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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) says we need to spend the next three-plus years reforming our labor unions and building toward a general strike in 2028.
I like it.
✊ pluralistic.net/2024/11/11/rip…
#Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction
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Criteria: Selected accounts that post regularly on climate change and climate science.
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Don't allow the headline to excite you...read the article.☹️ Corporate Controlled Media !!!
Quebec to ban fossil fuel natural gas heating in homes by 2040
Environmental groups says change will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Note: Not only will they continue to burn methane...but....
"The new regulations will only restrict residential, commercial and institutional buildings from being heated by fossil fuels. Industrial buildings are exempt, and they use 60 per cent of the natural gas generated by Énergir."
It's not us. It's them.
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Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50 percent, a comprehensive global analysis has revealed.
The assessment tracked more than 25,000 private jets and almost 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023. It found almost half the jets traveled less than 500 kilometers (311 miles) and 900,000 were used “like taxis” for trips of less than 50 kilometers (31 miles).
Private flights, used by just 0.003 percent of the world’s population, are the most polluting form of transport. The researchers found that passengers in larger private jets caused more CO2 emissions in an hour than the average person did in a year.
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FULL STORY ➡️ grist.org/transportation/used-…
#Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #CO2 #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange
‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions
An analysis of 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals a 50 percent rise in emissions.Damian Carrington, The Guardian (Grist)
This publication is our analysis of the draft EU #carbon removal rules for #BECCS and #biochar.
There is a real risk that these methodologies, currently developed by the EU under the #CRCF, end up certifying activities consisting of a mere transfer between the biogenic & geological carbon pools, or even additional CO2 emissions, instead of actually removing it from the air.
#climate #COP29 #CDR #negativeemissions
@pluralistic this could become a global blueprint...
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Draft carbon removals rules: will the EU’s climate action be ruined by its bioenergy policy?
Two decades ago, when the EU started incentivising burning wood as a form of renewable energy and counting CO2 emissions from wood combustion as ‘zero’ in the energy sector, it was possibly unaware that this would considerably...Fern
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Here’s Barack Obama, speaking in 2012...
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“My administration has approved dozens of new oil and gas pipelines over the last three years. And as long as I’m President, we’re going to keep on encouraging oil development and infrastructure.
“Under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years. Over the last three years, I’ve directed my administration to open up millions of acres for gas and oil exploration across 23 different states.
“We’re opening up more than 75 percent of our potential oil resources offshore. We’ve quadrupled the number of operating rigs to a record high. We’ve added enough new oil and gas pipeline to encircle the Earth and then some.”
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➡️ obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/t…
As I said above, when it comes to our climate and environment, we can't blame either the Democrats or the Republicans. We have to blame both. We have to blame capitalism.
#Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Remarks by the President on American-Made Energy
Cushing Pipe Yard Cushing, Oklahoma 10:22 A.M. CDTwhitehouse.gov
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From the Washington Post…
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The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The unplanned fossil fuel boom reflects an uncomfortable truth for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: It is difficult for any president to stop the spigot of U.S. oil production, a leading driver of both the economy and climate change.
“If you were to show someone who came from Mars the line of U.S. oil and gas production over the last 15 years, they probably would not be able to tell whether a Republican or Democrat was in the White House,” said Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
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#Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
It’s obvious that a second Trump administration will be worse in almost every conceivable way from what a Harris administration might have been.
But let's not fool ourselves into believing that a Harris victory would have been *good* for our climate and environment. We've been going in the wrong direction for at least 20 years under Presidents from both parties — and there's no reason to think that Kamala Harris would have charted a different course.
SEE ➡️ archive.ph/VnlWF
When it comes to our climate and environment, we can't blame either the Democrats or the Republicans. We have to blame both. We have to blame capitalism.
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#Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
For me, the new approach of Apple with a little increase is even better for their environmental goal, as changing devices each year is a horror for the environment yet. People upgrading every 4 to 6 years will have this massive leap in technology.
So, where many see it as a downside, I see it as a company that finally gives up on forced upgrades each year to remain fully up to date.
Despite Biden's Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down
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Old-growth forests are key to slowing #climate change and to protecting endangered species. In #Oregon, logging in Bureau of Land Management-controlled areas has continued at a steady pace despite Biden’s promise to protect these forests.
#News #Biden #Environment #Sustainability #Forest #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateChange #Carbon #Trees
A Biden Effort to Protect Old Forests Hasn’t Curbed BLM Logging
In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.ProPublica
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#climate #agriculture #adaptation
‘Nothing grows anymore’: In Malawi, eating becomes a daily struggle due to climate change
The combined effects of cyclones and droughts, worsened by climate change, have led to widespread food insecurity in Malawi.Cyrielle CABOT (FRANCE 24)
What happened when the boss of COP29 (host Azerbaijan) was approached by an activist pretending to be a rep from a fictitious energy investment firm?
Caught on camera, he talks up potential deals with state fossil fuel giant Socar (whose board he's on), Azerbaijan's plans to increase gas production, & otherwise excitedly betrays the entire COP charter.
