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  • Inactivity in a warming world could spur hundreds of thousands of deaths

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  • I don't think this is the only mechanism by which global warming kills

  • Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms | Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by the NYT

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  • Inactivity in a warming world could spur hundreds of thousands of deaths

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  • It's the latter who will die mostly; the well-off largely install air conditioning.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Europe’s Green Power Revolution Softens Iran Energy Price Shock

    www.bloomberg.com /news/articles/2026-03-17/why-europe-s-power-prices-aren-t-soaring-like-gas
  • Green Energy @slrpnk.net
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    Europe’s Green Power Revolution Softens Iran Energy Price Shock

    www.bloomberg.com /news/articles/2026-03-17/why-europe-s-power-prices-aren-t-soaring-like-gas

  • University of Florida moves to deactivate College Republicans after report of antisemitic behavior

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  • Probably because the Republicans have been trying to use antisemitism as a cudgel to attack the left, so this makes them look bad right now

  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    How Tina Peters Is Threatening Cutting-Edge Climate Research

    talkingpointsmemo.com /morning-memo/how-tina-peters-is-threatening-cutting-edge-climate-research
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Fossil fuel propaganda is evolving | A new analysis of nearly 2,000 fossil fuel ads finds Big Oil has moved from green promises to insisting oil and gas are inevitable. (They're not).

    heated.world /p/fossil-fuel-propaganda-is-evolving
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

    www.theguardian.com /environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating
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    New York State must not cook the books on methane

    www.timesunion.com /opinion/article/commentary-new-york-not-cook-books-methane-22075651.php
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    As winters warm, falling through the ice is becoming more common — and deadly

    apnews.com /article/climate-weather-ice-deaths-temperatures-hunting-83ca949bbd2344786271ad248b7e8924
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    Climate change is the latest weapon in warfare. Trump is indulging it | The Iran war shows how fossil fuels, conflict and planetary crisis are now inseparable

    www.salon.com /2026/03/17/climate-change-is-the-latest-weapon-in-warfare-trump-is-indulging-it/
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    Saving the pint: behind the race to climate-proof beer in the US | Water shortages and rising heat is putting pressure on beer ingredients, but US brewers and farmers are adapting

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/mar/17/climate-crisis-beer-brewers-farmers
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Report: Minnesota to see billions in costs from impacts of climate change

    www.mprnews.org /story/2026/03/17/minnesota-to-see-billions-in-climate-costs

  • Iran war should trigger faster exit from fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says

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  • The EU sharply cut their fossil methane use in response to that

  • 'This place broke something in us': Kids languish in ICE detention long past 20-day court limit

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  • Trump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrows

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  • Crimestop.

  • Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars | The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price.

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  • A Refugee Died After Border Patrol Left Him at a Cafe. Fear Followed.

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  • Welcome to the New York Times. They do a lot of good journalism, but have a different person from the one who wrote the article write the headline, precisely to enable this kind of thing.

  • Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars | The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price.

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  • Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars | The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price.

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  • Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas

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  • Nope.

    A few have faced professional consequences, but that's it

  • Vineyard Wind, country's first large-scale offshore wind project, finishes construction

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  • Yeah, the oil and gas industry paid a billion-dollar bribe to block as much offshore wind as possible though; wind farms not under construction when Trump took power probably will not be built any time soon

  • Vineyard Wind, country's first large-scale offshore wind project, finishes construction

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  • Trump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrows

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  • Never done metal, but it looks like what people like for it is called a "fiber laser"

    They seem to go for about $1400 but have not shopped around or tried to pick up a used one

  • Trump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrows

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  • A laser cutter could etch "TRAITOR" across his face in bulk

  • Washington State aims to stabilize carbon market, lower costs with key strategy: merging its carbon market with the one jointly operated by California and the Canadian province of Quebec.

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  • Yes, there is a requirement to buy permits in the carbon market. It applies to large emitters and fuel sellers. It does not cover non-fossil-fuel emissions sources, like some pesticides which are also greenhouse gases, or agricultural methane sources.

  • The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars

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  • About 1/3 of the time. Its very random when it seems to matter

  • The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars

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  • It is, but yet another thing where doing nothing was free.