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“During this early autumn month, let’s thank the intellectual giants who came before us and helped illuminate the path towards recognising the dramatic changes taking place in our environment. Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Aldo Leopold form part of a remarkable intellectual throughline, laying the foundations for so many of the thinkers we listen to and lean on today.”
“JUST IN: preliminary calculations suggest Summer 2026 was Earth’s Hottest on Record.
“ERA-5 data reveals June-July-August 2026 was the hottest summer on record for the Globe. In fact, ALL the hottest summers have been in the last decade! Europe, the US, and the El Niño Ocean region of the Pacific lead the 2026 charge with very hot summers.” [Jeff Berardelli]
https://x.com/WeatherProf/status/2097096206862402029
“Not only was August 2026 the warmest August on record, it was also the planet’s *moistest month* on record, surpassing July 2024.
“As Earth has warmed, the level of water vapor in the atmosphere has risen, a trend that has grown steeper in recent years. Water vapor is itself a powerful greenhouse gas…” [Ben Noll]
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/2096988111406297303
“How climate change may amplify the impact of earthquakes in the Arctic.
“Permafrost refers to permanently frozen ground. The rock is held together by ice, much like cement binds concrete. However, when the ice thaws, the ground becomes weak and unstable. During an earthquake, this can trigger a series of natural hazards. An international research team investigated precisely such an event.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-climate-amplify-impact-earthquakes-arctic.html
“GREENLAND RECORD WARMTH:
“After very cold days, an exceptional warm spell invaded Greenland with record High Temperatures for September such as 15.3C [59.5F] at Scoresbysund.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2097026243363328332
“Ireland’s longest drought since 1941 recorded at Carlow’s weather station.
“There was no rainfall from Saturday, June 20th until Monday, August 24th. This 66-day lack of rain is the longest drought since 1941. The previous longest drought record was at Roches Point in Co. Cork…”
“Flower farmers pull out of markets as record heat wipes out stock [UK]…
“England and Wales had their driest July on record, and by 10 August the National Drought Group reported 71.3% of England was in drought, with more than 27 million people under water restrictions. For growers, that meant rebuilding the working day around the heat.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjw5q55p9j6o
“France has set a new national temperature record for September in the town of Lavaur, where temperatures reached 40.3°C [104.5F] on September 6, Le Monde reports.
“The report said the previous September temperature record in France was set on September 12, 2022, in Pissos in the Landes department, when temperatures reached 40.2°C, Caliber.Az reports, citing French media.”
https://caliber.az/en/post/france-records-new-september-temperature-record
“France’s wildlife suffers severe blow from intense heat: ‘The entire food chain is disrupted’.
“The growing number of extreme weather events is forcing wild animals to deploy all their adaptive abilities, which are not always enough to survive. This summer, many people decided on their own to help to make up for the overwhelmed shelters and care centers.”
“Italy endures hottest summer since records began.
“The data also indicated that 2026 could become Italy’s hottest year overall since records began 76 years ago. Italy experienced several heatwaves over the summer, with temperatures soaring in major cities.”
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9345682/italy-endures-hottest-summer-since-records-began/
“Marmolada glacier suffered record loss this summer [Italy]…
“This summer the Marmolada shrank by around 23 metres on average and its surface area dropped from 92 hectares to 83, the bodies said Experts said the only time the glacier suffered a similar loss of mass was in 2022, when a serac collapsed following a heatwave in which abnormally high temperatures were registered, killing 11 people.”
“Slovenia’s Triglav Glacier Could Disappear by the End of the Year.
“After 80 years of systematic measurements, scientists are now witnessing not simply the retreat of the Triglav Glacier but potentially its complete disappearance. Miha Pavšek of the Anton Melik Institute of Geography said recent footage shows the last remaining patches of ice rapidly disappearing.”
https://connectingregion.com/news/slovenias-triglav-glacier-could-disappear-by-the-end-of-the-year/
“Record heat continues all over the Balkans.
