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Charles Thistlethwaite

@charlest.bsky.social
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Environmental Planner English/Español California/Perú Signal: CharlesT.100 Mostly #climatechange, #adaptation, and #environmentaljustice.

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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 2h
The Hima system, a traditional community-based natural resource management practice, is being revitalized across the Middle East as a model for sustainable stewardship of grazing lands, forests, and water. Traditional practices like Hima are adapted to complement formal government policies.
ifaw.org
How ancient conservation traditions can shape climate action
Protecting individual animals matters, but when healthy populations are able to fulfil their ecological roles, the benefits can extend through ecosystems..
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 2h
The data shows that the four lowest sea ice maximums in history have all occurred within the past four years, leading experts to describe this shift as a current rather than a future climate crisis.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 2h
A report from the Copernicus ocean state project highlights that the world's oceans absorbed a record 23 zettajoules of heat last year, an amount nearly 40 times greater than total annual human energy consumption.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 2h
Our current climate crisis, intensified by El Niño, has led to increases in health issues such as heat-related deaths, disease outbreaks, and food insecurity, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations and lower-income countries. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09...
medicalxpress.com
Call for the WHO to declare the climate crisis a public health emergency of international concern
Researchers from Wits Planetary Health Research (Wits PHR), University of the Witwatersrand, and international partner institutions are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) and its member st...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 2h
The startup Valar Atomics has proposed a massive data center project called Project Beehive, which aims to install 456 small modular nuclear reactors on over 9,000 acres of federal land in Utah near Price. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
npr.org
A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 22h
Los océanos han registrado 100 días consecutivos de temperaturas récord en su superficie entre el 2 de junio y el 10 de septiembre, superando cualquier medición previa desde 1982 principalmente a la crisis climática de origen antropogénico. es.mongabay.com/2026/09/ocea...
es.mongabay.com
Los océanos registraron 100 días consecutivos de calor mientras El Niño suma una nueva amenaza
Océanos del mundo —excepto las regiones polares— sumaron 100 días consecutivos de temperaturas medias récord en su superficie.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 23h
Illegal gold mining has surged in Peru, causing widespread deforestation in the Tambopata National Reserve and surpassing cocaine trafficking as the country's most profitable criminal industry. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
How gold surpassed cocaine as Peru’s most profitable criminal industry
As gold prices surge, illegal mining has laid waste to swathes of Tambopata National Reserve’s rainforest
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Central Tokyo has recorded 34 consecutive days of rain since August 27, marking the longest streak of precipitation since records began and surpassing the previous 2019 record of 33 days. www.aa.com.tr/en/greenline...
aa.com.tr
Central Tokyo logs record 34 straight days of rain
Rainfall since beginning of September reaches nearly 3 times monthly average. - Greenline
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eduardo Santander, CEO and Executive Director of the European Travel Commission, has identified #climatechange as the biggest threat to the tourism industry, noting how extreme weather conditions such as heatwaves and droughts have disrupted transportation and river cruises.
euronews.com
ETC chief: 'Climate change is the biggest threat to tourism right now'
While Europe remains the world’s tourism playground, Eduardo Santander of the European Travel Commission told Euronews that the continent needs to coordinate better to tackle climate challenges and co...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After adding more than a million acres in the last year, California is on track to meet its goal of conserving 30% of its land by 2030 www.latimes.com/environment/...
latimes.com
California on track to conserve 30% of its land, but is lagging on coastal waters
The state added more than 1 million acres this last year toward its goal of conserving 30% of it land by 2030. It made no progress toward conserving 30% of its coastal waters in the same time frame.
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Orangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/w...
nytimes.com
‘All We Could See Was Red’: The Wildfires Choking Indonesia (Gift Article)
For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern.
