1. If you think #valencia is out of the woods, think again. The cut-off low that pulls humid air from over the meditteranean across the mountains north of Valencia is not done yet. In the coming 2 days the @kachelmannwetter multimodel ensemble predicts up to 177 mm of extra rain in the region of #castellon .
Not only #Spain but the entire #EU will have to have a difficult conversation on how we'll prepare us for #weather #disaster amplified by #ClimateChange
A thread.
@JorisMeys @kachelmannwetter
Step one: Ban all right-wing parties.
@JorisMeys @kachelmannwetter
Most democracies can't even face the fact that the fossil fuel industry funds fascist far right movements every time any democracy dares suggest a fossil fuel phase out
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4961820-oil-bigwigs-open-wallets-for-trump-after-billion-dollar-request/
The industry manipulates prices to interfere in elections
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/05/politics/fact-check-trump-petroleum-reserve-oil/index.html
https://rollcall.com/2022/10/24/gop-pans-oil-reserve-sale-despite-a-long-and-bipartisan-history/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2022/04/01/no-former-president-trump-did-not-fill-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve/
https://www.eenews.net/articles/top-democrats-join-forces-to-probe-oil-price-collusion-claims/
The industry incites far right riots via Saudi-funded proxies like Musk
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elon-musk-uk-far-right-riots-us-election-2024-1235148476/
https://fortune.com/2022/02/08/freedom-truckers-canada-bitcoin-lifeline-after-gofundme-freezes-donations/
@JorisMeys @kachelmannwetter
Most democracies can't even face the fact that the fossil fuel industry funds fascist far right movements every time any democracy dares suggest a fossil fuel phase out
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4961820-oil-bigwigs-open-wallets-for-trump-after-billion-dollar-request/
@JorisMeys @kachelmannwetter
The fossil fuel industry causes climate disaster after disaster and their profits remain unscathed.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/shaina-sadai/fossil-fuel-companies-make-billions-in-profit-as-we-suffer-billions-in-losses-2024-edition/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/19/worlds-largest-oil-companies-have-made-281bn-profit-since-invasion-of-ukraine
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/67068/6-lies-fossil-fuel-companies-tell-to-continue-business-as-usual/
@JorisMeys @kachelmannwetter
The fossil fuel industry causes climate disaster after disaster and their profits remain unscathed.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/shaina-sadai/fossil-fuel-companies-make-billions-in-profit-as-we-suffer-billions-in-losses-2024-edition/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/19/worlds-largest-oil-companies-have-made-281bn-profit-since-invasion-of-ukraine