Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis
🧵The science of attribution to climate change of extreme weather events is improving dramatically according to an expert panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences. This improvement figures in a $50B suit against fossil fuel companies for the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave.
The Morrigan40I am so angry at every single republican voter in America for the entire path of stupid they have set this nation on.
DrDinD.bsky.social33"Scientists have several methods for evaluating how much human-caused warming contributed to a particular weather event. Using computer models of the climate, they can estimate the likelihood of similar events in a hypothetical world that industrialized nations hadn’t warmed by emitting ...
Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET19And the Trump Administration with total lack of caring. Their denial Their belief it's a hoax They will give these scientists so much data of the disgust and damage Our children and grandchildren's future...devastating
Dittie7Science is amazing. Isn’t it? I’m so glad they’re able to do this now. Make them pay
Elizabeth Kiehner2Yes, and it’s happening as we speak.
Responsible politicians need to act now, despite uncertainties, as they do for other security risks. For we won’t have scientific certainty until it’s too late. #AMOC www.bbc.com/news/article...
Climate News14Exactly the same logic applies to climate sensitivity. We need to work on the assumption that Dr James Hansen et al is correct with their higher climate sensitivity models because we won’t know if mainstream climate science is completely wrong about low climate sensitivity until it is too late.
Matthew Gyamtso2They are not willing to be realistic regarding necessary social and economic changes. Or perhaps they don't see it? Humans like to cling to the familiar, yet life is process and process means change.
LyndallTerrier1👍 I'm an Australian but feel ashamed. Why? We've elected successive governments - conservative & progressive - that wilfully continue to rely on a highly carbonised economy. Please, everyone: Stop the warming - don't give these negligent politicians & parties your vote! earth.org/australias-f...
A majority of Americans are connecting increasingly severe weather to the climate crisis, new polling shows, despite efforts by Trump. About 61% of likely American voters believe extreme weather events have become more frequent over the past five years. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bill's son, Bob5As a people, we are very, very slow... Just show us a set bear trap with a Snickers bar as bait, and your hunt is over.
Elizabeth2If only scientists had been constantly telling us this for nearly FORTY YEARS. 🙄 Started school in CA in the 80's and our Weekly Readers had articles on global warming as long as I can remember. I've been anxious ever since I was 5 for Christ's sake. 😆
Climate Elf2Yep, just destroying our beautiful forests alone significantly raises our planet’s temperature. Trees provide shade, absorb carbon dioxide and heat. 🌎🌳🌎🌳
C Bailey1Not all Americans are as stupid and shitty as he is
Mannycat1just wait till hurricane season
Americans across political affiliations are linking this summer’s extreme weather to climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Peter Gleick95Because that's what the scientists figured out and are saying out loud.
Joseph Henderson21Like high gas prices, extreme weather now functions as a kind of public pedagogy. Americans will learn about climate change, one way or another.
winterswords2It's pretty hard to deny it when the you can't breathe outside in Washington , D.C.
About 61% of likely American voters believe extreme weather events have become more frequent over the past five years, the survey from the progressive polling firm Data for Progress, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found. (cont.) #ClimateCrisis 🌐 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
RoseMarie9That includes 72% of Democrats, 63% of Independents, and nearly half – 46% – of all Republicans. Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island senator who has long criticized Democrats for quieting their talk of global warming – or “climate-hushing” – (cont.)
Marf1Yeah and building data centers everywhere to kill us faster.
Extreme weather. Extreme heat & humidity. Heat domes. Heat-related death. Tornadoes. Wildfires. Flooding. Property damage. Air quality alerts. Destroyed communities. Mass evacuations. Where is the urgent Government of Canada action on the accelerating climate emergency?
Jan 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦4Apparently too expensive according to Carney, seems a pipeline is far more important. Climate change seems to be accelerating but most politicians pretend not to notice. At the very least we need to find ways to mitigate the damage these severe weather events cause.
LRinTO 🇨🇦2PM Oil & Gas is too busy with his precious pipeline to care about climate change and how it’s affecting Canadians
Climate News2Mark Carney is too busy approving new oil and gas investment.
Neo01This is the result of not acting 20 years ago. Imagine the next 20 years it gets worse for sure no matter what we do now. But we still can act for 2050 and beyond.
Cara Bina Arte1If Canada think is too expensive to prevent climate disasters, imagine how it is for countries that dont have any money....
What's the betting that the words 'climate change' never leave Burnham's lips? Yet one more PM who hasn't the slightest inkling of the hammer blows to UK economy and society that extreme weather will bring in the next couple of decades www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
dave161256.bsky.social4It seems that Burnham is yet another scientifically illiterate neoliberal determined to do the bidding of his wealthy paymasters (including the scientifically illiterate leadership of some unions). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
shazan64.bsky.social3Already sounding like Starmer with the identical 'being honest about the challenges we face' line. No money for climate change or ordinary people but shitloads for war and the rich
My MP is Louise Haigh, who's pretty tight with Andy Burnham, I email her from time to time to make sure climate change is on her radar, and once even got a well considered response (not a copy and paste one)
Henk Muller1Burham’s descendants can be certain of one thing: when he became prime minister, he knew the train was going to go off the rails, yet he choose to accelerate it. He can see the heatwaves, the wildfires, worldwide extreme weather, count the dead; let’s release another 160 billion kg of co2.
