'By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires, according to a UC Riverside study.' news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/…

To placate solar companies, 40,000 acres has been shaved off the original Chuckwalla monument map in the past month to steer clear of solar development and transmission zones along Interstate 10.

B.C.'s spring snowpack is the lowest on record

#UBCForestry Dr. Lori Daniels commented on the latest B.C. snowpack report, noting that the lack of rain and snow in the fall and winter will impact drought and wildfire risk.

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WA reportedly experienced the world’s first “forest collapse” in 2009 & experts are warning it may happen again. Trees are dying across South West WA after WA’s hottest summer and Perth’s driest 6 months on record. This is climate change & it’s awful theconversation.com/the-big-dry-fo…

All these magic vibes come from deadwood in #forests 🌲🌳💚 It's a heaven for life, a source of refuge and food for fungi, insects, and other key #animals ✨

We talk about it and their low #fire risk factor here 👉blog.creaf.cat/en/noticies-en… Eco-land lab

California derailed its booming rooftop solar buildout. Can it be fixed?
#Climate #Solar #CA
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California’s rooftop solar policies threaten progress on climate
#Climate #Solar #CA
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'We will keep struggling against deforestation unless we tame the flow of capital into agricultural markets and curb society’s apparently limitless appetite for products that need a lot of land, like meat, biofuels and timber.' news.mongabay.com/2024/04/tracea…

Customers shouldn't have to foot the bill for utilities' advertising or lobbying, but @SacramentoBee reporting shows PG&E spent up to $6 million on tv ads from a wildfire fund paid for by customers.

California needs #SB938 . #CALeg ejus.tc/4azZCjU

Industrial solar Saguaro slaughtering on the horizon. More ecosystem and biodiversity destruction for Deb Haaland and Tracy Stone-Manning to boast about.

youtube.com/watch?v=JSzp0_… The Youtube recording is finally out! For those wanting to take a deep dive into the ecology, conservation, and restoration of old-growth forests. Gund Institute for Environment Rubenstein School #OldGrowth #Forests

Disappointing some #Environmentalists are saying nothing or cheering the destruction of vast #Ecological spaces rather than pushing for urbanized #RooftopSolar networks. As Melissa Crytzer Fry notes, 'Destroying green spaces for green energy is unconscionable.' tinyurl.com/54cd9meb

Bureau of Land Management’s Western Solar Plan update could be a lot better..
- Better exclusion criteria, more exclusion zones.
- Better design features.
- Better alternatives off of public lands.

As above (forests on land), so below (coral reefs) -- the world's most biodiverse, complex ecosystems are in widespread decline, but nobody in charge wants to mention, let alone address the primary causes that are responsible. Instead, they plant seedlings or clone corals.

The climate is changing rapidly here in BC. As climate chaos continues to become more extreme we will see more fires and more forest disturbance from insects like bark beetles. But let's talk about what happens after fire or beetles.

Let’s talk about salvage logging.

“Last year was by far Canada's worst for wildfires, with 15 million hectares (37 million acres) of forest burned.
Linking the issue to climate change, a minister warned that this year could prove even more devastating.” bbc.com/news/world-us-…

'CA’s state reptile is hurtling toward extinction. Vehicle strikes, urban encroachment, hungry ravens, military maneuvers, extreme heat, wildfires, illegal marijuana grows & development of massive solar farms are all pushing the species to the brink.' latimes.com/environment/st…

'The battle we are fighting for the #forests is part of the eternal conflict betw right & wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end. So we must continue striving for these trees, & be glad to find anything so surely good & noble to strive for.' ~John Muir, #thicktrunktuesday 5/5