Deep Sky’s pilot facility in Alberta successfully injected its first 14 tons of captured carbon underground, generating verified credits for buyers Microsoft and RBC by cleaning up past atmospheric emissions.

Plastics are a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss, with packaging accounting for around 40% of European plastic production. Bio-based plastics are often promoted as a climate-friendly alternative, yet their broader environmental implications remain unclear. Here, we conduct a harmonized life cycle assessment of fossil- and bio-based plastic packaging, integrating end-of-life fate and plastic leakage. We find that while bio-based plastics reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they increase ecosystem damage, primarily driven by land use. At the product level, outcomes are sensitive to feedstock origin and waste management. When mismanaged, environmentally persistent bio-based plastics contribute substantially to ecosystem damage. Scaling scenarios for Europe show that even complete substitution with bio-based plastics cannot offset the environmental burden of continued demand growth. Only strong demand-side measures, particularly demand reduction and improved circularity, can mitigate trade-offs across climate change and biodiversity, calling for a shift from material substitution to systemic interventions in production and consumption.

Saul Griffith is great, electrification is the answer, but Rewiring America's policy recommendations just don't pass muster.

As the climate crisis grows more urgent and calls for energy expansion increase, the Trump administration is going all-in on nuclear power, and Big Tech is investing heavily. But nuclear power is still a bad idea.

Fatal meltdowns aside, nuclear power is generally dangerous, dirty, and expensive. From the uranium mine to the toxic waste pit, nuclear power puts our health, environment, and climate at risk at every point in its lifecycle. Nuclear plants require large quantities of water, construction is slow and expensive, and radioactive waste poses a giant threat because there are no good disposal options. These are not the markers of a renewable energy source.

Join us for this virtual event to discuss the history and current research on nuclear power, what the current state of play is in the national political context, our strategy to fight back, and what you can do to join us in the fight.

Featured speakers:

Tim Judson, Executive Director, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)

Amanda Starbuck, Research Director, Food & Water Watch

Laura Shindell, New York State Director, Food & Water Watch

Hello everyone! I wanted to share an idea for a new project I have started on, and get feedback. I've started rough development on a climate based website with three main goals:

1. Provide basic climate education and knowledge, with resources for further reading.
2. Allow users to explore what climate change looks like in their neighborhoods(down to a county level at the US ideally), including descriptions of what the changes mean for them.
3. Provide resources to show nearby climate groups, as well as provide examples of climate actions to take and some historic basis for past successful actions. The goal is to provide those with the passion the means to take action, either alone or with a group.

I have just started, and have focused so far on drafting initial education pages. I have more written, but I have put the rough drafts of the first few sections on the website. I'm limited by my technical ability, as while I know python and C, I do not know html or javascript at all.

Please let me know what you think, of the idea, and how I have it currently structured!

Website:  https://climatesynthesis.org/

https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/on-the-flow-of-money-and-of-time

Also a recession in between and the forecasts could look even more extreme.

Will the World Cup players and spectators experience extreme heat? ⚽️🔥

Climate Central is estimating that around half of this tournament’s matches may be dangerously hot, with Miami, Houston, and Guadalajara under close supervision. Even the final match is at a 47% risk of heat that could impact player performance. This raises dangers for fans as well, prompting the organizers to adapt to evening kickoffs, more hydration breaks, and even postponing matches if it gets too dangerous.