The Green Elephant

83 - A REPUBLICAN RECKONING:

A Fanciful Tale from Climate Denial to Renewable Revolution

Project 2025:

A Battle Plan About How the Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs

What the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Transition Report gets wrong about making government work Would we want the president elected in 2024 to jitterbug through the inaugural balls and arrive to the inauguration in a Ford Edsel? We certainly wouldn’t want to rely on the third quarter of …

‘They’re already putting this plan into action’: The chilling truth about Project 2025’s radical agenda

‘Project 2025’: Heritage Foundation helms right-wing coalition in drafting playbook to overhaul U.S. government on ‘Day 1’ of next Republican presidency"We need to flood the zone with conservatives," said Paul Dans, director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project.

How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to common argumentsHere are handy talking points to refute any climate skeptic argument.

Why Trump’s Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could SucceedThe Republican presidential front-runner wants to fire federal employees, assert control over independent agencies and wrest spending authority from Congress.

The Enemies Webpage: The Heritage Foundation

Project 2025 | Presidential Transition ProjectPresidential Transition Project The 2025 Presidential Transition Project paves the way for an effective conservative Administration based on four pillars.

‘Project 2025’: plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican presidentRightwing groups penned a conservative wish list of proposals for the next conservative president to gut environmental protections

US hard-right policy group condemned for ‘dehumanising’ anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoricProject 2025, which seeks to ‘march into office’ with conservative ‘army’, accused of ‘far-right desire to turn America back to the 20s’

Voters Broadly Reject Key Climate Components of the Conservative ‘Project 2025’Nearly 70% of voters believe the next president should prioritize environmental justice and take action to clean up pollution.

Texas Quietly Moves to Formalize Acceptable Cancer Risk From Industrial Air Pollution. Public Health Officials Say it’s not Strict Enough. - Inside Climate News

The Maximum Heat Limit The Human Body Can Take

Middle America will soon be too hot to live in, scientists predictHumans may not be able to withstand the heat if the Earth continues to warm past 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

How hot is too hot for survival? Researchers cranked up the temperature on volunteers to find outA new study suggests that once temperatures hit 104 to 122 degrees, our bodies may stop working optimally.

Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’World is on track for 2.7C and ‘phenomenal’ human suffering, scientists warn

How hot is too hot for the human body? Study identifies upper limitNew research finds the human body may stop functioning optimally when outside temperatures reach beyond certain temperatures.

How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body?A study of healthy volunteers found that the combination of heat and humidity gets dangerous faster than many people realize

These are the places that could become ‘unlivable’ as the Earth warmsIn the hottest parts of the world, high temperatures and humidity will, for longer stretches, surpass a threshold that even young and healthy people could struggle to survive as the planet warms, a study published Monday says.

Heat Waves and Power Blackouts: A Deadly Combination

The US Isn’t Ready for Power Grids That Fail in Extreme HeatAs extreme weather driven by climate change collides with an aging US grid, blackouts will be more frequent and last longer — a deadly combination.

Compound Climate and Infrastructure Events: How Electrical Grid Failure Alters Heat Wave Risk - PubMedThe potential for critical infrastructure failures during extreme weather events is rising. Major electrical grid failure or "blackout" events in the United States, those with a duration of at least 1 h and impacting 50,000 or more utility customers, increased by more than 60% over the most recent 5 …

As the heat turns U.S. into an oven, millions of Americans at risk of power cutoffsLosing electricity during a heatwave puts people at "immense risk" because they can't run fans or air conditioning, one expert says.

Heat wave and blackout would send half of phoenix to E.R., study saysNew research warns that nearly 800,000 residents would need emergency medical care for heat stroke and other illnesses in an extended power failure. Other cities are also at risk.

Why heat waves and power blackouts are such a deadly combination in some cities - The Weather NetworkA team of researchers studied deaths and hospital visits during extreme heat events in three U.S. cities to find out how blackouts amplified the mortality rate.

Why haven't summer's extreme heat waves caused any blackouts? Renewable energy is helping.Record heat has not (yet) triggered large blackouts or brownouts as some predicted. Here's why.

The Climate Crisis and Politics

Is there a partisan divide on climate? Not among young people - Virginia MercuryThe divide politicians should be paying attention to is not between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between young people and old Republicans.

What the data says about Americans’ views of climate changeTwo-thirds of Americans say the United States should prioritize developing renewable energy sources over expanding the production of fossil fuels.

Stop playing politics with climate change: Q&A with Nigeria’s Nnimmo BasseyThe discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in Nigeria has substantially increased environmental problems across major oil exploration states in the past half-century, particularly in the Niger Delta region. Within this period, environmental health risks linked to both population increase and the expansion of the oil industry have increased dramatically — from water and […]

Yes it's True — There are Republican Groups Working for Climate Action

What if the Republicans pivoted on climate?How an ambitious, conservative environmentalism came into being. An imagined scenario from 2024

Young Republicans want action on climate change — so why is the party ignoring them?For the sake of the planet, we can only hope that younger Republicans speak out forcefully and that their elders start listening

Republican Leaders Want to Reinvent the Party’s Climate Image. The Far Right Won’t Let Them - Inside Climate NewsThe Republican party has an image issue when it comes to climate change. For decades, the GOP has consistently pushed back against warnings from the science community that human-caused global warming poses an existential threat to the planet. And while that largely remains the same today—after all, no Republicans voted for President Joe Biden’s flagship […]

Conservative climate groups to wield power in GOP HouseLeaders of the organizations say their ultimate goal is to rival Democratic efforts.

Conservative on Climate ChangeMany Conservatives care deeply about the environment and climate change. Citizens' Climate Lobby is a nonpartisan grassroots organization that welcomes Republicans and other Conservatives who want to work towards climate change solutions with their members of Congress.

What We Believe The climate is changing, and decades of a global industrial era that has brought prosperity to the world has also contributed to that change. Private sector innovation, American resources, and R&D invest...curtis.house.gov/conservative-climate-caucus/

republicEn - Home of the EcoRightConservative and care about climate change? Welcome home.

Trump Inspired Violence

'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.President Donald Trump insists he deserves no blame for divisions in America.

How Donald Trump normalized violence and incited insurrection - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonTrump created an increasingly dangerous feedback loop of violent rhetoric and violent action which exploded at the Capitol on January 6th.

Opinion: Trump’s words can incite violence. Why don't more Americans care? When voters hear that former President Trump's targets must pay for protection against his followers, they shrug.

The Guardian view on Trump and political violence: more than words | EditorialEditorial: Though extremist groups are under renewed pressure, the threat they pose has not disappeared

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