Breaking Down: Collapse

Just because we don't talk about it often doesn't mean it isn't happening... Methan emission are growing and aren't accounted for in the models: Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian US will rescind policy targeting oil and gas industry methane leaks | Reuters Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is s...

As pressure builds on the nations first (and most severely) impacted by Climate Change and collapse, a Substack article considers the force that will be used against migrants fleeing the chaos. Comments - The Massacres are Coming - by Sarah Connor Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Super El Nino continues to grow, local governments are taking pre-emptive actions: We're gonna need a bigger chart : r/collapse We have a bigger chart : r/collapse The clocks are changing and so is the season - get ready for a summer of weather surprises Auckland - OurAuckland ‘Like an earthquake’: El Niño is coming for California – is the state ready? | California | The Guardian How Ca...

Sources: This time, take Trump literally 'Should Concern All Americans': Records Show ICE Has Gathered 50 Million Voter Records Ahead of Midterms | Common Dreams Trump plan to send 1,000 DOJ monitors to the polls could ‘jeopardize the election,’ NAACP lawsuit warns | The Independent DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms - Democracy Docke...

Revisiting Episode 63: Why we're wrong or so they say - Resource Scarcity Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Revisiting Episode 51: A conversation with Tom Murphy Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Revisiting Episode 32: Overconsumption vs Overpopulation Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm taking a brief break this week, so we'll revisit some old classics! Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sources: Federal appeals court rejects Donald Trump's challenge to collusion finding tied to IRS settlement Trump to Cut Nearly $1 Billion in Pocket Rescission Package (1) DOJ Prepares to Investigate Nearly Every Federal Judge in Blue State | The New Republic Former Bush Ethics Lawyer: Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ad 'Could Be An Impeachable Offense' - Above the Law Trump Has O...

The climate keeps spinning out of control. Are we really going to allow private companies to make a profit off sketchy attempts to "fix" it? ‘Our house was under water’: Bangkok floods force thousands into shelters as disaster declared | Thailand | The Guardian 'New reality': Calif. scientists uncover why rivers are turning orange The company with a $10 billion a year plan to coo...

Glacier collapse is accelerating. In this episode we discuss the rate of change, as well as the impacts it will have on people and ecosystems. Europe's earliest glacier loss day in years signals a reckoning for the Alps Glacier Collapse Threatens Southeastern Tibetan River Basin : r/collapse Microbial communities and ecological functions shift with glacier retreat in the Canadian High Arctic |...

Going deeper into last weeks' episode on the potential impacts of an extended oil shock: Armed group shuts pipeline from Libya's largest oil field, jeopardising exports | Euronews Macron Calls for Another Emergency Oil Release as Europe Loses Supply | OilPrice.com ‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain | Petrol prices | The Guardian How reco...

What do governments suspect about collapse that won't share with us? UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer | Climate crisis | The Guardian ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn | Climate crisis | The Guardian Opinion | Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table - The New Yor...

Sources: White House faces mounting legal backlash after barring journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico CNN, MS NOW and Politico go back to court after reporters were denied access to the White House despite judge’s order | CNN Politics MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access : r/law The Sou...

As El Nino starts to ramp up, we're seeing record breaking indicators of a rough next 12 months: ‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian news.mongabay.com/2026/09/global-ocean-breaks-records-with-100...

A short one today. I was angry and needed to take a break. E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants - The New York Times Prime Minister Carney introduces new Productivity Mega Deduction to boost Canada’s advantage as the most competitive G7 country for new business investment | Prime Minister of Canada Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements - Canada.ca Ex...

A deeper look at the oil/diesel availability crisis around the world: Some Gas Stations ‘Out of Diesel’ as Prices Surge - Newsweek Oil: What next as Saudi Arabia scrambles to restore East-West pipeline Saudis tell European refiners they’ll get no crude next month | Financial Post The Depletion Ledger — The Oil Supply Crisis Costco Is Rationing Oil And Doubling Its Price As Supply Dwindles Skyrocke...

Winter is coming, and with it many challenges. Winter is Coming for Diesel | Rigzone "There is no money." Russian farmers began to massively refuse to sow winter wheat - Russian Service of The Moscow Times 61% of French groundwater monitoring points sit below normal, up from 44% a year ago. The autumn rain everyone is waiting for mostly will not reach the aquifer. : r/collapse Panama canal traffic...

Sources: Trump erupts at Supreme Court for being ‘bullied by the Radical Left’ after mail-in ballot ruling | The Independent Trump Makes Crowd Swear Pledge to “Cheat Like Hell” This Election | The New Republic Bush-Appointed Judge J. Michael Luttig Warns of ‘Another Jan. 6’ After Midterms WATCH: Blumenthal asks Patel to commit to not sending FBI agents to polling places on Election Day | PBS News...

The rate at which the planet is heating is accelerating. Models haven't taken this into account, so when do we hit climate sensitivity, and how hot will that be? Post by @climatecasino.net — Bluesky Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian The Arctic melt season is now more than a month longer than it was in the 1980s, new research on...

AI is an increasingly divisive topic, even (or especially) among collapse aware folk. How seriously should we take its development? Anthropic Researcher Quit, Says AI Labs Are 'Gambling With Our Lives' - Business Insider Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit | The New Yorker Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Today we take a look at the bottom of the marine food chain, where new research indicates things aren't looking to great: Climate change may erase 25 million hectares of kelp forests by 2050 Seaweed carbon removal cannot keep up with climate-driven loss | PLOS Biology Projected declines in zooplankton energy supporting Northwest European Shelf ecosystems | Communications Earth & Environment s4...

Wildlife is collapsing, and time is running low to make the changes we must in order to protect them. Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming | Scientific American France's wildlife suffers severe blow from intense heat: 'The entire food chain is disrupted' Bears, coyotes spotted in unexpected SoCal places during scorching heat wave - ABC7 Los Angeles One effect o...

Sources: Judge blocks Trump’s new USPS rules for mail-in ballots with just weeks before midterm elections | The Independent 2026 midterms: Trump is getting the mail-ballot chaos he wants. US House passes bill penalizing universities that participate in boycott of Israel | House of Representatives | The Guardian Jimmy Kimmel Says James Talarico Interview Won't Air After FCC Threats Meagan Morris Sp...

Am I alone in imagining a better future? A whole bunch of data says no: Support for changing the current economic system | Pew Research Center Americans stand out internationally for their pessimism about the nation’s political system | Pew Research Center AP-NORC America 250 Poll - AP-NORC Harvard Youth Poll Finds a Generation Under Pressure — and Losing Faith in the System | The Institute of Pol...