Incredible. The Texas #SmokehouseCreek fire has burned an estimated 850,000 acres. It is closing in on the state's largest fire on record.@ssdance reports, w/ @AmudalatAjasa, @MatthewCappucci + @KashaPatel ⤵️https://t.co/QcLWbZY9IF
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) February 28, 2024
Category: Environmental
Ugh
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds https://t.co/i3h4AEHGOn
— Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) February 9, 2024
It’s just weather, right?
Interesting fact:
The Albany, Wisconsin tornado that just occurred a few moments ago is the first ever documented Wisconsin tornado in the month of February! https://t.co/cFYUdK4duZ pic.twitter.com/QUil8EsYzv
— Nick Krasznavolgyi (@NickKrasz_Wx) February 8, 2024
Water, water everywhere
I covered the stormwater beat when I was a reporter, and just looking at the overdeveloped hills of Los Angeles County makes me hyperventilate. Just one funnel after another…
Mudslides, debris flows, flash flooding, fallen trees and blocked roads are among the hazards that emergency services are continuing to deal with after heavy rain hit California. pic.twitter.com/jPl66QliKw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 6, 2024
Climate change is making atmospheric rivers stronger, increasing the amount of rain they sweep up and dump on the west coast of North America. This is putting more and more people at risk every year, all the way from Baja California to BC. https://t.co/dXSsg81PAq
— The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) February 5, 2024
Swell
Rio de Janeiro has declared a public health emergency because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever, just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil https://t.co/U9hOnIoSDz
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) February 6, 2024
We are so surprised
Must be that “middle ground” common sense Joe loves to mouth off about:
As @Sen_JoeManchin, Coal-WV, finishes his time in the U.S. Senate at least five of his staffers take new jobs with fossil fuel companies, notably @exxonmobil, Luke Goldstein at @TheProspect reports.#revolvingdoor https://t.co/KKU3H4Jf4u
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) January 20, 2024
Half-winded
The wind that blows over the Great Lakes is strong and consistent. In theory, tapping into the wind resource over them would allow the electric grid to rely more on renewables. Yet that hasn't happened. (Via @insideclimate) https://t.co/r28rfNvT90
— grist (@grist) November 28, 2023
Can’t have that
A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to include information on climate change.https://t.co/F348U6SUl3
— Robert Downen (@RobertDownen_) November 20, 2023
Water
We suck up so much water, we’re tilting the earth’s axis.
Thanks, Christie Todd Whitman
Who told everyone the air was fit to breathe:
FDNY’s Ground Zero-related illness deaths reach 343, same death toll as number who died on 9/11.https://t.co/mTMNSOCpM5 pic.twitter.com/rgDC0EggKz
— NYC EMS Watch (@NYCEMSwatch) September 23, 2023