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Kevin Hester's avatar

I can't stop laughing at this article from the liberal Guardian.

"Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised"

Orwell couldn't write this shit. It's apparently a crisis, not a catastrophe lol, WTAF!

If Guy McPherson dies laughing at this idiocy someone tell Pauline to send Hester, the funeral bill. ;-)

It's so outrageous we've gotta laugh. It gets more Orwellian by the hour.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/climate-misinformation-turning-crisis-into-catastrophe-ipie-report?fbclid=IwY2xjawLB9LJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE1SUxZcmFwcWZKSkwwWlVlAR4fgl4ouJALc_O-KSVyCC3mG2zIQ1UBw10_dqoygK8hWRj1D2os9gIxcpEMcQ_aem_RxjAYJ1fPcpN9Q0Mhr9csg

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Kevin Hester's avatar

Another case of the arsonists' being dragged through the courts, I'm a skeptic about the outcome but it forces them to lie under oath which creates a mine field for the corporate arsonists.

https://www.dw.com/en/major-oil-companies-face-first-climate-death-lawsuit/a-72899631?fbclid=IwY2xjawLArmBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE3WWZPNXJuWFdGQ3g5S2JMAR7kgk_4EgQJ-wfHfnF0UAP08ir5uZ7AY5oarCxqMFz4x8OwFx4vCM8zDr97Iw_aem_M0DZfH6sMJanKU4eIPw7dw

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Guy R McPherson's avatar

This is a very good article, Kevin. Thank you for sharing.

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Kevin Hester's avatar

“The pattern is clear. Where storm clouds form has changed,” Tselioudis said. The implications for the climate, he added, are significant: “This has added a large amount of warming to the system.”

More corroboration of Guy's hypothesis and conclusions:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154443/earths-clouds-on-the-move?fbclid=IwY2xjawLAQLNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE4Zk1oMXB5bllTQ003OTh6AR5XArY3vFjPDL_gtDwMRqXNWscCKI6_mWwYM1jhtlwHGqSI_Dq9UQ4E0BPL8g_aem_IjOTTr2oxZFhMuFow_3Kdg

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Kevin Hester's avatar

I'm more than a little skeptical of legal avenues to prosecute our climate crisis in the courts, especially in the most overt capitalist societies like the USA, the 'Best Democracy Money Can Buy.' Yet I like the idea of dragging the arsonists though the courts, but I suggest that role be left to us older people who should own the consequences of our catastrophic failure to act in time.

The cloud feedback mentioned is becoming a major driver.

The reduction in aerosols, due to reduced sulfate emissions, has been one driver of record Sea Surface Temperatures and lower cloud formation but it's more complex than any one variable,

“a record-low planetary albedo caused mainly by reduced low-cloud cover in the northern mid-latitudes and tropics. If this shift represents an excursion into a new normal, our future could be hotter faster than expected.”

That old "Faster than expected" Canard yet again

Guy and I have written extensively about the Aerosol Masking Effect, links to that science can be found at both our websites.

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-uncover-flaw-in-climate-models-clouds-are-supercharging-arctic-warming/

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Guy R McPherson's avatar

“I like the idea of dragging the arsonists through the courts.” The judicial system can be fun, after all!

I know this is redundant, but thank you for your collegiality, Kevin. I appreciate all you do in support of my work.

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Obsolete Optics's avatar

Save the planet? A George Carlin bit comes to mind...

https://youtu.be/7W33HRc1A6c?si=CYL4GWfuzuw5OPH7

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Guy R McPherson's avatar

Good one! Human actions are driving more than 200 species per day to extinction now. #winning?

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