David Merner @DavidMerner

Newly discovered docs dating back to the 1970's reveal that Shell has known about the harm caused by oil & gas for decades.These files aid the massive climate lawsuits targeting Shell: buff.ly/3SmYwRV Hold the companies causing this crisis responsible. #ActOnClimate

We’re on track for 4C well before this century is done. Sometimes, being heartbroken and outraged is the only rational response.

This mobile solar container unfolds and provides solar power, anytime, anywhere. We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

Between 2002 and 2023, Antarctica shed an average of 150 billion metric tons of ice per year. The Thwaites Glacier is ‘hanging on by its fingernails’: buff.ly/44yHuVv There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

Smoke from wildfires, often thousands of miles away, is responsible for a tenth of Britain’s most dangerous form of air pollution, monitors say. Studies suggest that the smoke kills up to 1.5 million people a year worldwide. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Even when it's stormy, tidal power keeps creating energy. This is the O2 tidal project in Scotland. We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #renewableenergy #GreenNewDeal via @Orbitalmarine

In 2012 California got only about 1% of its power from the sun. Now, only 14 years later, it’s the first major economy (4th in the world) to get over half its electricity from solar energy for a whole month. Phenomenal global growth too. billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-268

In the 1990s, Canadian ecologist Suzanne Simard made a groundbreaking discovery that challenged everything we thought we knew about how forests work. While studying managed forests in British Columbia, she noticed something puzzling: when birch trees were removed to promote the growth of valuable Douglas firs, the firs did not flourish as expected, they actually struggled and grew more slowly. Determined to understand why, Simard traced the movement of nutrients using radioactive carbon isotopes. What she found was astonishing. Trees were actively sharing resources through vast underground fungal networks known as mycorrhizae. These delicate, thread-like fungi connect the roots of different trees across the forest floor, forming a complex web that allows the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients, and even chemical signals, sometimes between entirely different species. She discovered that older, larger trees often serve as central "hubs" or "mother trees," supporting younger saplings by redistributing vital resources and helping the entire ecosystem remain resilient. When these key trees are removed, the underground network weakens, and the health of the remaining forest declines. Simard’s research overturned the traditional Darwinian view of forests as battlegrounds of ruthless competition. Instead, she revealed a far more sophisticated reality: forests operate as highly cooperative systems where trees communicate, support one another, and even warn neighboring trees about threats like drought, disease, or insect attacks. What appears to the human eye as a silent, still forest is, in truth, a vibrant, interconnected living network, built not on isolation and rivalry, but on deep connection and mutual aid.

The Greenland ice cap is melting even more quickly than predicted by expert scientists. But our voters and politicians are listening to the fossil fuel lobbyists, not the scientists.

This is psychosis. He is creating an alternate reality and forcing us all to live in it. The objective world is a threat. “Psychosis is a state of absolute narcissism, one in which the person has broken all connection with reality outside.” — Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man, 1964

Aaron Rupar @atrupar

3 days ago

Trump: "A lot of people are saying I'm one of the greatest presidents ever ... when I see polls on the economy, I should have 150%, not 100%. Because this is the golden age of America."

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This whirlpool can power 300 homes, and fish can swim straight through it unharmed. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re

“Put more simply: documents and interviews establish how a first-time contractor was paid millions of dollars to apply a novel solution designed by a golf club manager to a national landmark.” “‘It’s like asking the museum guard to restore a painting in the Met,’ said Charles Birnbaum, the president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit that has sued unsuccessfully to stop the work.”

Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire

3 days ago

How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington nytimes.com/2026/08/07/us/…

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Why does El Niño bring floods to some countries and drought to others? El Niño is a natural climate pattern that alters weather worldwide, with impacts that vary by region. This article explains what it is, why it matters, and how the UN is helping communities prepare: news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

Scaling up wind and solar power since the invasion of Ukraine has saved Europe €72 billion in fossil fuel imports, reports the Statistical Review of World Energy. The two sources now supply 30% of EU electricity, up from 19% in just four years. cleantechnica.com/2026/08/05/eur…

This is incredibly heartbreaking. 230 homes are gone. One member only had time to grab their cat. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 The Okanagan Indian Band just suffered one of the worst wildfire losses in Canadian history — and it’s not the only First Nation that’s burned this summer. This isn’t happenstance. It’s a warning. Read/Share my latest via Indigenous Insider: open.substack.com/pub/indigenous…

Renewables have supplied most of Portugal’s electricity, so far this year, reports the EU. Last month solar power became the biggest single source of it. euronews.com/2026/08/05/fir…

Good news. China’s addiction to coal is weakening. It still burns vast amounts, but use has just fallen to under half electricity generation. It’s due to be overtaken by solar this year and peak in volume by 2030. Not fast enough, but progress. forbes.com/sites/current-…

The Trump Agenda: 4 million people kicked off nutrition assistance 15 million will be kicked off healthcare $1 trillion in tax cuts for the top 1% $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon $2.2 billion into his own pocket This is what a government by and for the billionaire class looks like. Obscene.

CLIMATE CHANGE REFRESHER: Climate Change is a long-term shift in global weather patterns and temperatures, driven primarily by human activities like burning FOSSIL FUELS, cutting down forests, and other other unsustainable industrial operations, which release heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. MAIN CAUSES 1. Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas for electricity and transport 2. Cutting down large forests, which releases stored carbon back into the air 3. Unsustainable farming and industrial practices that add methane and nitrous oxide to the air. MAJOR EFFECTS -Higher global average temperatures and more intense heatwaves -Melting ice sheets and glaciers that cause sea levels to rise -More frequent extreme weather events like severe floods, droughts, and wildfires WHAT CAN WE DO? - 2 tracks 1. Mitigation: Cut emissions - Renewable energy: solar, wind, hydro - Electric vehicles + public transport - Protect forests, better farming(CSA) - Massive reforestation 2. Adaptation: Live with the changes - Flood defenses, better drainage - Drought-resistant crops - Early warning systems for heatwaves/floods - Climate-smart cities #ClimateActionNow

Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU | @DrSimEvans Dr Verner Viisainen #CBarchive Read here: buff.ly/gyyfARS