‘A Minnesota judge found the preponderance of evidence did not favor coal industry climate science denial’

Source: Coal made its best case against climate change, and lost | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The Guardian

‘Earlier this year, large wildfires hit spots on opposite ends of the world — Tasmania and Oklahoma-Kansas. Last year, Alaska and California pushed the U.S. to a record 10 million acres burned. Massive fires hit Siberia, Mongolia and China last year and Brazil’s fire season has increased by a month over the past three decades.’

Source: It’s not just Alberta: Fires fuelled by warming climate are increasing – Technology & Science – CBC News

‘Everyone has heard about climate change caused by fossil fuels, which threatens to raise Earth’s average surface temperature by about 3-5°C by the year 2100 unless we take major steps toward mitigation. But there’s an eerie silence about the other major climate change threat, which might lower Earth’s average surface temperature by 7°C: a decade-long mini ice age caused by a U.S.-Russia nuclear war.’

Source: Climate Change for the Impatient: A Nuclear Mini Ice Age

‘Five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to rising seas and erosion, a discovery thought to be the first scientific confirmation of the impact of climate change on coastlines in the Pacific, according to Australian researchers.’

Source: Five Pacific islands lost to rising seas as climate change hits | Environment | The Guardian

‘Hundreds of environmental activists have invaded the UK’s largest opencast coalmine and halted operations across the vast site.’

Source: Climate protesters invade UK’s largest opencast coalmine | Environment | The Guardian