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2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin(theguardian.com)
9 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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2023 on track to be the hottest year on record(theguardian.com)
5 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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Climate crisis costing $16M an hour in extreme weather damage(theguardian.com)
4 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by perfunctory 3y ago|2 comments
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Antarctic sea ice shrinks to lowest annual maximum level on record(theguardian.com)
5 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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Ukraine’s Lego-inspired city – in pictures(theguardian.com)
2 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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Nigeria hit by widespread blackout in 'total system collapse'(bbc.com)
15 points by perfunctory 3y ago|14 comments
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Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate(theguardian.com)
8 points by perfunctory 3y ago|1 comments
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A 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use(iea.org)
1 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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‘A first in Paris’: city fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as tropical pests spread(theguardian.com)
2 points by perfunctory 3y ago|1 comments
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7T(imf.org)
4 points by perfunctory 3y ago|1 comments
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1B children at high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis (2021)(unicef.org)
3 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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by perfunctory 3y ago
> After Russia invaded Ukraine last year, gas prices shot up and the EU introduced emergency measures to cut demand. With winter also unexpectedly mild, demand for electricity fell 5% in the first half of 2023 compared with 2022. This is
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Climate change could lead to 1B deaths over the next century(phys.org)
2 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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by perfunctory 3y ago
Talking about borrowing from academia, another idea I like is sabbatical. For example a year-long time off every seven years [0]. I did it once and it was great. Planning to keep doing that. [0] https://www.ted.com/talks&#x2
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by perfunctory 3y ago
"Radicals" in the title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_(Chinese_characters)
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by perfunctory 3y ago
A gentle reminder to everyone - we don't have to be passive observers of the unfolding global climate catastrophe. We can pretend that we are intelligent, responsible grownups and go do something about it.
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Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts(theguardian.com)
1 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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by perfunctory 3y ago
Every time I see this kind of title I suggest to imagine a 200 year old article titled "Horseless Carriage for Everyone? The Impossible Dream"
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by perfunctory 3y ago
> In-memory SQLite is not too exciting Do they ever call `commit`?
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by perfunctory 3y ago
Too bad the author is not offering any alternative. It's not good enough to just say "stop doing X". It would be nice if it's followed by "Do Y instead". Maybe I missed it, but the only thing I found in the who
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by perfunctory 3y ago
Astonished that only one comment so far even mentioned it: climate activism.
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Ukraine built more onshore wind turbines in past year than England(theguardian.com)
9 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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by perfunctory 3y ago
If you really want to watch this, do it after the war, after Russia withdraws from Ukraine. Not now.
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German police raid climate activists who blocked traffic(bbc.com)
1 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time(bbc.com)
1 points by perfunctory 3y ago|0 comments
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China’s population falls for first time in more than 60 years(theguardian.com)
2 points by perfunctory 4y ago|0 comments
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by perfunctory 4y ago
> I don’t see why we should be discouraging commercial air travel while allowing individual automobiles to emit so much. How fortunate that nobody is actually suggesting that.
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by perfunctory 4y ago
For me personally, the only climate metric worth paying attention to is this one: https://www.climate.gov/media/13611 All other "Good news" and "reason(s) for optimism" I consider to be accounting t
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by perfunctory 4y ago
> A large and growing group of mostly rich countries has severed the link between economic growth and rising emissions of greenhouse gases so they outsourced production to the poor countries.

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