This year won’t just be the hottest on record—it could be the first to surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris climate accord aims to keep warming below that level when looking over multiple years
      • darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml
        26·
        8 days ago

        If you think nobody was paying attention to climate change after Biden’s win you are the one who slept

        • dontgooglefinderscult@lemmings.world
          61·
          8 days ago

          Oh we were paying attention, the admin did less than nothing, but sure we’re paying attention. Expanding oil drilling and fracking on public, previously protected lands isn’t exactly a proenvironment move.

          • K1nsey6@lemmy.mlEnglish
            5·
            8 days ago

            Oh, they did plenty. The amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere with two US proxy wars is enormous. The first two months in Gaza alone released the equivalent of burning 150,000 tons of coal.