Tell it to the judge, Carney. The ICJ said "failure of a State to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions — including through fossil fuel production ... may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that State."

This is such an exciting signal of what's to come with COP30 and beyond. It's about time that countries came together and made a plan to phase out fossil fuels based on science and fact, without the influence of those that stand to benefit from continued expansion, who have been holding us back.

In June Bar Harbor had their highest sales tax receipts in their history. The only loss they are feeling is the loss of air & water pollution & cruise passenger congestion. @localmattersbh.bsky.social

"Reducing black carbon emissions would help slow the meltdown", says Kay Brown, Arctic Policy Director at @pacenvironment.bsky.social www.highnorthnews.com/en/ice-melt-... @highnorthnews.bsky.social

I'll just share this here for thoughts..

Trump is steadily getting us accustomed to tyranny. Kidnapping people off the street? Normal. Armed troops in American cities? An everyday thing. Blowing up boats in international waters? Routine. Trumping up charges against political foes? Ongoing. We need to stop putting up with this crap.

Government teamwork ramping up towards planet B that doesn’t exist: "Eleven of 20 countries, representing about 80% of global fossil fuel production, including the US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China, Canada, Brazil have increased their plans for fossil fuel production."

'Eight of Sweden's 277 glaciers melted completely during 2024 and are now extinct due to global warming... Another 30 glaciers are at risk, glaciology professor Nina Kirchner said. The extinct glaciers "won't come back in our lifetime and not if global warming continues", she said.'

Remarkable how persistent we were in ignoring these early warnings.

Just so we're clear this is a decision more in the interests of airport executives than ordinary people. The secretary of state has gone against the government's own expert advisors to do this.

We can't fly *and* survive. #ClimateEmergency

New report says, if rich countries want, they have more than enough money to fund climate action: $6.6 trillion annually oilchange.org/publications...

If they build all the world has planned we will have DOUBLE the oil production needed for 1.5. The trick is - they know the overcapacity will drive the price down, extending oil's ability to compete with renewables. New oil & gas production facilities will be sustained with SUBSIDIES.

Actions are also communication. What this communicates is that “we - your government - really don’t mean it seriously with those climate targets”. It is then no wonder if the general public also are in doubt what to do. bsky.app/profile/caro...

This Youtube video is quite good, about some of the complexities of the status of Arctic sea ice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjjO...

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Steil said, concerning COP 30: "We know [NDCs] are going to be softer than what science dictates is needed, but it’s about how the real economy picks up those signals." www.theguardian.com/environment/... Sir, UN's CLIMATE "FRAMEWORK" NEEDS TO SEND MORE THAN "SIGNALS"!

Also, as a little thought exercise, I made a mashup: Imagine claiming (based on an extrapolation of the observed Arctic Sea Volume from 1980-1992) that Arctic Sea Ice was stabilizing and wouldn't decline further. That's basically what some folks are claiming today based on the last decade of values.

If you care about... you know, FACTS and LOGIC and REASON... then next time you see the "But Al Gore said the Arctic would be Ice Free!" meme, take a moment to READ THIS post by @climateofgavin.bsky.social for the details: www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

“Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of bills on Friday to boost oil drilling, rescue wildfire-threatened utilities and extend the state's landmark climate program as he attempts to rein in energy costs while meeting the state’s ambitious climate targets.” This reads like an Onion article…

This is quite the post. 1. He unambiguously directs his AG to go after those who investigated him for his crimes 2. He admits being influenced by online chatter He is mob bossing out in the open, because he knows he has corrupted every federal law enforcement agency into submission.

Yet another climate-wrecking decision from a Government intent on the pursuit of growth at all costs - but the only things that will grow as a result of this disastrous decision are pollution, noise, and climate chaos

This is in line with the govt's commitment to climate action, in much the same way me eating a massive fucking cake every day is in line with my commitment to lose weight. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

North Korea's got nothing on this. 📷 Caroline Brehman/EPA

In case you missed it, droughts are rarely "natural" now. They are hotter and more severe thanks to climate change. E.g., www.cnn.com/2023/04/27/a...

I think this quote might be Thomas Edison but works the same hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/g...

