Eric Stamps

Communications strategist. Environmental advocacy and news. In the Commonwealth.

[Eric Stamps @EricStamps]

Global temperatures have already risen 1.1 to 1.4°C since the Industrial Revolution, and the rate of warming has nearly doubled since 2015. At this pace we breach the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C limit before 2030.

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The wildfire smoke blanketing the Northeast knocked 2,500 megawatts off solar power output at peak hours. Grid operators compared it to losing an entire nuclear power plant's worth of energy.

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The fact that new coal is even being proposed when cleaner, cheaper alternatives exist is a dramatic step backward at exactly the moment we need to be moving forward.

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Building a new coal plant with carbon capture in West Virginia would cost $10 billion more than a natural gas plant with carbon capture, and four times the cost of solar.

Only nuclear is more expensive.

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Heavy smoke from over 100 wildfires burning in Canada and Minnesota is blanketing 14 states with dangerous air pollution and extreme heat is making it worse. For anyone with asthma, heart disease, or lung conditions, this is a worst case scenario.

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El Niño conditions bring more heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires depending on the region. Heat stress, respiratory illness from wildfire smoke, and water shortages will follow and impact human health.

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A new study found that wetland loss has driven up residential flood insurance claims by $10 billion since 1985. WV, KY, and PA are among the hardest hit.

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The oil spill occurred in February and a Pemex pipeline is likely the point of origin. 40+ organizations have demanded transparency regarding the extent of the spill, as well as reparations for health, environmental, and economic damages.

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Our planet is warming at an ever increasing rate and we're already seeing the effects through drought, extreme heat, and severe weather. The last thing we can afford is to accelerate the damage by abandoning climate commitments.

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The WMO says there's an 80% chance El Niño returns before September. The last 11 years were the 11 hottest on record. We're on track to blow past 1.5°C.

🌎🔥The signals aren't subtle anymore.

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@notlarrysabato 🎲

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23 Atomic Bombs Worth of Heat Each Day...

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A University of California Riverside study found that diesel backup generators at data centers cause 200 to 600 times more air pollution than gas fired power plants.

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#DataCenter #pollution #climatechange #climateaction

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Clean air, clean water, and private property rights are some of the only issues that'll unite people of different political backgrounds.

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The threat of an explosion is now off the table as heat and pressure in the tank has been reduced. No word yet if a chemical leak is still possible, but that may also not happen too. Meaning residents should be able to return home soon.

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#CA #GardenGrove

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This is exactly why nuclear's waste problem can't be an afterthought. The risk doesn't end when the facility does.

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#nuclear #wildfire #ca #california

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A wildfire came close the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley. It's a former nuclear & rocket testing site that still has radioactive and chemical contamination. California officials have rushed to set up air quality monitoring.

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The chemicals can irritate the respiratory tract and repeat exposure can lead to organ or neurological damage. Investigations are underway into GKN Aerospace; which is a little too late for the 40K+ evacuees.

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#CA #OC #GardenGrove #ChemicalLeak

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@o_bel_ Maskers in the wild that are my age are rare where I am am.

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"If Antarctic ice is less stable than current projections suggest, communities from Miami to Mumbai could face higher risks sooner than expected. That could mean more frequent flooding, and more severe storm damage...."

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Antarctica's ice loss may be accelerating as "the melting is feeding the melting". Meanwhile we're building thousands of data centers and gas pipelines that dump more heat into an already overloaded system. Communities everywhere are on the clock.

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