October 11, 2024 by V Leigh

Tapping into the culture wars isn’t going to protect Floridians or anyone else from the harsh realities of climate change. The people of Florida deserve better. We all deserve better.

BREAKING: The storm surge for Hurricane Milton is expected to be 15 feet.

To give you an idea of how deadly this is, here’s what 9 feet looks like:pic.twitter.com/0SxfrA9XK3 https://t.co/56ZLtpOIbi
— Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 8, 2024

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We gotta get out of this intersection pic.twitter.com/TQhv5ZdwRe
— Read Abolish Rent (@JoshuaPHilll) October 8, 2024

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As Cat 4 Hurricane Milton prepares to wreck havoc on Florida, a reminder that Gov DeSantis rejected $11B in Federal aid meant to address climate & infrastructure, & banned the phrase “climate change” from Florida laws.

Republicans are proving “Don’t Look Up” was a documentary.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) October 9, 2024

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Imagine denying climate change, but believing the government controls the weather—welcome to Trump and the Republicans. pic.twitter.com/pfZ1uqmWnh
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) October 10, 2024

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Tapping into the culture wars isn’t going to protect Floridians or anyone else from the harsh realities of climate change. The people of Florida deserve better. We all deserve better. pic.twitter.com/BQKR2JJ3ux
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 8, 2024

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October 1, 2024 by V Leigh

friendly reminder that fossil fuel companies get 20 BILLION dollars in govt subsidies every year while FEMA runs out of money to respond to disasters like Helene

friendly reminder that fossil fuel companies get 20 BILLION dollars in govt subsidies every year while FEMA runs out of money to respond to disasters like Helenepic.twitter.com/7RsU1VrTZu
— Aru Shiney-Ajay 🌄 (@aru_shineyajay) September 29, 2024

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I’m heartsick for the families who lost their homes and their loved ones to Hurricane Helene. It’s a sad reality that this hurricane rapidly intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm because of climate change. We must do more to confront the climate crisis as we rebuild.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 30, 2024

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‘Nowhere is safe’: shattered Asheville shows stunning reach of climate crisis “I don’t know where you run to escape climate change. Everywhere has some sort of risk.” So when is this reality going to sink in & we #StopSubsidizingFossilFuels https://t.co/XbXspH7aUy
— 🐙Dr🌻Sea🦑 (@DrSeaRotmann) October 1, 2024

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Didn’t realize how many folks have no idea where Asheville and these other underwater towns are.

I’m in Raleigh- 2hrs inland. Asheville is 4hrs west of me, up in the blue ridge mountains. It was unthinkable that a hurricane could wipe out towns this far inland & high up. https://t.co/Or2F2oTrKg pic.twitter.com/7FhBaFl6xD
— Vic 🌮 (@VicVijayakumar) September 29, 2024

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NEW: I was able to get some great ground video in Chimney Rock, NC this afternoon — a gorgeous mountain tourist town near Lake Lure that was all but washed away by Hurricane #Helene

This will be a sad thread for everyone who loves WNC

🧵 @wsoctv @WLOS_13 pic.twitter.com/ZxsYsRx0KX
— Evan Donovan (@EvanDonovan) September 30, 2024

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October 5, 2023 by V Leigh

How do we know humans are responsible for #climatechange? IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report shows that the dominant role of humans in driving recent climate change is clear. This is based on a synthesis of information from multiple lines of evidence.

NEW: The nation’s most comprehensive climate risk tool was released today. It outlines 184 climate-related risks in 70,000 U.S. communities.

You should plug in your address and see what risks, and gaps, your home is facing.https://t.co/EbpZPGO7OL
— adam mahoney (he/him) (@AdamLMahoney) October 2, 2023

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‘The rain
Exposes the drenched streets,
the cheating contractor,
and the failed state’. The poet Mustafa al-Trebelsi wrote prophetically before being killed by the dam burst in Derna. Translated by another Libyan poet: ⁦@kmattawa⁩ https://t.co/PMSsQVAn25
— Lindsey Hilsum (@lindseyhilsum) September 15, 2023

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In less time than a movie double-feature, enough water fell in Leominster to wash out roads and train tracks and force evacuations.

Scientists say the extreme rainfall and flash floods are now expected on the warming planet — and there’s more to come. https://t.co/fvcYSTS4g4 pic.twitter.com/u9GXgOBadB
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) September 14, 2023

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This is chaos in NYC.

