🌎 Discussion: Climate Change, Global Warming, Emission Standards, and Other Environmental Issues - Part 1

[blueharvest]

Extremes collide in Florida: Summer weather and DeSantis’ agenda

Florida has passed bills rolling back climate-focused energy initiatives and restricting localities from requiring workplace heat protections.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ozone protection efforts are working faster than expected

Successful bans on chemicals that eat away the ozone layer demonstrate pollution and climate change is a choice

www.salon.com

 

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Being Against Poop in Rivers Is Now “Un-American”

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has an unusual interpretation of Oklahoma v. Tyson.

newrepublic.com

 

[squeekness]

I was at dad’s place a few days ago and of course he was watching Fox News. The anchor was gleeful over the right wing elections in Europe, saying the Europeans were sick of environmentalism killing jobs and masses of immigrants.

I really didn’t even know what to do with that information. I thought that Europe was so ahead of us in regards to environmentalism. I just wanted to give up and watch the world die as Republicans loved their money.

The world is falling apart.

 

[blueharvest]

Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds

Damning new report finds nearly all major car companies are actively sabotaging world's efforts to avoid catastrophic global warming, and Japan companies are the worst.

thedriven.io

 

[blueharvest]

Wisconsin Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunity

GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until polluter immunity approved

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Wisconsin Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunity

GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until polluter immunity approved

www.theguardian.com

Right. Because who needs a clean environment?

 

[blueharvest]

Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat: Study

Global emissions of nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas—are outpacing expectations and putting climate change goals in peril, a major study published on Wednesday found.

phys.org

 

[squeekness]

Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat: Study

Global emissions of nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas—are outpacing expectations and putting climate change goals in peril, a major study published on Wednesday found.

phys.org

I don't see us making any climate goals anytime soon. We don't care enough.

 

[blueharvest]

Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again | Nemonte Nenquimo

This forest is our home, our existence and our children’s future. Politicians who can’t resist selling it for oil cash will feel the strength of the Waorani people, writes campaigner Nemonte Nenquimo

www.theguardian.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

The right wants us to sacrifice the planet for AI

An op-ed in The Hill from the right-wing Heartland Institute showcases a new idea that, at first glance, seems like a joke: The U.S. should drop attempts to address the climate crisis because ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[Lily Adler]

If this works as advertised, I find this neat and wonder we could do the same with tool sheds or tiny homes in the US.

 

[blueharvest]

Photos: Once fruitful, Libyan village suffers amid climate crisis

Pounded by sun and dry winds, trees struggle to bear fruit as Kabaw in the Nafusa Mountains faces a lack of rainfall.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[squeekness]

Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again | Nemonte Nenquimo

This forest is our home, our existence and our children’s future. Politicians who can’t resist selling it for oil cash will feel the strength of the Waorani people, writes campaigner Nemonte Nenquimo

www.theguardian.com

I hope they can. I can't see drilling there ending well.

 

[squeekness]

The right wants us to sacrifice the planet for AI

An op-ed in The Hill from the right-wing Heartland Institute showcases a new idea that, at first glance, seems like a joke: The U.S. should drop attempts to address the climate crisis because ...

www.dailykos.com

Yeah.....no, thanks.

 

[Hobgoblin]

I keep doing what I can to recycle as much as I can but realistically it’s pointless. The powers that be have chosen to sacrifice the future for current profits. People worry about their children’s financial future but not their environmental future.

 

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[blueharvest]

Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change

The answer depends in part on where you live. If it’s extremely hot and humid, the health risks are much higher.

theconversation.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Electricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the grid

French day-ahead power fell to -€5.76 a megawatt-hour, the lowest in four years, in an auction on Epex Spot.

fortune.com

 

[squeekness]

Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change

The answer depends in part on where you live. If it’s extremely hot and humid, the health risks are much higher.

theconversation.com

If not now, then down the road, probably.

 

[blueharvest]

White House swears in first class of American Climate Corps

The federal program is looking to fill more than 9,000 roles by the end of the month.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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[blueharvest]

Chemicals from East Palestine derailment spread to 16 US states, data shows

Rain and snow samples from Wisconsin to Maine and North Carolina after crash show highest pH levels over last decade

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Can you blame heat wave on climate change? Eye-popping numbers suggest so.

The heat wave has killed at least 125 people and led to thousands of heat stroke cases in Mexico, where the heat was particularly intense.

www.usatoday.com