Official Climate Change Thread

[hashmander]

Business Insider
April 22 at 11:07 PM ·
If we don't curb the problem soon, our oceans could soon be as acidic as they were 14 million years ago — killing off marine life as we know it #EarthDay #EarthDay2020

If we don't curb the problem soon, our oceans could soon be as acidic as they were 14 million years ago — killing off marine life as we know it.

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Global warming is making oceans so acidic, they may reach the same pH they were 14 million years ago
If we don't curb the problem soon, our oceans could soon be as acidic as they were 14 million years ago — killing off marine life as we know it.

this is kinda bad

we need to start dumping all the baking soda the world can make in there.

 

[88m3]

we need to start dumping all the baking soda the world can make in there.

I honestly forgot about this already

 

[Micky Mikey]

At this point should we all just accept that society as we know it is going to collapse and we're going to have some measure of reduction in our standard of living?

 

[88m3]

At this point should we all just accept that society as we know it is going to collapse and we're going to have some measure of reduction in our standard of living?

ie potable water, food?

 

[Micky Mikey]

ie potable water, food?

food shortages and the usual fukkery that comes with societal collapse. now might be a good time for many to look into off grid sustainable living.

 

[88m3]

PBS NewsHour
22 hrs ·
The Trump administration announced final approval Monday of the largest solar energy project in the U.S. despite objections from conservationists who say it will destroy habitat critical to threatened Mojave desert tortoise.

The Trump administration has approved the largest solar energy project in the U.S. and one of the biggest in the world despite objections from conservationists who say it will destroy thousands of acres of habitat critical to the survival of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise in Nevada.

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Biggest U.S. solar project approved in Nevada despite critics
The Trump administration has approved the largest solar energy project in the U.S. and one of the biggest in the world despite objections from conservationists who say it will destroy thousands of acres of habitat critical to the survival of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise in Nevada.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

E.P.A. Opts Against Limits on Water Contaminant Tied to Fetal Damage

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Global emissions plunged an unprecedented 17 percent during the coronavirus pandemic — The Washington Post

shame

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

EPA staff warned that mileage rollbacks had flaws. Trump officials ignored them. — The Washington Post

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Michigan Dams Breached, Forcing Evacuations in Midland: Live Updates

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

States Sue to Block Trump From Weakening Fuel Economy Rules

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

UK sees sunniest spring on record

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Trump to sign order to waive environmental reviews for key projects — The Washington Post

This is cute

 

[88m3]

The New York Times
“I want water running,” said Jennifer Patrick, the program manager of the Milk River Joint Board of Control in Montana. “It’s the lifeline for farms and towns,” she said. “There is no backup.”

An early 20th-century federal water project irrigated the prairie to create farms and towns in eastern Montana. But it needs a $200 million overhaul.

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A Canal That Opened the Montana Prairie May Soon Dry Up
An early 20th-century federal water project irrigated the prairie to create farms and towns in eastern Montana. But it needs a $200 million overhaul.

 

[88m3]

The New York Times
“They’re doing it because they’re scared.” The undermining of climate change science in the U.S. federal government — once orchestrated largely by Trump political appointees — is entering a new phase, driven increasingly by middle and lower managers trying to protect their jobs.

Efforts to block research on climate change don’t just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them.

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A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington’s Rank and File
Efforts to block research on climate change don’t just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them.