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Stop punishing doctors who take part in climate protests, regulator told | Hundreds of health workers sign letter to General Medical Council calling for halt to suspensions as GP faces jail in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

The medical regulator did not express concerns about the doctors’ clinical capabilities but said their actions undermined public confidence in the profession

The opposite really.

The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Or the 50% of global food production that is mentioned to be impacted.

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The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history (edition.cnn.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14516231

The consequences will be even more catastrophic without urgent action. The water crisis threatens more than 50% of global food production and risks shaving an average of 8% off countries’ GDPs by 2050, with much higher losses of up to 15% projected in low-income countries, the report found.

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UK facing calls at Commonwealth summit to pay billons for role in climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14419452

He added: “For island states – which make up nearly half of the membership of the Commonwealth – it’s a threat which is truly existential. If we cannot find ways to make our countries more resilient to these shocks, we will not survive.”

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‘It’s almost beyond belief’: Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme (www.theage.com.au)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14326042

Australia’s biggest carbon credit scheme is barely removing any greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, according to a new study, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into it by businesses and the government.

One of the study’s authors, Dr Megan Evans from UNSW Canberra, said the findings about the Human Induced Regeneration scheme, known as HIR, pointed to “such huge failures that it’s almost beyond belief”.

‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that only for controlling pine trees?

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The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works (edition.cnn.com)
A Chinese mining company relocated a whole Peruvian town. Now, they are struggling to survive. in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah Chinese companies care even less than Western ones. Good luck with that Peru, enjoy your bed.

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‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge (www.theguardian.com)
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US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories (www.reuters.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13985944

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/32287179

One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.

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US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories (www.reuters.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/32287179

One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.

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Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal, study finds (phys.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13936985

Liquified natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal