@gunstick I don't like people who act like big dicks and who do nothing but complain. I thought I was doing people a big favor by promoting #rewilding efforts that fight #ClimateChange. But I guess I'm not pure and holy enough for Saint Gunstick.

This is good news!

The scientists behind the new independent organization Climate.us are the same experts Trump fired because they were researching and reporting on climate change.

Formerly NOAA’s http://Climate.gov, they didn’t disappear. They rebuilt.

Now they’re independent and preserving climate data, outside of political interference, with public support and a team of volunteer scientists.

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Science #Research

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SCIENCE NEWS DOGE fired NOAA's climate scientists. Those scientists just launched climate.us— a new hub for climate research. 2 photos side by side show a polar bear on the left and Elon Musk on the right.

"While the government didn’t hesitate to delete inconvenient climate information, dedicated volunteers outside the government managed to preserve copies of much of the material, which the federal government is prohibited from copyrighting. The volunteers and former climate.gov admins got together and launched climate.us. On Tuesday, the team announced that it had completed the project to restore everything lost when climate.gov shut down.

The website features Climate.gov’s 15-year collection of climate news and stories, expert blogs, visual status reports on key climate indicators, maps and data pathways, climate literacy resources, classroom materials, and restored access to the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

The team behind it, which includes several key people who built climate.gov, says it’s not satisfied with simply restoring what was lost. Having established a nonprofit to maintain the new website, the organization will shift its focus to what it calls “long-term public service.” It plans to establish new resources and develop additional materials to help explain the changing climate to the public."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/

#ClimateChange #ClimateGov #ClimateUS #USA #Trump #OpenData

Doctors agree: Climate change is a hazard to your health. Leading medical journals warn that rising greenhouse gas emissions will result in millions of needless deaths and undermine decades of hard-won progress in public health. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://grist.org/article/how-climate-change-affects-your-body-systems-health/

RE: https://mas.to/@nordicnews/116822167074665554

Even if you can afford to move North, climate change is global.
Scandinavia is not miraculously immune to it.

#climatechange #heatwave #canicule

#NewZealand / #Aotearoa #CommunityGardens - #NUWAO

"NUWAO aims to develop #NatureBased #UrbanDesign solutions, rooted in #Indigenousknowledges that support #ClimateChange adaptation and individual and community wellbeing in different contexts across Aotearoa and #Oceania.

Relationship to #IndigenousKnowledge

Indigenous communities worldwide have cultivated land for generations, crafting sustainable agricultural techniques in harmony with nature and rooted in local ecosystems. Throughout #TeMoananui Oceania, a rich diversity of TraditionalAgriculture and #agroforestry practices exists (Thaman, 1994, Thaman et al., 2006), and can be the basis of, or integrate into community gardens.

Community gardens can blend traditional methods, Indigenous #EcologicalKnowledge, and cultural values into their design, plant selection, and upkeep. Community gardens serve as vital spaces for honouring and preserving indigenous knowledge. They embrace traditional plant varieties, cultivation methods, and seasonal cycles passed down through generations.

Moreover, these gardens act as hubs for intergenerational knowledge exchange, with elders imparting wisdom to younger members, ensuring the continuity of traditional practices. These gardens can also foster #CulturalExchange and understanding, offering platforms for Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals to come together, learn from one another, and foster mutual respect. By embracing Indigenous knowledge, community gardens can not only bolster environmental #sustainability and food security but also fortify #CulturalResilience and advocate for #SocialJustice."

Learn more:
https://nuwao.org.nz/community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardens #BuildingCommunity #FoodSecurity

Data center that vowed to avoid Colorado River water is now suing for 260 million gallons per year.

Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing has gone to court to secure 260 million gallons of water per year — about 750,000 gallons a day. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/data-center-vowed-avoid-colorado-143900694.html

A dangerous #heatWave is coming next week

by Alex Fitzpatrick
6-26-2026

" '#HeatDome' is forecast to bring dangerously high temperatures to much of the eastern half of the U.S. next week.

"The extreme heat could last through July 4 celebrations.

"Driving the news: 'Widespread temperatures into the 90s to low 100s, combined with high humidity, will result in heat indices approaching or exceeding 105-110 in many places,' NOAA forecasters write.

" 'Overnight lows will also be quite warm, with some record high minimums possible, bringing little to no relief from the heat in the nighttime hours.'

"Such conditions affect 'anyone without cooling/hydration as well as health systems, industries, and infrastructure.'

"Meanwhile: The #HeatWave baking Europe this week wouldn't be possible without #ClimateChange, a World Weather Attribution rapid study found."

Read more:
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/heat-wave-dome-july

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/hDxfJ

#ClimateCrisis #MinneapolisMN #ChicagoIL #NashvilleTN #AtlantaGA #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #HeatWave #OmegaBlock

California’s landmark anti-plastics law sparks anger as 17 states sue.

Ambitious plan to phase out single-use plastic opposed by chemicals industry – while green groups say law too timid. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/california-single-use-plastic-law

The heat ain't great for Democracy, well done to those who braved the heat wave to vote Green

https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/dalston-election-result-sees-greens-34192190

#London #Heatwave #Dalston #Greens #GPEW #GreenParty #ClimateChange #Democracy

It feels Dickensian…we are ignoring suffering right under our noses because we’re either not legally obliged to care or we think we’ve ticked the boxes to make it legally ok not to care.

#ClimateChange can no longer be addressed by paperwork…it’s real, it’s happening, people are being made very ill and dying.

It requires practical action based on data. If you deliberately don’t look for the data, you won’t know the scale of the problem until too late.

"oNEc iN a cENtuRY eVenT"

#heatwave #UKWeather #ClimateChange

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hago 16.018ST UK June heat record pushed further to 37.1C And the UK record for the hottest June day ever has now been broken again, with 37.1C provisionally recorded in Cavendish, Suffolk this afternoon, the Met Office said. This surpasses the high of 36.7C recorded in Merryfield, Somerset, on Thursday - with both figures being over 1 degree Celsius higher than the longstanding June record set in 1971. Met Office climate spokesperson Grahame Madge said: “Before this week, the 1976 UK June temperature record had stood for 50 years, but - provisionally - it has been exceeded on three consecutive days this week. “And importantly those new records have come from a broad swathe of southern England, from Somerset to Suffolk: this shows what a widespread and impactful event this current heatwave has been.”

really good explanation of how the "waviness" of the jet stream is getting locked in place more often due to #climatechange (including, this summer, the super El Nino), leading to these intense heat domes and other weather events that just LINGER way longer than in pre-climate-change times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8vqO2J8WV0

3:20 p.m. in the Netherlands, and the first part of the country has reached temperatures above 38°C, with two stations above the 38.4 mark that used to be the all-time national high for 75 years, and was first exceeded in 2019.

#heatwave #extremeweather #climatechange.

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Map showing max temperature so far, ranging from 31.7 on a Wadden island to 38.5 in the southeast.

Land temperatures in Europe, as measured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on Wednesday, 23 June.

Note that ground temperatures are considerably higher than air temperatures.

The current European heatwave is caused by an atmospheric pattern of persistent high pressure – a ‘heat dome’ – trapped between low pressure systems.

On 23 June, France recorded its hottest June day ever.
🔥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDt54AMgfmI
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/06/Europe_feels_the_heat_beneath_our_feet
#ClimateChange #ESA
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Still from ESA video showing temperatures in Europe.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace/116815610305068417

I mean a lot of that industrial pollution was ours to start with so it's only fair...

#ClimateChange

“The #climatecrisis is already happening. It’s clear that the # of admissions due to extreme heat needs to be taken seriously. It increases strain on the physical infrastructure not built to cope, and staff who shouldn’t have to.”

“This week has really brought it home to me: the reason we need to do something about #ClimateChange is because it is a health crisis. Ultimately, if we carry on burning #fossilfuels it is those most vulnerable in society, like my older patients, who are suffering.”

A district in the West of France is so low on water that officials simply cut the water line of local factories to save it for the population, hospitals and farming animals.