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Climate Crisis Info (from Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CLIMATE CRISIS “More than 489m hectares (1.2bn acres) of forests have been cleared since 1990, while an even greater area is degraded.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UN World Food Programme warns that the current El Niño Southern Oscillation, exacerbated by human-caused #climatechange, could lead to 50 million people facing acute hunger and hundreds of thousands of deaths by February. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial
Editorial: Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Climate change is threatening some of your favorite food flavors including vanilla, cocoa and citrus. www.newsweek.com/climate-chan...
newsweek.com
Climate Change in threatening your favorite flavors
Climate change is threatening vanilla, citrus and cocoa, pushing food scientists to rethink the flavors we love.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, the Trump administration released new relaxed fuel economy standards for automakers, aiming to reduce the production of electric vehicles and further weakening measures ro fight #climatechange. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
pbs.org
Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost
The change furthers President Donald Trump’s promise to revoke policies that encouraged or created incentives for the production of electric vehicles.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
El fenómeno de El Niño ha provocado una sequía sin precedentes en el Corredor Seco de Centroamérica, afectando gravemente a millones de personas en Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua y Costa Rica. www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
bbc.com
"El ganado se está muriendo de sed y hambre": el devastador impacto de El Niño que ya se siente en el Corredor Seco de Centroamérica - BBC News Mundo
En esta región ya vulnerable, el fenómeno de El Niño -sumado al cambio climático- agravó la escasez de agua y empuja a miles de familias a la emergencia y la desesperación.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Outgoing UN Secretary General António Guterres used his final General Assembly address to forcefully advocate for climate action while condemning the fossil fuel industry, saying that “Big Oil has treated the atmosphere as an open sewer and cashed in on the consequences.”
nationalobserver.com
UN's chief refuses to hush
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Industrial ecologist Stephanie Cap found in her dissertation that limiting global warming to 1.5°C is possible, but requires a dual approach of rapid industrial decarbonization alongside significant shifts in household consumption patterns. #climatechange phys.org/news/2026-09...
phys.org
Who is responsible for limiting global warming to 1.5°?
Even if industry rapidly becomes more sustainable, households will still need to change their lifestyles to meet climate targets. Industrial ecologist Stephanie Cap warns that households cannot do thi...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two years after Hurricane Helene, which struck the Southeast in September 2024 and claimed over 200 lives, survivors in areas like East Tennessee are dealing with profound grief, anxiety, and rising cases of PTSD. #climatechange spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/...
spectrumlocalnews.com
Beyond the Damage: The Trauma that Lingers after the Storm
Mental health concerns can arise during extreme events and even years later.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Swiss-German study suggests that global temperatures could rise by 3.25C by the end of the century under current policies, marking a 25% increase over previous projections. #climatechange www.aa.com.tr/en/greenline...
aa.com.tr
World could warm 3.25C by 2100 under current policies, Swiss-German study suggests
Researchers say warming could be 25% higher than previously expected without immediate, drastic emissions cuts. - Greenline
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New research is finding that temporarily exceeding climate warming targets leads to irreversible damage to oceans, permafrost, and other critical climate systems even after global temperatures decrease. #climatechange phys.org/news/2026-09...
phys.org
Climate overshoot will leave lasting impacts even after global temperatures fall
Returning global temperatures to a climate target does not necessarily undo the damage caused by exceeding it, new Concordia-led research published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment fi...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild animals are active contributors to climate regulation rather than passive bystanders. Animals, such as dugongs and tigers, perform vital ecological roles that directly influence carbon storage and the regulation of greenhouse gas flux.
oceanographicmagazine.com
Wild animals are our climate allies, peer-reviewed study reaffirms - Oceanographic
Peer-reviewed research strengthens the case that wild animals - from dugongs to tigers - play active role in climate regulation.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Once dismissed as occasional inconveniences, climate-related disruptions are now an inescapable fixture of summer travel, leaving vacations increasingly unpredictable and dangerous. 🎁 article:
nytimes.com
How Climate Change Is Disrupting Summer Travel (Gift Article)
Once dismissed as occasional inconveniences, climate-related disruptions are now an inescapable fixture of summer travel. How will travelers respond?
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Scientists have historically found it difficult to establish a definitive link between #climatechange and El Niño intensity due to the complexity of the phenomenon and a lack of long-term data records prior to 1950.
frontiergroup.org
Super El Niño and Climate Change: What is the connection?
What happens when human-caused climate change collides with nature’s regularly scheduled weather changer?
