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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Fury as US argues against climate obligations at top UN court | US says current climate rules are satisfactory, prompting condemnation from activists and vulnerable countries (www.theguardian.com)
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Power-To-X and Climate Change Policy (theness.com)
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‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects (www.theguardian.com)
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New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants

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Big polluters, small island states clash on climate change (www.voanews.com)
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How environmentally responsible investors are unwittingly profiting from German mega coal plants (voxeurop.eu)
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While handing out billions in profits to misled responsible investors, asset managers greenwash environmental, health and social damage. A journey into the dark side of sustainable finance made in Europe, from murky meetings with financial brokers in the EU capital to Germany’s coal stronghold.

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UN human rights expert raises concerns about US charges against climate protesters (www.theguardian.com)
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More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge, say activists | Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students (www.theguardian.com)
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Small North Carolina town sues energy "goliath" in historic climate action (www.motherjones.com)
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Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return (www.theguardian.com)
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Some in the US are reconsidering children, with fears over reproductive healthcare and the climate crisis front of mind

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Seagrass is fantastic at carbon capture—and it’s at risk of extinction (arstechnica.com)
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The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could occur before 2030 (www.nature.com)
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Barbados completes world first debt swap for climate resilience (www.reuters.com)
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As renewables rise, the world may be nearing a climate turning point | Global climate pollution hit a record high this year. A new report finds signs of progress in transition away from fossil fuels (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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Small North Carolina town sues energy ‘Goliath’ in historic climate action | Carrboro officials say Duke Energy broke state laws waging decades-long ‘deception campaign’ about fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)
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Trump energy nominee misinterprets studies to support claims | Chris Wright cites data to back his claim there is no climate crisis. Authors of the papers he cites say he is misinterpreting their work (wapo.st)
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What Trump’s Cabinet Picks and Advisers Say About Climate Change (www.nytimes.com)
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Energy CEO Who Drank Fracking Fluid Is Now Trump’s Oil Evangelist (www.bloomberg.com)
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Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them (insideclimatenews.org)
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New Jersey Is the Latest State to Consider Heat Protections for Workers (insideclimatenews.org)
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The Arctic Could Be Functionally Ice-Free in Just a Few Years (www.scientificamerican.com)
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The Arctic is likely to become “ice-free” by midcentury—and could pass that grim milestone much sooner unless much more is done to combat climate change

Well, good luck with that.

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Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It? (undark.org)
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Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat (www.theguardian.com)
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Big Oil’s Plan for GOP Control Internal documents from AXPC, a powerful fossil fuel trade group, lay out its strategy for demolishing climate policy and boosting oil & gas production under Trump 2.0 (fieldnotes.substack.com)
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I’m a dad worried about climate change. Here’s why I have hope. | The economic trends necessary to lower global temperatures are increasingly driven by economics, not politics. (wapo.st)
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A win of sorts on something really important | A federal commission slows down the LNG rush--and Biden can drive the point home (billmckibben.substack.com)
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