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#climatecrisis

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Yogthos

Major banks, including Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan, have acknowledged that climate change is likely to exceed the Paris Agreement's 2-degree Celsius temperature limit and are adjusting their strategies accordingly. These financial institutions have published reports for clients and investors detailing their plans to maintain profits in a future with severe global warming.

scientificamerican.com/article

6 bundles of US $100 bills standing vertically on edge of white shelf.
Scientific American · Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Climate ChangeBy Corbin Hiar
#climatecrisis#capitalism
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frank :anarchy_bi: (he / they)

REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #8
*by Diane di Prima*

Everytime you pick the spot for a be-in
a demonstration, a march, a rally, you are choosing the ground
for a potential battle.

You are still calling these shots.

Pick your terrain with that in mind.

Remember the old gang rules:
stick to your neighborhood, don’t let them lure you
to Central Park everytime, I would hate
to stumble bloody out of that park to find help:
Central Park West, or Fifth Avenue, which
would you choose?

//

go to love-ins
with incense, flowers, food, and a plastic bag
with a damp cloth in it, for tear gas, wear no jewelry
wear clothes you can move in easily, wear no glasses
contact lenses
earrings for pierced ears are especially hazardous

//

try to be clear
in front, what you will do if it comes
to trouble
if you’re going to try to split stay out of the center
don’t stampede or panic others
don’t waver between active and passive resistance
know your limitations, bear contempt
neither for yourself, nor any of your brothers

//

NO ONE WAY WORKS, it will take all of us
shoving at the thing from all sides
to bring it down.

#NationalPoetryMonth#organizing#resistance
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Bread and Circuses

One of the major worries about climate tipping points is that it’s impossible for anyone, even the smartest of scientists, to say with any certainty how soon each of them might be reached or what will happen then.

Could one tipping point trigger another?

Yes, probably, but we don’t for sure which ones or exactly how. And we can’t really predict the timing or the magnitude of positive feedbacks and cascading effects, when multiple tipping points might overlap and reinforce and possibly amplify each other.

It’s not the fault of the scientists. They’re doing the best they can with the evidence and the tools they have. But it’s all quite unpredictable because they have never been in this position before. No one ever has.

What capitalist industry and commerce has done just in the last three decades, pumping nearly a *trillion* tons of CO₂ into the air, has no precedent. Never before in Earth’s history has so much carbon dioxide been added to the atmosphere over such a short period of time.

Because human lifespans are short, 30 years may seem like a long time to us — but in geological terms, that’s merely the blink of an eye. On such a scale, it’s literally as if we have detonated a bomb.

Welcome to the nightmare.

Map of Earth showing locations of "Nine climate tipping points where rising global temperatures could push parts of the Earth system into irreversible change." Included are Greenland ice sheet disintegration, permafrost loss, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation breakdown, boreal forest shift, West Antarctic ice sheet disintegration, Amazon rainforest dieback, West African monsoon shift, Indian monsoon shift, and coral reef dieback.
#Science#Environment#Climate
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Bread and Circuses

I don't know much about bees, but this collection of headlines can't be good.

NBC: Scientists warn of severe honeybee losses in 2025
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scien

CBS: Millions of bees have died this year. It's "the worst bee loss in recorded history," one beekeeper says.
cbsnews.com/news/bee-deaths-fo

ABC: Honeybee colonies could face 70% losses in 2025, impacting agriculture
abcnews.go.com/US/honey-bee-co

Screenshot from top of first linked article. Headline says: "Scientists warn of severe honeybee losses in 2025." Below this is a close-up photo of a bee collecting nectar and pollen from an orange flower.
#Science#Environment#Climate
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Bread and Circuses

People in the know know what's coming.

🔴 Climate scientists know.

🔴 Top Wall Street financiers know.

🔴 Our "leaders" in business and government know.

Global warming *will* exceed 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average. Effectively it already has.

Any hope of staying below 2°C also appears to be lost. We are now heading toward a 3° world, if not higher.

Of course we should continue working hard to limit the catastrophic damage as much as possible. But you’re a fool if you’re not beginning at this point to prepare for the worst — because that's what's coming.

➡️ eenews.net/articles/big-banks-

Screenshot from top of linked article. Headline says: "Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential."
#Science#Environment#Climate
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Nemo_bis 🌈

"Finland's [almost] last active #coal-fired power and heat plant shuts down"

«Environmental campaigners Beyond Fossil Fuels pointed out that Finland's coal exit was "near total", with two small plants elsewhere in #Finland still using some coal in their output and a third coal plant remaining in strategic use for emergencies or consumption peaks.»

reuters.com/business/energy/fi

#ClimateChange#ClimateCrisis#Heatpumps
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