Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 6h

As fast as safety of the climate is unraveling, I think no one has a right to worsen the situation - doing so is increasingly an inequity.

All who have moved apart from family or friends have time to coalesce, to avoid future repetitive long distance travel.

Not ideal, but the the fairest way, IMO

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 9h

"Based on these findings, the Election Truth Alliance has concluded that the 2024 US General Election results in Minnesota warrant further investigation – and that all states should perform hand counts of paper voting records in all future elections…particularly in the 2026 U.S. Midterms."

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 22h

I have always thought trump cheated in 2024. A it makes no sense that would be the one thing he didn't cheat on in life, and B there's lots of evidence he did.

Antifa Princess™️🗿💖🌻⛵️✨ @tleighb.bsky.social · 2d

You need to check out..they just released their report on MN. Russia declared war on the West in 2008. Trump is merely the vector.

1 3

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 18h

It is better to focus on what we can accomplish by sufficiency policies with immediate societal co-benefits rather than involve the U.S. - they have sabotaged the international climate meetings, increased fossil fuel extraction under Democrat leadership and the society runs on oil.

Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 1d

The average fuel and emissions intensity of the U.S. car stock is more than twice that of the EU-27.

The United States is not only the largest producer of oil but also the world's largest consumer.

www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/f...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

1 2 7

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 18h

It's odd how some U.S. campaigners get outsized publicity. That is a failed country in many metrics, not only the ones we see in the news.

If the North Americans only talk about technology, markets, and little nudges to greener consumerism, that's how their society is. Europeans prefer regulation.

Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · Sep 10

(Which eventually results from unregulated capitalism and socio-economic inequality)

Status competition leads to social dominance hierarchies and conspicuous consumption.

There are always alternatives.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Unequal outcomes - Nations with high inequality tend to have dysfunctional societies. U.S. at the top.

1 1 2

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 18h

That's been my career for a decade. Finnish research identified it as sufficiency, in contrast to supply-side, market-based policies.

I've concluded that demand-side climate mitigation requires regulation—individual choice results from collective priorities.

ilmastopaneeli.fi/en/hae-julka...

The sufficiency perspective in climate policy: how to recompose consumption

The climate impact of household consumption is significant. In Finland, it accounts for about 66% of consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions. Recently the need for addressing consumption through mo...

ilmastopaneeli.fi

1 2 3

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 13h

One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon, reports Corinne Smith for @alaskabeacon.com

One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon | Alaska Beacon

Search and rescue efforts continued into Monday in the Kuskokwim River delta in the aftermath of ex-Typhoon Halong.

alaskabeacon.com

1 53 74

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 11h

We all know what SCOTUS means.

Watching this powerful interview, it occurred to me that there is also a "ScOTUS": supreme criminals of the US (unindicted).

Some of Its members are in the SCOTUS majority — other members are at or near the top of the other 2 branches of the federal government.

Federal Judges Sound Alarms About Supreme Court Justices Ruling In Favor Of Trump On Shadow Docket

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner

www.youtube.com

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 16h

That's fate. Things can't go on as they are.

1 1

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 16h

It seems what you are saying is that distance will increasingly have consequences for those who don't take it into account in their life planning. That seems a fair read of the climate situation.

1 1 1

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 22h

It's kinda incredible that Barack Obama turning hope and change into more of the same created the conditions for Trump and MAGA - and yet as far as I can tell, Obama has never once been asked in an interview about his insane and self-serving "violence to the social order" defense of what he did.

6 18 77

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Who am I “sponsored by"?

I work ~35–40 hours a week for an annual pre-tax salary of £27k from the University of Manchester. I take no income from consultancy, legal work, or writing - & often cover my own travel costs. No paid side gigs. No corporate largesse. Independence matters.

1 5 26

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 22h

[email protected], just a wild shot here that this may be something you would be interested in reporting on, when he has it ready.

See: www.herringscraps.com/hs40/

In the course of several years living in Sitka, Alaska, I noticed and became curious about the discrepancy at the heart of this thesis: In governing/managing the Sitka sound sac roe herring fishery, the Alaska Dept of Fish & Game is applying a knowledge system about herring that seems out of sync with the lived experiences and observations of locals generally and Indigenous elders specifically. I recognized in this problem an important example of how scientific authority can override community opposition to extractive projects. I returned to school to develop this thesis, in hopes of better understanding this particular knowledge controversy.

