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@rachelruysch.bsky.social
Yea, because realtors know that the housing market will collapse if people truly understood the risks....

Also, for more info follow @scrawford.bsky.social on all things climate and insurance and housing
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"It took decades of unsustainable water consumption for the Great Salt Lake to shrink to its current state, Johnson noted, and it will take decades for it to refill"

Um... the west is aridifying? Where is additional water is going to come from????
grist.org/health/dust-...
A drying Great Salt Lake is spewing toxic dust. It could cost Utah billions.
A new report from two environmental groups says elected officials and scientists aren't taking the problem seriously enough.
grist.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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After that, the extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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And the Earth, indifferent to titles and markets, will keep its own record; not in profits or markets, but in poisoned bodies, fraying minds, collapsing systems, and the long shadow of extinction. @race2extinct.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
THE HALL OF INFAMY: A Global Century of Environmental Supervillains
A century of leaders who liquidated the living world--and left us the bill.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?

KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
After that, the extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
And the Earth, indifferent to titles and markets, will keep its own record; not in profits or markets, but in poisoned bodies, fraying minds, collapsing systems, and the long shadow of extinction. @race2extinct.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
THE HALL OF INFAMY: A Global Century of Environmental Supervillains
A century of leaders who liquidated the living world--and left us the bill.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Did you know that more than 4 million people have been affected by catastrophic floods in Southeast Asia this week and more than 600 have already died?
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/a7b985...
A Silent Catastrophe: 600 Dead While the World Looks Away
Did you know that more than 4 million people have been affected by catastrophic floods in Southeast Asia this week and more than 600 have already died?While much of the Western world went about its no...
app.wedonthavetime.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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i love feeling like a smol gurl next to the ocean
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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"The phenomenon of acid rain was noticed in the 19th century but the threat was largely ignored. Alex Last spoke to Prof Henning Rodhe of @stockholm-uni.bsky.social about the research that alerted the world to the dangers of acid rain"

BBC Audio | Witness History www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Wrote a piece debunking the claim that Hurricane Melissa is going to cause a major earthquake in Jamaica and Puero Rico within 45 to 60 days. People have enough to worry about there to have this looming....

www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Debunking Claims About Hurricane Melissa And A Looming Earthquake
Yes, Hurricane Melissa affected seismic activity, but it did not cause a crack in the seafloor that will lead to a major earthquake. Our expert debunks a viral claim.
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Clear-cutting the forests that absorb your carbon while trying to purchase a low-carbon future is like bailing water into a leaking boat. It can’t work.
www.seattletimes.com/news/wa-rele...
WA releases detailed list of projects funded by Climate Commitment Act
A new state report shows how some of the $3 billion raised so far in CCA funds is being used in more than 3,600 projects around the state.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...
news.pindula.co.zw
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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In an emergency media ­conference on Nov 27 Malaysian Meteorological Department director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said this is the first time a tropical storm is reaching such strength.

"its uniqueness is that it is occurring in the Strait of Malacca – something that has never happened before"
Storm Senyar set to hit 10 locations in Malaysia
Perak, Selangor and Pahang are expected to be the worst-hit before Senyar moves to the east coast. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Lincoln, Nebraska has a very cool program where landlords get money to upgrade decrepit apartment buildings — including by installing climate-friendly heat pumps! — and they have to keep rents low. Everybody wins. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... via @carabuckley.bsky.social
In Nebraska, Makeovers for Buildings That Don’t Price Out the Locals
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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The architects of the sixth mass extinction are woefully short on honesty.
We call ourselves “rational actors” as ecosystems collapse around us.
Self-deception may be the only thing we’ve mastered at scale.
apple.news/AaF6VkKwrQay...
The 6th Mass Extinction Is Further Along Than We Thought — Popular Mechanics
It's getting late.
apple.news
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 28, 2025 ~ The enemy

"Human activity is the primary cause of the problem. Farmers are clearing more land for food production. Infrastructure projects and mining are exacerbating the loss of vegetation and global heating... "

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Jeanine Pirro: "Look, there was no vetting. If you think there was vetting I have a bridge to sell you. If you see the chaos that was going on at that airport in Kabul in Afghanistan, it was typical of what was going on in the Biden administration."
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's so hard to ban them.... what so ever can we do????

grist.org/solutions/ga...
Everyone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them?
Cities and states are trying to ditch America's most hated appliance. They're already running into challenges.
grist.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/s...
Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States,”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to step up efforts to adapt to global warming and warned about the risks of inaction, BUT REJECTED PROPOSALS TO directly address the fossil fuels warming the planet.

Burn baby burn 🔥🔥🔥
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord
Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn’t include a road map to curtail use of fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tehran, shrouded in toxic smoke because the country’s power plants (out of gas) are burning “mazut, a dark residue of petroleum high in sulphur and other impurities,” is now facing a possible evacuation because it has run out of water.
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Tale of Two Cities
Unimaginable thirst in Tehran--but some relief in New York?
billmckibben.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Arctic sea-ice extent current ranks 2nd lowest for the day since record began in 1979, and are on track to set a new daily record low in the next few days.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? The Climate 8-ball says there's no escape from reality.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Policymakers, like these researchers, are in the dark when it comes to making plans for the future based on the signals being conveyed by insurance providers. The real story, the accelerated erosion of risky housing markets, is mostly hidden. @scrawford.bsky.social
New data shows insurance costs rising and home values sinking as climate risks grow
Insurance markets are flashing warnings — even as some major climate risks remain unmeasured and unaccounted for
susanpcrawford.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM