Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada

3 BILLION BIRDS ARE GONE!

www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-b...

Time series of Earth's global average temperature over time, between 1850 and 2024, as calculated by the Berkeley Earth research group. It depicts the Earth's average temperature as having risen to near or above 1.5C above the late 1800s average by 2023-2024.

And now: A thread regarding my thoughts on "1.5°C"--not only as a Paris Agreement target, but also re: relevance to recent #climate events & overlaps (or not) w/geophysical realities. (This was originally written as a response to a journalist, who used excerpts in their article.)

Climate change summarized.

"Carbon is Forever"

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For those who aren't aware
Turn off your lights whenever possible 🙏 #mercy #insects #biodiversityLoss

The Devastating Role of Light Pollution in the 'Insect Apocalypse' A new study shows excess outdoor light is impacting how insects hunt, mate and make them more vulnerable to predators

For International Dark Skies Week -and every week, every night- know that light pollution is a significant contributor to biodiversity declines and animal populations, especially insects.

Especially the insects.

With Hormuz Shut – Solar, Wind Picking up the Slack Well, hit my head and call me shorty. This seems like Good news. Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air: Global power generation from fossil fuels fell in the first month since the start of th…

With Hormuz Shut, Solar, Wind picking up Slack
thinc.blog/2026/04/15/w...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

So many terrible things happening in the world right now, but this might be the biggest news in terms of long term catastrophic consequences.

This current stops Western Europe turning into Siberia in winter and feeds millions of people on multiple continents

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

These people do not exist in the same world as the rest of us—which makes it all the more worrying that they have so much control over what happens here. trib.al/PKHWiqW

I don't think it's well recognised how much airtime the fossil fuel industry has gotten in traditional media because they're considered "experts" on fossil fuels, and because they have formal, jargony knowledge of oil and gas, that means they *must* be unbiased and rational and neutral somehow

But why has China become a global leader in renewable energy production? Because the fossil fuel industry has used its enormous influence (and funding) to attack any moves towards a transition to renewable energy in the West, using both the libertarian & far right political movements & the media.

Abundance gets it wrong | Green Agenda Simon Copland reviews Klein and Thompson’s Abundance. The book sounds progressive but delivers repackaged trickle-down economics, blaming NIMBYs while ignoring corporate power and capitalist inequalit...

Really enjoyed this detailed autopsy by Simon Copland of the “Abundance” book: “Abundance Gets It Wrong”

greenagenda.org.au/2025/09/abun...

I know they address this but fundamentally, the risk of creating a fake disease to make a strong point wouldn't exist, had academia and the scientific community just outright rejected machines of mass fabrication from the outset.

Do we really need to be doing this, to prove what we already know

A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us.

If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended use destroys our life support systems.

Al Jazeera interview 14/04/2026 YouTube video by Ketan Joshi

Lovely to chat with @aljazeera.com again, this time about the danger of fossil fuel crisis resulting in tax cuts for pollution but also the incredible opportunity from this particular crisis happening when clean technology has never been cheaper

youtu.be/6cG45pCzmYI?...

The swift parrot’s distinctive call was recorded dozens of times in a patch of Tasmanian forest. Then the forest was logged Scientists estimate the endangered bird’s population has slumped to about 750. But the logging agency responsible for clearing its habitat said it acted lawfully

Lots of things going on but here's another story published today

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this week Industry warnings of disruption contrast with government calls for calm

Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...

‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs Satellite data and traditional know-how combined have drastically reduced fires across northern Australia over the past 20 years.

Webapp NAFI theconversation.com/painting-wit...

Blame John Howard for our housing and migration woes, says Amy Remeikis – but is he due some credit too? Australia’s impossible housing crisis, One Nation as a political force, privatised education … how many of our problems can be traced back to John Howard?

A very generous review in the @theconversation.com for Where it all went wrong: theconversation.com/blame-john-h...

It's time for the Australian Government to admit we can’t insure our way out of the climate crisis.

It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

the police presence at Town Hall is unfuckingbelievable. They are deep inside the station, stopping and searching people at the top of the stairs from the platform. Absolutely off the charts I have never seen anything like it and I have protested for over 40 years.

Vale @kudelka.bsky.social

Striated grasswren from my last visit to Gluepot Reserve.
This was a lifer for me at the time and a very fun (but freezing cold!) weekend with a friend who had never been to Gluepot.

Very sad to share the news of this legend of Australian political cartooning, and art. Dear Jon Kudelka has died, and we will be the poorer and more dull for his passing.
Sending love and condolences to his family.
What a legacy of scorching wit and joyful capturing of life he leaves.

Several parts of Australia are likely to face the worst heatwaves since the 2019/2020 bushfires.

Volunteers and underpaid frontline workers will step up to help communities.

Meanwhile, in just one year, the Australian government gave $14.9 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel producers and users.

~80% of emergency services personnel during the 2019/20 bushfires volunteered - earning $0.

We’ll likely see the same in 2026.

Meanwhile, in 2024, CEOs of companies fuelling these fires earned:
- Rio Tinto: $9.2 million
- Santos: $8.4 million
- Woodside: $7.45 million
- Whitehaven: $6.6 million

“The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, told Victorians: “We’ve got your back”.”

This coming from the PM who approved the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf project, which is expected to generate 4 billion tonnes of emissions over 50 years, further fuelling these fires.

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

Trump has just withdrawn the US from a stack of organisations including

(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The fires of climate change The Climate Institute and firefighters say Victoria's blazes were the result of climate change.

The fires of climate change. I wrote this analysis after the deadly 2009 Victorian bushfires. Our ALP/LNP duopoly still will not take leadership in doing what the global community must do - end carbon energy. www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02...

When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.