It’s May. Wildfires already driving people from their homes, threatening the entire town of #FortNelson . How much worse is this summer going to get? Coal, oil and gas companies should be paying firefighting costs. They are responsible. vancouversun.com/news/local-new…

Disgusting. Shell pulling a 'Houdini act' selling off assets to escape its clean up obligations from decades of destruction in the Niger Delta... while - umm - lending money to the buyers for the purchases? Sus. 🤨 somo.nl/shells-reckles…

“We already see nearly one-third of the world population exposed to deadly heat waves, a 9-fold increase in large North American wildfires, record-setting regional-scale megadrought, the Antarctic ice sheet losing…” academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

427.48 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air
09-May-2024 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Calls are mounting for an investigation into Ontario's decision to override an independent regulator to help Enbridge lock-in gas customers for decades to come.

'This is straight out of this government’s Greenbelt playbook.'
nationalobserver.com/2024/05/10/new…

HISTORIC MEXICO CITY 34.3c It beats is all time high temperature again.
Data since 1877.
Mexico is living BY FAR the worst heat wave in history and the record heat from Texas to Argentina in 100% of the countries is the worst Americas have ever experienced
Nothing gets even close

In today’s Los Angeles Times: My column calling out ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods for claiming we need “more math” to solve climate change, when the real problem is that his company continues to fight viable clean energy solutions: latimes.com/environment/ne…

“State Farm is discontinuing fire insurance policies in wealthy California areas. It’s part of a nationwide trend fueled by climate change.” bloomberg.com/news/features/…

big: the vermont legislature just passed the climate superfund act

this would make vt the first US state to charge big oil for climate damages

it's now heading to Gov Phil Scott's desk. supporters say they have a veto-proof majority

my story this week:

theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Oh man. This fire got 5X bigger in 90 mins.
Be careful, folks. Pay attention to the wind!
#Wildfires #FortMcMurray

Devastating Brazil floods: Battered by devastating rains, nearly 2 million people are impacted as the south braces for even more chaos 💔. To donate to support evacuations including the Guarani indigenous peoples donate to these organizations

So the province responsible for the greatest expansion of fossil fuels has to change its election date due to wildfires & floods that are becoming more frequent and more extreme due to climate change. Climate changed caused by fossil fuel expansion. 🤦‍♀️

💥 BREAKING: 5 of BC’s largest environmental organizations have gathered in Vancouver to deliver 110,000+ petition signatures in opposition to fracking & LNG expansion.

To kick things off, activists have begun painting a street mural!

#LNG #EndFracking #LNG FuelsClimateDisasters

Wow

Battery prices in China are crashing 🤯

The clean energy transition is about to get very interesting...👀

TVA, our largest public utility, is proposing massive amount of new gas plants. This dirty energy will hit frontline communities hardest. And these plans are completely out of line with Biden's goals. The TVA board needs to stop this dirty energy.
apnews.com/article/new-tv…

Many journalists I've met are uncomfortable even accepting a cup of coffee from a source they're reporting on.

Andrew Coyne meanwhile sat on the board of a charity that gave $6.4M to climate crisis denial groups.

desmog.com/2024/05/07/and… DeSmog

The new TMX pipeline is now operating, triggering a major increase in tankers in Burrard Inlet.
But a credible emergency response plan to protect human health + safety if a major oil spill happens in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet does not exist.
@CAPE-ACME
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cape.ca/press_release/…

“Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is.’” theguardian.com/world/article/…

Definitely wasn't expecting this when @Desmog got decades of tax data showing who's funding Canadian climate crisis denial.

Turns out one of Canada's top political journalists, Andrew Coyne, was on board of a charity that gave $6.4M to denier groups.

desmog.com/2024/05/07/and…

Yes. It's time to phase out fossil fuels. #ClimateWeekNYC calling it like it is.