Tell me again how the climate crisis is a hoax. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ZsUKVZa4Ig
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) September 29, 2023

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NYC 3 months apart. The climate crisis will manifest in hundreds of ways and we need to be ready pic.twitter.com/4cJDmp7C2W
— Xiye Bastida (@xiyebastida) September 29, 2023

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Pope Francis has made his strongest statement yet on the accelerating climate crisis, pinning blame on big industries and world leaders as well as “irresponsible” Western lifestyles https://t.co/KilVx6qOFf pic.twitter.com/rj0wUXBP7F
— CNN (@CNN) October 5, 2023

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#HappeningNow This is how climate crisis looks like in India now.

Cloudburts in Sikkim killed atleast 14 & 104 missing and thousands of people becomes homeless.

Cloudbursts are a common occurrence in Himalayan regions but it becomes frequent due to climate change. pic.twitter.com/rSJQptUe0e
— Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) October 5, 2023

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How do we know humans are responsible for #climatechange?

IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report shows that the dominant role of humans in driving recent climate change is clear. This is based on a synthesis of information from multiple lines of evidence.

➡️ https://t.co/qy5ZEedhB0 pic.twitter.com/SdyV1HJRZF
— IPCC (@IPCC_CH) October 5, 2023

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September 20, 2023 by V Leigh

The summer of 2023 was officially confirmed the hottest one on record. According to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization and the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service, this past June, July, and August were the hottest consecutive 3-month period the planet has ever had. August alone broke records — not only was it the hottest August ever recorded, it was also the second hottest month since record-keeping began. July 2023 was the hottest. ‘The northern hemisphere just had a summer of extremes — with repeated heatwaves fueling devastating wildfires, harming health, disrupting daily lives and wreaking a lasting toll on the environment,’ said World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas in a statement. ‘In the southern hemisphere Antarctic sea ice extent was literally off the charts, and the global sea surface temperature was once again at a new record. It is worth noting that this is happening BEFORE we see the full warming impact of the El Niño event, which typically plays out in the second year after it develops.’

The summer of 2023 was officially confirmed the hottest one on record.

According to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization and the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service, this past June, July, and August were the hottest consecutive 3-month period the planet has ever… pic.twitter.com/2eZMN1pSDQ
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 6, 2023

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‘The rain
Exposes the drenched streets,
the cheating contractor,
and the failed state’. The poet Mustafa al-Trebelsi wrote prophetically before being killed by the dam burst in Derna. Translated by another Libyan poet: ⁦@kmattawa⁩ https://t.co/PMSsQVAn25
— Lindsey Hilsum (@lindseyhilsum) September 15, 2023

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Wondering what actions you can take to tackle the #ClimateCrisis?

🌱Live sustainably
📢Speak up for climate
❗Demand urgent action

Let’s #ActNow and make our voices heard ⤵️
— UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) September 18, 2023

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The unaccredited platform, Prager University has raised $200m since 2018 while promoting climate denial and reshaping historical & factual narratives. Is this the future we want? 🤔 #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/8uMyU8b4vP
— Climate Reality (@ClimateReality) September 18, 2023

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Thousands protest in #NYC to protect our #environment from pollution and to stop #FossilFuel use! Also many Japanese marched to protest #NuclearWasteWater dumped by #Fukushima nuclear power plant owned by Petco into the Pacific Ocean. #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/0wKxxWMx7n pic.twitter.com/tqJu8SBikz
— Chris (@XmanNYC71) September 17, 2023

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With our lawsuit, CA becomes the largest geographic area & the largest economy to take these giant oil companies to court

From extreme heat to drought, the climate crisis they have caused is undeniable

It’s time they pay for the harm they’ve caused https://t.co/YI2qyhU7IA
— Rob Bonta (@RobBonta) September 17, 2023

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In less time than a movie double-feature, enough water fell in Leominster to wash out roads and train tracks and force evacuations.