In the thesis, I attempt to draw on a deep reservoir of archival material - decades of annual reports, newspaper articles, and Board of Fisheries records - to trace how the bundle of knowledge involved in herring enumeration and biomass allocation has been constructed by the State over time, to describe how that knowledge has then been enacted in the world, including by promoting an expanding commercial fishery, and to reflect on what this case study means in the context of concepts like Shifting Baselines Syndrome.

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Leesylou -Clucking Disgusted 🐓🇺🇸🐸 @leesylou.bsky.social · 23h

This.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

It’s actually incredible that as a society we never managed to find the political will to force elected officials to tell the truth on TV.

1

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 23h

Sanity says: “if there is a risk that the AMOC is weakening and heading towards a tipping point, we need to act on that (just like with other major risks). This is not an issue where we can afford to wait until we are certain, or pretend it’s just an academic discussion without major consequences.”

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

6 110 210

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 22h

"At the heart of the carbon trading mechanism is the falsehood that green growth, coupled with the politics of business-as-usual, can align with the Paris temperature and equity commitments. This represents a large-scale deception, facilitated by a community of experts … and an acquiescent media."

Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...

Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.

What role for carbon trading? - Climate Uncensored

I was recently contacted by a senior civil servant who asked me to provide a short comment on the concept of emissions trading schemes in general, and on the

climateuncensored.com

5 9

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump controls the White House, the Supreme Court and Congress. The only thing he doesn't control is public opinion. That's why the Trump regime is so worried about this coming Saturday's "No Kings" protests – so worried that it's blatantly lying about "No Kings" and showing itself to be pro-king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

73 520 1.9K

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 23h

Perhaps, though, it is more that climate activists exposes the political leaders cause or acquiesce to the escalating climate harms, & those leaders cause or allow the punishment.

We can only hope that with good leaders citizens would accept swift decarbonization regulations fairly applying to all.

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d

Climate activists make us feel bad because they remind us of what we wish to ignore.

So we punish them for it.

But only fools get angry at a fire alarm when their house is on fire 🔥

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

www.theguardian.com

1

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

solhog @solhog.bsky.social · 1d

!

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick @sarahinscience.bsky.social · 1d

For so long, fossil fuel projects have said their contribution to climate change is "negligible".
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making

www.nature.com

1 1

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 23h

🧵👇

Speaking in early 1957 at Scripps Institute:

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 1d

"Even if the oceans absorb CO2 much more rapidly than has been assumed here, the accumulation of C02 in the atmosphere will become an increasingly important problem through the centuries."

Gilbert Plass and his damn truth-bombs.

"Thus it appears that most of the additional C02 that is released into the atmosphere will stay there for at least several centuries. Even if the oceans absorb Co2 much more rapidly than has been assumed here, the accumulation of C02 in the atmosphere will become an increasingly important problem through the centuries."

1

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder.

Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing up. This is the case for chlorofluorocarbons and stratospheric ozone destruction, for sulfur dioxide and acid rain, and for sulfur and nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog. We must be prepared for CDR to be a failure, leaving us to rely on the environment to stabilize atmospheric CO₂ over thousands of years. This is another argument for rapid decarbonization.

5 240 520

Reposted by RadReduction (Larry Edwards)

Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d

In 1987, a management consultancy concluded that the Netherlands should aim for a coal economy by 2050 ('cheap and abundant'). At Ecofys, we were surprised: can't be, we'd ruin our climate.
CO2 was at 350 ppm, global temperature at +0.6°C.
Now, 38 years later, I read: first tipping point reached.

2 16 48

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 23h

"a good New York Times piece"; however, it "commits one misstep: It keeps describing those MAGA personalities as “provocateurs.” In fact, they are propagandists."

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 1d

Good one!

(Though I hope it is understood well beyond our profession.)

Andy Miller @andymiller24.bsky.social · 1d

OMB Director Russell Vought

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Need a bigger boat.

2

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 1d

Right on.

It's one scam after another as cover for business more or less as usual.

"SAF" amounts to being a shameless advertising farce.

1

RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly.

Breaking through that is vital.