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Workers tend to herbs grown beneath solar panels in a photovoltaic plantation in Lihua, Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,

Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Military spending and military emissions: the hidden links Hannah Huibregtsen, Leiden University, highlights the problems of under-reporting of military greenhouse gas emissions, as huge military spending targets are being agreed.  Responsible Science blog, 2...

The #ReArmEurope Plan could increase EU-NATO’s military carbon footprint to 95 MtCO₂e, up 140% on 2021, and greater than the annual national emissions of Portugal or Croatia, writes Hannah Huibregtsen for @responsiblesci.bsky.social www.sgr.org.uk/resources/mi... #NATO #NATOsummit #ClimateCrisis

Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice

Climate Cafe | Substack A place for discussion of the climate system, the reality and seriousness of climate change, and efforts to control GHG emissions and increase resilience to mounting climate-driven economic and social...

This is really exciting - a new Substack by a team of very senior climate experts who collectively represent centuries (yes, really!) of experience in emissions, economics, health and more: @krisebi.bsky.social, Ben Santer, Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Rich Richels & Bud Ward, all legends in our field.

"The incident was the latest in nearly daily mass deaths of Palestinians who were seeking aid in past weeks, including near sites operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation."

Trump’s ‘gas-guzzling’ parade will produce planet-heating pollution costs, analysis says Among other concerns, the US military parade will produce as much pollution as created to heat 300 homes for a year

Trump’s US Army birthday parade this weekend will produce the same amount of ghg emissions as 300 homes produce in 1 year, according to ‘
@ips-dc.org. The parade is due to include more than 6,000 soldiers, 49 aircraft and 128 vehicles.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bloody hell. Literally now in fascist United States.

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

La polycrise au Sahel : observations, perspectives et actions La crise sécuritaire au Sahel aurait débuté à partir de 2012. Depuis, la région ne semble connaitre qu’une succession de crises, notamment au Burkina Faso, au Mali et au Niger. De nombreux universi...

Notre art « La polycrise au Sahel : observations, perspectives et actions » en accès libre jusqu'à la fin du mois d'août, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec ECAS!!

N'hésitez pas à partager cet art co-écrit avec @charbonneaub.bsky.social, C. Jourde, N. Compaoré, @pmfrowd.bsky.social et G. Goyet!

John Vaillant: Mark Carney should understand better than anyone why Canada is burning. Here’s how he can change course Many reasons for our intense wildfire season are well-known. Our leaders need to do the math in order to save our economy - and us

An extremely important column from John Vailliant. #ClimateCrisis
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Stop what you’re doing and watch this immediately.

Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.

They are demanding action from Mark Carney.

Their testimony is our failure.

Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social

Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

Could this be the biggest climate story of the year?

For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand

Full analysis + outlook by Lauri Myllyvirta:

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Gaza will be entirely destroyed

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Bruce Arthur: Danielle Smith is playing with fire when she flirts with Alberta separation The Alberta premier is indulging in the reckless, dangerous stuff of modern right-wing populism, Bruce Arthur writes.

Danielle Smith is playing with matches in the country's biggest gas station. I'm not sure she realizes how dangerous it could be, or whether she cares. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Climate Security Association of Canada - Events

The Climate Security Association of Canada annual conference starts this Monday, 5 May through 7 May. We will be discussing the futures of war and peace under climate change conditions. Hybrid format. Check our great program and sign up!
www.csac-acsc.org/Events

La polycrise au Sahel : observations, perspectives et actions La crise sécuritaire au Sahel aurait débuté à partir de 2012. Depuis, la région ne semble connaitre qu’une succession de crises, notamment au Burkina Faso, au Mali et au Niger. De nombreux universi...

Un commentaire collectif sur la polycrise au Sahel. @pmfrowd.bsky.social @charbonneaub.bsky.social N. Compaoré, G Goyet, C Jourde et moi-même - discutons du potentiel heuristique de la notion de polycrise.

#Sahel #polycrise

@flshudes.bsky.social
@cerium-udem.bsky.social

Book Review: ‘What’s Left,’ by Malcolm Harris “What’s Left,” by Malcolm Harris, arrives at a particularly difficult time to consider anything beyond our immediate turmoil.

Fantastic @adamtooze.bsky.social review, with thoughts on "Abundance" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/b...

Chartbook 372 "We create our own reality" - Trump's delirious negative-sum populism, or how the Empire comes home. As Trump’s erratic and extreme trade policy shakes the world economy, the basic question of this week is the classic question of realistic political analysis: Who benefits?

"Something has happened to US political culture that divorces large parts of it from social reality...“cultural experiments” of the type that Trump and his gang are undertaking...are no longer shot down. The bubble is not burst. The madness is everyone’s reality" open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 leapt 6% immediately after the announcement, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite soared almost 8%. Follow our live news coverage of the trade war: www.ft.com/content/f3e0...

Chartbook 370: Is a "Treasury market unwind" in progress? Wednesday morning and the overnight fin-fi panic. (Part 2) A specter is stalking global financial markets.

The latest Chartbook just dropped!
Is a "Treasury market unwind" in progress?

Defensie wil uitzondering op milieuregels om te groeien 'voor het vaderland' Er moeten niet alleen tienduizenden militairen bij komen, maar die mensen moeten ook ergens wonen en trainen, zegt staatssecretaris Tuinman.

Militaries are already exempted from a wide range of EU environmental laws and standards; the rush to rearm in Europe has now encouraged the Dutch #military to seek dedicated legislation supporting this environmental exceptionalism nos.nl/artikel/2561...