Protesters block private jets at Hanscom Airfield - The Lexington Observer

https://lexobserver.org/2024/04/20/hanscom-extinction-rebe/

Thank you to everyone that is addressing the reality we’re increasingly faced with - a system that destroys our future. The #climate crisis is here. We have to stop the insanity of believing in trickle-down economics and imagine with open-mindedness a different way of doing things

#MAPoli #transportation

Protesters block private jets at Hanscom Airfield

About 20 protesters were arrested after standing in the way of private jets to protest the proposed expansion of the airport

^{Lauren Feeney (The Lexington Observer)}

Climate change is already killing people and the toll is going to continue to rise.
#Climate
#climatechange

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/climate-change-likely-killed-tens-of-thousands-of-people-in-2023

Climate change played a role in killing tens of thousands of people in 2023

And that’s an extremely conservative estimate.

^{Samantha Harrington (Yale Climate Connections)}

Global billionaires tax to fight climate change, hunger rises up political agenda

Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum tax on billionaires’ wealth, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the idea

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/04/19/global-billionaires-tax-to-fight-climate-change-and-hunger-rises-up-political-agenda/

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Global billionaire tax for fighting inequality rises up political agenda

Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum billionaire tax, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the idea

^{Joe Lo (Climate Home)}

All along they've told us it would be so easy... just recycle some of your trash, or ride a bike once in a while, and everything will be fine.

There's no need to even *think* about system change. 🙄

#Pollution #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Greenwashing #Environment #Climate #Degrowth

Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens the pace of extinction.

The loss of plant and animal species on Earth is happening at a speed never seen in human history, according to the United Nations. #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Climate #Environment

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lizard-population-declining-climate-change/

Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens the pace of extinction

A disappearing a lizard population in Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction.

^{David Schechter (CBS News)}

The 12-month moving average of global mean temperatures has now moved slightly above 1.6 °C (2.9 °F).

#ClimateChange #globalwarming #temperature #climate

#Desert city of #Dubai #floods as heaviest #rainfall in 75 years hits #UAE

source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast

#Rain is unusual in the UAE but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months.

#weather #climate #environment #earth #news #disaster

“Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Triggers 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event”

> reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat

https://www.sciencealert.com/record-breaking-ocean-heat-triggers-4th-global-coral-bleaching-event

#Climate #Heat #Warming #Nature #Earth

Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Triggers 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event : ScienceAlert

The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.

^{AFP (ScienceAlert)}