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It's complicated.
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It's complicated.
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German court on the brink of holding major emitters liable for climate damages
Find out more: www.germanwatch.org/en/93094
#ClimateAction
German court on the brink of holding major emitters liable for climate damages
Find out more: www.germanwatch.org/en/93094
#ClimateAction
German court on the brink of holding major emitters liable for climate damages
The lawsuit, which has already set a global precedent for corporate climate liability, seeks to hold RWE accountable for its role in accelerating glacial melt that threatens Luciano Lliuya’s hometown of Huaraz with catastrophic flooding. Scientific s
www.germanwatch.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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German court on the brink of holding major emitters liable for climate damages
Find out more: www.germanwatch.org/en/93094
#ClimateAction
German court on the brink of holding major emitters liable for climate damages
Find out more: www.germanwatch.org/en/93094
#ClimateAction
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In its latest advice, known as the carbon budget, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) says by 2040, 80% of cars should be electric and one in two homes have a heat pump.
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Heat pumps and EVs – how to fight climate change from home
The government has been told that the public will need to change how we drive and heat our homes.
www.bbc.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In its latest advice, known as the carbon budget, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) says by 2040, 80% of cars should be electric and one in two homes have a heat pump.
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President Zelenskyy showed more backbone and self-respect in one Oval Office meeting than the entire GOP has collectively demonstrated over the last 9 years.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
February 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
President Zelenskyy showed more backbone and self-respect in one Oval Office meeting than the entire GOP has collectively demonstrated over the last 9 years.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
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The fossil fuel industry is trying to keep buildings hooked on gas. Here’s how.
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#Gas #Climate #FossilFuel #Buildings
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#Gas #Climate #FossilFuel #Buildings
The fossil fuel industry is trying to keep buildings hooked on gas. Here’s how.
Around the globe, oil and gas companies use similar strategies to fight building electrification, according to a new report.
grist.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The fossil fuel industry is trying to keep buildings hooked on gas. Here’s how.
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#Gas #Climate #FossilFuel #Buildings
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#Gas #Climate #FossilFuel #Buildings
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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
“I don’t think that plastic is going to affect the shark very much as they’re … munching their way through the ocean,” he said at a White House announcement
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws, claiming paper ones ‘explode’
Order rolls back Biden policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastic as Trump calls it a ‘ridiculous situation’
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“I don’t think that plastic is going to affect the shark very much as they’re … munching their way through the ocean,” he said at a White House announcement
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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For most countries around the world, sourcing energy entirely from wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower by 2050 would reduce their energy needs and costs, improve air quality, and help slow climate change, according to a study in Environmental Science & Technology.
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Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find
For most countries around the world, sourcing energy entirely from wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower by 2050 would reduce their energy needs and costs, improve air quality, and help slow climate ...
techxplore.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Hagan Scotten’s resignation letter says it all.
Dropping the charges against Eric Adams to turn the Mayor of New York into a lackey of the President is a staggeringly corrupt perversion of justice and democracy.
Dropping the charges against Eric Adams to turn the Mayor of New York into a lackey of the President is a staggeringly corrupt perversion of justice and democracy.
February 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hagan Scotten’s resignation letter says it all.
Dropping the charges against Eric Adams to turn the Mayor of New York into a lackey of the President is a staggeringly corrupt perversion of justice and democracy.
Dropping the charges against Eric Adams to turn the Mayor of New York into a lackey of the President is a staggeringly corrupt perversion of justice and democracy.
AGRIVOLTAICS!
February 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
AGRIVOLTAICS!
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We should remember that we are visitors on this planet. We are here for 90 or 100 years at the most. During this time, we should work to leave the world a better place because all human beings want to be happy, and no one wants to suffer. Our desire for happiness is something we all have in common.
February 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We should remember that we are visitors on this planet. We are here for 90 or 100 years at the most. During this time, we should work to leave the world a better place because all human beings want to be happy, and no one wants to suffer. Our desire for happiness is something we all have in common.
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Spoiler: Everyone but Trump and his Big Oil CEO friends are losing out
Here’s who’s losing out as Trump freezes the Inflation Reduction Act
A Day 1 executive order directed federal agencies to freeze funding under former president Joe Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Spoiler: Everyone but Trump and his Big Oil CEO friends are losing out
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Boston becomes first U.S. city to require new buildings ‘achieve net zero carbon emissions standards upon opening’ archinect.com/news/article...
Boston becomes first U.S. city to require new buildings ‘achieve net zero carbon emissions standards upon opening’
The Boston Zoning Commission has approved an amendment to the city’s zoning code to incorporate Net Zero Carbon (NZC) Zoning, becoming the first city in the U.S. to require new buildings to achieve ne...
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February 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Boston becomes first U.S. city to require new buildings ‘achieve net zero carbon emissions standards upon opening’ archinect.com/news/article...
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Sales of Tesla’s electric vehicles have fallen sharply across many of its key European markets amid a consumer backlash against Elon Musk. www.ft.com/content/ea23...
February 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Baby steps can help, in a time of great change
February 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Baby steps can help, in a time of great change
Aquaculture + carbon capture = aquacapture? carbonculture?
#climatesolutions
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#climatesolutions
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Here’s how fish farms could double as a climate solution
A new study analyzes a potential win-win solution for fish health and carbon capture. The critical ingredient is something you might not expect.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Aquaculture + carbon capture = aquacapture? carbonculture?
#climatesolutions
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#climatesolutions
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Oh, great: Rat populations are surging as cities heat up.
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#Rats #Rodents #Climate #Disease
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#Rats #Rodents #Climate #Disease
Oh, great: Rat populations are surging as cities heat up
Simmering urban temperatures are bad for humans. It's another story for rats, according to new research -- especially in Washington, D.C.
grist.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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PUT ALL THEIR HEADS IN TOILETS AND FLUSH REPEATEDLY
February 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
PUT ALL THEIR HEADS IN TOILETS AND FLUSH REPEATEDLY
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The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds." — David W. Orr
January 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds." — David W. Orr
February 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
February 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Stay strong in these wild times and take heart. This newsletter might help.
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Scorched earth policy
It’s been a rough week if you’re a closer watcher of climate policy in the U.S. or from afar. There’s far too much news to parse. Which is exactly Trump’s strategy. This newsletter explains what I mea...
www.keepcool.co
February 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Stay strong in these wild times and take heart. This newsletter might help.
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