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What book do you feel deserved a much better media adaptation than what it got?
  • I didn't even recognise the story in the film. I did hear something about amazon making a series adaptation?

  • People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office
  • I think work from home and also the adoption of the 4 day work week will be critical to tackling the climate crisis

  • Gas boiler lobby trying to delay UK’s heat pump plans, leak shows
  • All of the climate reports for the uk suggest we will need air conditioning 10 times more and our heating will be needed less. So the future should absolutely be in air conditioning and two way heat pump systems

  • Gas boiler lobby trying to delay UK’s heat pump plans, leak shows
  • We should probably stop subdising fossil fuel companies so much by this arguement. I'd rather my tax pounds went to subsidising heat pumps than fossil fuels.

    The UK government has given £20bn more in support to fossil fuel producers than those of renewables since 2015, the Guardian can reveal.

    From 2020 to 2021 they received an extra £1bn support from the government compared with 2020, a 10.7% increase. For renewable energy in the same year, total support for projects increased by just £1m, or 0.01%.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/fossil-fuels-more-support-uk-than-renewables-since-2015

  • Gas boiler lobby trying to delay UK’s heat pump plans, leak shows
  • The most frustrating thing with heat pumps is how little help the government are providing. They will cost a fortune to the consumer, especially in houses that need existing heating systems altered to be compatible.

    We need better grants and funding. Way better.

  • Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts
  • Hard to know what to say to these stories anymore. But one idea is:

    One thing you can do is write to your MP or representative.
    Here is a letter template to write to your MP if you are in the uk - you could also use the template in the US or elsewhere in the world : https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/write-to-your-mp

  • Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts
    www.bbc.co.uk Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts

    Missing winter sea ice signals changes that could be a "disaster for the world", scientists say.

    Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts

    > > > Missing winter sea ice signals changes that could be a "disaster for the world", scientists say. > >

    > > > "Are we awakening this giant of Antarctica?" asks Prof Martin Siegert, a glaciologist at the University of Exeter. It would be "an absolute disaster for the world," he says.! > >

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    Exxon says world set to fail 2°C global warming cap by 2050
  • Seems like the reasoning they are going with. Really we need to make it somehow more profitable to do the right/climate focused things.

  • Exxon says world set to fail 2°C global warming cap by 2050
  • Exxon produces less than 3% of the world's daily crude demand and in May its shareholders overwhelmingly rejected calls for stronger measures to mitigate climate change.

  • Exxon says world set to fail 2°C global warming cap by 2050
  • Well yes, I wonder if they had a plan beyond the statement.

  • The UK’s newly appointed minister for net zero is facing questions over her links to a think tank funded by oil giants that called for climate protesters to be jailed.
  • It's true, but also quite damning of our whole political system. I just think we're well past the point of party politics with this issue, it all needs putting aside and we need to see real change.

  • Any Le Creuset fans?
  • I have the same large Dutch oven and we use that and a cast iron pan for basically everything. I envy your le creuset collection we barely have space for the Dutch oven!

  • The UK’s newly appointed minister for net zero is facing questions over her links to a think tank funded by oil giants that called for climate protesters to be jailed.
  • Nooo, can we just actually put someone useful in the position and see how that will help and improve things?

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  • And then you can't get back to sleep after....

  • Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add 150m tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere
  • Well it always is down to something like that, but how depressing. I always think, just how much money do you need?

    Also if you are a great business person, why not diversify in what clearly needs to be future tech and infrastructure?

  • New stills from David Fincher's THE KILLER
  • Fincher, Fassenbender, Tilda Swinton and Trent Reznor on the soundtrack. How could this be a no?

  • New stills from David Fincher's THE KILLER
  • This just keeps getting better and better!

  • Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add 150m tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere
  • Why are we still pushing for coal mines? I would have thought australia would be ideal for solar in certain places.

  • Despite clear signals that Hurricane Idalia was influenced by climate change, less than 2% of US TV news coverage made the link
  • I think keeping it in people's minds is useful. Otherwise it's easy to get wrapped up in your day to day life. I've found that climate stories are often under reported here or categorised as another issue.

  • Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet
    www.bbc.co.uk Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet

    The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

    Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet

    The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

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    Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet
    www.bbc.co.uk Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet

    The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

    Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet

    The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

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    Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists
    www.bbc.co.uk Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists

    A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

    A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

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    Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists
    www.bbc.co.uk Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists

    A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

    A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

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    Oil giant Shell warns cutting production 'dangerous'
    www.bbc.co.uk Oil giant Shell warns cutting production 'dangerous'

    The world's need for fossil fuels is "desperate", Shell's chief executive told the BBC.

    Oil giant Shell warns cutting production 'dangerous'

    I don't know about you but I'm sure glad the chief exec of Shell cares about our futures....

    > > > The world's need for fossil fuels is "desperate", Shell's chief executive told the BBC. > >

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    Can we have a kbin census?

    Apologies if I missed one that has already been held. But I saw a member census of beehaw, which was really interesting. I'm not suggesting gathering of any personally identifying info, but more generally getting a sense of who is here on kbin.

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    Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes
    www.pbs.org Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes

    European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.

    European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.

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