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Rising economic and human costs from #droughts #worldwide require effective policies to limit losses and damage
Source: oecd.org/en/about/news/press-r…
The global land area affected by #drought has doubled in the last 120 years.
#climate #earth #future #environment #food #water #Problem #news #politics #natur
'Planet Wreckers': 4 Rich Nations Plotting Nearly 70% of New Oil and Gas Over Next Decade
"This is not just hypocrisy," said one climate campaigner. "It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis."brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
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The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
propublica.org/article/trump-s…
#News #Trump #Native #Indigenous #Oregon #Environment #Sustainability #PNW
Trump Cancels Deal With Tribes to Restore Columbia River Salmon
The Trump administration canceled a deal that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.ProPublica
You’ve probably seen the Energy Star efficiency label on items like refrigerators, dishwashers and laptops.
Cutting the program will save the EPA about $32 MILLION a year.
Meanwhile, the program saves consumers about $15 BILLION a year in energy costs.
How Energy Star works:
theconversation.com/energy-sta…
#environment #energy #sustainability #USPolitics
Energy Star, on the Trump administration’s target list, has a long history of helping consumers’ wallets and the planet
The small blue Energy Star label has become one of the most recognizable environmental certifications in the US.The Conversation
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The ‘punk’ element in solarpunk refers to the movement’s unapologetically optimistic take on the future despite our growing pessimism and even apathy, and passionately calls for radical societal change — abandoning current capitalist markets and infrastructure.
The movement sparks discussion about current systemic problems and the need for societal changes, as seen with the increasing popularity of concepts such as degrowth, which seeks to scale down the resource use of high income nations’ economies by shrinking sectors that are ecologically damaging and offer little social benefit, and pursue growth not by economic expansion, but that is ecologically and socially just for all.
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LEARN MORE ➡️ earth.org/solarpunk/
#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk
Solarpunk Is the Future We Should Strive For | Earth.Org
Solarpunk offers an unapologetically optimistic vision of the future that imagines a radically different societal structure in harmony with nature.Olivia Lai (Earth.Org)
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Energy will be entirely dependent on solar and wind generation, with no fossil fuel or dirty emissions in sight – and circular economies are the only system in place. All waste will either be reused or repurposed, and resources and transport are guaranteed sustainable and clean. Activities such as rainwater harvesting, permaculture farming, and community gardening will be commonplace, while Indigenous knowledge and practices are celebrated and used across sectors to improve efficiency of resource consumption.
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LEARN MORE ➡️ earth.org/solarpunk/
#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk
Solarpunk Is the Future We Should Strive For | Earth.Org
Solarpunk offers an unapologetically optimistic vision of the future that imagines a radically different societal structure in harmony with nature.Olivia Lai (Earth.Org)
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Unlike cyberpunks who imagine the world being dominated by evil corporations, solarpunks imagine a society where people and planet are prioritised over the individual and profit. Essentially, say goodbye to conglomerates, hierarchies, and excessive wealth, and say hello to decentralised and open-source technologies, shared knowledge, as well as community building and cooperation.
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LEARN MORE ➡️ earth.org/solarpunk/
#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk
Solarpunk Is the Future We Should Strive For | Earth.Org
Solarpunk offers an unapologetically optimistic vision of the future that imagines a radically different societal structure in harmony with nature.Olivia Lai (Earth.Org)
All is not lost.
We do still have options, good choices we can make that will lead to a better – or at least less disastrous – future.
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Imagine being surrounded by lush natural landscapes, buildings covered with verdant plants and vegetation complete with rooftop gardens, and cities that are completely powered by clean energy. Imagine having our technologies built in harmony with nature and shared equally with everyone on the planet. This is what our world should look like as envisioned by the solarpunk movement.
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In this thread I will post several excerpts from an inspiring article at Earth.org, together with uplifting images that might raise our spirits as we seek to build a happier and more just world for our children and their children.
LEARN MORE ➡️ earth.org/solarpunk/
#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk
Solarpunk Is the Future We Should Strive For | Earth.Org
Solarpunk offers an unapologetically optimistic vision of the future that imagines a radically different societal structure in harmony with nature.Olivia Lai (Earth.Org)
An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.
Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.
propublica.org/article/epa-leg…
#News #EPA #Environment #Trump #ICE #Lawsuit #Law
EPA Drops Case Against GEO Group Over Misuse of Disinfectant in ICE Facilities
A complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 and 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage and skin burns, without proper protection.ProPublica
UK proposes wider ban on destructive bottom trawling
UK proposes wider ban on destructive ocean bottom trawling
The government wants to prohibit bottom trawling from more protected areas of UK waters.Esme Stallard (BBC News)
People carry cutouts of senators’ faces in protest at a bill that would change environmental licensing laws, on World Environment Day, Brasilia, #Brazil
Photograph: Eraldo Peres/AP
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#environment
#protest
A rather poignant commentary on #war and the #environment
Because of radio frequency jamming, fiber optic #drones are being used by #Russia and #Ukraine on the frontlines
They just spool the fiber out as they fly
Apparently some areas look like giant spider webs everywhere from the endless #drone flights
And #birds are now using the waste of war to make their nests
Manila, #Philippines
A woman picks a water bottle from washed-up rubbish on the polluted Pasig River on World Environment Day.
Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
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#pollution
#plastics
#environment
#river
You know what drives me crazy?
Every time someone has a good idea to perhaps reduce humanity's negative impact on the biosphere, the clowns who run our economies and our governments will take that good idea and twist it into the worst possible implementation.