“Yesterday September records in BOSNIA: 39.4 [102.9F] Mostar, 38.6 Jajce, 37.8 Bihac. Tonight another incredible warm night in CROATIA – minimum 26.9C at Lastovo and another September record.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2096512798419279938
“Dubrovnik Choked by Smoke as Huge Wildfires Rage Across Border.
“Dubrovnik once again woken beneath a blanket of smoke as huge wildfires continue to burn across the border in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the city’s fire chief revealing that the area has endured an extraordinary 16 days of smoke this summer.”
“Konitsa wildfire threatens forest that ‘hasn’t burned since the 1940s’ [Greece]…
““Our elders tell us that this forest hasn’t burned since the ’40s. But it was never cleared; it was dense and, because of the slope, impassable. It’s very difficult to put out a fire there,” said Kostas Tziallas, owner of a small production unit in the area.”
“MEDITERRANEAN RECORD HEAT:
“Greece: 38 Andravida, 36.9 Ioannina, 35.8 Aktion, 35 Kharpatos & Rhodes; Turkey: 41.8 [107.2F] Antalya AP, 39.4 Kas, 36.1 Cannakale; HIGH MINS – 32 Konyaalti, 30 Antalya, 28.9 Bodrum, 28.1 Kas, 27.3 Marmaris, 26.8 Izmir, 26.5 Manisa.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2097039538237366388
“Strong winds fanning wildfire in south-western Turkey…
“Strong winds are fanning the fire, which is being fought with seven aircraft, 13 helicopters, 32 firefighting vehicles, and 232 emergency personnel. The Turkish Forestry Directorate on X that another forest fire in Antalya province had been brought under control.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/strong-winds-fanning-wildfire-south-124830162.html
“Weather warning for extreme heat in Andalucia with 40C [104F] highs – as dozens of September temperature records are smashed across Spain.
“AEMET has placed swathes of southern Spain under orange high-temperature warnings, signalling ‘significant danger’, with the mercury expected to hit 40C across Sevilla, Cordoba, Huelva, Cadiz and Jaen on Monday.”
“Morocco’s late-season heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense.
“Morocco is experiencing unusually high September temperatures, with several cities breaking monthly records and temperatures remaining well above seasonal averages. Long-term observations point to late-season heatwaves becoming more frequent and intense.”
https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/202273/morocco-late-season-heatwaves-becoming-more.html
“Tunisians tell the story of their summer of shortages…
“Frequent water and power cuts, long queues for bottled water, poultry farms destroyed by the heat… Long lines have been forming in front of shops and at delivery points, sometimes late at night as people try to get a few bottles of water, which has been rationed. No region has been spared the shortages.”
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260907-tunisians-tell-story-their-summer-shortages
“HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN CENTRAL AFRICA:
“Records pulverized in Congo, Gabon and CAF. In particular 37.2C [99F] at Bangui is HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER RECORDED IN CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC. Previous record – last year. INSANE.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2096257491042439617
“Powerful Storm Strikes Mourners at Royal Palace [Uganda].
“Heavy rain and strong winds swept through the grounds of Karuziika Palace in the Tooro Kingdom, sending mourners running for shelter. They had gathered to mourn the late King Oyo Nyimba, who died at the age of 34 and is scheduled to be buried on September 12.” [Arab Storms]
https://x.com/Arab_Storms/status/2097024652313018614
“Water rationing, dry taps fuel Dar es Salaam residents’ outcry [Tanzania]…
“The problem, which has proved a tough nut to crack in several areas, has forced residents to rely on borehole and vended water, a situation that increases living costs and exposes them to the risks of consuming unsafe water.”
“Eleven dead and six missing after avalanche in Russian mountains [Caucasus].
