Floods, Fires, and Heat Domes (the climate change thread)

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Shut 'er Down!

National Australia Bank to Stop Lending to Thermal Coal Mining

On the flip side:

India looks to relax norms to attract global coal miners, industry skeptical

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GAO finds climate change threatens 60 percent of hazardous Superfund sites

[docosc]

They have to know this is absolutely futile, right? Just screaming into the void kinda stuff.

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Callan Lawrence (Callan_is_angry)

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@Wanderfound

For the most obvious example: almost all of Bangladesh is within spitting distance of sea level. On current rates, the country is likely to be largely uninhabitable (without Dutch-style water management, which the Bangladeshis don’t have the resources to implement) within a century. Bangladesh’s neighbours (India, China, Pakistan etc.) are all nuclear armed and have a history of military conflict. How do you think they’re going to react when 100 million Bangladeshi refugees land on their doorstep? What will India do if China attempts to divert all of the Bangladeshis to the south and vice-versa?

Almost there…

Weatherwatch: Cyclone Bulbul leaves millions displaced in Bangladesh

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Julián Castro (JulianCastro)

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New York City is flooding subway entrances to prepare for climate change

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Isobel Roe (isobelroe)

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[Mindysan33]

Harvard and Yale students disrupt football game for fossil fuel protest

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Collin Rees (collinrees)

Collin Rees (collinrees)

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Rich Pancost (rpancost)

Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their...

[docosc]

Um, Holy Shit! Certain as I can be that this is not the first species climate change claims, and certainly not the last, but first really well known and pretty near universally loved one. It will get much much worse before all is said and done.

[TobinL]

@docosc

but first really well known and pretty near universally loved one.

I have learned Koalas are big assholes. The keepers in zoos have to tranquilize them in order to handle even ones raised by them as they are just ornery bastards.

[alahmnat]

@docosc

Certain as I can be that this is not the first species climate change claims, and certainly not the last

Not even the last one this week, apparently.

Maryn McKenna

[Wanderfound]

Centrism is a dead weight in Australian politics – and it's dragging us all...

[alahmnat]

While still potentially dire, it sounds like the koala is having a bit of a Mark Twain moment.

Erin Biba (erinbiba)

[tekna2007]

Rupert may be pushing a narrative rather than reporting news, but still:

Rupert Read 🌍 (GreenRupertRead)

British Airways boss says Heathrow is unlikely to get a third runway due to...

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82 Days Underwater: The Tide Is High, but They’re Holding On

Enjoy the Fla Keys while you can folks.

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Supreme Court lets lawsuit by climate scientist continue against conservative...