PBS NewsHour - The Latest | America's first billion-dollar climate fund sparks spending debate in Portland by Stephanie Sy, Mike Fritz

In 2018, voters in Portland, Oregon, approved a first-of-its-kind climate and justice fund aimed at investing in projects in historically marginalized communities. Since then, the fund has grown, and so has the debate over how that money should be spent. Stephanie Sy reports for our series, Tipping Point.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/americas-first-billion-dollar-climate-fund-sparks-spending-debate-in-portland

#portland #oregon #climatefund #justicefund #tippingpoint

what if you found out
Climate was cheating on you,
no shared future plans

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateDenial #ClimateCrisis #metaphor #cheating #infidelity #betrayal #ClimateBetrayal #TippingPoint #TippingPoints #ClimateTippingPoints #hindsight #AcceleratedHindsight #collapse #extinction

Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels, a former UN climate chief has warned, describing the health impacts of climate change as “the mother of all injustices”.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/sea-level-rise-health-crisis-christiana-figueres

PBS NewsHour - The Latest | How next-gen nuclear could help meet energy demands – and the risks involved by Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes

The Trump administration has rolled back support for many forms of clean energy. One exception is nuclear power. The president wants to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity by 2050, and a new generation of advanced reactors in development could signal the dawn of a new nuclear age. Paul Solman reports for our series, Tipping Point.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-next-gen-nuclear-could-help-meet-energy-demands-and-the-risks-involved

#trumpadministration #u.s. #nuclearpower #tippingpoint

#AMOC #slowdown #shutdown #AMOCshutdown #tippingPoint #EarthSystemAnalysis #PotsdamInstitute #StefanRahmstorf

Dr. #Rahmstorf explains the #Atlantic #overturningCirculation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvZOU7aKjDM

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

PBS NewsHour - The Latest | How climate change has powered the heat wave blanketing much of the U.S. by Ali Rogin, Karina Cuevas

A massive heat dome has been spreading across much of the United States this month, with temperatures reaching historic highs. But it's not an isolated spike. In recent weeks, the country has grappled with a series of extreme weather events. Ali Rogin spoke with Bernadette Woods Placky of Climate Central for our series, Tipping Point.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-climate-change-has-powered-the-heat-wave-blanketing-much-of-the-u-s

#climatechange #unitedstates #heatdome #tippingpoint

I just think it's unfair that people booted off #TippingPoint don't get to keep the money they've earned.

I'm quite, quite sure the show could afford it.