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COP29 chief secretly filmed promoting fossil fuel deals
Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ahead of climate summit.Justin Rowlatt (BBC News)
Stolen from the Guardian article on ten COPIC talking points. Caption is "Holidaymakers relax on a beach at Viña del Mar on Chile’s Pacific coast under a sky darkened by forest fires."
What a shot!
#photography #weather #climate
"Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit"
#COP29 #Climate #ClimateChange #Energy
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Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit
Elnur Soltanov recorded speaking with fake oil and gas group that asked for deals in exchange for sponsoring talksHelena Horton (The Guardian)
The United Nations — founded by and controlled by the world’s most powerful capitalist countries — will NOT save us from climate and environmental collapse.
All we’ll ever get from them and our so-called leaders is a lot more “blah, blah, blah.” Words, not actions.
What our biosphere will get is more chemicals poisoning the land and sea, more plastic waste, more cars, more roads, more forests chopped down, and more droughts...
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The Amazon Basin is responsible for around 15% of all fresh water discharged into the oceans and 13% of the planet’s biodiversity. But the rivers in the world’s largest tropical rainforest are drying up. Their waters have dropped to record lows this year.
This is all happening, scientists warn, at a point when the biome has lost 18% of its forest cover, reducing its capacity to absorb and store carbon. The Amazon is now approaching the point of no return, while global temperatures are set to break the annual heat record for the second consecutive year.
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FULL STORY -- sumauma.com/en/infografico-o-t…
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
The horrifying desiccation of the Amazon - SUMAÚMA
River levels have reached record lows in what is usually one of the planet’s great sources of freshwater, another sign that the vast rainforest basin is slipping toward a point of no returnViviane Zandonadi (SUMAÚMA)
This year set to be first to breach 1.5C global warming limit
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#Climate #ClimateChange
2024 'virtually certain' to be world's warmest year on record
It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.Mark Poynting (BBC News)
It looks certain now that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, breaching the 1.5° C (2.7° F) targets.
#climate
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2024 'virtually certain' to be world's warmest year on record
It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.Mark Poynting (BBC News)
Not that any of us really want to read MORE bad news this week. But — this is the world we live in.
Turning away from it and closing our eyes does not change things. I believe it's important to know just where we stand and what we face so we can make the best choices in how we should live.
Also, note that this essay was published before this week's disastrous US election, which means that you can expect conditions warned about here to get even worse, sooner rather than later.
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In recent years, environmental warnings have become impossible to ignore. Humanity has pushed Earth far beyond its natural limits, launching it into a cascade of intertwined disasters that scientists now call the “polycrisis.” No longer a distant threat, this crisis is unfolding before us, destabilizing the foundations of ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide.
While some hold out hope for a turnaround, the brutal truth is that we are too far gone. The trajectory is set, the damage done, and there is no miracle solution on the horizon. Our only option is to live through this polycrisis as best we can, facing an uncertain and increasingly harsh reality.
As temperatures climb, ecosystems crumble, and resource conflicts rise, it’s clear that our world will never be the same. For those of us with young families, our hopes are tempered by a haunting reality: the future we once dreamed of has shifted beyond reach. What remains is an obligation to understand the forces shaping this collapse, accept the inevitability of hardship, and try to adapt as the familiar falls away.
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The essay includes sections on climate change, biodiversity loss, economic and social erosion, and finally, "living through the polycrisis." I hope you'll find it helpful.
FULL ARTICLE -- archive.ph/MwljK
ALTERNATE LINK -- medium.com/edge-of-collapse/no…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
No Turning Back: Accepting the Irreversible Global Collapse
The failure of governments and industrialists have doomed the global populace to a world of bleak future of an almost uninhabitable planet.Angus Peterson (Edge of Collapse)
BYD sales are almost all China, so BYD sells half a million EVs every month.
Astounding. Any understanding of history marks this as mind numbing.
Humanity is rich beyond knowledge.
"BYD sold over 500,000 vehicles for the first time in October: Is it enough to take the EV crown?"
electrek.co/2024/11/01/byd-sal…
#climate #economics #democracy #progress
BYD sold over 500,000 vehicles for the first time in October: Is it enough to take the EV crown?
BYD sales topped the 500,000 mark in October, its first time achieving the feat. After its fifth consecutive record sales...Peter Johnson (Electrek)
From climate advocates— please don’t vote for Jill Stein for president.
And from Rebecca Solnit: “Voting isn’t a valentine. It’s a chess move.” Kamala needs your votes to block 4 more years of you-know-who and his no #climate action.
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For Those Voting for Jill Stein, a Plea from Two Longtime Fossil Fuel Foes and European Greens
Pass these posts by Josh Fox and Jamie Henn to any progressive not voting for Kamala HarrisAndy @Revkin (Sustain What)
Over the past 65 years, the rate at which atmospheric CO₂ grew, increased from less than 1 ppm/year in the 1960s to 2.5 ppm in the 2010s.