Scientists say the extreme rainfall and flash floods are now expected on the warming planet — and there’s more to come. https://t.co/fvcYSTS4g4 pic.twitter.com/u9GXgOBadB
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) September 14, 2023

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September 2, 2023 by V Leigh

Billionaires are the leading cause of climate change.

https://t.co/N5vl0co41k
— الكسندرا ميراي (@LexiAlex) August 19, 2023

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“The fires of today are in part due to the climate crisis, a history of colonialism in our islands, and the loss of our right to steward our ‘aina and wai’ [land and water],” said Carmen Lindsey of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.https://t.co/5dWwAXmtNx
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) August 17, 2023

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A study published in Science Advances Aug 16 found that there have been tens of thousands of ‘excess deaths’ from tropical storms hitting the continental U.S. between 1988 and 2019. A disproportionate amount of those deaths happened in low-income areas and communities of color. pic.twitter.com/1frhDAqzMg
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 17, 2023

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2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record, but we still have Republicans claiming the climate crisis is a “hoax.” What planet are they living on? pic.twitter.com/0YftfKNCcU
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 24, 2023

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The #ClimateCrisis and #AirPollution are threats to human health, driving diseases like cancer, asthma, heart disease, and mosquito-borne diseases like dengue. pic.twitter.com/5StLu2k55L
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) August 23, 2023

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August 11, 2023 by V Leigh

NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency. Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors.

NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency. Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors.

🚨NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency.

Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors. https://t.co/l5p4GblIS0
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) July 19, 2023

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The forced acceptance of 1.1 million people dying over 3 years, the U.S. government and media pushing a return to normal without reckoning with systemic failure, is the plan for climate disaster. You will go to work. Your rent will be due. Survival will be your responsibility.
— Dana White (@ItsDanaWhite) May 16, 2023

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Climate emergency in #Iraq: “What is happening here is a window into a future that is now coming for other parts of the world – if we continue to fail in our responsibility to take preventive & mitigating action against climate change” – @volker_turk https://t.co/Zw35PR6z55 pic.twitter.com/AHDUGvK8hW
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) August 9, 2023

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“This salt water has destroyed my childhood, school, and life.”

Thousands of Bangladeshi women face reproductive health issues caused by the increasing salt content in the waters in which they live and work. https://t.co/AdaKlvclE0
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 10, 2023

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I’d rather ExxonMobil build up tolerance to lower profits. pic.twitter.com/fGmrHzYe9b
— Jamie Henn (@jamieclimate) July 30, 2023

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July 7, 2023 by V Leigh

It’s believed that yesterday was Earth’s hottest day on record. St. Louis has 11 more 90 degree days per year today than when I was born. The climate crisis is here.

Monday was the world’s hottest day on record, exceeding an average of 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time, according to initial measurements taken by meteorologists. https://t.co/WC5DdhQdOf
— KDKA (@KDKA) July 6, 2023

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Because of the climate crisis, heat waves are becoming:

⚠️ more frequent
⚠️ more intense
⚠️ longer
⚠️ deadlier

Urgent #ClimateAction is needed to prevent a future of frequent & deadly heat disasters.

More from @UNOCHA: https://t.co/W1D5u3Z06W pic.twitter.com/kVH36zJlro
— United Nations (@UN) July 6, 2023

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🚨 South Sudan is experiencing some of the worst effects of the climate crisis, with unprecedented floods and droughts affecting children and communities throughout the country. pic.twitter.com/y3qbFnABeV
— UNICEF South Sudan (@unicefssudan) July 6, 2023

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the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) July 5, 2023

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Monday, July 3 was the hottest day EVER recorded on Earth. A hugely significant record that stood…

… a mere 24 hours when Tuesday, July 4 broke the record for hottest day ever measured.

This is the climate crisis. Every day is record-breaking, every day is heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/Wz0BwqWpiD
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) July 5, 2023

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It’s believed that yesterday was Earth’s hottest day on record.

St. Louis has 11 more 90 degree days per year today than when I was born.

The climate crisis is here.https://t.co/vnGHhuEikg
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) July 5, 2023

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March 2, 2023 by V Leigh

Last week, officials said they believed that the Ohio train derailment had killed 3,500 aquatic animals. Today they provided a new estimate, pushing the total to more than 43,700 animals within a 5-mile area.

“The next few decades will be the end of the kind of civilization we’re used to.”

Humanity is consuming 175 percent of what the earth can regenerate. Biologist Paul Erlich says that our current way of life is unsustainable. https://t.co/AwaKLZFGsj pic.twitter.com/MU1jHpuMwI
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 2, 2023

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😩 “Despite this stark failure, the plastics industry has waged a decades-long campaign to perpetuate the myth that the material is recyclable.” https://t.co/P3AtLcEuyC
— Aniyia ❤️ (@operaqueenie) December 28, 2022

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Last week, officials said they believed that the Ohio train derailment had killed 3,500 aquatic animals. Today they provided a new estimate, pushing the total to more than 43,700 animals within a 5-mile area. https://t.co/n9AsaESihl
— KDKA (@KDKA) February 23, 2023

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Officials initially said they believed that 3500 animals had died.

