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Climate@slrpnk.net•Why Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average | The wildfires sweeping France and Spain this week are the largest blazes either country has faced in modern history.1·2 days agoA big part of it is just that it’s land and in the northeen hemisphere. Land warms a lot faster than the sea surface, and the northern polar regions warm a lot faster than elsewhere due to ice-albedo feedback
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires | It’s part of an ongoing pattern of disinformation spreading in response to climate-fueled extreme weather2·3 days agoI have not seen people running into that before
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Startups overhyped marine carbon dioxide removal – it may never happen - Many overestimate how close we are to scaling up carbon removal deployment, says leading oceanographer David Ho.2·3 days agoIt’s more that Microsoft stopped buying CDR
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Climate@slrpnk.net•‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake. Climate change might not be a top priority for voters, but keeping quiet about it might backfire.1·3 days agoNot talking makes it a lot harder to take action. The Democratic party isn’t some autocracy; it’s really hard to get something to pass if you don’t talk about it first.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake. Climate change might not be a top priority for voters, but keeping quiet about it might backfire.21·4 days agoAre you looking at absolute numbers or at fraction of press releases? Because there is a big difference between the two
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Climate@slrpnk.net•‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake. Climate change might not be a top priority for voters, but keeping quiet about it might backfire.9·4 days agoQuite a few states have not had their primary yet. Lots of opportunities to pick a different Democrat
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Climate@slrpnk.net•‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake. Climate change might not be a top priority for voters, but keeping quiet about it might backfire.91·4 days agoThe DNC, no. There isn’t even a public membership list.
There are statistics for elected Democrats in Congress though. And they really did largely stop talking about climate.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•The bill we never see | The hidden costs of electricity, and the good news about counting them3·5 days agoThe big problem I have with Substack is that the owners are pro-Nazi. But they’ve somehow gotten a few ok writers onto the platform.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history4·6 days agoThe Hadean was not exactly conducive to human life
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News@lemmy.world•A Study Found Asthma Improves After Switching From a Gas Stove to Electric | Gas stoves are a source of indoor air pollution. New evidence shows how much they may affect people with respiratory issues
6·6 days agoThe paper had them literally swap out gas for electric and see a bigger improvement in patient health than standard medical treatment.
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Land Back@slrpnk.net•Tribe to acquire 40,000 acres of ‘absolutely beautiful’ ancestral land in Northern California
2·6 days agoThe US has large areas with very cheap land. The problem is that there are generally no jobs in the area, and the land doesn’t come with water rights, so you can’t make a living as a farmer.
In this case, it’s a group of people getting to buy back land that was stolen from them during California’s genocidal phase.
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News@lemmy.world•Tesla settles with three workers as Fremont factory racism cases by hundreds of workers continue
4·7 days agoThe allegations of racism started quite a few years before he openly went Nazi
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World News@lemmy.world•UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August | Law change means renters and flat owners may be able to cut bills as energy costs soar amid Iran warEnglish
1·7 days agoQatar used to export a lot of methane gas. It can’t now. This affects electricity prices.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•A Tempting Remedy for Heat-Stricken France: Be More Like Spain | A French government delegation will travel to its southern neighbor to learn how it copes with long spells of hot weather.8·7 days agoShifting work hours like that is part of the idea. Changes to standards of attire are another.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Trump Attacks Nation’s Top Scientific Body Over Climate Chapter in Manual5·10 days agoThose doctors and scientists don’t pay bribes. The fossil fuels industry does
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News@lemmy.world•Man Sets Off Explosive Device Outside Federal Building in Manhattan
3·11 days agoPlus pouring a bunch of gasoline and ignoring that. Pretty definitely an anti-ICE protest
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Trump Attacks Nation’s Top Scientific Body Over Climate Chapter in Manual3·11 days agoOriginal post is a gift link. I’m pretty active about using them
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Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•volkswagen’s smart eBike puts a rear-view camera between the handlebars
6·12 days agoYou can get a helmet or eyeglass mounted mirror a lot more cheaply and easily fix or replace it if it breaks. And you’re not limited by a fixed camera position














The US has the same forest fire problem, and it disproportionately affects Republican-leaning areas. It’s just him favoring the oil industry over everything else because they pay big bribes