#WildFires

Zeke Hausfather

hausfath

Hi Mike, sorry for not responding to this earlier. I've been dealing with a rambunctious post-childcare toddler all evening. Lets take a look at my claims, your responses, and see

Ben See

ClimateBen

Remember:1. The oceans are being killed.2. Forests will soon be gone.3. Fertile soil is disappearing.4. Megafauna risk extermination.5. Insects are vanishing.6. Climate chaos is inevitable.7. Extinction is now.8. Plastic is

Carter Lavin

CarterLavin

What are the best ways to making a safer California from wildfires for decades to come? What I've heard so far:-Massively upzone urban core so evacuees who want to permanently

Justin Reich

bjfr

Weird fact about me: I used to run a search and rescue group, so I have some background in emergency management. Here's one useful thing that I learned that applies

Rebecca Skloot

RebeccaSkloot

I screamed & cried (literally) when I heard this news while driving through smoke with

Holly 🚀

absolutspacegrl

A thread about blaming people who live where hurricanes hit. First of all, tell me where it is safe. Where doesn’t flood, have earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, wildfires - where is

🦻🏻 Allison 🦻🏻

llisonWndrlnd

That last point though Guns are expensive. Ammo is expensive. All that fancy shit country playboys like to use on their expensive gun? Expensive. Going to a range to practice

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

My latest @locusmag column is "Full Employment," in which I forswear "Fully Automated Luxury Communism" as totally incompatible with the climate emergency, which will consume 100%+ of all human labor

Rich Phelps

RichPhelps

There’s so much to unpack today. Yes, #TrumpHasCorona which is deadly and scary. But his constant, unending barrage of lies makes it difficult to believe him. He’s a grifter

Bloomberg Green

climate

Global average temperature is projected to be as much as 0.75C higher in 2020 than it was in 1980 https://trib.al/mstZ0ux While temperatures can vary from one year to another, the

Sam Rowan

_samr

The Australian government just announced to parliament that it does not intend to increase its climate target before the next UN climate summit in Glasgow 2021. This is devastating for

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

For those of you desperately hoping for an astronomical apocalypse to cleanse the Earth, I have bad news: No, a solar micronova is a not a thing.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/no-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-solar-micronova 2/ In truth,

Eric Wittmershaus

wittmershaus

The #TubbsFire, which burned thousands of homes and killed 22 people here mostly on Oct. 8-9, started three years ago tonight. A thread of a few of the things most

Brian EdwardsTiekert

bedwardstiek

Hello from smoke-choked California! Since our wildfires are starting to crack into national news, here's a quick quick primer on forests and fires here and what you need to make

Cori Bush

CoriBush

Environmental justice is racial justice.Here’s why: Our history books don’t teach us that the American economy thrived off the backs of stolen people, stolen labor, and stolen land.Over and over

Samo Burja

SamoBurja

I recently had a fascinating conversation with Slavoj Žižek hosted by @bigthink. The famed cultural critic and philosopher talked about state of emergency, why he ran for the Slovenian presidency,