“At least 11 people have been killed and six others injured after an avalanche in Russia… It swept down Mount Mizhirgi, one of the area’s highest peaks, around 5pm local time (2pm GMT), hitting a group of 33 climbers, emergency services said.”
“Water in Central Asia: Can the Five States Reach an Agreement?
“Central Asia is entering a period of growing water stress, as climate change makes supplies less predictable while demand continues to rise. Populations are growing, economies require new energy and industrial capacity, glaciers are shrinking, and agriculture continues to consume most of the available water.”
https://timesca.com/water-in-central-asia-agreement/
“The water beneath is running out. Water crises due to falling water table in the Mazdoor Abad area of KP turns daily life into a daily struggle [Pakistan].
“Haidar Ali, 35, a resident of Mazdoor Abad locality in Takht Bhai tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, some 15 kilometres north of Mardan city, starts his day by searching for water for drinking and household use.”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2627930/the-water-beneath-is-running-out
“The next water crisis is beneath our feet…
“In the remote Kasanal village in Southern India’s Karnataka state, Santosh Naik says the annual monsoon is no longer enough to fill his two wells. The 38-year-old farmer said that by August 2026, his 60-foot wells were 90% empty, even though they would normally fill within a month of the rains.”
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/the-next-water-crisis-is-beneath-our-feet/
“ENDLESS RECORD HEAT IN INDIA. Southern India is living its longest heat wave in history.
“Records broken and re-broken non-stop for months nearly every day. Today more Historic September records: 40.7 [105.3F] Tiruchchirappalli and 40.3 Nellore. There is no end in sight in any foreseeable future.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2096272005041410102
“Bhutan’s Melting Glaciers Form Backdrop To ‘A Song For The Snow Lion’…
“The film’s title refers to a folk legend about a mythic creature that dwells in Bhutan’s icy mountains, and suggests all that is being lost with melting glaciers.”
“China, Nepal race to find thousands still missing 12 days after floods…
“The flooding that authorities say was likely caused by a glacial collapse last month has killed at least 1,384 people and left more than 5,500 missing, among them about 800 foreigners, across the two countries.”
“Typhoon Saudel triggers mass evacuation in southeastern China.
“Typhoon Saudel brought several days of heavy rain to the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong in southeastern China. In Fujian province, nearly 600,000 people were evacuated from flood-prone danger zones.”
https://ua.news/en/world/taifun-saudel-sprichiniv-masovu-evakuatsiiu-na-pivdennomu-skhodi-kitaiu
“Woman dies after car submerged in flooded underpass amid record rainfall in Japan…
“In Niijima, around 150km south of central Tokyo, 485mm [19 inches] of rain fell in the 24 hours to 9.40am, the largest amount there since local records began, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Footage from a live camera showed a river in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, swollen by heavy rain over the weekend.”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-dies-car-submerged-flooded-113607809.html
“‘Slumping’ South Korean corals worry divers, scientists studying climate change.
“Rising sea temperatures and extreme weather caused by climate change are causing South Korea’s UNESCO-listed soft corals to “slump” and die. Local divers and marine scientists monitoring the waters off Jeju Island have sounding the alarm over a recurring collapse of these fragile marine ecosystems.”
“ABSOLUTE INSANITY IN THAILAND. All regions have pulverized Their September records 5 times in a row.
“MINIMUM >30C [86F] again at Taak. National monthly High Min record surpassed 5 times in a row. More Max. records Today – 38.4 Tak, 37.5 Bang Na, 37.2 Antong.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2096207061360967809
“Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo.
“Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them… Hundreds of schools have been closed indefinitely…”
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/337375/praying-for-rain-as-fires-haze-plague-indonesian-borneo
“Palm Oil Climbs as Indonesian Forest Fires Puts Supply at Risk…
“Benchmark futures climbed as much as 0.9% to 4,975 ringgit ($1,229) per ton in Kuala Lumpur as acrid haze from the fires blanketed large parts of Southeast Asia. Some harvesting has been disrupted, with farm workers drafted into firefighting efforts…”
“Rare spring deluge smashes records in dry inland Western Australia.
