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To be clear: they’re talking about voters not politicians. You can’t persuade somebody who is getting paid off. While words and phrases like “decarbonization” and climate “crisis” were shown to be ineffective, messages saying that pollution led to rising costs and extreme weather were more likely to persuade U.S. voters

To be clear: they’re talking about voters not politicians. You can’t persuade somebody who is getting paid off. While words and phrases like “decarbonization” and climate “crisis” were shown to be ineffective, messages saying that pollution led to rising costs and extreme weather were more likely to persuade U.S. voters

Next time someone tells you to “Be a Man” tell them men were too weak for your taste so you became a Mangrove.

… Researchers and environmental activists generally attribute the pollution to illegal mines in neighbouring Myanmar, whose long-running civil war enables unregulated exploitation of natural resources, including rare earth elements used in smartphones, wind turbines, electric vehicles and more. “Conflict, fragmented governance and global markets converge to promote and sustain extraction at the expense of environmental integrity and human security,” the Washington-based Stimson Center think tank said in a report in May. Researchers from Thailand’s Chiang Mai University found arsenic levels 10 times higher than normal in sediment from the Kok river, a Mekong tributary. … Assistant Professor Wan Wiriya described it as a “time bomb”, raising long-term risks of cancer and neurological disorders, particularly among vulnerable populations. Buddhist monks in saffron robes led a protest march along the contaminated waterway, with participants holding signs reading “Rivers are the veins of our lives”. “We don’t see children playing in the water anymore. We don’t see birds. We don’t see butterflies,” said Sansoen Duangdee, a 69-year-old artist. “The water is dead. And if the water is dead, what about the people?“ … The inter-governmental Mekong River Commission says it is strengthening regional monitoring and cooperation in the wake of the latest findings, including on heavy metals, but neither Myanmar nor China are members. …

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Record heat pushes human-driven warming to 1.39C, 1.5C could arrive by 2030 https://phys.org/news/2026-06-human-driven-139c-15c.html #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #environment #heat

Global warming hit 1.37°C in 2025, with Earth accumulating heat at an accelerating rate https://phys.org/news/2026-06-global-137c-earth-accumulating.html #environment #heat #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/66336655 Around 40 industrial companies have warned the European Union that rising carbon costs are threatening the continent’s industrial base. If the current system remains unchanged, production will be shifted abroad and factories will be forced to close, the signatories said. They include chemical groups BASF, Evonik and Covestro, as well as steelmakers Thyssenkrupp and ArcelorMittal.

Millions of homes in London, Essex and Kent at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/11/millions-homes-london-essex-and-kent-sinking-climate-crisis-subsidence #UnitedKingdom #UK #London #Essex #Kent #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

As deforestation in the Amazon falls, fresh evidence shows that the rainforest can withstand global warming, but only if there is a worldwide effort to stop cutting it down.

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