Ben Laabs

It’s very funny that every Butker miss is to the far right

The only duo more iconic than a vodka + cranberry? Solar + cranberry. Two Massachusetts cranberry bogs had gotten too costly to farm, enter the solar project. Solar panels raised 10 feet above the bog now help cover the rent and the berries are back. 🌱☀️ https://bit.ly/4k5Ruz6

🎶 Pedal Power A fun music #video to get you excited about the benefits of #cycling #ClimateAction #airquality #health #wellbeing #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you! Enjoy! 🎶

"Solar and wind do not go through the Strait of Hormuz." Hard to argue with that. A new study conducted by the University of Missouri shows homegrown renewable power is bringing real economic gains to rural counties. https://bit.ly/4B8DA5v

Household energy costs are projected to go up in all 48 contiguous states. Not most of them. All of them. Has your energy bill been giving you heart palpitations lately? Tell us what you're seeing in your state.👇 https://bit.ly/4hMS6rX

Maui already gets over 40% of its power from renewables and 18,000 rooftop solar setups. Now they are building a 40 MW battery system so none of that affordable solar energy goes to waste. This is a grid upgrade we love to see. https://bit.ly/4xNq309

Wind energy supplied 41% of Oklahoma's in-state electricity in 2024. It also pays about $118 million a year in land leases to rural landowners. For Vickie, three turbines on her family's land help cover farm expenses and the cost of living. Watch her full story. ➡️ bit.ly/4zfGaVn

If only.

Roanoke City Public Schools is saving an estimated $46.5 million in energy costs over 35 years by going solar. That is a lot of money that stays in classrooms instead of going to utility bills. https://bit.ly/4hDVncX

Iceland has a lot of spectacular waterfalls, but this pair is near the top of the list for me. The scene makes me marvel at how nature could create something so beautiful. To help with scale, I estimate the upper drop to be ~50-60 feet. #timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography

Not long to the heating season now! 🍂❄️Are you ready!? 6 ways you can save on your home energy bill 💶💵using low-budget insulation foil and take #ClimateAction at the same time Watch▶️ bit.ly/cc-insulate PL RP🩷💚💙 #ClimateChange #climate #Klima

Another year full of climate extremes... Did you know the last 100 days have all set new daily records for global sea surface temperatures? Learn more about our rapidly warming oceans in our webinar this week, & bring your questions! 📣 Register in advance: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊

Wind energy and cattle ranching on the same land? In Woodward, Oklahoma, that combination is helping family farms stay afloat and local schools stay open. Watch the video 📺: youtu.be/9hRKGLFhcek #RenewableEnergy #FarmLife #Farmer #WindEnergy

One musician, an entire band. Pedals, harnesses and improvised percussion turn a solo performer into a full ensemble, a technique perfected by street musicians since the early 1900s.

SHAME on Google Maps 🌊🌊 As a lake I don’t have much use for mapping apps except when I verify that Big Ass Lake really does exist. But I will now use a different one.

I ❤️ Mapquest

It’s Lake Ontario.

🎥 Carbon Dioxide Removal methods some combine #nature & #ClimateAction Learn more 📖 ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... PL RP 🩷💚💙 original graph from: 'Mitigation of #ClimateChange' @ipcc.bsky.social #video #climate #environment #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate

July tied the record for the hottest July globally. The oceans are smashing records. And scientists say the developing El Niño could become one of the strongest ever observed. El Niño isn't causing climate change, but it's adding fuel to an already hotter world. open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...

Carson Pickett, who was born without a left forearm and hand, met a young fan with a similar condition after her recent match for the Denver Summit in the NWSL From @denversummitfc.bsky.social IG

When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president

Personal Trainer: what are your goals? Me: to pet all the dogs. PT: no, fitness goals. Me: to be able to run fast enough to pet all the dogs.

Today years old Rocks for the Spirit "Many people think that these Pyrite cubes have been cut and polished but this is how they naturally grow, in perfect cubes! This mine in Navajún, Spain is known to have some of the best Pyrite cube examples in the world."

Time Traveler Causes of Death xkcd.com/2976/

Mount Rainier, Mount St Helens and Mount Adams poke above a smoky Washington sky on Wednesday morning. #WAwx

A cluster hire here at UNSW Science, looking for cross-disciplinary Level B/C academics. Come and work in Sydney! www.unsw.edu.au/science/abou... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

Please repost widely! #AcademicSky 🧪⚒️❄️🛰️

The Danube's low enough people are finding mammoth bones in it.

See, THIS is the kind of disaster reporting we need right now. Do more of this. PLEASE. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

🎥 How healthy ecosystems can protect small islands from #ClimateChange We need to take #ClimateAction to protect the most vulnerable nations & communities! More📖 www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... PL RP🩷💚💙 graph from: 'Climate Change 2022-Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability' @ipcc.bsky.social #Video

Was Hells Canyon carved by Snake River capture? New #GSABulletin research suggests otherwise: geosociety.co/Staisch_et_al Image: Field photo by Lydia Staisch of the Clarkston Heights gravels, deposited along a paleochannel near the Snake River–Clearwater River confluence in Washington State, USA.

Glaciers are beautiful, and important, and we should fight to keep them. www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...

Lots of exciting new content recently added to AntarcticGlaciers, written both by myself and by my talented guest contributors. Take a look at Newest Content to see if you've missed anything: www.antarcticglaciers.org/newest-conte...

Hosting a World Cup as President of the United States and having it end with the entire world somehow hating you even more than the historically unprecedented degree to which they already hated you is quite the accomplishment given that he never laced up even once

Latitude and Longitude xkcd.com/3273/

To be Canadian is to care for your neighbours, welcome others, protect democracy & know kindness is strength🍁 This beautiful drone show reminds us our flag represents unity, freedom & hope! As Canada burns, Canadians stand together! That’s the Canadian spirit🍁 #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance

Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

Are mountain rivers always carbon sinks? New #Geology research from Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River shows hydrothermal carbon inputs can offset ~50% of silicate weathering CO₂ uptake, highlighting rivers as pathways for deep carbon release. geosociety.co/Sun_et_al #Geochemistry

Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology.