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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · 15d

Ecology Equity Economy. The solutions aren’t complex. Human implementation is. #actonclimate #sustainability #triplebottomline

A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · 15d

Reasons to be cheerful. #actonclimate #climateactionnow #renewablesFTW

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Sep 22

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...

Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Sep 15

More confirmation of what we have already known for a long time. #climate #fossilfuels #renewablesnow

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

www.theguardian.com

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Aug 13

Which choices contribute most to climate change? Most people miss the mark. #themoreyouknow 🌈 #manmadeclimatechange #sustainability

People often miscalculate climate choices, a study says. One surprise is owning a dog

It turns out many Americans misjudge which personal behaviors contribute most to climate change.

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Jul 28

England is being Americanized. Short term gains for long term loss. #sprawl #stupidgrowth #unsustainable 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇸 😢

‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities

Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors

www.theguardian.com

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Jun 21

Food for thought. Different financial planning. #actonclimate #resilience #sustainability

Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country

Climate-fueled disasters cost America almost a trillion dollars over the last year, far more than economists predicted.

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thinnest of silver linings. #marineconservation #cleanseas #saveouroceans

Future climate-driven fires may boost ocean productivity in the iron-limited North Atlantic - Nature Climate Change

Fire emissions can be an important source of nutrients such as iron, particularly for the oceans. Here the authors estimate that climate-change-driven changes in fire emissions could increase iron dep...

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Jun 13

Taking apart buildings is a climate solution. #morejobs #lesswaste #slowgrowth

Why taking apart buildings piece by piece is a climate solution

Deconstruction is a growing approach to taking down homes that diverts waste from landfills, cuts carbon emissions and creates a circular economy for construction materials.

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · May 27

Considering our common future… #climateaction #climatejustice #voteclimate

Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire

The world seems to have avoided truly catastrophic climate scenarios, and global emissions may be about to peak. But we’re by no means out of danger

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · May 13

Saw this on another platform and it gave me the feels. #disconnection #interconnection #oneplanet

Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · May 13

Fascinating. Scientific proof of yet another way the entire planet is connected.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · May 12

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

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Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · Apr 29

New research on the surprising disconnect between green habits and green voting patterns.

The upshot: getting people to adopt eco-friendly habits won’t necessarily translate into support for environmental policies or political parties.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=237139

New research on the surprising disconnect between green habits and green voting patterns

The upshot: getting people to adopt eco-friendly habits won’t necessarily translate into support for environmental policies or political parties.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 24

The stupidity offensive continues. #climatechange #braindrain #climatedenialism

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

www.propublica.org

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Jeffrey B (@dadnails) @dadnails.bsky.social · Apr 10

TODAY’s ACTION ITEM: these 4 Dems voted to effectively take away millions of American’s ability to vote!

Call and share: ”How dare you vote to make it impossible for millions of women & others to vote!”

Golden(ME) 202-225-6306
Perez(WA) 202 225-2531
Cuellar(TX) 202 225-1640
Case(HI) 202-225-2726

These Dems Voted yes on SaveAct.
Ed Case (Hawaii)
Marie Gluesenkamp
Perez (Washington)
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Jared Golden(Maine)

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 21

A fascinating tool. #climate #globalwarming #datadriven @algoremedia.bsky.social

Climate TRACE

Climate TRACE makes climate action faster and easier by mobilizing the global tech community to track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

climatetrace.org

Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thanks to @brenttoderian.bsky.social for reminding me about this article. #spawl #carculture #unsustainable

How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness

A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting

www.theguardian.com

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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · Apr 12

Local planners: 7 years and $1.2 million.
#Beavers: just vibes and sticks. Nature's engineers get it done.
No permits required

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 11

Environmental laws getting more challenges from the extractive economy in the name of short term gains = planetary long-term loss #race2thebottom #climatedenial @gristnews.bsky.social

Why Trump's executive order targeting state climate laws is probably illegal

President Donald Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue.

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 8

Managing demand, considering the bigger picture of our #builtenvironment, we have choices that can help or harm our #climate & #future.

Adjusting when you charge your EV or do laundry could postpone the need for expensive infrastructure

A new study demonstrates how flattening the curve of energy use over a 24-hour period could ease stress on the grid.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 8

A shift in #climatecrisis thinking. An inconvenient truth? #resilience #pragmatism

Our Approach to Climate Policy Has Failed. It’s Time for Climate Realism

U.S. policymakers need a new strategy to confront the risks of climate change, compete in the global energy transition, and stay the course regardless of which political party is in power. A doctrine…

www.cfr.org

Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 7

“The best protection from the impacts of #climatechange is #healthcare, access to #socialsecurity, access to alternative income sources from agriculture, and most of all, #goodgovernance,” #preach

This Scientist Wants Us to Combat the Climate Crisis by Thinking Like a Woman

The author of “Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequity to Combat Climate Change” has helped pioneer attribution science.

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Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Apr 3

I wonder if economist Larry Summers thinks this is good for growth. #capitalism #ecologyfirst #climatecrisis

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

www.theguardian.com

Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Mar 28

Despite denials, data and facts remain the same. Vote climate and vote with your $£€. #globalwarming #climatchange #climatecrisis

Major report confirms record warming, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week

www.weforum.org

Bourgeois Green @bourgeoisgreen.bsky.social · Mar 28

The planet’s capacity to sustain life is losing ground. #Soil and fresh #water (among many others) are partners we cannot live without. #climatechange #carryingcapacity

Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming

New research finds that global warming has significantly reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in soil, lakes, rivers, snow and other places on land.

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