JamesR
@jamesar.bsky.social
Retired mechanic and happy grandpa. Hoping for a world he can grow old in. Climate is our biggest challenge. No DM’s please
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"The US has announced plans to allow new oil and gas drilling in almost 1.3bn acres of coastal waters, the New York Times reports, including a “remote region off Alaska in the northern Arctic where drilling has never before taken place”."
(Carbon Brief)
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"The US has announced plans to allow new oil and gas drilling in almost 1.3bn acres of coastal waters, the New York Times reports, including a “remote region off Alaska in the northern Arctic where drilling has never before taken place”."
(Carbon Brief)
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(Carbon Brief)
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Four key Earth systems are failing, and experts fear a global domino effect #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Four key Earth systems are failing, and experts fear a global domino effect
Four Earth systems that keep our planet stable are failing, according to a new analysis of real world records. The study focuses on the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the Amazon rainforest, and the South American monsoon. Together, these systems help set rainfall, sea level, and heat movement across continents. A slip
www.earth.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Four key Earth systems are failing, and experts fear a global domino effect #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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'A recent study... revealed that heatwaves, as systematically hotter, longer and more frequent, will continue for multiple centuries, regardless of when net-zero emissions is finally achieved.
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
Deadly heatwaves won't stop for 1,000 years: Scientists explain why www.indiatoday.in/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Heatwaves #India #Worldwide
Deadly heatwaves won't stop for 1,000 years: Scientists explain why
In the most optimistic scenarios, the many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.
www.indiatoday.in
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
'A recent study... revealed that heatwaves, as systematically hotter, longer and more frequent, will continue for multiple centuries, regardless of when net-zero emissions is finally achieved.
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
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Remember your oath to the Constitution.
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Remember your oath to the Constitution.
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Report shows scandal-plagued Ohio utility made $108 million in errors. It wants customers to pay. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/r...
Report shows scandal-plagued Ohio utility made $108 million in errors. It wants customers to pay • Ohio Capital Journal
Scandal-plagued FirstEnergy wants to make customers pay $108 million it used for things like lobbying but said was for construction.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Report shows scandal-plagued Ohio utility made $108 million in errors. It wants customers to pay. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/r...
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"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
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🚨BREAKING: While Americans were distracted by shutdown chaos, Trump’s MAGA Senate just gutted food safety laws — after millions in donations from Big Food lobbyists.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🚨BREAKING: While Americans were distracted by shutdown chaos, Trump’s MAGA Senate just gutted food safety laws — after millions in donations from Big Food lobbyists.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
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Congrats Maga. The 1% own all of us now.
Prices aren't coming down. Trump lied. They started going up as soon as he took the wheel.
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Congrats Maga. The 1% own all of us now.
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October 2025 #Arctic sea ice extent was the 8th lowest on record for the month...
This was 2,030,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. October ice extent is decreasing at about 9.39% per decade. Data @nsidc.bsky.social: nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
This was 2,030,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. October ice extent is decreasing at about 9.39% per decade. Data @nsidc.bsky.social: nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
October 2025 #Arctic sea ice extent was the 8th lowest on record for the month...
This was 2,030,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. October ice extent is decreasing at about 9.39% per decade. Data @nsidc.bsky.social: nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
This was 2,030,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. October ice extent is decreasing at about 9.39% per decade. Data @nsidc.bsky.social: nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
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World’s oceans fail key planetary health check for the 1st time, i.e., ocean acidity has crossed a critical threshold for marine life.
This makes it the seventh of nine planetary boundaries to be transgressed. 🆘
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This makes it the seventh of nine planetary boundaries to be transgressed. 🆘
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Commentary: Republican politicians ignore will of voters, Ohio Constitution with proposed abortion restrictions ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/15/r...
Republican politicians ignore will of voters, Ohio Constitution with proposed abortion restrictions • Ohio Capital Journal
After 57% of Ohio voters protected reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution in 2023, the gerrymandered Republican supermajority in the Ohio Statehouse has been continuing to attempt to regulate,…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Commentary: Republican politicians ignore will of voters, Ohio Constitution with proposed abortion restrictions ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/15/r...
