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We're a news service that helps you understand climate change and what you can do about it. We're on the radio and online at climateconnections.org.
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Before replying with “but you missed…“, think about the categories above more carefully – 99 out of 100 times, it falls into one of them!
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Nearly every climate denial argument I’ve ever heard falls into one of these five categories. 1 - it’s not real 2 - it’s not us 3 - it’s not bad 4 - it’s too hard/costly to fix 5 - it’s too late And you know which is growing the fastest these days? The last one 😳
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Some people may never know they’ve been infected by the valley-fever-causing fungus. For others, the illness can be “relentless.” yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/a-wa...
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On international women’s day we celebrate Eunice Newton Foote, the first climate scientist to be ignored www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/o...
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"U.S. energy production is going gangbusters. Despite persistent false claims that the Biden administration is waging an “unprecedented assault” on American energy, the U.S. is producing energy at a pace never seen before."
The U.S. has never produced more energy than it does today » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org Oil, gas, and renewables are all growing.
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As a medical student 20 years ago, Neha Pathak was ridiculed for suggesting that yoga could help heart patients. It’s just one example of Western medicine’s short-sightedness, she writes:
I’m a doctor. Here’s what Western medicine misunderstands about nature. » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org It takes a dangerously short-sighted approach.
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Along with an overall dearth of U.S. snowfall – thanks largely to El Niño atop longer-term warming – this year has seen some truly odd winter storms, including heavy rain along Colorado's Front Range in early February (!?!) yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/what...
What's behind this winter's U.S. snow drought? » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org Rain-soaked, packed into skinny bands, or simply sparse: U.S. snow has been hammered by El Niño atop longer-term warming.
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Who's up for an environmental film festival this weekend, streamed to your home? Some of the year's best environmental films are available online through Sunday, Feb. 25.
Your guide to 2024’s best environmental films » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org Five highlights from the 2024 Wild and Scenic Film Festival — and how to host your own mini festival this weekend.
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"I realized that one of the levers that I could pull to fight climate change would be to take my money out of banks that invest in fossil fuels." This article by @climateconnections.bsky.social is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration @coveringclimatenow.org: bit.ly/3T3Qca2
Inside my quest for a climate-friendly bankbit.ly When I learned that my bank might be investing my money in fossil fuels, I went looking for an alternative. Here's how you can too.
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An incredibly alarming graph showing just how low the ice cover on the Great Lakes has fallen this winter. From @drjeffmasters.bsky.social's new post: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/grea...
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The always thoughtful Sam Harrington: "I do think there’s something both empowering and motivating and also, you know, very frustrating about the problem of climate change: You are needed to act, but also you — as an individual — can’t solve it yourself." yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/how-...
How your editors deal with climate grief » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org The scope of loss associated with climate change can feel overwhelming.
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„One of the reasons many people avoid discussing climate change or conserving nature is that they underestimate how many others around them already care about it. However, more people believe in climate change and support conservation policies than you think.“ @climateconnections.bsky.social
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For Yale Climate Connections today I reviewed the climate year of 2023 and looked ahead to 2024. We saw a lot of records last year – some good and some bad – including one potentially critical inflection point. Article and 🧵 follow [1/9] yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/clim...
Climate news to watch in 2024 » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org The world made major progress on climate change in 2023. Here’s what could come next.
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Before 2013's Typhoon Haiyan, a reliably measured 195 mph storm had not occurred. Now, there've been 5. Is it time for official Cat 6 ratings? A new paper argues a warming climate is producing a new breed of these superstorms, but more research is needed. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/does...
Does the Saffir-Simpson Scale for hurricanes need a Category 6? » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org Two scientists say that it's time to recognize what a warming planet has done to the fiercest hurricanes.
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Five of the top 10 deadliest wildfires globally since 1900 have occurred since 2018: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/chil...
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We are the heirs of a forgotten “radical revision of our conception of what a city street is for.” The success of the first radical revision proves that a second radical revision is achievable. – Sarah Wesseler reports; illustrations by Antonio Huerta. yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/amer...
American society wasn’t always so car-centric. Our future doesn’t have to be, either. » Yale Cl...yaleclimateconnections.org The surprising history of cars in the U.S. offers hope for a shift toward more climate-friendly transportation options.
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