Breaking Down: Collapse

Revisiting Episode 32: Overconsumption vs Overpopulation

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I'm taking a brief break this week, so we'll revisit some old classics!

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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 Officially Out-Kinged The King We Fought A Revolution To Get Rid Of - Above the Law

WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation' | PBS News

California Authorizes People To Sue ICE, Border Patrol For Constitutional Violations Under New Law By Senator Wiener | Senator Scott Wiener

January 6 Rioters Claim They Were “Punished,” Demand Restitution | The New Republic

Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens | US voting rights | The Guardian

Supreme Court Hands Trump Huge Win in Quest to Make Voting Harder | The New Republic

DHS failed to provide records supporting Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says - Democracy Docket

Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines - Democracy Docket

Trump admin violating VRA with armed feds at polls: Lawsuit

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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 cool the planet | CNN

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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 | Scientific Reports

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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 record diesel prices will rip through the U.S. economy

Global Food Shock is Imminent: Stock Up on Your Favorites Now - The New Sentinel

People dont realize how dependent most of the world is on oil and how quickly the economy/society will collapse without it : r/collapse

Silver Lining to the Oil Shortages : r/collapse

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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 York Times

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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 Source Behind The Ban

Trump cites national security, midterms coverage to defend press ban - POLITICO

Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant: Court

ICE Just Made Thousands of Detainees Vanish From Its System | The New Republic

Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian

ICE accused of continuing warrantless arrests in Oregon despite injunction | Courthouse News Service

ICE is Quietly Firing Recruits, Including a Marine Reservist Who Died by Suicide

FBI Security Breach: Hackers 'Steal Data' on Every Agent Under Kash Patel

The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms - The Atlantic

Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms - Democracy Docket

Governor Newsom signs new laws to protect California elections from Trump interference | Governor of California

Lawsuits seek to prevent federal officers at polls : NPR

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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-days-of-heat-as-el-nino-adds-new-threat/amp/

Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom | South Australian algal bloom | The Guardian

With millions of dead oysters and mounting debt, P.E.I. farmers fear they'll lose everything | CBC Radio

Hurricane Polo intensifies into Category 5 storm, fueling Southwest flood threat | Fox Weather

The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record

El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August | Environment | The Guardian

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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

Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline | Reuters

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