Daily "on this day" posts abt climate history - science, politics, protest, technology, etc (from 1661 to 2024). Also interviews, commentary. Ideas for posts? Tag or chat... Run by @marchudson.bsky.social
"oh, but nobody warned us there'd be decades like these. Oh, the scientists didn't do their jobs. Oh, it's so unfair." August 1, 1976 – Oak Ridge report on “The Global Carbon Dioxide Problem” released FIFTY YEARS. allouryesterdays.info/2025/07/31/a...
50 damn years. August 1, 1976 – Oak Ridge report on “The Global Carbon Dioxide Problem” released allouryesterdays.info/2025/07/31/a...
August 1, 1976 - Oak Ridge report on “The Global Carbon Dioxide Problem” released - All Our YesterdaysForty nine years ago, on this day, August 1, 1976, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory released a report titled “The Global Carbon Dioxide Problem.” The abstract is just a page – this leaps out ”estimat...allouryesterdays.infoAugust 1, 1964 – Popular Mechanics says the air around us is changing allouryesterdays.info/2025/07/31/a...
August 1, 1964 - Popular Mechanics says the air around us is changing - All Our YesterdaysSixty one years ago, on this day, August 1, 1964, the magazine Popular Mechanics ran a story “The air around us: how it is changing” including mention of CO2 build-up – “when you burn anything such as...allouryesterdays.infoAugust 1, 1992 – ACF reviews carbon tax studies allouryesterdays.info/2026/07/31/a...
August 1, 1992 - ACF reviews carbon tax studies - All Our YesterdaysThirty four years ago, on this day, August 1st, 1992, (NB approximate date – sometime in August 1992, almost certainly not 1st August.) 1992 Peter Kinrade “Review of Recent Carbon Tax Studies” for Au...allouryesterdays.infoJuly 31, 2008 – another day, another “Strategic Review” allouryesterdays.info/2023/07/30/j...
July 31, 2008 - another day, another “Strategic Review” - All Our YesterdaysFifteen years ago, on this day, July 31, 2008 the “Strategic Review of Australian Government Climate Change Programs” was released: “The Wilkins Review analyzes current climate change programs to dete...allouryesterdays.infoJuly 31, 1981 – Congressional hearings on Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect allouryesterdays.info/2025/07/30/j...
July 31, 1981 - Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect - All Our YesterdaysForty four years ago, on this day, July 31st, 1981, American politicians held hearings on, “Carbon Dioxide and Climate, the Greenhouse Effect” Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agr...allouryesterdays.infoJuly 31, 2008 – “Climate caravan” allouryesterdays.info/2026/07/30/j...
July 31, 2008 - “Climate caravan” - All Our YesterdaysEighteen years ago, on this day, July 31st, 2008, Some (Trot-inspired/’led’) activists held a “Climate caravan” thing in the UK. Gaia help us. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was xxxppm. As o...allouryesterdays.info"He says it is hubris to think that little Britain can do anything about it. Well, hubris once got us an empire, and we started the industrial revolution which spread around the world and caused the problem of global warming in the first place." Nicely put.
Sue NethercottThe Defeatist Right Wing If you ever needed to know how stupid the right wing are, this is it: "We’ve lost the war against climate change. Time to scrap net zero" by Allister Heath. suenethercott.substack.com/p/the-defeat...
There once was a fuckwit called Ally; with wisdom he never did dally. He thought he could pivot to "heat? We'll just live it." Of his denseness we're keeping a tally...
Simon HBAlastair Heath in the Telegraph: just adapt to climate change and live a Med lifestyle Cold, hard reality: 2,800 people not living any lifestyle at all thanks to people like him www.gov.uk/government/n...
Turns out Sir Ian Lloyd was right. He would be appalled today's "Conservative" Party.
All Our YesterdaysJuly 30, 1989 – UK Conservative politician warns “we have at most 25 years to take action.” Oops allouryesterdays.info/2022/07/29/j...
This is in the latest Private Eye. Unmitigated climate change is a far bigger miscarriage of justice than the others that Private Eye has campaigned on, and we will see it taking up more space in the magazine, I suspect. Subscription link here - checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
Private Eye - Select Your Offercheckout.private-eye.co.ukAll Our YesterdaysPrivate Eye letter: "Emission Omission" about how much the UK's emissions have come down (spoiler, it's nowhere near as much as some people want you to believe). allouryesterdays.info/2026/07/22/p...
Suffolk or so-fucked? Asking for a friend called Alistair www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
How heatwaves make life harder for homeless people theconversation.com/how-heatwave...
How heatwaves make life harder for homeless peopleHomeless people are at higher risk of various health problems.theconversation.comCan't say we nobody warned us. allouryesterdays.info/2023/05/04/m...
May 5, 1953 - Gilbert Plass launches the carbon dioxide theory globally - All Our YesterdaysSeventy years ago, on this day, May 5, 1953, the modern “carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas” era began. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 313ppm. As of 2023 it is 420ppm, but check h...allouryesterdays.infoHere comes the Fafocene. Untold misery for billions. Extinction for so many species. A white-hot wrecking ball through the web of life. Denialists and delayers? Happy now? Proud of yourselves? [Glad I never bred. One of my few smart moves.]
Annie LeymarieDrought in Engand 👇with some areas in their 4th heatwave this year. @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social : "This drought isn't just about a lack of rain. It's the result of hotter temperatures from a warming climate, rising water demand, ageing infrastructure & too much water being lost through leaks."