This is what rapidly accelerating warming looks like. Another off the chart datapoint: NOAA Sea Surface Temperature data for the summer 2025. We will discuss this and more on Climate Chat today. See link for time and hit the 🔔 to get a notification when we go live 1/2 youtube.com/live/BNZ_biC...

Happy 94th birthday, Syukuro Manabe, one of the gods of computer climate modelling (co-author on two pivotal papers in 1967 and 1975). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syukuro...

The speed at which AI is being embraced by higher education is quite extraordinary. We barely have principles, let along rules, as to how it could/should be used in education yet that isn't stopping some universities going all in.

Emergency action on the climate and nature crisis will make ordinary people better off. Far too few people know this, and are swayed instead by Reform's dishonest promises. That's why need a National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis. Is your MP attending? #TimeToStepUp #NEB

”With the publication of this report, all states are now required by the Genocide Convention to do everything in their power to stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. There are no more excuses for inaction.” - The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security

Comments are due by midnight Eastern time on Monday, on EPA's intended withdrawal of it "Endangerment Finding" (that emissions of several greenhouse gases endanger public health & welfare. See good reference (Appen. C) in 🧵 below . Comment online at: regulations.gov, docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194.

NEW: The Trump admin has now deployed roughly 35,000 troops within the U.S. “It’s impossible to know exactly how much the rapidly expanding police state is costing taxpayers,” says IPS @nationalpriorities.bsky.social scholar @hannahomestead.bsky.social. @nickturse.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:

📢 Webinar invitation: Powering AI through fossil fuels & Drax's tree burning? The environmental impacts of AI data centres & how we can challenge Drax's bid to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre: actionnetwork.org/events/the-e... 🔥 📅Thursday 25th Sept ⏰12.30-1.30pm BST 🌎All welcome!

Now online: the debate video and transcript for our engagement on Ireland's carbon budgets with the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy. www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/d... Opening statements: www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...

Let's retain enough of a sense of outrage to be appalled when Trump ousts a prosecutor because he wouldn't indict Trump's political opponents. This is mobster behavior by the president of the United States. We can't accept it.

Bill Maher Destroys Trump And ABC In Brutal Monologue On Kimmel Bombshell

"Environmental activists have long sounded the alarm about the impacts of mass tourism on the island, saying stricter controls to prevent land conversion would reduce the risks from flooding and other natural disasters." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

This is really interesting, first in its look at recent and current times - and the social changes - in Japan, and its discussion of a bit of social psychology. Thanks for the post!

What to you call a country where the law is whatever the leader dictates?

Trump regime to media: stop doing journalism, become mouthpiece.

As Robert explains, a major contributor to this is large-scale regulatory change, reducing shipping emissions, that the climate models don't take into account yet. Reducing ships' conventional pollutants removed a cooling effect of aersols from heavy fuel oil, unmasking warming they hid.

The International Energy Agency's new report "makes it abundantly clear that fossil fuels are already on their way out and their demise would be greatly accelerated if we simply stopped funding their extraction." Better use of capital (elsewhere) is the key, the article explains.

October 2 Webinar: Polar Fuels - From Concept to Solution: Reducing Black Carbon Emissions from Arctic Shipping bit.ly/polarfuelswe...

Fully agree. She wrapped up what you need to know about fascists in a few seconds. Brilliant. Happy to share!

he's just saying it, straight up. an open and shut case for any Supreme Court with a single ounce of integrity (so, not this one) www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump and his Republican co-conspirators fear ridicule more than anything else. They are OK with being called cruel, because they associate cruelty with power, but they know that their power stems from people taking them seriously. Ridicule is powerful. www.newspapers.com/search/resul...

🚨 Campaign win! 🎉 Historic moment in New Zealand as Greater Wellington council says no to fossil fuel ads. 👏 The ban not only rules out ads from fossil fuel giants, but also fossil fuelled vehicles and packaging that harms the environment. Full story. 👇

@InfluenceMap says its “report lays out a clear case of corporate capture. Industry lobbyists continue to dominate decision-making processes at ICAO, relying on closed-door meetings to cement their influence. …to meet the existential challenge of climate change, ICAO needs a hard course correction.”

21st century Britain where it's illegal to project an image on a wall but not illegal to supply weapons to mass murdering genocidal psychopaths