“A normally bone-dry pocket of Western Australia has copped more than a quarter of its average annual rainfall in just 24 hours, smashing spring records as heavy rain sweeps the state’s inland.”
“AUSTRALIA has been living weeks of abnormally warm weather and meteorological spring started with record heat up to 38.6C [101.5F].
“A huge area had the highest ever recorded temperatures so early including Sydney which rose to 32.1C yesterday.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2096890342519812349
“Hurricane Lowell: Hawaii residents issued warning as Category 3 storm could cause floods and mudslides…
“Authorities in Hawaii have advised residents and visitors to prepare for torrential downpours, flooding and potential mudslides following Sunday’s announcement by the National Hurricane Center.”
“We are now only officially 0.2 °C shy of a new all-time record in the Niño 3.4 region, folks, and I can see us breaking that record by September 12th or the 13th.
“This is so absurd just how strong this El Niño is getting. Also, this El Niño, I bet, will peak in early or mid-December.” [David Schlotthauer]
https://x.com/Weatherunited1/status/2096991771683430602
“Tap, hold and load El Niño in 4K.
“The new ECMWF seasonal outlook predicts a +4.1°C peak in December — which would easily make this the strongest El Niño on record. A once-in-a-generation event [more than that, actually].” [Ben Noll]
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/2096606850615517581
“Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino.
“Panama has declared a nationwide emergency over El Nino, a phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean that is affecting worldwide weather patterns and pushing up global temperatures.”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/08/world/panama-canal-cut-transits-el-nino/
“Super El Niño set to cause ‘terribly dangerous’ drought in the Amazon…
“The most up-to-date forecasts from the Met Office show a “terribly dangerous [rainfall] anomaly” developing over the Amazon by January, says Scaife. Hotter air temperatures are also expected in the region due to El Niño.”
“HISTORIC HEAT ALL OVER AMERICAS. SEPT HIGHEST MINS *= New Sept. National Records:
“27.6 Piedras Negras MEXICO; 26.8 Rivas, 27.0 Juigalpa NICARAGUA; 27.7 [81.9F] Georgetown AP GUYANA*; 27.8 Boa Vista BRAZIL; 25.8 Guayaquil & Manta ECUADOR *; 21.2 Lima PERU.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2096359822014693718
“Record heat in Central Plains persists with September records of High Maxes/High Mins every day.
“In particular The 103F/39.4C of Memphis, TN yesterday tied its September highest Temperature on record, also set in 1925 and 1954.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2096958196728410413
“Albuquerque experiences hottest August and summer on record.
“August 2026 was the hottest on record for Albuquerque, along with the cumulative months of June, July and August, making it also the hottest summer on record for the city, according to a statement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Meteorologist Brian Guyer.”
“Global warming is ruining their way of life. These Colorado ranchers demand accountability.
“A group of Colorado ranchers who are struggling with severe drought and heat have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a climate case that soon will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ranchers say that big oil companies should be held accountable…”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-09-05/ranchers-climate-change
“Yesterday, Hollywood Burbank Airport recorded 1.41 inches of rain, marking its wettest September day since records began in 1939.
“A fantastic late summer rain for much of Los Angeles County.” [Colin McCarthy]
https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/2097116000017904024
“Intense heat, oppressive humidity approach as Tropical Storm Marie’s dangerous surf lingers.
“Southern California now faces a week of oppressive heat and humidity. Temperatures are forecast to run 10 to 20 degrees above normal with muggy nights.High surf, life-threatening rip currents and elevated tides will persist through Tuesday.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-07/la-heat-wave-tropical-storm-marie-impacts
“Sick sea lion dies on SF beach in latest neurotoxin case connected to warmer waters.
