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Daily "on this day" posts abt climate history - science, politics, protest, technology, etc (from 1661 to 2024). Also interviews, commentary.

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60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.

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November 20, 1973 – “Is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Disintegrating?”

52 years later, we know the answer…

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November 20, 1973 - “Is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Disintegrating?” - All Our Yesterdays
Fifty years ago, on this day, November 20, 1973, a researcher asked the question in the blog title. 1973 Is the west Antarctic ice sheet disintegrating? T Hughes, Journal of Geophysical Research. http...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
November 20, 1991 – IEA CCS etc

“On 20th November 1991 a number of countries signed an agreement to take part in a programme of research and development aimed at potential mitigation techniques as a response to the issue of global warming”

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November 20, 1991 - IEA CCS etc - All Our Yesterdays
Thirty four years ago, on this day, November 20th, 1991, On 20th November 1991 a number of countries signed an agreement to take part in a programme of research and development aimed at potential miti...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Sixty seven years ago today (Nov 19, 1958) – US public health doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up...

"might even slowly melt the polar ice caps"

Reported in the Times the following day.

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November 19, 1958 - doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty five years ago, on this day, November 19, 1958, at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting Dr C Leake warns of carbon dioxide build up. This is reported the ...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Sixty seven years ago today (Nov 19, 1958) – US public health doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up...

"might even slowly melt the polar ice caps"

Reported in the Times the following day.

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November 19, 1958 - doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty five years ago, on this day, November 19, 1958, at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting Dr C Leake warns of carbon dioxide build up. This is reported the ...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Lovely to be featured by the All Your Yesterdays site. Thanks for the chance to discuss the book!
Interview w/ Dr Marianna Dudley, abt her academic work & book "Electric Wind."

"There can be debilitating overwhelm when it comes to climate action. I want the stories of communities who effected real change ... to offer narratives of hope and determination."
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November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Interview w/ Dr Marianna Dudley, abt her academic work & book "Electric Wind."

"There can be debilitating overwhelm when it comes to climate action. I want the stories of communities who effected real change ... to offer narratives of hope and determination."
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November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
November 18, 1953 – future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan tells the truth about committees, after the London Smog of December 1952 killed thousands.

"We cannot do very much, but we can seem to be very busy - that is half the battle nowadays."
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November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
November 18, 1989 – Small Island States say “er, we gotta do something before the waves close over our heads”

"Development and International Economic Co-operation: Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind."

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November 18, 1989 - Small Island States say “er, we gotta do something before the waves close over our heads" - All Our Yesterdays
On this day, November 18 in 1989, small island states made one of the first of their many many declarations of “stop burning the damn fossil fuels.” Usual impact, or rather, release the Male Declarati...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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19 years ago today, some blunt talk about the whole COP circus

November 18, 2006 – the BBC’s Richard Black and “climate tourists”

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November 18, 2006 - Richard Black and “climate tourists" - All Our Yesterdays
”Eighteen years ago, on this day, November 18th, 2006, COP 12/CMP 2 took place between November 6 and 17, 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya. At the meeting, BBC reporter Richard Black November 18 coined the phra...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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November 18, 2020 – Boris Johnson’s ten point plan for a green Industrial Revolution

Ha ha ha ha

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November 18, 2020 - Boris Johnson’s ten point plan - All Our Yesterdays
Five years ago, on this day, November 18th, 2020, The Johnson government (if you can call it that) launches a “Ten Point Plan for Green Industrial Revolution” The amount of carbon dioxide in the air w...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
November 18, 2020 – Boris Johnson’s ten point plan for a green Industrial Revolution

Ha ha ha ha

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November 18, 2020 - Boris Johnson’s ten point plan - All Our Yesterdays
Five years ago, on this day, November 18th, 2020, The Johnson government (if you can call it that) launches a “Ten Point Plan for Green Industrial Revolution” The amount of carbon dioxide in the air w...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
19 years ago today, some blunt talk about the whole COP circus

November 18, 2006 – the BBC’s Richard Black and “climate tourists”

allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/17/n...
November 18, 2006 - Richard Black and “climate tourists" - All Our Yesterdays
”Eighteen years ago, on this day, November 18th, 2006, COP 12/CMP 2 took place between November 6 and 17, 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya. At the meeting, BBC reporter Richard Black November 18 coined the phra...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Alexei ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Two years ago today - 2C or not 2C, that is the question
November 17, 2023 – two degrees warmer, for the first time…

"We now have results from a modern reanalysis product (ERA5) that shows November 17th was in fact the first day the world has experienced that was 2C above the preindustrial (1850-1900) average."

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November 17, 2023 - two degrees warmer, for the first time… - All Our Yesterdays
One year ago, on this day, November 17th, 2023, the globe was, according to one data set, two degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels for the first time in human history. We now have results from a ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I can STRONGLY recommend the daily letter from an American podcasts by prof Richardson. Never less than very good, often excellent, always essential.
@nicollewallace.bsky.social interviewed @hcrichardson.bsky.social to discuss the significant realignment happening in our democracy, the return of human agency, & growing conflict between citizenry & an executive branch that shows a bent toward aristocracy over democracy. youtu.be/AbAaqqzuhgA?...
Heather Cox Richardson: Americans are saying “Hell No!” to Trump “fascism”…and it’s working
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Well, at least the entire Department of Homeland Security isn't staffed by stalkers and domestic abusers from top to bottom!
New: this app lets ICE track vehicles and owners across the country. ICE uses phone to scan license plates, add to a database of billions of records. Thomson Reuters then enriches that with marriage, voter, other info. Can predict where a car will be in the future
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This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
November 17, 2023 – two degrees warmer, for the first time…

"We now have results from a modern reanalysis product (ERA5) that shows November 17th was in fact the first day the world has experienced that was 2C above the preindustrial (1850-1900) average."

allouryesterdays.info/2024/11/16/n...
November 17, 2023 - two degrees warmer, for the first time… - All Our Yesterdays
One year ago, on this day, November 17th, 2023, the globe was, according to one data set, two degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels for the first time in human history. We now have results from a ...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
November 17, 1980 – International meeting about carbon dioxide build up.

“The first major initiative to result from the establishment of the WCP was an international conference on climate change, held in Villach, Austria, from 17 to 22 November 1980.

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November 17, 1980 - International meeting about carbon dioxide build up. - All Our Yesterdays
On this day in 1980 an international gathering of scientists took place in Villlach, Austria. “The first major initiative to result from the establishment of the WCP was an international conference on...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nov 17, 1968 -The Observer covers carbon dioxide pollution…

“By the end of this century, we may have released enough carbon dioxide to raise the atmospheric temperature by two degrees centigrade.”

[tbc – this was an overestimate, at least in the short-term]

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November 17, 1968 -The Observer covers carbon dioxide pollution… - All Our Yesterdays
Fifty-five years ago, on this day, November 17th, 1968 Observer article by John Davy contains significant mention of carbon dioxide greenhouse  “By the end of this century, we may have released enough...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
No, I'm not a strange strange man at all. Why do you ask?
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM