This is not “the new normal”. The climate crisis will continue to escalate and get worse as long as we stick our heads in the sand and prioritise profit and greed over people and planet. We are still sleepwalking towards the edge. https://t.co/BNp35yU8lS
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) July 19, 2022
Category: Disastrous
You can’t take the developer out of the crook
former President of the United States of America wildly misrepresents climate science in order to falsely argue that rising seas = "MORE beachfront property"
might be funny if it weren't so goddamn depressing https://t.co/hE1aOBOwsM
— Chris D'Angelo (@c_m_dangelo) July 11, 2022
The fix is in
NEWS: Michigan Supreme Court threw out charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the #FlintWaterCrisis scandal, saying a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power to issue indictments. It’s an astonishing defeat for the people of Flint. #SaveFlintChallenge
— Water The Planet (@VoLinxx) June 29, 2022
#BREAKING THREAD: As I warned, #FlintWaterCrisis charges against ex-MI Gov. Rick Snyder and 7 other defendants have been dropped due to MI AG Dana Nessel’s stunning bungling of the case…https://t.co/dOMJ7vkzSF
— Jordan (@JordanChariton) June 28, 2022
I have one word for you: Plastics!
Microplastics have been found in our food, drinks and even in human placentas. Now, researchers say they have found the first-ever evidence of microplastics in human blood. https://t.co/yP8lLG2Scp
— FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) March 26, 2022
Oh, Australia
How about you vote out the politicians that spend all their energy protecting coal?
https://twitter.com/xtimu/status/1501359175967731713
Almost there
Satellite observations show the Amazon rainforest is nearing a tipping point where it could shift into a grassland, which could fuel climate change and imperil biodiversity, according to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. https://t.co/hGfEhmjkGx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 7, 2022
Pressure
A reminder: it’s the G7 because they booted Russia out of it, a decision Trump was pushing to reverse, because Putin badly desires the credibility of a major world power, rather than an oil kleptocracy. https://t.co/F1tPwk3brU
— NYC Weboy (aka Wesley) (@nycweboy) February 24, 2022
Wormwood
Fighting has broken out in Chernobyl. https://t.co/GwTpwuhk8u
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 24, 2022
The battle in Chernobyl risked damaging the cement-encased nuclear reactor that melted down in 1986. "Radioactive dust could cover the territory of Ukraine, Belarus and the countries of the European Union," an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister said. https://t.co/fXh6DuYb0N
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2022
What climate change?
Most Mega-Corporations’ Net-Zero Pledges Are Hollow, Report Finds … Empty Shells https://t.co/QM77WkGziK via @truthout
— Moomjy Neiman (@MoomjyN) February 13, 2022
See? No global warming!
Earth's core is cooling at rates faster than previously thought, which could speed the planet's inevitable march toward uninhabitability, researchers say. https://t.co/5Y0UZVzgUP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 19, 2022