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Republican lawmakers are advancing legislation that would shield major polluters from legal accountability for climate change harms.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44252191

Today is the International Day of Action for Rivers.

Climate Change, Deforestation, Upstream Dams and Diversion, Urbanization, Population Pressure are the most acute reason behind the dying situation of a mighty river like Padma. Changes in weather patterns and shifting precipitation regimes have led to reduced rainfall and altered river flow. These changes disrupt the natural balance of water in the river. Unregulated deforestation along the river basin has resulted in soil erosion, siltation, and reduced groundwater recharge. This, in turn, impacts the river's ability to maintain a healthy water flow. Construction of dams and diversion of water for various purposes upstream significantly reduces the water reaching downstream areas, including the Padma River. The gradual drying of the Padma River carries several grave consequences like Ecological Impact, Environmental Degradation, Agricultural Disruption, Water Scarcity, Economic Fallout and many others. Reduced water flow disrupts the river's ecosystems, affecting aquatic life, wetlands, and biodiversity. Farmers who rely on the river for irrigation face challenges, leading to decreased agricultural productivity. As the river's water levels drop, it directly impacts the availability of drinking water for communities living along its banks. The drying of the river can lead to increased pollution, sedimentation, and loss of natural habitats.

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US solar capacity installations fell 14% in 2025 compared with the previous year

Underlying this is a jet stream gone wild, Maue and Chenard said.

The jet stream is the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a roller coaster-like path. Usually, the plunges are as mild as a kiddie roller coaster. But now that jet stream is barreling down near-vertical, scream-inducing drops, followed by straight-up ascents.

“Which means you get a lot of extremes next to each other,” Maue said. Storm fronts coming from the Pacific hit that high pressure heat dome in the Southwest and are pushed north to climb that mountainous jet stream peak, “grab access to that cold air reservoir up there” and bring it back down south down the other side of the hill, he said.

Numerous studies have connected unusual jet stream and polar vortex activity to shrinking Arctic sea ice and human-caused climate change.

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The papers are here and here. The first paper is paywalled, the second is open-access.

As countries scramble to secure oil, gas and fertilizer, China’s bets on clean energy and coal are cushioning its dependence on oil and gas imports.

The coal part isn't so great though.

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The Trump administration is reviewing proposals to break up one of the world’s leading climate and weather laboratories, transfer its work to universities and private companies, take away its aircraft, and sell its property in Boulder, Colo.

The lab in question is NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

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The key thing here is that they're good for two kinds of things:

• LLMs can do things like write SQL queries or visiualization software
• ML can be used to do a better job of approximations in some situations

It's almost like Republicans want oil to be ridiculously expensive and to force us all to buy it.

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