Albert Jongewaard

Renewable energy, intellectual pursuits, policy and a strong mug of yerba maté. All views expressed are my own. #SavetheBoundaryWaters

[Albert Jongewaard @ajjongewaard]

What's the Big Deal With a Few Degrees? | Global Weirding - This is worth a watch. https://t.co/SIA7gsgQMm

[NWS Twin Cities @NWSTwinCities]

MSP recorded a dew point temperature of 81F early this morning. The all-time record is 82F and we had only spent 28 hours above 80F before today.... ever #mnwx

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Breaking News!
Code: Bonkers!

As of July 25th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature is officially "bonkers," at more than 2.3°C above the 1991-2020 baseline and 0.70°C higher than the previous daily record.

The Climate Casino is taking the Over on 2.5°C by August 1st.

[Peter Sinclair @PeterWSinclair]

We're talking Minnesota here

[Albert Jongewaard @ajjongewaard]

@PeterWSinclair 🤬

[France Safety Travel @francesafetytra]

The longest night of our lives.

Prayer for Rains in Italy and France and Spain.

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

The global economy has doomed Earth's species to a fiery 21st century mass extinction and yet not one single journalist will report it. Total silence on crimes against nature and humanity.

[Robin Boardman @RobinBoardmanUK]

An entire lake. An entire fish population. Gone.

Arizona's San Carlos Lake has been closed after drought and falling water levels triggered the death of virtually every fish.

This is what ecological collapse looks like. Not one species. Whole ecosystems failing before our eyes.

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

A quarter of a million people have been evacuated so far as wildfires rage across Europe after record heatwaves, from as far north as #Norway down through #France, #Spain & #Italy. This isn't a drill. This is the new climate reality. Urgent mitigation & adaptation are required.

[Vincent Lautard @VLautard]

On est passé d’une Coupe du monde de football où des joueurs gagnent des millions en courant après un ballon, à des incendies gigantesques où des pompiers volontaires risquent leur vie pour moins de 10 €/h.

Il est peut-être temps que nos sociétés revoient leurs priorités.

[Jared Ryan Sears @JaredRyanSears]

They thought we didn't need food inspectors or disease experts. Now we have explosive diarrhea, parasitic worms, and salmonella.

They thought we didn't need new forms of energy. Now fossil fuel supplies are disrupted, and prices have soared.

They thought we didn't need vaccines. Now measles cases are at the highest levels in over 30 years.

They thought we didn't need checks and balances. Now we have an illegal war, corruption in the White House, and attacks on the Constitution.

[Dr. Serge Zaka (Dr. Zarge) @SergeZaka]

Le feu de Gironde présente désormais toutes les caractéristiques d'un méga-feu, à commencer par la formation d'un pyrocumulonimbus. Ce gigantesque nuage entretenu par la convection du feu permet à l'incendie de générer son propre micro-climat, avec des flux de vent qui entretiennent et intensifient le brasier.

Cette spectaculaire image satellite AQUA/MODIS du 24 juillet l'illustre parfaitement. Elle montre non seulement l'impressionnant pyrocumulonimbus au-dessus de l'incendie, mais aussi une France largement jaunie par une sécheresse d'une intensité inédite pour une fin juillet depuis le début des relevés.

#Incendiesdeforêt #incendies #Gironde #Lacanau

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

Journalists, is it dawning on you yet that climate change isn’t just a question of getting a little bit warmer, it’s a global catastrophe that could collapse our entire way of life…

Will you please find your guts and start reporting it as such - unionise, strike if you need to, if that’s what it takes to get your bosses to finally take this seriously.

[Johanns (Alpen)weer @johannsalpenweer.bsky.social @Alpenweerman]

Video vanuit Spanje. Hij helpt om de snelheid van de verspreiding van een (bos)brand te begrijpen. De vlammen zijn ver weg, in minder dan 8 minuten zijn ze bij de camera.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

The difference between inflation under Biden and inflation under Trump is under Biden we were lower than the rest of the world, under Trump we’re higher

In case facts still matter

[Rep. Betty McCollum @BettyMcCollum04]

Last year, the Trump Administration delayed a $10 million grant meant for thinning out ~4,000 acres of dense, dry areas in the Superior National Forest. Most of the work never started. Now, it’s on fire. This is the cost of Elon Musk and the actions of DOGE. https://t.co/k5rpoLXSpg

[Rémi Kasprzyk @KasprzykRemi]

Cette photo mérite absolument tous les prix. Elle a même sa place au Louvre.

Elle relate précisément l’inertie de l’individu face à l’effondrement.

Regardez la composition. Un chef-d’œuvre involontaire.

Au premier plan, le sable doré, les tongs abandonnées, la glacière. Le décor ordinaire du bonheur estival. Deux personnages assis, de dos, comme dans un tableau de Caspar David Friedrich. Sauf que Friedrich peignait des hommes contemplant le sublime. Ici, ils contemplent la catastrophe. Et ils ne bougent pas.

Au centre, le parasol. Publicitaire, criard, dérisoire. Un pastis face à l’apocalypse. C’est presque trop parfait : la France qui prend l’apéro pendant que le monde brûle. Aucun scénariste n’aurait osé.

Et puis le ciel. Les deux tiers de l’image. Cette muraille de fumée qui avale la lumière, ce dégradé d’ocre et de noir digne d’un Turner. La nature qui reprend la palette des maîtres pour peindre notre propre fin.

La femme photographie l’incendie avec son téléphone. Mise en abyme totale : nous documentons notre disparition au lieu de l’empêcher.

Cette image dit tout. Le déni, le confort, l’habitude. Nous sommes tous sur cette plage. Nous voyons tous le nuage. Et nous restons assis, parce que l’eau est bonne et qu’on a posé nos congés.

Les historiens de l’art parleront un jour de cette photo comme on parle du Radeau de la Méduse.

Sauf que cette fois, le naufrage, c’est nous qui le regardons depuis la plage.
💔🌍

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

This mass partisan retribution is appalling, outrageous, dangerous, lawless, unconstitutional, unpatriotic and a massive offense against the Republic. Trump knew how important these Biden-era grants were to the American people, which is why he did not cut them off to the red states, but did cut them off to the blue states. This is rank partisan discrimination in violation of the First Amendment and Equal Protection, conflicting with the president’s duty to “take Care that the laws be faithfully executed.” Every elected official must denounce this imbecilic deep betrayal of America. And the illegally impounded funds must be restored and released immediately to the blue states. https://t.co/Frn8meDT67

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING NYT:

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states "based solely" on whether they backed Trump in the 2024 election.
https://t.co/Zo5EtEW4U2

[Chris Gloninger, CCM, CBM @ChrisGloninger]

Last year ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox aired 8 hours and 25 minutes of climate coverage. All year.

Of 201 climate segments, 16 mentioned fossil fuels.

I was a chief meteorologist for 18 years. Hired to cover climate, then told to stop.
A minute a week was too much.

#climagechange #journalism #bigoil

[John Bistline @JEBistline]

Breaking: U.S. Department of Energy discovers that solar panels do not work when the sun is not out.