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A look at the entry-level hiring squeeze in marketing, communications, and customer service as executives increasingly argue AI can absorb much of the workload (Anjli Raval/Financial Times)

So we face a serious crisis with #ClimateChange, where we know what has to be done and how to do it, but we chose not to invest in it.
And we know we have the resources, because trillions are being spent on speculative investments in AI, which currently is aggravating the #ClimateCrisis wi…

So we face a serious crisis with #ClimateChange, where we know what has to be done and how to do it, but we chose not to invest in it.
And we know we have the resources, because trillions are being spent on speculative investments in AI, which currently is aggravating the #ClimateCrisis wi…

Yes, forest trees die of old age. But the warming climate is killing them faster #environment

Yes, forest trees die of old age. But the warming climate is killing them faster
Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an accelerating rate. And this is not because of fire, storms, or logging. The chronic stress of a warming climate is killing them.

Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files 'cover-up' in BBC interview (Jessica Parker/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx47k34yqxo
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p4#a260217p4

“When there’s a supply disruption in the Middle East, that raises prices for every barrel of oil in the world,”
said Christopher Knittel, associate dean for climate and sustainability at M.I.T.
“Those price increases then trickle down to products that use oil, gasoline being the most relevant one.”
⚠️But isn’t the United States the world’s largest oil producer?
Yes, but not all American-produced oil can be easily used by American refiners.
The United States is a n…

America Is an Oil Exporter. Why Does a Mideast War Raise U.S. Gas Prices?
The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran have intensified and the conflict has widened, shaking global energy markets.

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@GeofCox/116062316104136628
Yes, and...
The _first_ reporting duty, the _first_ level of responsibility has to be ecological. Not "environmental", with its implicit human exceptionalism. We must recog…

Yes, forest trees die of old age. But the warming climate is killing them faster
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-forest-trees-die-age-climate.html

Today, the EC came up with a €200 million (yes, with an m!) guarantee fund for innovative nuclear technologies and now we will have operational SMRs by the early 2030s. Call me sceptical :)
A mini-fund for mini-reactors.
https://www.euronews.com/my-eu…

Brussels backs mini-nuclear power plants to secure low-carbon power
The EU is counting on small nuclear reactors to help meet climate targets and stabilise power supply, but some countries and environmental groups warn the technology is costly and unproven. #EuropeNews

"Attacks on civilian systems, including water systems, must be condemned and punished under the laws of war"
Well yes, but by whom?
I am not a proponent either of nation states or of laws, but in a world of nations, some consensus standard of what behaviour is acceptable for them is better than none.
We are in the mess we are in because 'the west' failed to defend the 'international rules based order' which it claimed to have established.

Desalination, water, and war
Attacks on civilian systems, including water systems, must be condemned and punished under the laws of war.