Case in point: If we could get large numbers of people to switch from driving gas/petrol cars to small EVs — or even better, to electric scooters or bikes — that could make a real difference in reducing overall emissions.
So what do our "leaders" do instead?
They focus on building and selling huge, bulky, monstrously heavy, status-symbol EVs that not only are more damaging to the environment than a lighter gas/petrol car, but also far more dangerous to children, pedestrians, bike riders, and other cars because of their titanic weight and their reduced sight lines.
➡️ carscoops.com/2023/06/is-the-u…
It drives me crazy! 😡
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Is The U.S. Govt’s Support For Huge EVs Putting Pedestrians In Danger? | Carscoops
Electric vehicles are heavier than gas cars anyway, but the latest EVs are mostly big, heavy SUVs and pickups that pose a greater threat to pedestrians and cyclistsChris Chilton (Carscoops.com)
The increased rate of global #warming has shocked even the experts. Global temperatures in 2023, 2024 and 2025 so far has shattered previous records, and not by a little. Scientists have long known that #greenhouse gas #emissions are driving global warming, but the recent spike is faster and larger than anyone expected. Something is accelerating climate change, and we don’t fully understand what it is.
source: app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/6…
#science #future #earth #climate #problem #temperature #humanity #environment #nature #news #warning #danger
The World’s Most Urgent Scientific Question
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graphic above.We Don’t Have Time
"Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade"
apnews.com/article/greta-thunb…
"Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at 'breaking Israel’s siege' ...
[they] will try to reach the shores of the Gaza Strip in an effort to bring in some aid and raise international awareness over the ongoing humanitarian crisis"
#Politics #Climate #Environment #Gaza #Thunberg #FreedomFlotilla
The Human #Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon’s Worth of #Microplastics, New #Research Suggests
source: smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…
#Microplastic concentrations were also three to five times higher in the brains of patients with #dementia, compared to cognitively normal brains. It’s not clear whether microplastics may cause or contribute to dementia, nor whether dementia-induced changes to the brain might allow more microplastics to enter.
#health #humanity #economy #food #news #science #warning #danger #mental #problem #environment
The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new studySarah Kuta (Smithsonian Magazine)
Almost 40% of world’s glaciers already doomed due to climate crisis – study theguardian.com/environment/20…
#glacier #glaciers #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
Almost 40% of world’s glaciers already doomed due to climate crisis – study
Glacier loss has profound effects worldwide and will soar to 75% on Earth’s heating trajectory, say scientistsDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Thousands in Canada’s Manitoba ordered to evacuate in wildfire emergency
There are more than 130 active wildfires across the country, half of which are considered out of controlGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
50 homes have been washed away with at least 110 people dead in Mokwa, Central West Nigeria.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
bbc.com/news/articles/cwy61v6w…
Nigeria floods: At least 110 die after torrential rains in Mokwa, Niger state
Torrential rains in the central town of Mokwa led to the deadly floods, authorities say.Azeezat Olaoluwa (BBC News)
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#NaturePhotography #Garden #Trees #BloomScrolling #Nature #Foto #NatureLovers #Gardening #Photography #NaturFotografie #Pixelfed #Fotografie #Photo #Natur #Environment #Green #Beautiful #Gartenliebe
Chevron shareholders back board, reject climate proposals
investing.com/news/company-new…
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
The amount of bad news that I could be sharing with you, if I chose to, is much greater than what you actually see here on my page. Every day I have to filter through all the items I find, looking for those that seem to me the most relevant and most important for readers to know, not simply those that are the most alarming or most sensationalist.
I’m not trying to scare people — well, maybe I am trying to scare people — but the point is not simply for you to be frightened, but to take action in the face of a looming disaster.
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
Catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of global #wildlife #populations in just 50 years reveals a ‘system in peril’
Source: worldwildlife.org/press-releas…
#earth #diversity #biological #animal #life #change #extinction #future #Problem #environment #disaster
"If you wish to understand evil, you must understand the bark, the roots, the worms of the earth… Aphid eats leaf, ladybug eats aphid, soil absorbs dead ladybug, plant feeds upon soil. Is aphid evil? Is ladybug evil? Is soil evil? Where is evil in all the wood?"
(The Parliament of Trees speaking to the titular character in issue 47 of Alan Moore's run as writer of Swamp Thing)
#comics #comicbooks #books #writing #ecology #environment #trees
A fungi that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up
Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts — and the world is not prepared
cnn.com/2025/05/24/climate/dea…
#health #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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#Climate #ClimateChange #Antarctic #Greenland #Environment
Earth's 'catastrophic' ice melt problem is worse than previously thought, study says
The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
Is technology going to save us from climate change? Are fancy new machines being invented that will suck carbon out of the air and make everything all right again?
No.
➡️ heimildin.is/grein/24581/clime…
Climeworks, a leading carbon capture company in Iceland, has not accomplished any of its lofty goals. They are drawing only a fraction of CO₂ from the atmosphere that they claimed would be possible.
Not only that, but the company's own emissions actually *exceed* the amount of carbon they have managed to capture. They are making the problem worse, not better.
Capitalist technology cannot solve the problems caused by capitalist technology. We have to change course.
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #Degrowth
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – which have grown rapidly in recent years.Heimildin
#Tesla - good for the #environment or good for #AltRight?
Watch: m.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4ZjhOu…
#video #car #musk #protest #tank #electricity #nonazis #usa #maga #politics #trump #problem #economy #qAnon
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