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Doomerism has serious downsides, a recent study found, it doesn’t change beliefs or support for policies, is demoralizing, and fails to motivate action. Communication experts have long known that an “all is lost” presentation about any topic is...
by Besame
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 08:56 PM PDT
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From ABC News today: Several large wildfires continue to tear through northern Texas, including one that has grown into the largest blaze in state history. The Smokehouse Creek Fire that ignited in Hutchinson County remained active as of Thursday...
by Irontortoise
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 09:41 AM PST
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The second largest wildfire in Texas history (the largest was also in the Panhandle) is still burning; www.texastribune.org/… LUBBOCK — Firefighters are still working to extinguish five raging wildfires in the Texas Panhandle that have already...
by BlackSheep1
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 01:07 PM PST
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In June of 2023, smoke emanating from over 200 Canadian wildfires created a blanket of air pollution that impacted health and visibility for millions of Americans from the Midwest to the East Coast. It was a real-time sample of what the future could...
by Marcia G Yerman
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 02:44 PM PST
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Today the Biden Administration announced new policies to protect old growth forests. Building on their first ever nationwide inventory of old and mature forests on public lands, the new priorities focus on combatting climate change with forward looking...
by CorpFlunky
53 comments
on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 12:08 PM PST
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If people can remember societally important acronyms like LGBTQ + and an older generation can’t get toxic advertising acronyms like LSMFT out of their brains (BTW - It stands for “Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco”) we might all want to start remembering...
by Blue Notes
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on Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 11:44 AM PST
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Nov 12, 2023 at 08:19 AM PST
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Hilarious … I ever thought whether she will cause splinter cells in the near future… but anyway... www.rawstory.com/… Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted fellow members of her Republican caucus on Thursday because they did not vote for her motion to...
by ca cokz
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 11:45 AM PDT
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— — Say hello to the “New Normal” America … Apocalypse in New York! Monstrous flood in the largest city in the USA! New York City Area Under State of Emergency After Storms Flood Subways and Strand People [...] Up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain...
by jamess
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on Sat Sep 30, 2023 at 04:11 PM PDT
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This is about a wildly successful test of a KN-95 mask, but... let’s get the unfortunate part over with first: Mr pixxer and I have not weatherstripped our house well enough. Our climate makes air conditioning irrelevant; we do turn on the furnace in...
by pixxer
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
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It’s wildfire season in the West, with the San Francisco area under air quality alerts for part of the past week. Devastating wildfires in California have become all too common in recent years, ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Sat Sep 23, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Lahaina’s beloved giant banyan tree (badly scorched, but hopeful survivor of Maui’s deadly wildfires) is showing new signs of recovery by sprouting a batch of fresh green leaves. A colossal, beloved 150-year-old banyan tree at the centre of Lahaina...
by dmhlt 66
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on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 09:38 AM PDT
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As global warming gets worse and worse, something threatens our species that even most climate activists don’t seem to understand. It’s a phenomenon known mainly to engineers and scientists. It goes by the name of “positive feedback.” Perhaps it’s...
by dratler
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on Sat Sep 16, 2023 at 03:49 PM PDT
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I know I’ve given Artificial Intelligence a bad rap around here. Part of that lies in my cynical belief that, if AI is as smart as it seems to be, it’ll soon figure out that it has no need of us.
by Dartagnan
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on Sat Aug 26, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Aug 22, 2023 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Firefighters battling wildfires in western Canada received help from reinforcements and milder weather Saturday, after the nation’s worst fire season on record destroyed structures, fouled the air with thick smoke, and prompted evacuation orders for...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 03:48 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Aug 18, 2023 at 10:31 PM PDT
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A June study found that most registered voters had not heard of the Inflation Reduction Act with its hundreds of billions of dollars being used to leverage an acceleration of the transition to clean energy so we can zero out the emission of greenhouse...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Aug 20, 2023 at 11:01 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by jeremybloom
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on Wed Aug 16, 2023 at 08:45 PM PDT
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Welcome to Sunday Four-Play! It’s the 19th Sunday of ordinary time, but that’s not important right now. Let’s dive right in, shall we?
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Sun Aug 13, 2023 at 12:30 PM PDT
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