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two recent reports, the United Nations Environment Programme's Limiting Overshoot report and Canada's Changing Climate Report 2026, highlight the urgent need for more aggressive climate action as global temperatures are poised to exceed the 1.5°C threshold within a few years.
phys.org
Two new reports show that Canada needs to do much more to tackle climate change
Global warming is expected to cross the 1.5°C temperature threshold—the lower limit of the Paris Agreement temperature goal—within a handful of years. This temperature increase shows no signs of slowi...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Una investigación analizó 722 microcuencas en las selvas de Bolivia, Colombia, Perú y Venezuela, revelando que 74 pueblos indígenas en 202 territorios enfrentan una grave pérdida de agua natural debido a actividades humanas.
es.mongabay.com
Amazonía sin cauce: minería, ganadería y deforestación dejaron a comunidades sin agua para beber
Amazonía sin cauce: minería, ganadería y deforestación dejaron a comunidades sin agua para beber. Lee la investigación aquí.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seven of the nine Planetary Boundaries are now at their highest recorded levels of transgression. “We do not have the luxury of time, but we do have the knowledge, capacity and solutions to change course.” www.stockholmresilience.org/5.17909f491a...
stockholmresilience.org
Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen, new report shows
The Earth system is under strain, according to the latest Planetary Health Check. Seven of the nine Planetary Boundaries are now at their highest recorded levels of transgression. The report comes af...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new report estimates that over 450,000 additional heat-related deaths could occur globally within the next six months due to a record-breaking super El Niño through extreme heat, drought, wildfires, and flooding.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Climate change is threatening our cultural heritage with 43% of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe highly exposed to extreme weather events, flooding, and rising sea levels. phys.org/news/2026-09...
phys.org
Climate change also poses a threat to cultural heritage
When we talk about climate change, the debate usually centers on energy, biodiversity, carbon emissions or the economic costs of the transition. But another aspect of the problem remains largely under...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
University of Minnesota professor emeritus Larry Baker writes that the reality of #climatechange is now being experienced in his home state through personal observation of wildire smoke and extreme heat, rather than just scientific modeling. minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/22/b...
minnesotareformer.com
Believe what you are seeing and feeling: The climate is changing • Minnesota Reformer
Is this the year that the soot hit the fan?
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rising seal levels and unpredictable storms has caused saltwater intrusion in wells and contaminated water supplies in the remote village of Tabontebike on the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. #climatechange www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/water...
doctorswithoutborders.org
Water security in a changing climate: Learnings from Kiribati
Finding sustainable solutions to water access on the front lines of climate change
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
President Trump rejected international efforts to regulate AI during his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Trump compared the apparent risks of AI to climate change and, for the second year, falsely claimed that the latter has been a hoax that hasn’t lived up to warnings of its dangers.
scientificamerican.com
Trump rejects AI regulation, citing parallels with climate change, in U.N. address
The president also said artificial intelligence should be rebranded as “super intelligence”
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who has fought to raise awareness and build consensus on #climatechange since he started his post in 2017 warns, “Things are getting dramatically worse. We will have an overshoot over 1.5 degrees in the next few years.”
nytimes.com
A Departing U.N. Chief’s Dire Warning on Climate Change (Gift Article)
As he nears the end of his term as the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres looks back on his efforts to stop climate change.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Geologist Daniela Schmidt warns that the town of El Chaltén in Argentina faces a risk of a glacial lake outburst flood originating from Laguna Torre similar to what occurred in Nepal. A collapse of the Cerro Solo slope into the lake would generate a massive wave, reaching the town within minutes.
theguardian.com
The Patagonia town where Nepal’s deadly glacier flood could be repeated – and what they’ve learned
The risk to El Chaltén in Argentina has been known for years but recent findings and the Nepal disaster have brought planning for the worst-case scenario into sharp focus
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Adirondack North Country Association, supported by the New York State Climate Smart Communities program, is offering free technical assistance to North Country counties to develop customized Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Plans.
adirondackexplorer.org
ANCA offers free assistance to prepare counties for climate impacts
Local governments can work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions with the support of a climate change resiliency plan.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Climate change is forcing wildlife professionals to move beyond restoring past conditions toward strategies that support ecosystem resilience. By utilizing adaptive management, maintaining habitat connectivity, and fostering collaboration, managers can better protect species.
wildlife.org
Fact Sheet: Climate Change and Wildlife Conservation
Explore our climate change fact sheet to understand the impacts on wildlife conservation and professionals in the field.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 21/09/2026
This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@katharinehayhoe.com Climate change impacts, such as extreme weather, health risks, and financial burdens, affect everyone regardless of political affiliation. By framing it as a shared human challenge rather than a partisan issue, society can foster more engagement and collaborative solutions.