Last year saw a record increase of 3.36 ppm.
So far this year, we're 3.54 ppm higher than last year...
#emissions #co2 #climate #ClimateChange
"Emissions generated by the lifestyles of 50 of the world’s richest people are greater than the emissions generated by 155m people combined.
"Oxfam has called for a ban, or punitive tax, on luxury consumptions — at 90% tax or above — such as private jets, superyachts, SUVs, and frequent air travel."
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#taxtherich #climatechange #climate #vote
Oxfam climate report calls for tax on the super-rich
Oxfam is calling for punitive taxes on private jets, superyachts, SUVs, and frequent air travelLiz Dunphy (IrishExaminer.com)
The #Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second #Trump Administration
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Critics call it the plastics industry’s #Project2025. Tucked into a federal #recycling bill is a litany of regulatory rollbacks and other industry-friendly provisions that federal agencies under Donald Trump could adopt without congressional approval.
#News #Plastic #Environment #Sustainability #Government #USPolitics #Oil #Gas #Pollution #Climate #EPA
The Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second Trump Administration
Critics call it the plastics industry’s Project 2025. Tucked into a federal recycling bill is a litany of regulatory rollbacks and other industry-friendly provisions that federal agencies under Donald Trump could adopt without congressional approval.ProPublica
#FarRight Extremists Embrace #Environmentalism to Justify Violent Anti-Immigrant Beliefs
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Rather than reject #climate science like many on the right, some have followed the path laid out by environmentalist and white nationalist John Tanton, using concerns about population growth and scarce resources to rationalize their hateful agendas.
#News #Extremism #Science #WhiteNationalism #Environment
Far-Right Extremists Embrace Environmentalism to Justify Violent Anti-Immigrant Beliefs
Rather than reject climate science like many on the right, some have followed the path laid out by environmentalist and white nationalist John Tanton, using concerns about population growth and scarce resources to rationalize their hateful agendas.ProPublica
#FYI #climatechange #tippingpoints #amoc
We are at 1.6°C now
"insights from scientists including Johan Rockström, Daniel Swain, Stefan Rahmstorf, and Samantha Burgess from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), and University of California/US National Center for Atmospheric Research"
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#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #ExtremeWeather
Climate Extremes (Full Documentary)
Share Climate Extremes with your friends and followers! Help the public become more educated about planetary behavior, tipping points, and climate science f...YouTube
#FYI #AMOC #ArcticCircle #StefanRahmstorf
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
SPEAKERS
H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate, Iceland
Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam University
MODERATOR
Hildigunnur Thorsteinsson, Director General, Icelandic Meteorological Office
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#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #ExtremeWeather
Is the AMOC Shutting Down? - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
SPEAKERSH.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate, IcelandStefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam ...YouTube
Captain Henry Ellis is a fascinating character of 18th-century England. During a voyage, which took place in 1746-1747, he gathered scientific data about the Gulf Stream and experimented to measure water temperature at different depths.
➡️ open.substack.com/pub/theplane…
Climate Scientists Sound the Alarm About the Atlantic's Crucial Conveyor Belt
Why the AMOC should be on top of our political leaders' agendas.Alexander Verbeek 🌍 (The Planet)
It is well established that #AMOC is weakening and that a tipping point exists. The uncertainty is about when we will cross that threshold. We also have very few studies about what the combined effect of AMOC collapse and #globalheating would exactly look like. It is a question of risk assessment.
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‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation
Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf explains why Amoc breakdown could be catastrophic for both humans and marine lifeJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
What oil companies say: "We can use carbon capture and storage technology to help save the climate! All we need is billions of dollars more in government subsidies every year."
But in fact the whole thing is a scam, because "almost 80% of all the CO₂ captured by existing CCS installations has been reinjected into oil fields – to pump more oil." 🤦♂️
LEARN MORE ➡️ theconversation.com/fix-the-cl…
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Fix the climate or appease the fossil fuel industry – we can’t do both
Funding for carbon capture and storage is likely to prolong the fossil fuel era.The Conversation
Please, tell me again how expensive it will be to stop burning fossil fuels and deal with #climate change?
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North Carolina calculates at least $53 billion price tag for Hurricane Helene damages
The storm and its aftermath caused 1,400 landslides and damaged over 160 water and sewer systems, at least 6,000 miles (9,650 kilometers) of roads, more than 1,000 bridges and culverts and an estimated 126,000 homes, the budget office said.PBS News
Talk about a "glass half full or half empty" kind of story:
This article paints a rosy picture of the level of the #water in Lake Mead being 17 feet higher than in 2022.
But it's 166 feet lower than full.
The Colorado River continues to suffer from a shortage of supply and an excess of demand. That's not sustainable.
[Oh, and the article completely fails to mention the role that #climate change is already playing in cutting flows of the Colorado River.]
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How Lake Mead's Water Levels Now Compare to Critically Low Levels
The lake's levels have improved over the past two years, but the reservoir still has a long way to go.Anna Skinner (Newsweek)