This is disastrous. My God. pic.twitter.com/PXXQVcIyQf
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 24, 2023

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October 3, 2022 by V Leigh

Florida GOP votes against FEMA funding

Florida GOP votes against FEMA funding https://t.co/vhVD5x9FFS
— Andrew Chung (@andrew_chung_) October 2, 2022

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Every Republican Senator and Congressperson from Florida voted against federal aid for Hurricane Ian.

Every. Single. One.

Wow.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) October 2, 2022

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After Hurricane Ian slammed Florida’s coast, I made my way to Fort Myers to report on the devastation in the city’s predominantly Black neighborhoods.

“Send help,” one resident told me. “They ain’t coming for us. This is a good ol’ boy town.”https://t.co/u4aX5txLTl
— Margo Snipe (@margoasnipe) September 30, 2022

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DeSantis spent $615,000 of Florida taxpayer money to Vertol Systems Company Inc to fly 50 men, women and children from Texas, where he lured them with the promise of jobs and shelter, to Martha’s Vineyard.

That is $12,300 per person of Florida taxpayer money for a cruel stunt.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) September 17, 2022

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While Hurricane Ian may be new, the impact it has had on families followed by the slow government response in aid is something many are all too familiar with – especially communities of color. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/0M8y8LP74Y
— ColorOfChange (@ColorOfChange) October 3, 2022

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September 1, 2022 by V Leigh

Those who suffering the worst impacts of the climate crisis are not responsible for this crisis. This is climate injustice

WHO is responding as districts in #Pakistan🇵🇰 continue to be affected by unprecedented levels of flooding.

The impact of the heavy monsoon ⛈️ rains is drastic, affecting 3⃣3⃣ million people in 116 districts across the country.

📌 https://t.co/iUkHk3m2Ig pic.twitter.com/yQ9uwJIoGR
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) August 31, 2022

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Pakistan causes less than 1% of global carbon emissions, but a third of it is now underwater – and rebuilding is going to be hamstrung by its $12.5 billion in debt repayments due this year alone. That debt should be cancelled.https://t.co/yk8C4m2At0
— Tribune (@tribunemagazine) August 31, 2022

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Record monsoon rains and floods in Pakistan have killed 1,000+ people, including hundreds of children.

Pakistan produces less than 1% of CO2 emissions but is highly vulnerable to climate crisis events.

Officials say a third of Pakistan is underwater: “It’s all one big ocean.” pic.twitter.com/aboeRGs6Hq
— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 29, 2022

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President Bident has issued a State of Emergency following the city’s main water treatment facility failure earlier this week.https://t.co/jy2Mpj5fW9
— Blavity News (@Blavity) August 31, 2022

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Recent flooding in #Jackson, Mississippi exacerbated the city’s already failing water system. Experts say it’s a familiar threat in disinvested communities of color. https://t.co/quCK5W2KhA
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) August 31, 2022

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Flooding in Mississippi that began on August 24 has forced evacuations, washed away roads, and even derailed two train cars carrying CO2 near the town of Brandon. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency on August 27. pic.twitter.com/tFDPwQd2fL
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 30, 2022

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Those who suffering the worst impacts of the climate crisis are not responsible for this crisis. This is climate injustice pic.twitter.com/URhl48HK8U
— Vanessa Nakate (@vanessa_vash) August 29, 2022

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Pakistan is facing a climate catastrophe, affecting over 33 million ppl & killing over 1000.

The climate crisis isn’t an “eventually,” it’s a lived reality right now & as long as politicians continue to take fossil fuel $$ and stall on climate action, there’s blood on our hands. https://t.co/o67kWY1mMb
— Summer Lee (@SummerForPA) August 30, 2022

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1/3 of Pakistan is under water.

China is experiencing an unprecedented drought.

Jackson, Mississippi hasn’t had clean water in days.

The climate crisis is here — and our communities are suffering. We can’t afford to wait any longer for real climate action.
— Nydia M Velázquez (@ReElectNydia) August 31, 2022

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