Eric LawtonMay 8

"Ford Motor to receive $464M from feds to pivot to F-series production at Oakville plant after EV plans scrapped"

Huge gas-guzzlers, instead of EVs?

Don't we care about young people with decades of #climateDisaster ahead of them?

What is Carney thinking?

*Subsidizing* carbon emissions?

#carBrain #FinanceBrain

https://www.thestar.com/business/ford-motor-to-receive-464m-from-feds-to-pivot-to-f-series-production-at-oakville-plant-after-ev-plans-scrapped/article_bf463a35-d485-4460-82fa-9a58ce9ae6a9.html

Ford Motor to receive $464M from feds to pivot to F-series production at Oakville plant after EV plans scrapped

The plant has been idle for roughly two years, and is expected to restart production this fall.

Toronto Star
TruoneMay 8
#outbreaks like the current #HantaVirus are in part caused by #climatechange. #Cruiseships on the other hand, produce gigantic amounts of #carbondioxide, #co2. And the #tourists that climb on these ships love to sail to the #artic to take a #FinalLook at the melting #icecaps and ruined #ecosystem, before they disappear forever. It’s #ironic, they seem to have come #fullcircle
#irony #climate #climatehumour #climatedisaster #oil
Democracy Matters May 6

A new report found that the state’s coastal areas have “crossed the point of no return.”

I Doubt EPA Head Lee Zeldin Will Do Anything About the Impending Climate Disaster in Louisiana
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a71231912/climate-change-report-coastal-louisiana-lee-zeldin/

#EPA #LeeZeldin #ClimateDisaster #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

I Doubt EPA Head Lee Zeldin Will Do Anything About the Impending Climate Disaster in Louisiana

A new report found that the state’s coastal areas have “crossed the point of no return.”

Esquire
Eric LawtonApr 29

RE: https://flipboard.com/@globeandmail/business-hsh2uqeaz/-/a-O5vr4zyvRLGMUgQQVnbWnA%3Aa%3A729020400-%2F0

Ten years ago, these "full-sized" trucks and SUVs would have been considered monsters.

Ramping up the production of monster V8 engines is unconscionable as they drive our climate of a cliff.

#carBrain #climateDisaster

Eric LawtonApr 25

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/officials-hugely-underestimated-impact-of-ai-datacentres-on-uk-carbon-emissions

AI™ is a #climateDisaster

The underestimate was either deliberate or at least wilful ignorance.

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergency

The Guardian
🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇨🇦Apr 20

After Trump's environmental and war policies take root, here's what you can expect.

"Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit"

#ClimateDisaster #ClimateChange #Environment #News #Science #Ukraine #Nuclear #War #Technology #Evolution #Politics #EU #UN

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-chernobyl-nature-rebounds-a0b252dc78a539947835acec8540b9fe

The rewilding of Chernobyl shows nature’s resilience

Wildlife is thriving again four decades after the nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant in what became the exclusion zone created by the forced mass evacuations of the population. Wolves, bears and lynx have rebounded in the radioactive landscape, along with a rare breed of horses native to Mongolia. Scientists say it shows nature’s ability to recover when human activity is removed. Hidden cameras have revealed the animal population adapting by using abandoned buildings for shelter. Chernobyl remains too dangerous for people but has become an unexpected refuge — and research site — for resilient ecosystems shaped by disaster and war.

AP News
Eric LawtonApr 9

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/08/extreme-weather-heatwaves-breaching-human-survival-limits-study-finds

> Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

#climateDisaster

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds

Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

The Guardian
Eric LawtonApr 9

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction | Climate crisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction

> Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

#climateDisaster

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

The Guardian
Michael Kratzenberg 📢Mar 18
We're so cooked because evil politicians on evil CEO payrolls refused to act. In some cases reversing any incremental climate actions. Nothing matters to them but money. No morals No justice. Just the power of currency.

#climatechange #climate #ClimateDisaster #fossilfuels
Show threadanlomedadMar 17

@ZLabe

And here's the number of temporary displaced people due to weather-related disasters.
While the time series is short and I also didn't bother to set it into relation of population growth,
the societally relevant impact of Zack's "Global Mean Anything" is palpable in the years with low numbers of displacements: These lower numbers are on the rise.

#ClimateChange #ClimateDisaster #ExtremeWeather #GlobalMean