Post B2DDCDqtNo2fVXZ9Mm by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #B2DCBlhnvo68G5XDdI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:45:02Z
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By pulling the UnitedStates out of the main international #climate treaty, seizing #Venezuela’s crude #oil & using government power to resuscitate the domestic #coal industry while choking off #CleanEnergy, the #Trump admin is not just ignoring #ClimateChange, it is making the problem worse.Trump has never been shy about rejecting the scientific reality of #GlobalWarming: It’s a “hoax,” he has said, a “scam,” & a “con job.”#ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-climate-change-emissions-fuel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
(DIR) Post #B2DCJTxbn6l7XWbad6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:46:25Z
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In recent days the #Trump admin has slammed the door on every possible avenue of global cooperation on the #environment. At the same time, it is sending the message that it wants the world to be awash in #FossilFuels sold by the #US, no matter the consequences.The moves follow one of the hottest years on record, during which scientists say #ClimateChange supercharged raging #wildfires in Los Angeles, deadly #flooding in Texas, & a Category 5 #hurricane that ravaged Caribbean islands.
(DIR) Post #B2DCLw28O4h9BZtLmq by gsymon@mstdn.social
2026-01-12T14:46:49Z
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@Nonilex It’s a “hoax,” he has said, a “scam,” & a “con job.”So says he who suggests injecting bleach.
(DIR) Post #B2DCaZH3HwYEwUqZSi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:49:31Z
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The planet is on course to heat up more than 1.5°C (2.7°F) compared with preindustrial levels. That’s the threshold beyond which scientists say the risks of catastrophic #storms, #droughts, #wildfires & #HeatWaves, as well as #species #extinction, increase significantly. The Earth has already warmed by 1.3–1.4°C.Under #Trump, the #UnitedStates has become the only nation to renege on a pledge to try to keep warming to 1.5°. Its actions will make the global fight harder.#ClimateChange
(DIR) Post #B2DCnzqxmLdX8o2zwm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:51:57Z
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“#Emissions will be higher,” warned Justin S. Mankin, an associate professor at Dartmouth College who researches #climate variability. “Trump’s greenhouse gas emissions will cause Trump’s heat waves, Trump’s droughts, Trump’s floods, & Trump’s wildfires.”#Trump #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels
(DIR) Post #B2DCrC7Sd8Tu3JHy9Q by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:52:32Z
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America’s carbon dioxide #emissions from burning #coal, #oil & #gas, which have made it the biggest polluter since the start of the Industrial Age, had been declining steadily since 2007. But last year, after #Trump returned to the White House, emissions rose 1.9%, according to the federal government.#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels
(DIR) Post #B2DD3A8VpSCpNRUHo0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:54:41Z
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Researchers attributed the rise to an increased use of #coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. Scientists said #US emissions could ultimately decline again, in large part because renewable #energy remains cheaper than #FossilFuels. But the decrease could be slower & smaller than a safe atmosphere requires.#Trump #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
(DIR) Post #B2DDCDqtNo2fVXZ9Mm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:56:20Z
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…On Wednesday #Trump announced that he was withdrawing the #US from a long list of #UN organizations, including the #treaty that underpins international cooperation on #GlobalWarming & a Nobel Prize-winning group made up of the world’s leading #climate scientists.#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels
(DIR) Post #B2DDM1abpWHQN6cjOi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T14:58:06Z
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And those were just the latest maneuvers. Over the past months, the #Trump administration has forced 5 domestic power plants that burn #coal to continue operating despite their planned retirement. It also halted 5 offshore #WindFarms along the East Coast that are already partially built & were to provide #CleanEnergy to millions of homes & businesses.#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels
(DIR) Post #B2DDZCp3NSHUyUfIq8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-01-12T15:00:28Z
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Those moves capped a year in which the #Trump admin systematically eliminated regulations designed to reduce #GreenhouseGases & gutted federal subsidies that could have brought more #wind & #solar power onto the #grid. With #Republican allies in #Congress, the admin erased incentives to help consumers switch to #nonpolluting #ElectricVehicles from #gasoline-burning cars. At the same time, federal agencies imposed new policies making it easier & cheaper to produce & burn #oil, #gas & #coal.
(DIR) Post #B2DEHDp51EpIoqfMGG by bike4climate@mastodon.nu
2026-01-12T15:08:22Z
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@Nonilex Imagine:Rest of the world dumps fossil fuels. Coal and oil assets become worthless as nobody wants them. US industrialisation falls behind as they are offering 19th century technology. Global emissions fall since US is the only global fossil emitter.
(DIR) Post #B2DKaNLsPja3bFWTlQ by mral@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-01-12T16:19:04Z
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@Nonilex is he really rejecting the scientific reality? That implies that he reads and understands the problems and disagrees.A more likely scenario is the oil and coal corp are establish and reliable streams of bribes, kickbacks and payoff. The cleanenergy corps are smaller, and dont provide the income stream that the bigcorps do. The conservative GOP only pays attention to the folks that pay them not the folks that vote for them. #democracy is more than voting.
(DIR) Post #B2DN9kP2u0EV8S021w by danielgibert@mastodon.online
2026-01-12T16:47:49Z
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@Nonilex This the modern version of the horse carriage companies forcing laws so every motor car should be preceded by a walking man with a red flag. Horse breeders, haul companies and manure merchants were against the motor once. Now it is the same again. Times are changing fast and we are already at a paradigm breakpoint and a whole old energy industry and their investors are trying to impede it, but we are now at the point where the new technology has exponential grow. Gonna be sad to watch.
(DIR) Post #B2DY59gwYEcVcANrLk by knutson_brain@sfba.social
2026-01-12T18:50:20Z
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@Nonilex #enemiesOfTheFuture
(DIR) Post #B2EC55Uq943ylnFGAS by adamsfan@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T02:18:28Z
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@Nonilex Side effect:he is pushing science and industry into the middle ages.The turn to renewables is unstoppable, as simply more efficient / cheaper. At least, I hope so. You remember: "It's the economy, stupid!"Of course there is a general delay by the policy in the US, but I do not think this will come to a halt.And when the US will wake up again, the rest of the world has had years of progress .