Climate Reality
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Founded by @algore, we’re working to build a just and sustainable true net zero future 🌎. Join us.
Washington, DC
Joined October 2008
We’re thankful for YOU, our community of supporters, activists, changemakers, and Climate Reality Leaders. Your support gives us hope. And as our founder and chairman Al Gore likes to say, hope is itself a renewable resource.
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After killing cheap clean energy projects across the country, DOE is now offering $100 million to keep expensive coal plants operating. https://t.co/gZiuU437zN
eenews.net
The grants are available for retrofits that allow coal plants to also run on natural gas.
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The EU is launching a new climate-attribution service to constantly assess how much extreme weather (heatwaves, heavy rain) is driven by #climatechange. https://t.co/0FFjGuY7qK
reuters.com
The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and experts say this could help governments set climate policy,...
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The Guardian wants to hear how #climatechange affects you in your everyday life – things like differences you’ve spotted in the seasons, changes in how you travel, or increased wildfire risks and restrictions in your community. https://t.co/d41dL5iIzK
theguardian.com
We want to hear about how these shifts showed up in your everyday lives this year
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Petrostates and their political allies are doing everything they can to try to stop the world from making progress on solving the climate crisis. They fiercely opposed what would have been the most important step forward at COP30: the development of a roadmap away from fossil
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls the plan to open the coast of California to offshore drilling “dead on arrival,” with state leaders warning it threatens marine ecosystems, tourism, and the state’s climate goals.
washingtonpost.com
The Interior Department proposed a five-year plan that would allow offshore oil exploration off the coasts of California, Alaska and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
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Homeowners in climate-vulnerable areas are facing a double hit: soaring insurance premiums and falling home values. https://t.co/FNK6eEEfEm
nytimes.com
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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For the first time in a decade, no hurricanes made landfall in the US – yet it was anything but calm, with Melissa unleashing catastrophic destruction across the Caribbean. What was driving these record-breaking storms? Higher ocean heat.
washingtonpost.com
Although no hurricanes made landfall this year, three catapulted to Category 5 intensity — the second-highest number of such intense storms on record.
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K-pop fans are fighting two evils at #COP30: demons and fossil fuels. One has dark powers… the other has lobbyists. Love seeing this activism from our friends at @forourclimate.
apnews.com
K-pop is turning up in force at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, with fans-turned-activists hosting protest and events to mobilize their millions-strong online community to back concrete...
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We’ve been talking about #COP30 a lot this week and why it matters. This is what we’re fighting to protect.
npr.org
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
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This is big: 82 countries at COP30 are demanding a clear global roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels – pushing for real timelines and accountability. https://t.co/skccvDO8rO
politico.com
Governments across Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa embraced the call. The United States did not.
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My message to ministers and negotiators here at #COP30: Engage in good faith to reach an ambitious compromise. 1.5°C must be your only red line. Be bold. Follow the science. Put people above profit. This is the hour for leadership.
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Nothing wrong with organizing public comments. Just so long as you're backing them with evidence. https://t.co/h0HpVFEJsw
eenews.net
Dozens of people at EPA and state hearings have given nearly identical comments: They got help from the American Petroleum Institute.
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After killing cheap clean energy projects across the country, DOE is now offering $100 million to keep expensive and out of date coal plants operating. https://t.co/gZiuU437zN
eenews.net
The grants are available for retrofits that allow coal plants to also run on natural gas.
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Millions of people listen to Joe Rogan’s podcast. Yale Climate Connections found 5 ways those listeners are being misled about the climate crisis. https://t.co/0osUeD9oem
yaleclimateconnections.org
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.
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Thousands of advocates from Climate Reality demanded countries keep fossil fuel industry representatives off of their #COP30 delegation – yet 1,600-plus fossil fuel lobbyists showed up in Belém. Granting fossil fuel lobbyists credentials and access to negotiation rooms runs
climaterealityproject.org
Send an urgent message to your COP 30 country delegation: Don’t let fossil fuel lobbyists interfere with climate negotiations in Belém.
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Roughly one in 25 attendees at #COP30 represents coal, oil, or gas. This threatens fair negotiations. With days left, we’re calling on delegates: Keep fossil fuel lobbyists out of COP 30 talks. Join us.
climaterealityproject.org
Send an urgent message to your COP 30 country delegation: Don’t let fossil fuel lobbyists interfere with climate negotiations in Belém.
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You can also send an urgent message to your COP 30 country delegation: Don’t let fossil fuel lobbyists interfere with climate negotiations in Belém.
climaterealityproject.org
Send an urgent message to your COP 30 country delegation: Don’t let fossil fuel lobbyists interfere with climate negotiations in Belém.
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Ethan Spaner, Climate Reality's International Policy Senior Advisor, is back from #COP30 and has some good news and some bad news about how negotiations are going. The bottom line is we have a real opportunity to make history at COP and address the climate crisis, but only if
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