Notice how in France they save water for people.
In the USA we save it for big corporations and data centers while people struggle.

https://removepaywalls.com/5/https://www.letelegramme.fr/economie/on-na-jamais-vu-ca-brets-et-six-autres-usines-mises-a-larret-afin-de-preserver-leau-pour-la-population-et-lhopital-de-pontivy-7071956.php

#climatechange #water #capitalism #uspol

#ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus

#OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

Here's a #ClimateChange winner.
It's not one I would root for.

"#PoisonIvy is poised to be one of the big winners in this global, human-caused phenomenon. Scientists expect the dreaded three-leafed vine will take full advantage of warmer temperatures and rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to grow faster and bigger — and become even more toxic."

https://www.ctpublic.org/2023-08-25/bigger-earlier-and-itchier-why-poison-ivy-loves-climate-change

I found out today my uncle has been put into intensive care and has sepsis.

I know that the medics and nurses are doing everything they can for him in the most challenging of conditions. I don’t know how long he has.

But I know he is just one elderly person out of probably thousands that right now in this country are sick but are being pushed to the very edge and beyond by this heatwave.

They are sadly the canaries in the coal mine of #ClimateChange.

Growing #water stress in more and more places. Satellite images show some of the most stressed freshwater bodies in the world. This is a symptom of bad water management, excessive human demands, lack of ecosystem protections, and #climatechange.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/17/satellite-images-show-10-places-where-water-is-disappearing-globally

We are nowhere near angry enough.

French oil and gas major TotalEnergies, one of the main culprits behind deadly heatwaves, is now giving people “easy tips” on how to cope with the crisis it helped create.

In what world do arsonists pretend they are helping put fires out?

#totalenergies #heatwave #heat #climatecrisis #hypocrisy #greenwashing #fossilfuels #climatechange

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Graphic showing screenshots of TotalEnergies web pages offering “easy tips” to protect yourself from heatwaves

The “sad inevitability” of #Europe’s #heatwave
Europeans are baking under their second heat wave of the summer.
For many #climate scientists, the link between the frequency and duration of these heat waves and #climatechange cannot be overstated. Some have even gone public with their dissatisfaction with the media coverage of the heat wave. This past May, only 40 percent of British television and radio news stories about the heat wave linked it to climate change.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/the-sad-inevitability-of-europes-heat-wave/

#France's heat this week was worse than a dire scenario imagined for 2050

Story by Ben Noll
June 25, 2026

"A deadly and record-breaking #HeatWave that’s spreading eastward across Europe has revived interest in a hypothetical temperature forecast for August 2050 in France.

"The forecast was recorded in 2014 as part of a campaign coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (#WMO) that invited about 60 presenters worldwide to imagine a weather report from the year 2050. In one clip, Évelyne Dhéliat from French television network TF1 presented a hypothetical scenario of high temperatures 36 years into the future — during a heat wave in a warmer climate in 2050."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/france-s-heat-this-week-was-worse-than-a-dire-scenario-imagined-for-2050/ar-AA26wuoB?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #HeatWaves

My Festival friends were talking today on Whatsapp about how today's weather would have affected our plans had Glastonbury been on this year.

https://www.festivalinsights.com/2026/06/this-is-not-a-one-off-issue-dtns-eu-weather-expert-paul-knightley-on-how-extreme-heat-is-impacting-festivals/

#UKFestivals #LiveMusic #ClimateChange #UKWeather

Make This #DIY #SwampCooler

Make summer heat a little more bearable with a do-it-yourself evaporative cooler.

"Swamp coolers will not provide relief in areas with high humidity, since they add humidity to the room."

Becca Lewis, August 17, 2023

"A swamp cooler, also known as an evaporative cooler, pulls air into a container and over water or ice, causing an energy exchange in which the heat in the air is absorbed by the surface of the ice or water, cooling the surrounding air. This process is known as 'evaporative cooling,' and works a lot like sweating does on your body. You can purchase a swamp cooler, or make one yourself relatively inexpensively. The DIY set-up uses a cheap commercial fan to pull air across ice or water to accomplish the evaporative cooling result."

https://lifehacker.com/make-this-diy-swamp-cooler-1850747672

#SolarPunkSunday #KeepCool #Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #LoTech

So, this article mentions putting ice cubes in front of a fan -- which is what is called a #SwampCooler. Swamp coolers work if the air is dry, but if it is humid, it won't work...

