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Dry conditions across the West follow a hot, dry year of record-setting wildfires in 2020. Communities were left with scenes like this, from California’s Creek Fire. Amir Aghakouchak/University of California Irvine

Another dangerous fire season is looming in the Western U.S., and the drought-stricken region is headed for a water crisis

From the Wire May 16, 2021

May 13, 2021 2.17pm EDT Updated May 13, 2021 3.54pm EDT by Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, and John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced Just about every indicator of…

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Emerging climate-fueled megadrought in Western US may rival any over past 1,200 years

From the Wire April 17, 2020

Source: the journal Science “We now have enough observations of current drought and tree-ring records of past drought to say that we’re on the same trajectory as the worst prehistoric droughts.” by Andrea Germanos, staff writer…

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“Years of Repair”: video

The film— entitled "Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair"— is a sequel to last year's "A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" and runs with the idea that the year 2020 became an "historic turning point" for the world, one in which "the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed, and everyone is essential." (Image: The Leap/The Intercept/Illustration by Moll Crabapple)

“Can you remember who you were,

before the world told you who

you should be.”

–Charles Bukowski

Be your life

“Your life is your life. Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Be on the watch. The gods will offer you chances. Know them. Take them. You can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. And the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. Your life is your life. Know it while you have it. You are marvelous. The gods wait to delight in you.”

Charles Bukowski

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Kelly, Manchin join GOP in passing motion to bar Biden from declaring climate emergency

From the Wire 2022-05-05

"Our political leadership is out to kill most of us," lamented one climate justice advocate. by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams...

Russians flee Chernobyl with radiation sickness

From the Wire 2022-03-31

"The convoy kicked up a big column of dust," Chernobyl workers said of the Russian military. "Many radiation safety sensors...

Nuclear plant on fire after Russian shelling

From the Wire 2022-03-03

Ukraine Officials: "Fire has already broke out," said Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Minister. "If it blows up, it will be 10...

Nuclear disaster in Ukraine could make swaths of Europe ‘uninhabitable for decades’

From the Wire 2022-03-02

Russia's assault on Ukraine risks nuclear devastation "far worse even than the Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe of 2011," Greenpeace warns. by...

What is the ‘social cost of carbon’?

From the Wire 2022-02-13

2 energy experts explain after court ruling blocks Biden’s changes by Jim Krane, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University...

Ruling on rooftop solar, clean energy ‘game-changer’

From the Wire 2022-02-01

"For the first time a federal court has said utilities can be liable under antitrust laws if they attack rooftop...

Environment-Water

Postcard from Thermal: surviving the climate gap in Eastern Coachella Valley

From the Wire 2021-08-19

In the climate crisis, it’s possible to live in the same place but inhabit different worlds. by Elizabeth Weil and...

America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison

From the Wire 2021-03-17

The cyberbreach at a plant in Oldsmar, Florida, which could have resulted in a mass poisoning, was a reminder of...

‘It’s like nobody cares’: After two weeks without running water, Jackson, Miss. pleads for help

From the Wire 2021-03-02

"Water is a basic necessity and it just brought a lot of frustration, anger, and disappointment," said one of the...

Getting the lead out

Wade Rathke Meteor Columnist 2020-09-29

by Wade Rathke September 29, 2020 New Orleans We have to take progress where we can get it in...

New report details flooding/contamination risks at uranium mine near Grand Canyon

Meteor Staff 2020-05-01

April 28, 2020 Flagstaff, Ariz. The Grand Canyon Trust reports serious problems at the Canyon Mine uranium mine south of...

Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes

From the Wire 2020-04-30

Harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie, Sept. 4, 2009. NOAA/Flickr by Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI and Joseph D. Ortiz, Kent State...

Sustainability

Like the truck-machines in ‘Mad Max,’ the ‘freedom convoy’ relies on access to fuel

2022-02-25

Truckers and supporters gather in Delta, B.C. on Jan. 23 before departing on a cross-country convoy that arrived in Ottawa five days later. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck by Krista Collier-Jarvis, Dalhousie University February 12, 2022 The media has been inundated by images of the ‘freedom convoy’...

