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📣 Hey people who eat beef!
You can very greatly reduce your food's environmental impact by switching to pretty much any other food apart from beef. Beef causes by far the greatest amount of CO2 emissions per gram of food.
Other meats have only a fraction of the CO2 emissions of beef, and plant-based food is even less. See the attached chart for some emissions numbers of common foods.
More info at https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local which is also the source of the chart.
#Food #CarbonDioxide #ClimateChange #Meat #Beef #Environment #ClimateCrisis
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local
“Eat local” is a common recommendation to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it's come from?Our World in Data
Chemical analysis of natural CO₂ rise over the last 50,000 years shows that today's rate is 10 times faster
Today's rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years, researchers have found through a detailed chemical analysis of ancient Antarctic ice.Michelle Klampe (Phys.org)
ITALIAN FLASH FLOODS🚨
A series of floods hit northern Italy
Heavy rains flooded Lombardy, in particular the fashion capital Milan. Other northern regions - Veneto and Piedmont - were also affected. Over the past 24 hours, more than a thousand rescue operations have been carried out here, the Italian fire and rescue service reported.
Also, due to the rains, the Retrone River overflowed its banks.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Italy #GlobalWarming #climatecrisis
⚠️World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' officials warn, with majority of coral reefs in peril
Conditions last year were so unusually warm in some waters that heat stress levels were literally off the charts of NOAA's alert system. #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ocean-record-heat-coral-bleaching-rcna152637
World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' with majority of coral reefs in peril
Oceans are record-hot, and nearly two-thirds of the world’s coral reefs have experienced heat stress at levels high enough to cause bleaching, NOAA said.Denise Chow (NBC News)
The decision by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management affects a vast coal-producing region that covers more than 13 million acres across Montana and Wyoming, and it handed a long-sought victory to climate advocates. For years, they have fought to restore an Obama-era moratorium on coal mining on federal lands #ClimateCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/16/coal-leasing-powder-river-basin-climate/
From HEATED:
Pure propaganda. The laws of physics are immune to it.
Don’t fall for “climate-friendly” beef https://heated.world/p/dont-fall-for-climate-friendly-beef
#ClimateCrisis
Don’t fall for “climate-friendly” beef
New FOIA documents give insight into the secretive, industry-funded science behind the much-hyped product.Arielle Samuelson (HEATED)
Criticize the world's largest oil company? They'll sue you!!
(And I promise they can easily afford more and better lawyers than you can. Not to mention bribing judges.)
⬛️ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-exxon-mobil-suing-shareholders-100046384.html
#Law #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Content warning: Government Secures Australia’s Future By Handing $300 Directly To Power Companies On Behalf Of Households
"Ocean temperatures are currently hovering around the levels they typically reach in late July — and they’re likely to continue rising as the summer goes on."
#Nature #Environment #Ocean #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season
An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a yearChelsea Harvey (Scientific American)
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Here is an Interactive Dashboard so you can track Canadian Active Wildfires and the Smoke.
You may want to bookmark it because we are in for a rough year.
The Climate Dashboard
#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #News
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2023/climate-dashboard/
Bread and Circuses (@breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social)
Attached: 1 image For the last two years, activists and anti-plastic campaigners have pinned their hopes on an effort made by the United Nations to negotiate an effective international treaty aimed at reducing the tremendous global amounts of plasti…Climate Justice Social
🔥 👩🚒 Wildfire growth prompts another evacuation order in northeastern B.C.
Two more communities under evacuation orders:
Doig River First Nation and the Peace River Regional District as a fire threatens nearby.
#News #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/wildfire-growth-prompts-another-evacuation-order-in-northeastern-b-c
Montreal Gazette
The blaze is one of several burning across Western Canada.The Canadian Press (Montreal Gazette)
Canadian wildfires forcing thousands to evacuate
More than 100 active fires are burning across Canada, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes and sending smoke into the U.S. Air quality alerts have been issued across four states.NBCNews.com (NBC News)
You just cannot make it up...
#fossilfuels #climatechange #ClimateCrisis
Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says | Fossil fuels | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/14/fossil-fuel-investment-treaties-lobbying-climate-mary-robinson-ban-ki-moon-ect
Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says
Former Irish president and Ban Ki-moon say fossil lobbying is hampering climate progressFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
After a lovely outing with several families, we all went for dessert after dinner on the weekend. We ended up at a bubble tea/egg waffle joint.
Everyone got a thing, but I did not allow my daughter to get a drink. I pointed to all the plastic cups and said they came in plastic and we simply aren't doing that. (I also didn't really want her to have that much sugar). I met her halfway and let her get a waffle thing b/c I had a takeout container (i carried them around anticipating leftovers after our dinner event).
I don't know if she felt embarrassed or that I was being unjust. I can only hope she remembers the values I am trying to teach as she grows up.
“Fed regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes to how America’s electric grids are planned & funded, in a move that supporters hope could spur thousands of miles of new high-voltage power lines & make it easier to add more wind and solar energy.
The new rule by Fed Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees interstate electricity transmission, is most significant attempt in years to upgrade and expand the country’s creaking electricity network”
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/climate/electric-grid-overhaul-ferc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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A message from Canadians to US citizens:
Dear US,
As the smoke from our wildfires continue to pollute your air and many of you struggle to breathe please think about this:
If you chose to abstain from voting or do not vote Blue, your air quality will continue to worsen because Trump will increase the use of and development of fossil fuels which will increase our wildfires.
Thanks for listening.
Breathe easy today.
👩🚒 🚒 Ottawa turns to civilian first responders as another dire wildfire season approaches
Emergency preparedness minister says the military is 'not the best resource to deal with a lot of emergencies'
The pilot program will involve multiple non-governmental organizations: the Canadian Red Cross, St. John Ambulance, the Salvation Army, the veteran-led Team Rubicon and the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC).
#News #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wildfires-climate-military-canada-1.7200878
Firefighter recruitment and retention top of mind as Quebec heads into wildfire season
Province is missing nearly one quarter of its water bomber pilots
"The planet, as folks will see, is effectively burning up and climate change is a significant factor," said Wilkinson. "Last summer, Canadians experienced the most destructive forest fire season in our country's history."
#News #Quebec #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/firefighter-sopfeu-recruitment-retention-quebec-forest-fires-1.7198279
Northern Cree community students' project on natural fire retardants in boreal forest wins at science fair
Kristopher Neeposh and Rory Henry-Felstead won 1st place at Quebec Indigenous Science Fair
Their most significant finding was that jack pine extract, applied to different materials, seemed to slow the spread of flames. They found that it even out-performed ammonium sulfate, a commercially available fire retardant.
#News #ClimateCrisis #Indigenous #Wildfire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cree-students-nemaska-science-fair-boreal-fire-retardants-1.7165226
I guess that's the last place we haven't exploited yet...
😔
#Russia #UK #Antarctica #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary
Russia finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory
Reserves 10 times the North Sea’s output raise fears over drilling in protected regionThe Telegraph
Perspective: the biggest carbon capture plant in the world sequesters 1 millionth of our annual emissions. We would have to build a million of these plants to _not_increase_ the CO2 level. And we need to significantly _decrease_ the CO2 level.
Carbon capture is a scam.
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.fastcompany.com/91120071/climeworks-carbon-removal-factory-iceland
When are we going to fucking wake up?
#climate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis
‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair
Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandonedAlessia Amitrano (The Guardian)
Scientists tracked a young #whale's journey before he vanished. What they learned could help save his species.
#Bishop’s story, from birth to presumed death, shows the extreme danger facing right #whales, which could be extinct in 3 decades if they continue to disappear at the present rate. Bishop’s species is not doomed to #extinction …but time is running out.