How to keep your home cool in the heat

Excerpt: "The UK’s homes are generally poorly designed for #ExtremeHeat, and rising temperatures due to #ClimateChange amplify those risks. But there are still some simple steps you can try.

"It can help to pull your curtains and keep your windows closed during the day. If it’s warmer outside than inside, opening windows will let that warmth into your home. Open them when outdoor temperatures drop to allow cooler air to flow in. [And create a cross air flow, if possible -- one fan bringing in cooler air, with another fan blowing hot hotter air.]

"Another trick is putting a bucket of ice in front of a fan to blow colder air around the room - taking care to keep water away from electrics!"

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0ryvlxpg7rt

New painting from yesterday.

Garden Burning #2, 2026
Oil on Reclaimed Upholstery Fabric on Board, 8 x 10”

#art #artwork #painting #mastoart #climatechange #climate #heatwave #allaprima #oilpainting #interiorDesign #home

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A woman with dark hair in a messy bun is naked and stands amid the blue & white florals and lilies of the fabric which cover her a bit. (We only see her from chest up). A section at the top is burning.

RE: https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/116805875893611216

Yes, today IS the day to talk about #climate change and it's growing impacts. And tomorrow is the day to talk about #climatechange, as is the day after and every day after that.
Silence is a disservice to humanity.

If the oceans die, we die.... boosted

Peter Gleick » 🌐 2026-06-24
@petergleick@fediscience.org

Let me be explicit. The massive heat waves we're seeing around the world more extreme and frequent due to human-caused #climatechange. And these heat waves are going to continue to worsen because of our failure to reduce carbon pollution. Just one of the many costs of #climate change.

Extreme heat due to #ClimateChange causes a significant number of "work hours lost", leading to cuts in GDP.

Projections for #China

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-future-labor-losses-due-stress.html

"More than 70% of workers around the world face #ClimateChange-related health risks."

• 18,970 lives are lost each year due to occupational injuries attributable to excessive heat;
• 26.2 million people with chronic kidney disease related to workplace heat stress;
• 860,000 outdoor workers a year die from exposure to air pollution;
• 19,000 people die each year from non-melanoma skin cancer from exposure to solar UV radiation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/climate-change-earth-day-2024-un-worker-health-risk/

The world’s #GarmentWorkers are on the frontlines of climate impacts

To expose how #ClimateChange is impacting workers throughout #fashion’s supply chain, The Fuller Project tracked products from several brands — including Walmart, Primark, H&M, Gap, and Old Navy — across several countries. At each stage, women play a vital role in the global business of fashion yet their livelihoods — and lives — are being increasingly threatened by #ExtremeWeather."

https://grist.org/labor/the-worlds-garment-workers-are-on-the-frontlines-of-climate-impacts/

"The impact of a shift to nighttime hours is an understudied piece of the puzzle of how #ClimateChange and rising temperatures threaten the world’s food supply and its workforce. But for many experts, and those on the front lines, one thing is clear: Overnight work is far from a straightforward solution."

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/overnight-work-extreme-heat-adaptation-agriculture/

NEW: For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas.

Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas.

One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis.
https://projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-capture-cant-solve-climate-change/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Oil #Gas #Environment #Research #Science #Academia

This is NOT ‘just a hot summer.’

It is Big Oil and Gas’s business model made visible in sweat, burned crops and packed emergency rooms.

Polluters KNEW, they LIED, they PROFITED.

Now it is time to make them pay and fund real climate solutions.

#heatwave #climatechange #climatecrisis #heat #extremeheat

Dude. What a .. decade?

Remember when we were so hopeful that the start of this decade - in 2020 - would bring good things? (haha?)

WTH happened?

I think everyone is dazed.. it's like, we keep getting punched.

I'm on the constant lookout for moments of kindness and beauty - and adding my bit.

What are your strategies?

#world #climate #climatechange #covid #art #mosstodon #politics #nature #mentalhealth