to-laugh/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thedailybeast.com/trump-go</span><span class="invisible">es-on-wild-rant-about-windmills-as-irish-pm-micheal-martin-struggles-not-to-laugh/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>
<p>The AI boom has plunged a small Pennsylvania town into chaos.</p><p>Data centers will swallow 14 percent of Archbald, evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. Who's to blame is a matter of fierce debate. <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a></p><p><a href="https://grist.org/energy/the-ai-boom-has-plunged-a-small-pennsylvania-town-into-chaos/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="grist.org/energy/the-ai-boom-has-plunged-a-small-pennsylvania-town-into-chaos/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/energy/the-ai-boom-h</span><span class="invisible">as-plunged-a-small-pennsylvania-town-into-chaos/</span></a></p>
<p>New from Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News: “If we get to the point where we have to declare a Level 1 <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> Emergency, we need to be ready for that and we have no precedent to follow. There’s no manual, there’s no video.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-timeline-disaster-abbott-emergency-orders/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-timeline-disaster-abbott-emergency-orders/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/corpus-c</span><span class="invisible">hristi-timeline-disaster-abbott-emergency-orders/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/gulfcoast/" rel="tag">#GulfCoast</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/drought/" rel="tag">#drought</a></p>
<p>I fear the Ice Dragon has once 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>
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<p>"Hard surfaces such as driveways and car parks block water from filtering into the soil. </p><p>"By removing the pavement, soils can soak up rainwater, which in turn aids in recharging groundwater supplies."</p><p><a href="/tags/rewilding/" rel="tag">#rewilding</a> <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#cities</a> <a href="/tags/urbanrewilding/" rel="tag">#urbanrewilding</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#green</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/resilience/" rel="tag">#resilience</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a></p><p><a href="https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rewildingmag.com/the-depav</span><span class="invisible">ing-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/</span></a></p>
<p>Offensichtlich: Unser System, so wie wir es jetzt kennen, bröckelt gewaltig.</p><p>Wir reden über KI, Rechenzentren, Öl und Profit. Wäre es nicht viel sinnvoller, wenn wir uns erst mal darum kümmern, ein System zu etablieren, das auch unseren Kindern ein Leben auf dem Planeten Erde sichert?</p><p>Podcast von DeepSeed; es spricht TimBenton. Warum unser (Nahrungs) System kollabiert:</p><p>👉 <a href="https://fediserve.de/preview.php?v=N3umIwaeRE8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fediserve.de/preview.php?v=N3umIwaeRE8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediserve.de/preview.php?v=N3u</span><span class="invisible">mIwaeRE8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/wirtschaft/" rel="tag">#Wirtschaft</a> <a href="/tags/klimakrise/" rel="tag">#KlimaKrise</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#Politik</a> <a href="/tags/europa/" rel="tag">#Europa</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/klimawandel/" rel="tag">#Klimawandel</a> <a href="/tags/landwirtschaft/" rel="tag">#Landwirtschaft</a></p>
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<p>California’s wildlife bridge became a target for the right. Now it’s eyeing the finish line.</p><p>Unhindered by critics who called the $114m project ‘a bridge to nowhere’, a gigantic bridge allowing animals to cross a busy freeway is close to completion. <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/california-wildlife-crossing-construction" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/california-wildlife-crossing-construction"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">26/apr/25/california-wildlife-crossing-construction</span></a></p>
<p>‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️</p><p><a href="/tags/fdt/" rel="tag">#FDT</a></p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> panel votes to exempt <a href="/tags/gulfofmexico/" rel="tag">#GulfOfMexico</a> <a href="/tags/drilling/" rel="tag">#drilling</a> from <a href="/tags/endangeredspeciesact/" rel="tag">#EndangeredSpeciesAct</a><br>
The committee — nicknamed the “God Squad” for its ability to decide the fate of <a href="/tags/species/" rel="tag">#species</a> — voted to exempt <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> & <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#gas</a> firms from federal <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> protections, citing the <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/environmentallaw/" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="/tags/habitats/" rel="tag">#habitats</a> <a href="/tags/ecosystems/" rel="tag">#ecosystems</a> <a href="/tags/marinelife/" rel="tag">#MarineLife</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/03/31/trump-god-squad-rices-whales-endangered-species/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/03/31/trump-god-squad-rices-whales-endangered-species/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/climate</span><span class="invisible">-environment/2026/03/31/trump-god-squad-rices-whales-endangered-species/</span></a></p>
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