Whisper of Reason"When abstract data becomes tangible — whether through a disappearing skating rink, a parched wetland or a vanishing stream — the urgency of climate change truly hits home. This kind of evidence and lived experiences must drive the action this moment demands."
https://theconversation.com/effective-storytelling-can-encourage-climate-action-from-policymakers-and-the-public-278522
"Mexico’s government is lying about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
On Monday, Greenpeace Mexico, the Mexican Alliance Against Fracking and the Mexican Center for Environmental Rights presented satellite images they captured. The images show that the root of the spill was actually a pipeline from Mexico’s state-run oil company, Pemex, and that a large oil slick appeared in early February."
https://apnews.com/article/gulf-of-mexico-veracruz-oil-spill-environment-pemex-pipeline-a38d99ba63e41a288c54afd0f82432c9
Environmentalists say Mexico lied about origins of Gulf oil spill
Environmentalist groups say Mexico’s government lied about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, accusations authorities promptly denied. The spill of off the coast of the southern Veracruz state has spread more than 373 miles and into seven nature reserves. The government said the spill started in March and the sources were a ship anchored off the coastal state of Veracruz and two sites from which oil naturally flows. A group of 17 organizations contradicted that claim and said on Monday that satellite images they captured show the root of the spill was actually a pipeline from Mexico’s state-run oil company, PEMEX, and that a large oil slick appeared in early February.
"While we were focused on state-level policy, the Trump administration was opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, reversing vehicle emission standards, withdrawing from international climate agreements again, eliminating the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits, and staffing the EPA with fossil fuel executives.
We need a movement that can force Trump out of office."
https://www.sunrisemovement.org/movement-updates/rising-to-the-moment-why-the-climate-movement-must-tackle-authoritarianism
Rising to the Moment: Why the Climate Movement Must Tackle Authoritarianism - Sunrise Movement
By: Aru Shiney-Ajay, Sunrise Movement Executive Director In early 2025, Sunrise launched a campaign to make polluters pay for the effects of climate disasters. This campaign had the usual strengths: a focused message, easy to villainize targets, and real opportunities for state-level wins. It allowed us to engage the public directly following climate disasters, when […]
I just blocked a trollbot for saying it's "childish" to criticize the German government's woefully insufficient climate plan because "it's the first step in the right direction."
It's childish to gleefully applaud Merz and Reiche. They work for the fossil fuels lobby, and now they want to greenwash their track record and evade responsibility by maybe or maybe not (remember, it's still just a plan) throwing a few eurocents towards the green energy.
"Greenpeace slammed the plan as insufficient, saying it relies mostly on "optimistic" projections, and Greens party MP Katharina Dröge dismissed it as "a blatant deception".
The government, Dröge said, had so far "opted for wishful thinking and dependence on oil and gas" - disastrous choices."
https://www.thelocal.de/20260325/environmental-groups-say-germanys-new-climate-action-plan-is-deceptive
Environmental groups say Germany's new climate action plan is 'deceptive'
Germany released its latest climate action plan, which purportedly aims to meet the country's goals of achieving significant emissions cuts by 2030 and later years. But environmental groups say the measures announced are not nearly enough.
"Parts of Kenya remain submerged. Floods have claimed at least 66 lives and forced more than 2,000 families from their homes. In the DRC, the Congo River reached its highest level in sixty years in 2024, leaving nearly two million people in distress.
It's a crisis driven by rising temperatures, the relentless expansion of fossil fuels, and decisions made by governments and corporations that knowingly chose to ignore the consequences."
https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/blog/60275/climate-crisis-in-africa-time-for-legal-action-has-come/
@liesvanrompaey Which is why I mostly ignore the whole thing and the surrounding noise.
People who still consider this crisis a mere affordability or convenience issue instead of acknowledging the harsh reality of climate destruction and mass extinction driven by their addiction to fossil fuels are inherently unreliable. They will turn our backs on us again as soon as the prices drop.
"49 percent of migratory species populations are now in decline, up from 44 percent two years earlier. Around 24 percent face extinction globally.
Sharks and rays populations declined by about half since 1970. Freshwater migratory fish populations droppped by an average of 81 percent between 1970 and 2020.
26 migratory species have moved into higher extinction-risk categories, including 18 birds."
https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20260323-nearly-half-of-migratory-species-in-decline-as-un-summit-opens-cop15-brazil-climate-change
Nearly half of migratory species in decline as UN summit opens
A UN summit on migratory species opens in Brazil on Monday as scientists warn that the long journeys of whales, fish, birds and other animals are being disrupted by climate change and human activity – with risks for ecosystems, food supplies and coastal economies.
"Researchers from Lund University and Stanford University found that these untouched forests store 78 to 89 percent more carbon. This carbon exists in living trees, dead wood, and even deep in the soil.
The difference between old-growth and managed forests is far greater than earlier estimates. Researchers found that the gap is 3 to 8 times larger than what scientists previously thought."
https://www.earth.com/news/old-growth-forests-hold-far-more-carbon-than-managed-forests
"A Wisconsin biogas facility billed as climate-friendly is emitting nearly 5,000 metric tons of methane a year — equal to 30,000 gas cars. Such digesters were meant to cut emissions."
Remember: there's no such thing as clean or green methane.
https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/manure-digester-leaking-climate-warming-methane/
WATCH: Massive manure digester leaking climate-warming methane
A Wisconsin biogas facility billed as climate-friendly is emitting nearly 5,000 metric tons of methane a year — equal to 30,000 gas cars. Such digesters are meant to cut emissions, but critics say leaks, pollution and hidden costs raise serious concerns.