“A sick California sea lion died Monday morning on San Francisco’s Crissy Field Beach after it was seen experiencing seizures likely due to a neurotoxin, the Marine Mammal Center confirms. Patti Jensen with the Marine Mammal Center suspects that it had domoic acid…”
“Washington farmers face realities of unprecedented drought…
“Wildfires, fed by the lack of water, swept through the state this summer, destroying hundreds of homes. Cropland has been strained. Reservoirs and rivers sit well below normal levels… The pace is unsustainable, said fourth generation Yakima River basin farmer Tanner Winckler.”
“Canada must prepare for a 5°C hotter future and act now to avoid worst impacts: new federal report.
““Canadians must prepare for decades of more severe wildfire seasons, more extreme heat days, rising seas, thawing permafrost, and diminishing water resources due to glacier loss. That’s the grim takeaway from the latest edition of Canada’s Changing Climate Report, a comprehensive federal scientific assessment released today.”
https://climateinstitute.ca/news/canada-must-prepare-for-hotter-future-and-act-now/
“Global move away from oil could lead to conflict and migration, experts say…
“Nigeria, Iran, Angola and Algeria are among the countries that will be severely affected, as they rely strongly on oil revenues for their government and provision of public services, but have little diversification and too little capital to cushion the blow.”
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“Global move away from oil could lead to conflict and migration, experts say…”
I know this is Pan’s signature troll item at the very bottom of the bulletin but good god. It’s like a kaleidoscope of denial, painful to behold yet uncannily beautiful.
I was triggered by that too – scanned it for the predictable and obligatory word “transition” – but ended up saving my words for something else.
Besides, who could top “kaleidoscope of denial”?
“Energy and resource-constraints are already leading to conflict and migration” would reflect reality better, but that’s not the sort of headline you tend to find in the MSM.
Kaleidoscope of denial is indeed a stylish turn of phrase. And there is something a bit trippy about this era. I know I’ve compared it to the 1930’s on psychedelics.
I just saw a mention of Eunice Foote. I did not know about her before! Not surprising. I had only heard of Arrhenius.
“Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist and women’s rights activist who became the first person to demonstrate that carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor absorb heat, laying the foundation for understanding the greenhouse effect.
“Born on July 17, 1819, and educated at the Troy Female Seminary, she conducted her experiments in the mid-1850s, publishing her findings in the American Journal of Arts and Sciences in 1856.
“Her groundbreaking work, presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Dr. Joseph Henry, concluded that higher atmospheric CO2 levels would increase Earth’s temperature. This discovery predated the more widely recognized work of Irish physicist John Tyndall by three to five years, yet Foote’s contributions were largely overlooked for over a century.
“Beyond her scientific achievements, Foote was a prominent suffragette and a signatory to the Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. She was also an inventor, holding patents for innovations such as a vulcanized rubber shoe insert and a cylinder-type paper-making machine. Modern historians and scientists now recognize her as a “hidden climate science pioneer” and the first woman to publish a paper in a major scientific journal on physics.”
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“Eunice Newton Foote was the first to experimentally demonstrate in 1856 that carbon dioxide and water vapor trap heat, concluding that increased atmospheric CO2 would raise Earth’s temperature. However, John Tyndall is often credited as the “father of climate science” because his 1859 experiments provided the rigorous physical explanation by isolating infrared radiation absorption, a mechanism Foote did not fully identify. Later, Svante Arrhenius calculated in 1896 the specific relationship between CO2 levels and global temperature changes.”
Thank you, Cassandra. I had not heard of her before, but that is a huge contribution she made.
Well, her name was Foote, so you can see why she might be one step ahead.
Good point, Rob. 😂 She doesn’t deserve to be a foote note.
Touché!
Another good one from Jan Andrew Bloxham:
“Imagine being told you’re too depressing to be around.
Imagine your friends and acquaintances slipping out of your life one by one.
Imagine suffering from executive dysfunction because society is making you too sick for the rat race.