Ruling on rooftop solar, clean energy ‘game-changer’

2022-02-01

"For the first time a federal court has said utilities can be liable under antitrust laws if they attack rooftop solar," said one advocate. "The future for renewable energy just got a lot brighter." by Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams February 1, 2022 [caption id="attachment_54195" align="aligncenter" width="1280"]...

Could direct action stop climate change?

2021-12-21

by Wade Rathke December 20, 2021 Little Rock Sometimes you stumble over something so obvious, you shake your head wondering why your thinking was so patterned that it was in danger of becoming more habitual than flexible in facing organizing problems. An organizer always has...

Global climate disasters – This is not the new normal

2021-12-18

Spotlight on Climate by Stefan Sommer Saturday, December 18, 2021 2021 was yet again one of the hottest years on record. This past summer was the hottest summer on record for North America. Is this the New Normal? In Flagstaff many people are now installing home...

Why the second-driest state rejects water conservation

2021-12-16

Utah has some of the highest per-capita water use and is the fastest-growing state. Yet a powerful group that steers Utah’s water policy keeps pushing for costly infrastructure over meaningful conservation efforts. by Thursday, December 16, 2021 [videopack id="53489"]https://meteor.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Utah-Water-Loop-intro-Wider-States.mp4[/videopack] With rising temperatures and two decades of...

2021 Arctic Report Card reveals a (human) story of cascading disruptions, extreme events and global connections

2021-12-14

The report describes, rapid and pronounced human-caused warming continues to drive most of the changes, and ultimately is paving the way for disruptions that affect ecosystems and communities far and wide. Community members from Utqiagvik, Alaska, look to open water from the edge of shorefast sea...

Consumers shop in a Target store on September 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

As executives hike prices, US corporations rake in biggest profits since 1950

2021-11-30

"Prices are high," said Sen. Sherrod Brown, "because corporations are raising them—so they can keep paying themselves with ever-larger executive bonuses and stock buybacks." by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams November 30, 2021 [caption id="attachment_53335" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Consumers shop in a Target store on September 28, 2021...

A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other key terms

2021-10-26

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="450"] Climate jargon can feel overwhelming. Illustration by Dennis Lan/USC, CC BY-ND[/caption] by Wändi Bruine de Bruin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences October 26, 2021 As a major U.N. climate conference gets underway on Oct. 31, 2021, you’ll be hearing a...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a vote on May 18, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘We had a deal’: Warren joins Sanders and house progressives in fight for Biden’s agenda

2021-09-29

"The agreement from the beginning was that all the pieces would move together," said the Massachusetts Democrat. "I don't want to see that deal broken." by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Wednesday, September 29, 2021 [caption id="attachment_44751" align="alignright" width="353"] Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) arrives at the U.S....

Lake Mead, the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, has been losing water because of epochal drought since 2000. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

40 million people rely on the Colorado River. It’s drying up fast.

2021-08-27

One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate crisis. by Abrahm Lustgarten Friday, August 27, 2021 [caption id="attachment_37584" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] Lake Mead, the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, has been losing water because of epochal...

Defenders

5 things to know about plastic pollution and how to stop it

2020-12-06

Researchers continue to find new information about how widespread plastic pollution has become, but also how we can help stem the tide. by Tara Lohan, The Revelator December 3, 2020 [caption id="attachment_27986" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Plastic pollution lines a Singapore beach. Photo: Vaidehi Shah, (CC BY...

Jamal Kashoggi

Image of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi projected on the wall of the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2020, the second anniversary of his assassination. (Photo: Amnesty International/Twitter)

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in Depth

5 years after Paris: How countries’ climate policies match up to their promises, and who’s aiming for net zero emissions

2020-12-13

Even if every country meets its commitments, the world will still be on track to warm by more than 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new UNEP report shows. Kevin...

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