time.com
We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Seven of nine identified planetary boundaries are being breached at their highest levels ever recorded. These boundaries, which ensure a safe operating space for human life, include critical areas such as #climatechange, biosphere integrity, and ocean acidification.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The current El Niño has surpassed previous temperature records in the Pacific Ocean, reaching 3.05C several months before its anticipated peak. Experts describe this phenomenon as 'Godzilla-level' and likely the largest event in at least 1,000 years, further intensifying the ongoing climate crisis.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A new S&P Global Energy study found that rising energy demand in emerging markets and developing economies threatens to make ambitious climate targets increasingly difficult to achieve. sustainabilityonline.net/news/rapid-g...
sustainabilityonline.net
Rapid growth in energy demand could hamper more ambitious climate goals - Sustainability Online
Continued growth in energy demand could put more ambitious climate targets 'increasingly out of reach', a new study by S&P Global Energy has suggested.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has released an updated Climate Action Plan designed to guide the state toward achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Measures include clean heat standards, phasing out gas powered landscaping equipment and all-electric construction codes.
capitolcitynow.com
Illinois EPA releases ‘Comprehensive Climate Action Plan’ to reach ‘net zero’ emissions - Capitol City Now
Report calls for new investments and regulations touching nearly all sectors of the state’s economy.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A fire reignited Friday at the Moss Landing Power Plant's battery energy storage facility, nearly two years after a major fire at the same site, forcing Monterey County officials to issue a temporary shelter-in-place order for the surrounding area. calmatters.org/environment/...
calmatters.org
Moss Landing's burned battery plant is on fire — again
California regulators still haven't determined what caused last year's fire at Moss Landing. On Friday, the site's leftover batteries ignited again.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Great article about retired teacher Jim Crouch who, together with volunteers, has replanted 10,000 native oak trees across Southern California, including in the fire scarred community of Altadena. www.latimes.com/environment/...
latimes.com
California is losing its oaks. One man is planting 10,000, including in tree-scarce Altadena
For years, he'd been a classroom science teacher in suburban San Diego County. Now he hopes to meaningfully contribute to the regrowth of oaks in burned Altadena.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration acted without statutory authority when it illegally terminated the $7 billion Solar for All program. The program was established under the 2022 climate law to provide solar power access to over 900,000 lower-income Americans.
gulfcoastnewsnow.com
Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7B solar program intended to help poorer Americans
The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seattle is prioritizing deconstruction as a climate strategy, moving beyond traditional demolition to salvage materials like timber for reuse. Spaces are being developed where residents can share, repair, and redistribute common household goods and furniture. www.theurbanist.org/deconstructi...
theurbanist.org
Deconstruction Is a Key Frontier for Climate Action in Seattle
As Seattle seeks to reduce waste and spur a local circular economy, a big opportunity for impact is found when buildings come down.
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A study from Climate Central indicates that around 27% of heat-related emergency room visits in the U.S. during warm seasons from 2018 through 2025 were linked to human-caused #climatechange. This is likely an undercount as heat stress exacerbates many other primary diagnoses.
lasvegassun.com
Climate change may contribute to a quarter of ER visits for heat-related illness
Across the country, at least a quarter of emergency room visits for heat-related illness may be attributable to human-caused climate change, researchers from Climate Central ...
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Suzanne York @suzanneyork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The number of private jet flights has surged in recent years, with climate-heating emissions linked to that mode of travel rising by 50%, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date. “The rest of us should not have to pay for the luxury excess of the private jet billionaire class”
theguardian.com
Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
Number of private jets has surged in recent years, but they do not pay commensurate portion of fees to FAA operations
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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A report has identified 111 operational data centers in Oregon, with another 32 planned or under construction. These facilities consumed approximately 23% of the state’s total retail electricity sales in 2025, a figure projected to rise to over 30% by 2030.
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Climate Crisis Info (from Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CLIMATE CRISIS If we want to be serious about keeping Lake Tahoe blue & preventing climate change, we need to set a date that the Tahoe Basin will be electric motors only on land & water. The EU already has electric only on selected lakes. The climate clock is ticking... www.trpa.gov/momentum-on-...
trpa.gov
Momentum on Tahoe Transportation|Tahoe Regional Planning Agency — TRPA
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