Imagine browsing job boards and finding nothing you feel you could realistically do.
Imagine observing yourself from the outside, not being able to connect who you once were with who you have become.
Imagine a superficial depression test concluding that you’re only mildly depressed, then asking the doctor if it’s normal to feel disappointed every morning you wake up – for years.
Imagine being diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, attending thirteen weeks of group therapy and never getting to the part they promised you – the one about how to deal with appropriate anxiety.
Imagine a doctor in the Centre for Psychiatry telling you that they don’t think they have anyone in the building who can help you.
Imagine having pseudo-scientific spiritual nonsense books thrown at you because it’s all their toolkit has for weirdoes like you.
Imagine reading your medical journal and seeing they wrote:
Thinks the world is going to end.
Imagine understanding why the proposed solutions won’t work, being able to explain exactly why not, and being dismissed by people who can’t articulate why they disagree.
Imagine hearing about people’s plans for the future, knowing they will never come to fruition: work projects, business plans, life plans, dreams of happy families.
Imagine knowing babies today have been born into a lifetime of collapse.
Observe their joyful parents, oblivious to what they have done.
Smile and say “how wonderful”. Turn away before your eyes reveal your sadness.
Imagine that.
Wouldn’t that be nuts.”
https://substack.com/@gnug315/note/c-331897072
I’d snarkily add: “Imagine caring about all *that* and wasting your life on things you have no control over” (unless you’re treating collapsology as a hobby, then it’s fair game). Yeah, yeah, it’ll all collapse, living beings are going to die, starve, be raped, murdered, cannibalized and so on – hardly a new thing in the history of this shitty planet, which will go down the crapper in a quarter of a billion years or so too. But what can you do about it instead of just doing what you can and like right now and letting others do the same?
Thank you for this…It means so much to know I am not alone in my perceptions and realizations…
Cassandra, he expands on that in his comments section:
“To me, collapse awareness leads to the collapse of meaning itself. The loss of a future. It becomes an existential crisis. One that can only be truly relieved by full acceptance of the annihilation of not just oneself, but everyone and everything.
“It’s funny, in a way, because what else is new? It was always like this. Life was always going to end in annihilation. Nothing has fundamentally changed, other than the scope and significance of it all. There are many things to grieve for – the natural world, the coming generations (including one’s own children), the animal kingdom, the stupid waste of mankind’s potential, etc.
“While I do feel sadness for those things, my own personal frustration is mankind’s sheer irrationality and immorality. The fakeness, stupidity, selfishness, hubris, and dozens of other ignoble traits. This is what triggers me on a daily basis, personally, and I see it almost everywhere I look. One risks ending up as a misanthrope, which one doesn’t want to be.”
Climatebrink dashboard has 365 day average at 1.49, we will see the last ever sub 1.5 average before the end of next week. Predicted 2026 average now at 1.63, El Nino peak at 3.9 in November, currently at 2.9 and rising fast. Not quite as high as the links above – Ben Noll says “a once in a generation event”, I’d say it’s more likely now “a couple of times a decade event”.
GFS sea surface temperatures are the highest ever (except for a possible one day anomaly in August) and rising instead of falling, which is what is supposed to happen from September to December. Usually the new all time records are set in northern hemisphere spring. Daily records have been set for every day in the last few months. The rate of rise for global sea surface temperatures may have just taken over from albedo fall and EEI increase as the new No. 1 in the scariest chart hit parade.
Oil futures are just about at 100 dollars again. I don’t know where to get reliable spot prices for products (and presumably there is a lot of local variation) but diesel must be consistently close to 200 dollars in some places now.
“Global move away from oil …” absolute bollocks, no oil is ever going to be permanently left in the ground because of climate concerns. Geologic peaks for those countries named were decades ago, decline rates in Angola and Nigeria are soon going to increase markedly because each country has only one major offshore project under development, and little in the pipeline.
