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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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Key findings of the 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change (www.thelancet.com)
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Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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Now Musk Resorts to Climate Terror (thinc.blog)
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How I Can Green Up My Investments | It’s not that hard, and there’s a bonus: Portfolios without fossil fuels have generally performed just as well as the broader market. (www.nytimes.com)
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Oceans emit sulfur and cool the climate more than previously thought (phys.org)
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BlackRock, Vanguard Accused of Violating Antitrust Law by Texas | Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims they combined their market clout and membership in climate groups to cut coal output (www.bloomberg.com)
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For context, they've been massively investing in increased fossil fuels output

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Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ advocates take fight abroad to plastic treaty talks (floodlightnews.org)
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Representatives of grassroots groups are in South Korea pushing for a cut in worldwide plastics production and pollution

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What Can US Cities and States Do for the Climate Under Trump? Plenty | Federal progress on climate may stall, but city halls and statehouses are in a good position to build on recent gains. (www.bloomberg.com)
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The Answer to Democrats’ Class Problem Is Staring Them in the Face | The climate crisis offers one of the strongest fields imaginable for proving fealty to the working class against rapacious elites. (newrepublic.com)
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Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here's how it fuels climate change (www.latimes.com)
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It's worth noting that giving people smaller plates will nudge people take a bit less on their first helping, preventing waste

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Salt water creeping up Delaware River in worrying sign for big fresh water source | Source of Philadelphia’s drinking water sees salt line pushed closer to city by drought and sea level rise (www.theguardian.com)
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People all over trust climate researchers less than scientists in general | Large international study finds “trust gap” in 43 out of 68 countries (www.science.org)
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It's worth noting that scientists in general don't have a propaganda campaign aimed at undermining their credibility.

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A strange new climate era is beginning to take hold | The next 10 years will look very different for the story of climate change. (wapo.st)
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Unexplained Heat-Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe (news.climate.columbia.edu)
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Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate models.

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Taxing Farm Animals’ Farts and Burps? Denmark Gives It a Try. Cows and pigs produce a large share of planet-warming methane. A new tax is part of a plan to clean that up. (www.nytimes.com)
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Saudi Arabia and Russia Block Mention of Fossil Fuel Exit in Climate Resolution (www.nytimes.com)
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Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good: What the U.N. negotiations, known as COP, can (and can’t) do to combat climate change. (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
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Critics Warn Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill 'Is Taken Straight From Project 2025' (www.commondreams.org)
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Massachusetts Governor signs transformative clean energy legislation (pv-magazine-usa.com)
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Maine Sues Big Oil for Climate Deception | Maine Becomes 9th State to Take Fossil Fuel Companies to Court for Climate Lies and Damages (climateintegrity.org)
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Meeting the Challenge of Transportation and Climate | For Claudia Adriazola-Steil, the issue of safety, and the goal of lowering emissions and improving access, is deeply personal. (www.nytimes.com)
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Why cranberry country is turning into wetlands | Cranberry farmers in Massachusetts edged out by climate change and competition have found an exit strategy — selling their land for conservation. (wapo.st)
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Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air (news.mit.edu)
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Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2024 | The Greenland ice sheet melt season for this year is over, resulting in the 28th year in a row in which Greenland has lost ice. (www.carbonbrief.org)
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COP29 is over, but climate action needs private funding too – here are 4 key ways to make that happen (theconversation.com)
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