Clif @Clif@qoto.org

The proposed LNG terminal would be on a floating platform at the mouth of the Nass River bordering the Alaska Panhandle. The facility aims to produce 12 million tonnes of LNG a year. A major new pipeline would be needed to carry fracked methane gas from northeastern B.C. to the terminal, where it would be liquified and loaded on tankers for shipment to Asia

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/01/10/opinion/canada-next-big-lng-project-may-be-sleeper-climate-issue-2024

#BC #canada #Alaska #USA #US #Asia #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Good news: Several new studies reveal that getting multiple #COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms.

Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Risk: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccination-dramatically-lowers-long-covid-risk/

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #vaccination #vaccines #SARSCoV2

As always, my last post of the year reminder...

Reducing emissions will reduce future climate warming and impacts. The time is now. Visualization made by https://globalcarbonbudget.org

Thank you all for following in 2023! 🙂

Want to keep up with climate news in the popular press-- fast and efficiently? You could do worse than paying a regular visit to our weekly SkS Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup.

Our final edition for 2023 includes 49 ledes and links to climate change and climate science in the eyes of public perception.

Highlighted article for #52: "Moments of hope and resilience from the climate frontlines," via the BBC.

Each item just two clicks away.

#ClimateNews
https://skepticalscience.com/2023-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_52.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

Detailed NASA analysis finds Earth and Amazon in deep climate trouble

Disturbingly, their findings indicate that a 2°C increase could be reached between 2041 and 2044 (under higher and lower emission scenarios, respectively) in comparison with the preindustrial period (1850-1900). The planet is currently at 1.15°C (2.07°F) above 19th century levels, with most of this warming occurring since 1975.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/detailed-nasa-analysis-finds-earth-and-amazon-in-deep-climate-trouble/

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #Nasa

A fair and important point. The drafters of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment understood why you needed to keep dangerous insurrectionists off the ballot in the first place.

Humans might have driven 1,500 bird species to extinction — twice previous estimates
Humans are probably responsible for the extinction of 12% of bird species, many of which were never documented.

news:
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-04065-4

paper:
Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of human-driven extinction waves
Cooke+
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43445-2

Young Voters Overwhelmingly Support Biden Over Trump, Finds Economist/YouGov Poll  - The Messenger

https://themessenger.com/politics/young-voters-overwhelmingly-support-biden-over-trump-finds-economist-yougov-poll

Another week and another raking of ashes refusing to entirely cool.

"What is causing the increase in atmospheric CO2?"

It beggars belief, but this faint hot-spot of cultivated ignorance still glows a little bit. Why? Because pretending we don't know will allow monetization of fossil fuels to continue just a little longer.

Revised and updated: our #ClimateMythDebunking of this closed question. Comments and suggestions welcome-- a convenient form is provided!

https://skepticalscience.com/co2-increase-is-natural-not-human-caused.htm?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

Another global sea level update with satellite altimetry data now processed through early November 2023 🌊

+ Note that this graph was produced by https://aviso.altimetry.fr/en/data/products/ocean-indicators-products/mean-sea-level.html

Revealed: Ads Urging Canadians to Oppose Climate Laws Paid for by Gas Industry

“Voice of Energy” is a new ad campaign and website featuring photos of diverse and well-dressed young people, explainers making the case for natural gas while downplaying its massive contribution to climate change, and videos urging viewers to join in an effort to “protect” the fossil fuel against laws restricting new gas hookups in buildings

https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/21/revealed-ads-urging-canadians-to-oppose-climate-laws-paid-for-by-canadian-gas-association/

#canada #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Corrupting the Future: The Sines 4.0 Data Center That Collapsed Portugal's Government

If it came to fruition, Sines 4.0 would consume almost as much energy as that produced in all Portuguese dams in 2022, and much more than all the solar energy produced in the same year

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/sines-4-0-data-center-portugal

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #Portugal

First Street finds, 3.2 million Americans moved away from high-flood-risk 🌊 areas between 2000 & 2020. The full extent of migration has been hidden, however, since most people didn’t move far https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-18/more-than-3-million-americans-are-already-climate-migrants-researchers-say #ClimateRisk

Dr. James Hansen (Director of Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions program in the Columbia University Earth Institute): “The climate denial serpent lives, even as climate change emerges. Kutney rightly thrashes the serpent, for the sake of us all, especially young people.”

https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Denial-in-American-Politics-ClimateBrawl/Kutney/p/book/9781032592794

Unable to attract the support of a majority of voters, Republicans are left to try to rig the voting rules and exploit election loopholes. Put simply, to ensure their electoral survival, Republicans need to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/republicans-want-to-make-it-harder-to-vote-and-easier-to-cheat/