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3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion
Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law
www.qasimrashid.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
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October has observed some of the largest warming trends in the #Arctic. This is greatest over areas with a lack of sea ice cover (nearly all of the Siberian Arctic). Arctic amplification is largest in the boreal fall.
Data: doi.org/10.24381/cds.... Info: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS....
Data: doi.org/10.24381/cds.... Info: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS....
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
October has observed some of the largest warming trends in the #Arctic. This is greatest over areas with a lack of sea ice cover (nearly all of the Siberian Arctic). Arctic amplification is largest in the boreal fall.
Data: doi.org/10.24381/cds.... Info: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS....
Data: doi.org/10.24381/cds.... Info: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS....
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In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere.
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere.
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
In our society, this didn't make the fine print.
As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...
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NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Commentary: Ohio politicians pressured by a corrupt president look to be doubling down on blatantly partisan gerrymandering to help them in the 2026 midterms by manipulating congressional district boundaries in 2025 to silence the voices of opposition. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/17/n...
None of this is normal: Not unconstitutional gerrymandering and not the Ohio National Guard in D.C. • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio politicians pressured by an openly corrupt president look to be doubling down on blatantly partisan gerrymandering to help them in the 2026 midterms by manipulating congressional district…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Commentary: Ohio politicians pressured by a corrupt president look to be doubling down on blatantly partisan gerrymandering to help them in the 2026 midterms by manipulating congressional district boundaries in 2025 to silence the voices of opposition. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/17/n...
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It's hard to overstate just how off the charts warm the Pacific is right now. The swath of the basin from California to Japan (a HUGE area) from 25N to 60N is ~3F (1.6C) above normal. To put it into math terms that is 6 Sigma/ standard deviations above the mean. More… 1/
September 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It's hard to overstate just how off the charts warm the Pacific is right now. The swath of the basin from California to Japan (a HUGE area) from 25N to 60N is ~3F (1.6C) above normal. To put it into math terms that is 6 Sigma/ standard deviations above the mean. More… 1/
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If this plays out as forecast, we may see near modern-day record September global temperatures before too long.
The latest day (Sept. 12) was 1.4C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
The latest day (Sept. 12) was 1.4C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
September 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If this plays out as forecast, we may see near modern-day record September global temperatures before too long.
The latest day (Sept. 12) was 1.4C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
The latest day (Sept. 12) was 1.4C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
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September 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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"Ohio SNAP administrators plan for $416 million cut in federal funds." spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/...
Ohio SNAP administrators plan for $416 million cut in One Big, Beautiful Bill
Due to SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Ohio will need to make up for $416 million in lost federal funds to maintain current food assistance levels.
spectrumnews1.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Ohio SNAP administrators plan for $416 million cut in federal funds." spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sound familiar, Alberta?
@donbraid.bsky.social @robbreakenridge.bsky.social @ryanjespersen.bsky.social
The ideologically based, fiscal incompetence of the UCP is stunning.
Sound familiar, Alberta?
@donbraid.bsky.social @robbreakenridge.bsky.social @ryanjespersen.bsky.social
The ideologically based, fiscal incompetence of the UCP is stunning.
Misinformation, fear and politics – how a South Dakota county drove away millions in solar energy
Colton Berens was looking forward to the added income from his farm, but armed with rightwing falsehoods, other Selby residents opposed the move
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sound familiar, Alberta?
@donbraid.bsky.social @robbreakenridge.bsky.social @ryanjespersen.bsky.social
The ideologically based, fiscal incompetence of the UCP is stunning.
Sound familiar, Alberta?
@donbraid.bsky.social @robbreakenridge.bsky.social @ryanjespersen.bsky.social
The ideologically based, fiscal incompetence of the UCP is stunning.
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The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.
So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
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Grrrrrrrr
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Grrrrrrrr