Wake up!

Everyone does realise, right, that the insane extreme weather we’re seeing now will worsen until we eliminate fossil fuel emissions—which are *still* rising. And once we get there, it won’t get better. That’ll be our new normal. The time to act is now!

“Oil and gas companies in particular are finding it difficult to attract new talent, in part because they have been losing credibility amid the growing climate crisis.” Everyone deserves a job that doesn’t advance ecological collapse. #LaborDay theconversation.com/why-young-work…

This is the police response to a climate protest at a bank that funds fossil fuels. Another good lesson in who cops really serve.

BREAKING: 11 people arrested after Citibikes were used to blockade Citi's global HQ in Manhattan.

Mind boggling heat: The average temperature in Phoenix, day and night, over 3 months, was 99°F/37.2°C. That obliterates the record set last summer. Today will mark 100 consecutive days to break 100°F/37.3°C. Big oil and all fossil fuels are not compatible with life.

Air pollution driven by fossil fuel kills almost 2,000 children under 5 *every day.* So yeah. Ted Cruz was basically chanting "more dead kids." What a tough guy!

This is pretty amazing: the ocean heat content averaged over the Gulf of Mexico is obliterating previous all-time record highs. It's 126% of average for the date. bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/

Looks like @citi just updated their website:

The Extreme Weather Report, Sept 5, 2024: This is your weather on fossil fuels.

“The science has been telling us that fossil fuel phase-out is the No 1 thing that we need to focus on, but within our universities, there’s very little research on how to do fossil fuel phase-out.” theguardian.com/business/artic…

The latest dose of shocking images from the brilliant Yellow Dot Studios Remember, this is just a seven day snippet of the mayhem a broken climate is bringing. Essential viewing.