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Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:00:27 +0000

Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows

Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”.

Fires like those in LA could hit Sydney or Melbourne. How prepared are we? | David Bowman for the Conversation

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:09:36 +0000

It’s possible for massive fires to burn in Australian cities. Planning needs to reflect this

As the Los Angeles wildfires rage, we are watching a disaster unfold in real time.

We knew this would happen eventually. We have moved from possible futures to these things now happening. The deferment has ended.

World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:01:23 +0000

Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create

The world’s richest 1% have already used up their fair share of the global carbon budget for 2025, just 10 days into the year.

In less than a week and a half, the consumption habits of an individual from this monied elite had already caused, on average, 2.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, according to analysis by Oxfam GB. It would take someone from the poorest 50% of humanity three years to create the same amount of pollution.

Burned homes and rattled nerves: Altadena residents grapple with toll of deadly LA blaze

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:39:02 +0000

With winds scattering embers across swaths of land, the Eaton fire burns down some houses while leaving others unscathed

Tell us: how have the California wildfires affected you?

Ash was falling gently over the Historic Highlands neighborhood of Pasadena, California, on Thursday as residents began to grapple with the toll of the Eaton fire still being fought in the mountains above.

LA wildfires: what we know so far

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:05:09 +0000

What began as a wildfire in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday has expanded to five fires still burning fiercely on Thursday

A fierce wildfire erupted in the affluent western Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, 7 January, and quickly expanded as a major windstorm whipped up flames.

Revealed: how a US public university courted the gas industry despite climate impacts

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:35:01 +0000

McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’

One of Louisiana’s top public universities has prompted concerns about “corporate capture” over its expanding relationship with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, despite environmental warnings about pollution and prolonging fossil fuel use.

Clouds part for blessing of York Minster’s 184 solar panels

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:33:19 +0000

Panels installed on south quire roof expected to meet a third of church’s electricity needs

“And God said, Let there be light” – and on a witheringly cold winter morning there was light, as the Dean of York carried out a rooftop blessing for the minster’s 184 new solar panels.

The sky was blue and the sun shone when the Very Rev Dominic Barrington led the blessing ceremony as the panels were switched on for the first time. “They were absolutely gleaming,” said one witness.

The chronicle of a fire foretold | Rebecca Solnit

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:00:15 +0000

The current fires in Los Angeles are reminders of the costs of forgetting

The fires raging in and around Malibu are huge, and they’re terrible, and they’re also the latest in a series of catastrophic fires in Los Angeles county and the region, the latest consequence of heat and drought and wind that have long created the region’s volatile fire weather.

Scientists prize neutrality – that doesn’t cut it any more. In 2025, they must fully back the climate movement | Bill McGuire and Roger Hallam

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:00:04 +0000

With 2024 set to go down as the hottest year on record, we know that what is coming is truly horrifying

Ben Jennings on the California wildfires – cartoon

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:41:47 +0000