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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 8th lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 510,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,730,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,690,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,990,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2024. 2025 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between August and November by looking at the decadal average line positions.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

No fucking shit. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar

Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburg...

www.theguardian.com

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 1d

Vandaag was de Klimaat Persconferentie.

Dit was mijn bijdrage:
youtu.be/COifbYJkQMo

Klimaat Persconferentie Leon Simons over versnelde opwarming van de Aarde

YouTube video by Leon Simons

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Colorado Climate Center @climate.colostate.edu · 2d

Some further details on the rainfall and flooding in southwest Colorado last week, including storm-total rain amounts, comparison to a similar event in October 1911, and improvements to the drought situation in the area. #cowx

More on the October 2025 rain and floods in southwest Colorado - Colorado Climate Blog

Our post from over the weekend highlighted the first round of heavy rainfall and flooding in southwest Colorado. There was a break in the rain on Sunday, October 12, and then a second round of heavy r...

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 1d

As Gaza enters a new chapter, West Bank journalists speak out about the growing threats to their work and lives
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/gaza-en...

As Gaza enters a new chapter, West Bank journalists speak out about the growing threats to their work and lives

Four Palestinian reporters share how military repression, settler attacks and restrictions on movement create extreme challenges to journalism in the territory.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

California is protecting environmental expertise by hiring fired federal EPA scientists for key state roles.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

'I have no regrets': Ex-federal officials flock to California

California officials are using the government shutdown to recruit more federal workers.

www.politico.com

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 1d

A South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed 3,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant, citing multiple reasons, including failure to adequately consult local residents and consider the full impact on climate change.

South Africa court halts natural gas power plant project, cites climate commitments

A South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed 3,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant. The court cited multiple reasons for its…

news.mongabay.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d

Fossil fuels pollute & create climate change. Its costs far exceed its price.

Policy'd raise price closer to its true cost, creating better incentives, shifting us toward clean energy that doesn't impose such harms.

The revenue used to raise buildings' efficiency 👍
sahanjournal.com/climate-envi...

Minneapolis City Council considers raising power bill fees to fund eco-friendly improvements

The Minneapolis City Council is considering a proposed ordinance that would increase franchise fees on power bills to fund eco-friendly improvements for homeowners and property owners.

sahanjournal.com

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 1d

How can we tell temperatures from thousands of years ago?

Sher-Rine Kong has been studying a lake in Svalbard, and her research suggest that temperatures during the Early Holocene - around 11,700 years ago - were up to 3.5 °C warmer than today.

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How can researchers reveal the temperature in a lake on Svalbard 11,700 years ago?

YouTube video by Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 1d

CA recently took a big step forward by authorizing a Western RTO, but coordinating so many states and utilities with such different interests and portfolios is messy and complicated:
washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/10/13/r...

The West's power grid could be stitched together — if red and blue states buy in • Washington State Standard

For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to pool solar power in Arizona, wind in Wyoming, hydro in Washington and battery storage in Califor...

washingtonstatestandard.com

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Climate Watcher @pmagn.bsky.social · 2d

Japanese scientists have found ~10 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.

Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/...

Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds

Japanese scientists have found between 6.7 and 13.9 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.

www.aljazeera.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 2d

As vice-chair & chair of Brookfield Asset Management:
Rosebank oil & gas field, UK
Inter Pipeline, Canada
Abu Dhabi Natural Gas Infrastructure
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
East West Pipeline, India
Dalrymple Bay coal port, Australia

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 2d

One for all the people posting on X

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

China has electrified faster than almost any other country - electricity’s share of its energy use is up 10% in a decade.

Since 2019 it’s built 40% of global wind & solar, boosting their share in power generation by nearly 20% points.

Energy independence meets industrial strategy.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Quite a week - after my appearance at the European Energy Council in Luxembourg yesterday I spoke at the Heat Pump Forum in Madrid today, organised by AFEC and hosted by Iberdrola under the theme “Heat pumps: an asset for energy security and grid flexibility.”

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 1d

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺46c
46.1 Birdsville
QUEENSLAND HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER

44.8 Bourke
NEW SOUTH WALES HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER

Dozens of records pulverized with extreme margins👇
Australian climatic history rewritten

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 2d

👇🏽a good society -needs- diversity, it's better, but segregated people usually don't know because politics and media in certain economies... We need to prime them to support progressive policy, but how?

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Burnaby has resisted any change during the 15 years that Vancouver has had lane houses, so they’re very late to the party.

The n’bour anxiety is real but will fade once people get used to different housing types and start seeing new families and other new residents coming back to the community.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing its listless campaign implode as it’s reduced to smearing the bejaysus out of its opponent, worth recalling that Fine Gael has NEVER backed a successful presidential candidate.
Ever.

www.thejournal.ie/heather-hump...

Humphreys questioned about credit union that she managed taking debtors to court

Humphrey has been critical of her rival Connolly for representing banks in home repossession cases during the recession.

www.thejournal.ie

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 2d

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 2d

45 major meat & dairy corporations generated more than 1bn tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions eq

Largest 5 emitters analysed - JBS, Marfrig, Tyson, Minerva, and Cargill - together produced 480 mn tonnes, surpassing emissions reported for Chevron, Shell, or BP

www.businessgreen.com/news/4520605...

Study: Emissions from top meat and dairy companies rival those of Saudi Arabia

Major new report estimates methane emissions from leading meat and dairy firms exceeded reported methane of all EU countries and the UK combined

www.businessgreen.com

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