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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely horrifying. How can our government be planning to drill for new oil and gas when we know these are the consequences? We have to keep the pressure on this Labour Government to keep all fossil fuels in the ground and secure a safe future for our children and grandchildren.
Babies will face almost twice as much extreme fire weather in Europe that great grandparents
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Two new studies conclude that stabilizing long-term climate risks will require sustained net-negative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for centuries" "Net zero is not enough" phys.org/news/2026-03...
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Centuries of net-negative emissions are required to secure a safe climate future, two studies suggest
Two new studies conclude that stabilizing long-term climate risks will require sustained net-negative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for centuries. Approaching the problem from distinct perspectives—l...
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Two new studies conclude that stabilizing long-term climate risks will require sustained net-negative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for centuries" "Net zero is not enough" phys.org/news/2026-03...
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Centuries of net-negative emissions are required to secure a safe climate future, two studies suggest
Two new studies conclude that stabilizing long-term climate risks will require sustained net-negative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for centuries. Approaching the problem from distinct perspectives—l...
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This is climate change: "‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate" share.google/zDxuvyTF9EHo...
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‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate
Due to the volatile cocoa market, companies like Hershey are using replacement ingredients such as sugar, oil, milk and nuts
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Americans will fly to Europe, walk places, enjoy the tranquil patio dining, and soak up the human-scaled charm of the urban streets. They will then fly back home and absolutely foam at the mouth over any proposal to make our streets safer, more equitable, and calmer by limiting cars for everything.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of … newrepublic.com/post/207555/...
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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab
The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
"According to new research published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, the rising concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is weakening human skeletons at an alarming rate." #health #ClimateCrisis futurism.com/health-medic...
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Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It's Weakening Human Skeletons
New research suggests that the amount of carbon in the atmosphere directly corresponds to increased carbon in our blood and bones.
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Black Panther🍁💪🦫🇨🇦 @blackpanther25.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women's Day ♀️💪
We Can Do It
Happy International
Women's Day
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
"According to new research published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, the rising concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is weakening human skeletons at an alarming rate." #health #ClimateCrisis futurism.com/health-medic...
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Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It's Weakening Human Skeletons
New research suggests that the amount of carbon in the atmosphere directly corresponds to increased carbon in our blood and bones.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Whew. All signs are increasingly pointing to a significant, if not strong to very strong, El Niño event. I'll have more to say in coming weeks & months, but for now I'll just say that this is increasingly likely to become a major regional-to-global climate driver in 2026-2027.
Time series plot depicting predicted Nino 3.4 region ocean temperature anomalies from the latest (Mar 2026) ECMWF ensemble. It depicts an extremely rapid rise in such temperatures, from modest negative anomalies to strong positive anomalies, by mid-summer 2026--indicative of a transition from weak-moderate La Nina conditions to moderate-strong El Nino conditions over just a few months.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.” Should be the top story everyday.
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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Opinion: People in Canada want fossil fuel sponsorship out of winter sports vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 @earhart.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected share.google/6N1wtfjl6blH...
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Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected
After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“Climate warming is driving this drying of the Colorado River Basin for the long term, so we really need to come to grips with doing this great rebalancing act,” he said. “We need to start moving out of this danger zone.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Where is the massive global mobilization? "The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped" “Policymakers & the public remain largely unaware of the risks" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Where is the massive global mobilization? "The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped" “Policymakers & the public remain largely unaware of the risks" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I did not expect to see this in the WSJ: "Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around" Agreed!
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Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy
Growing reliance on American gas looks foolish given how unpredictable the White House has become.
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"The study shows that by 2065-2100, many parts of Africa (apart from Madagascar) could experience heatwaves on 250-300 days per year." #ClimateCrisis #survival #Africa theconversation.com/heat-with-no...
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Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa
By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"The study shows that by 2065-2100, many parts of Africa (apart from Madagascar) could experience heatwaves on 250-300 days per year." #ClimateCrisis #survival #Africa theconversation.com/heat-with-no...
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Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa
By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
'Days before 💩 returned to office in Jan 2025, an investment firm controlled by a senior member of the UAE royal family secretly signed a deal to pay $500m to buy almost half of a cryptocurrency startup founded by the Trump family… This scandal deserves our attention'
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
WaPo lays off *one third* of its staff. apnews.com/article/wash...
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Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off
The Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
#Europe bombarded by storms the next two weeks. Great news for the #olympics in the #alps as big time #snow will fall. 1-2 Meters in the next 15 days! But flooding will be a concern many other areas. #weather #milan #cortina
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 03/02/2026
Wow! ❤️❤️❤️ Emissions-detecting satellites reveal California’s pivot to EVs noticeably curbed health-harming nitrogen dioxide emissions between 2019 and 2023. grist.org/solutions/ev...
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EVs are already making your air cleaner
A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.
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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia? TLDR: yes, in many scenarios, especially when used in conjunction with other fire mitigation measures by @ericamarshall.bsky.social @trentpenman.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia?
Fire management under changing climatic conditions presents several challenges, including the need to manage fire regimes for multiple objectives, suc…
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Arctic in Disarry!! It’s been the story of the winter so far. Warm-Blocky Arctic displacing cold airmasses southward. It’s how a rapidly warming Arctic - at a rate 4X the global average - and record low Arctic sea ice - helps enhance the patterns that lead to mid-latitude cold air outbreaks… 1/
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 02/02/2026
A forest fire burns in the mountains of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina. Argentina has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer 📸 Gonzalo Keogan
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XR C2C @xrcoasttocoast.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Join Extinction Rebellion US Coast to Coast Chapter to join the fight for our planet! This chapter, currently, is primarily virtual work but we will do work with local chapters to boost impact! Fill out the form by scanning the QR code or clicking link in bio. All skills sets welcome! #climate
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/01/2026
"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled." That's from a group of more than a dozen prominent climate scientists. Probably nothing.
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The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 29/01/2026
On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is developing clean, reliable sources of energy for its residents, from wind and solar to tidal power. It's all part of an effort to reduce costs and strengthen the remote community's energy independence. thenarwhal.ca/quatsino-ren...
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Quatsino leads the charge on renewable energy | The Narwhal
On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is completing a 150-kW solar project, piloting tidal power and partnering with a wind farm in its push for renewable energy
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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Let’s not forget We are Extinction Rebellion An Incredible Global Movement Donate Today at bit.ly/xractnow 2026 TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG! #ExtinctionRebellion #TogetherWeAreStrong
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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hitting The Point of No Return. The world is on course to trigger tipping points that will lead to irreversible cascading consequences: from ice sheets melting to the death of the Amazon rainforest. Right now, the right thing to do, is act to stop this happening. 🧵 e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...
A stream of meltwater atop the Greenland ice sheet. 
Photo credit : IAN JOUGHIN / UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
TELL THE TRUTH In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. The climate and ecological crisis is already with us. We need immediate action to avoid unspeakable human suffering and irreversible damage to the natural world. #TellTheTruth #RebelForLife #ExtinctionRebellion
Tell the Truth.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Over the next nine months, pay attention to what Trump's friends in social media—Musk, Zuckerberg, Ellison—choose to censor. In the past 48 hours, it's been information about Epstein and ICE: two topics critical to 2026 GOTV efforts for Democrats. These men work for the regime.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 27/01/2026
"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend." Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Verge headline: I grew up with Alex Pretti
by Kristen Radtke

Photo: An old picture of a boy and a girl at a birthday party
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For Our Kids - Alberta @forourkidsalberta.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Parents & caregivers: want to connect with others who care deeply about clean air and a livable future? 🌱 Join us for a Welcome Call to find out more about the For Our Kids network and how we can take climate action together in 2026. 📅 Jan 29th at 5 pm MT 🔗 www.forourkids.ca/new_year_wel...
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New Year Welcome Call!
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Trump was humiliated at Davos. He looked like an addled, idiotic, buffoon to the world. His recent escalations (MN, VZ, Greenland) have been rejected by the public. He's much weaker now. It's time for our opposition to go on offense, stop playing defense. 3/ www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/appeasemen...
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Appeasement Never Works, Only Strength - Lessons From An Ugly Week (New Video, Analysis)
We must remember at all times that Trump has chosen not to govern with us, or for us, but against us - for they are scared of us, of the power of the people
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
'Water-related violence has almost doubled since 2022 and little is being done to understand & address the trend and prevent new and escalating risks… Recent examples include tensions over an Indus River water-sharing treaty between India and Pakistan…' www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Dramatic rise in water-related violence recorded since 2022
Experts say climate crisis, corruption and lack or misuse of infrastructure among factors driving water conflicts
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
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Jim Baird @jimbaird.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"This is the violent world Trump wants to create – a world divided into fiefdoms run by Mafia-style bosses paid simpering tributes by their weaker supplicants" #Trump #Davos #WEF theconversation.com/trump-sows-c...
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Trump sows ‘chaotic cruelty’ while Canadian PM Carney reminds the world it doesn’t have to play along
In a rambling speech, the US president appears to be cooling on his bid to buy Greenland, but still had plenty of fire for a lot of people.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest. No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
Bill Gates charity trust's holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims
Trust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis shows
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This was announced 12 days ago and really ought to have received more attention.
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Wildfires trigger massive soil loss for decades, new global map shows phys.org/news/2026-01...
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Wildfires trigger massive soil loss for decades, new global map shows
Wildfires are devastating events that destroy forests, burn homes and force people to leave their communities. They also have a profound impact on local ecosystems. But there is another problem that h...
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Climate change and declining physical activity could cost the global sports industry $1.6 trillion by 2050, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum: www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
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The global sports industry risks losing $1.6trillion by 2050, report warns
Climate change and increasing physical inactivity flagged as factors which can slow the growth of sports economy worldwide
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Gary McFarlane @garym6942.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’. Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world. insideclimatenews.org/news/1301202... #ClimateScience #environment #ecology #SciChat
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New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’ - Inside Climate News
Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"Everybody pay attention... this isn't a little hint. He is saying, 'We shouldn't have an election'. Two weeks ago, he said, 'I should have seized the ballot boxes'... He is telling us exactly what he thinks. He wants to rig the outcome of the 2026 election." Marc Elias
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The financial industry is a major road block for climate change mitigation. Our research shows the beneficiaries of sticking with fossil capital: the super rich. Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project! Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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