It’s “an express elevator to hell, going down.”
“Absolute bollocks.”
Shooting from the hip there, George. 😂 A rebound of the ever-enigmatic Chinese demand is apparently a factor in these rising oil prices:
“Chinese refiners are stepping up purchases from Africa, Canada, Latin America and Russia as Iranian and Gulf supplies remain constrained… in the past few weeks, we have seen a dramatic jump in Shanghai crude, which is trading just shy of the highest level hit since the Iran war, well above $100. More importantly, it is now trading a sizable premium to Brent, indicating that the period of weak Chinese demand is finally over.”
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/100-Brent-Looms-as-Chinas-Oil-Buying-Rebounds.html
Climate and cooked.
Daily we’re toast reminder.
Truth Wizard, thank you for your kind compliment on your video a few days ago. 😎
I would have thought that the protests started by Greta Thunberg would have grown ever larger by the younger generations as they will face the full horror of Collapse.
Instead of being properly incentivized by their parents joining them in a giant, global FF powerdown effort, their parents chose to continue denial, having more babies, and eagerly continuing the FF party.
I think even Greta now realizes the outright betrayal by the elders and the corporations & politicians.
So, I asked Google:
Is eco-anxiety much higher now than it was 10 years ago?
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ANSWER
Yes, eco-anxiety is significantly higher and more widely recognized today than it was ten years ago.
Why Eco-Anxiety Has Grown
Tangible Local Impacts:
Ten years ago, climate change felt more distant or abstract to many people. Today, frequent extreme weather events—such as severe wildfires, intense heat domes, and major flooding—bring the crisis directly to local communities.
Information Overload:
Continuous 24/7 news cycles and social media feed constant, real-time updates about ecological disasters into our daily lives.
Surging Public Interest:
Global data shows that search queries and public discussions regarding “climate anxiety” or “eco-anxiety” have multiplied exponentially compared to the mid-2010s.
Vulnerable Demographics:
Younger generations (particularly Gen Z and Millennials) report the highest levels of distress, often feeling a sense of betrayal or frustration over perceived inaction by older leaders and institutions. Organizations like the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication track these shifting attitudes and growing stress levels across generations.
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Me: My guess is drug addictions, overdoses, and other suicides will skyrocket because parents refused to modify their lifestyles and educate their offspring on the root cause of Overshoot & Collapse plus all the dire effects of CC, resource depletion, economic decline, etc.
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
There is no giant, global FF powerdown effort that would not result in the catastrophic collapse we are in any event headed for, Bob, and such a powerdown would lose us global dimming from industry.
I’m afraid in yeast-like fashion, the human party will go on until it no longer can.
“The ranchers say that big oil companies should be held accountable…”
Oh, well then. I guess if the ranchers say it …
Ranchers, however, despite their degradation of soils, water supplies, methane emissions, habitat, & biodiversity loss, usurpation of federal lands, and CO2 emissions from the use of the oil industry products in their operations have never conceded that they need bother with any accountability for the extensive damage they cause.
The only reason they think that the oil industry should be held accountable is because it impacts THEM. Otherwise support for the avatar of “Climate Change is a Hoax” would not enjoy the close to 100% support ranchers give him.
Rob, I was saddened to read this:
“Trump’s signs order allowing ranchers to kill wolves to protect herds.”
https://www.klfy.com/national/trumps-signs-order-allowing-ranchers-to-kill-wolves-to-protect-herds/
Coincidentally (mm-hmmm) as the administration imports Argentinian beef the Chinese rejected and Brazilian beef Euroland nixed, from the company that paid $5mln into his inauguration fund, it has greenlit the “culling” of the country’s wild horses.
All because the price of ground beef is sky high, thnx to tariff wars.
Shipments of Brazilian beef have faced major international recalls and import suspensions after testing positive for oestradiol 17β, a growth-promoting hormone banned in the European Union and China because of potential cancer risks.