#RightWhale #ClimateCrisis #Wildlife #Conservation #MarineLife #Ocean
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/north-atlantic-right-whale-species-challenges/
"I don't say this lightly - but the floods in #PortoAlegre, #Brazil, are looking comparable to what Katrina did to New Orleans in 2005 -- massive evacuations, water & power outages, key infrastructure damaged, parts of city, possible long-term consequences."—Brian Winter
Background heating +1.3ºC
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Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds
More frequent heatwaves mean bees are unable to thermoregulate their hives – further endangering a species already in declineSophie Kevany (The Guardian)
#Biden crackdown on #PowerPlants expected to speed shift away from coal https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4625164-biden-power-plants-crackdown-coal-renewables/
"experts say that instead of trying to meet these requirements, more #coal plants may just retire — and some power companies may opt to invest in #renewables... the rule could increase the amount of coal power that comes offline between 2028 and 2035 by nearly 25%"
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #USpol #Climate #FossilFuels
The world that capitalism and conservatives have created/destroyed:
"almost a fifth of the female climate experts who responded have chosen to have no children, or fewer children, due to the environmental crises afflicting the world."
#capitalism #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families
A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer childrenDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
343 US Tornadoes in the Past 14 Days!
Man-Made climate change is changing the world - today!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatecrisis #climatechange #BreakingNews #Breaking #tornado
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iOBLvC5KPvM&si=BnHJ9n5TEDCgnhoQ
343 US Tornadoes in the Past 14 Days!
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Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study
Researchers say reducing emissions and biodiversity loss and preventing invasive species could control diseasePhoebe Weston (The Guardian)
“Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don’t emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane…
For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued to grow fast.” #ClimateCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/2718fce0ed37232dc25dbf46fff87955
Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total
A record 30% of global electricity was generated from renewables in 2023, according to a report released by Ember, a think tank based in London. Solar was the main factor in adding clean energy to the global electricity grid.ISABELLA O'MALLEY (AP News)
Capture carbon from air.
Push carbon deep into Earth to force oil up to be extracted. 🤨
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/climate/direct-air-capture-plant-iceland-climate-intl/index.html
⚠️Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed. #ClimateCrisis
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists findsDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Nothing else matters.
Almost 80% of IPCC climate scientists believe we're heading for 2.5ºC of warming this century; 50% say 3ºC.
These are objectively disastrous numbers.
Over 70% say that lack of political will is to blame; 60% also blame vested corporate interests.
I'd add the demagogues, populists, & their cronies, weaponising denialism for their own short-term selfish gains.
History will judge our generation very harshly.
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists findsDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
IPCC scientists talk about the future:
“The big difference [with the most recent IPCC report] was that all of the scientists I worked with were incredibly frustrated. Everyone was at the end of their rope, asking: what the fuck do we have to do to get through to people how bad this really is?”
“We did our science, we put this really good report together and – wow – it really didn’t make a difference on the policy. It’s very difficult to see that, every time.”
“1.5C is a political game – we were never going to reach this target.”
Asked what individual action would be effective, he said: “Civil disobedience.”
“Fight for a fairer world.”
‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair
Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandonedAlessia Amitrano (The Guardian)
This is so annoying. 😡
Have you noticed that whenever corporate media decides to publish one of their rare articles about global warming, they almost always will headline it with a cheerful photo of people at the beach, or happily enjoying the sun?
It's a subliminal message.
Yes, the words you're reading might be alarming, but that's okay. We've got this. Business and industry and government will work together to solve the problem. There's nothing to worry about.
As you see here, these three young women are smiling as they relax by a fountain. Life is good!
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Science finally catching up with what I've been raving about for years.
From the article:
"At $190 a ton, the utility industry averaged damages more than twice its profits. Materials manufacturing, energy and transportation industries all had average damages that exceeded their profits."
There is no profit when we account for negative externalities -- all of capitalism is premised on an accounting lie that doesn't work if, you know, we *actually account* for the pollution. Capitalist economics have always been premised on destroying our biosphere for free.
If you can't destroy the biosphere by using it as your own free cesspool -- you can't profit.
It's fucking physics. Balance the equations.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #Accounting #economics
Study reveals how much carbon damage would cost corporations if they paid for their emissions
Economists calculate that the world's corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for what they put out.SETH BORENSTEIN (AP News)