(From news clippings from the Sierra Club that we belong to and donate to…)
A school groundskeeper who says his non-Hodgkin lymphoma was caused by Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide is awarded $289 million by a San Francisco jury.
Atmospheric CO2 levels are higher than they have been in 800,000 years.
July in Death Valley is the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, with an average Temperature of 108 F. In parts of Japan it was 106 F, a new national record.
Fossil fuel companies have spent nearly $2 billion since the year 2000, lobbying the government not to take action on climate change, outspending climate activists by a factor of 10 to one.
Reductions in air pollution from coal-fired power plants, automobiles, and manufacturing are offset by increased pollution from wildfires.
Russian hackers seek the ability to disrupt the U.S. electrical grid.
Two-thirds of Republicans believe that humans are causing climate change and that we should do something about it but don’t speak out because they assume their GOP peers are climate skeptics.
As the population of rural Japan shrinks, bears move into towns. Drought causes emus to invade a town in Australia’s outback. Goats run wild in Boise.
French crows are being trained to pick up cigarette butts and other litter.
Pleistocene worms that were frozen in Siberia’s permafrost for 42,000 years are brought back to life.
North Atlantic waters are too warm to cool nuclear power plants in Norway and Finland, leading some to shut down.
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This is upsetting! It’s obvious that we NEED to do something and soon!!!!
Yes. It seems our “need to do something soon” days are running out of time.
I agree, we are in dire times!
When some of the most intelligent beings on the planet are stranding themselves on beaches to die in record numbers…..not good. “Thanks for the fish.”
Yes… things are not going well with what humans are doing to this planet.
I wish WordPress had an “I agree” instead of Like. I don’t think any of us actually “like” what is happening around this world.
Frightening truths.
Yes indeed!
There are facts all over to support climate change but many people refuse to acknowledge them.
Yes, the current U.S. administration has been vehemently denying global warming. Scary!
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Thank you, TJ! I like this one a lot! 🙂
That Norway is closing because the water is to hot maybe is true, but not Finland. They are located in the Baltic sea area far from North Atlantic, neighbor to Sweden.
OK… Thank you, John! Maybe some shut down temporarily now and then…
It is common to shut down nuclear power plants and instead fire with environmentally hazardous coal power plants! Here in Sweden we have closed a large and more are about to close. The politicians are so idiotic …
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Yes indeed!
It’s amazing that there are still people who refuse to believe in climate change. They are either delusional or just turning a blind eye because they gain something out of this.
A lot of our neighbors and uneducated relatives are delusional. People in the U.S., a lot of them, believe what one particular news channel spews out. It’s like Naziism!
monkey say never underestimate power of greed to put money before all else. look at scuzzball politician & fossil fuel industry & monsanto & tobacco company mass murderers etc etc etc if proof necessary. ignorance come in close 2nd to greed in destruction of earth planet. and then in 3rd place come plain old human stupidity.
Yes, all 3 are factors, especially unmitigated greed (which is a form of ignorance).
I understand your sorrowful thoughts and I wish that a lot of people share them and understand that it is 5 to 12 or even less. Regards Mitza
Thanks, Mitza. We truly are running out of time. Things will bounce back after us.
Very worrying facts. 😩
For sure!
And there is no such thing as global warming?
Many of my relatives and neighbors insist that global warming is a big hoax, thanks to things like Fox News.
One wonders if we will continue to enjoy the beauty you’ve captured when there is little being done to curb the devastation to the environment.
We won’t be around to enjoy it but it will bounce back after us.
Just watched a BBC program “Just over a century ago, there were more than 200,000 wild lions living in Africa. Today, there are only about 20,000; lions are extinct in 26 African countries.”. The state of the world makes me very sad everywhere you look there are warnings concerns yet so few actions.
Yes, many animals species have gone extinct and tons more will follow. The animals and plants will bounce back after us, fortunately.
WOW! When you read it all together it’s very scary.
Very scary! Our species has succumbed to miseducation and greed.
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Thanks to Tom for compiling these news clipping. — kenne
Thanks so much, Ken! I wish it was a more joyful cheerful blog instead of the harsh facts.
Several days ago, after the dire “National Climate Assessment was released, our President responded to a question from a Washington Post Reporter as follows:
DAWSEY: You said yesterday when you were leaving that you were skeptical of a climate change report that the government had done. Can you just explain why you’re skeptical of that report?
TRUMP: One of the problems that a lot of people like myself — we have very high levels of intelligence, but we’re not necessarily such believers. You look at our air and our water, and it’s right now at a record clean. But when you look at China and you look at parts of Asia and when you look at South America, and when you look at many other places in this world, including Russia, including — just many other places — the air is incredibly dirty. And when you’re talking about an atmosphere, oceans are very small. And it blows over and it sails over. I mean, we take thousands of tons of garbage off our beaches all the time that comes over from Asia. It just flows right down the Pacific, it flows, and we say where does this come from. And it takes many people to start off with.
I just shook my head in dis-belief. M 😦
Clarifying my post above, note Trump’s words end after “…Start off with.” ) M
consideration should be givem to the thought processes of Mr. Trump
“Record clean” my ass! Just another damn lie from the lying, crass dictator-lover. California is burning like mad and spewing out smoke pollutants all across the U.S., carbon dioxide readings are hitting highs to the sky, and oil spillage damage is still problematic… and he says we are at a record clean!
These were all very interesting … no, make that fascinating facts Tom. We had strange weather today – 60 degrees and I guess that was out Indian Summer. Other midwest states had similar weather and an annual penguin parade for Christmas had to be cancelled as penguins cannot leave their frosty environment in temps that are too warm for them. Global warming causing colder Winters now except flukes like today … and that weather spawned tornadoes I heard.
Expect a whole lot more extremely windy weather and strange weather in the future, Linda. Unfortunately, it will be the new norm.
Yes, seeing the damage from the tornadoes does shake you up – tornadoes in December? We had the warm spell yesterday, 60 degrees and just a fluke, as we had sleet this morning when I was out. We have consistently been 20 degrees colder than usual all Fall and even in October, just like you said before about how the climate change is affecting our wintry weather. More things to worry about Tom.
Ancient bugs coming back to life is a frightening development given the thawing of the permafrost. What awaits us?
Yes, what kinds of viruses can emerge?! Dangerous times!
And the earth is flat! Denial seems to be the order of the day.
Scary about how gullible and ignorant people can be!
Yes, and galling when some of us can readily see and understand it, sigh
Sad! I know there are serious changes in the environment. When I look back over the 13 years we’ve lived in this house, the number of birds visiting has declined and this year I only saw 1 frog the entire season. In the early years I’d see several every day. I might also have to climb the fence sometime and put the rake to work in the woods! 😉 Only fools keep denying the seriousness of climate change!
There are plenty of fools out there, Sabine… oodles of them. When i was a kid, bees were everywhere. Now they occur in small numbers. I notice a lot of insect populations dwindling, and frogs, etc…
It’s the same here!
Thank you for offsetting the bad with this beautiful image, Tom!
Yes, thank you, Susi! 🙂
Hi Tom – I heard this story on the news today – Googled and apparently this happened earlier this year, but still interesting, especially for you who collects fossils:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/dog-makes-archeological-find-in-owner-s-backyard/25348771
Awesome article and video, Linda! It made smiles happen here! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it Tom – when I heard the story on the radio, I knew I had to find the article for you. 🙂
Hey, I’m making a blog about environmental issues on my page for a school project, and I need to have interactions with people in the comments. If you could take second just to ask a question or gives feedback on one of my posts that would be great! 🙂