The Terrifying truth: Britain’s a hothouse, but one day 40C will seem cool. Bill McGuire
The Prince of Wales has said the “alarming” temperatures across Britain and Europe are a warning that the climate crisis is a genuine emergency as the UK is hit by two days of record-breaking temperatures.
England’s first red weather warning for extreme heat
🔥 was in place across most of the country. Flights were suspended from Luton airport after the soaring temperatures caused damage to the runway.times.co.uk/...
‘Heat apocalypse’ warning in western France as thousands flee wildfire
Nearly 25,000 escape blaze sparked by southern European heatwave that has already killed hundreds of people
"This heatwave has eviscerated the idea that small changes can tackle extreme weather"
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Only noisy protest makes politicians take action to avoid climate catastrophe
From the Suffragettes to the anti-apartheid movement, people taking disruptive action have been on the right side of history guardian.com
- Fatima Ibrahim is co-founder of Green New Deal Rising
Disruptive action on climate issues has worked to force change in the past. In 2008, activists descended on the site of a proposed new coal-fired power station in Kent, the first in the UK in 30 years. A crowd of 100 people quickly grew to more than 1,000.
In recent years disruption has played a huge role in animating public anger and dismay at the government’s lack of ambitious climate action. The sobering Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in late 2018 prompted schoolchildren to strike in their thousands. At the same time, Extinction Rebellion brought huge parts of London to a standstill. This wave of disruption galvanised public concern, leaving the government scrambling for an adequate response. Soon after, it passed a bill committing the UK to net zero emissions by 2050 – the first country in the G7 to do so. This is true not just for climate protesters but in the history of social change. From the Suffragettes to the anti-apartheid movement, people who took disruptive action are now considered to have been on the right side of history, despite often widespread opposition in their time.
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Links:
Why the Arctic Is Warming 4 Times as Fast as the Rest of Earth
The loss of sea ice is exposing darker waters, which absorb more of the sun’s energy. It’s a devastating feedback loop with major consequences for the planet.
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70,000 Acres of Federal Land Were Just Handed to the Fossil Fuel Sector truthout.org/…