Good Stewards
@goodstewards.bsky.social
Good Stewards is a call to people of all faiths to fulfill our divine mandate to protect and nurture all life.
End Plastics. End Fossil Fuels. End Vapid Consumerism. End PsyOps Marketing. End Poisons and Poisoners. Live humbly.
End Plastics. End Fossil Fuels. End Vapid Consumerism. End PsyOps Marketing. End Poisons and Poisoners. Live humbly.
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Good Stewards
@goodstewards.bsky.social
· Nov 29
I cannot give up hope. I have tried. I came so close. Then I find others holding hope, tenderly, firmly, carefully passing it to others, relighting flames that have guttered in the winds of despair. They huddle close and shield one another. My little flame, almost gone, strengthens and lives.
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I cannot give up hope. I have tried. I came so close. Then I find others holding hope, tenderly, firmly, carefully passing it to others, relighting flames that have guttered in the winds of despair. They huddle close and shield one another. My little flame, almost gone, strengthens and lives.
November 29, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I cannot give up hope. I have tried. I came so close. Then I find others holding hope, tenderly, firmly, carefully passing it to others, relighting flames that have guttered in the winds of despair. They huddle close and shield one another. My little flame, almost gone, strengthens and lives.
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Trump heard transgenic mice and thought “transgender” mice. Just like he heard immigrants were seeking asylum and thought it meant they were coming from insane asylums.
March 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump heard transgenic mice and thought “transgender” mice. Just like he heard immigrants were seeking asylum and thought it meant they were coming from insane asylums.
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We don't have a plastics treaty. More than 100 nations wanted to cap plastic production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target waste.
One of those producers is, of course, the US.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
One of those producers is, of course, the US.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
Over 100 countries back plastic treaty caps as talks reach fierce finish
The hoped-for treaty to come out of these talks could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as well as climate-warming emissions since the 2015 Paris Agreement.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:20 PM
We don't have a plastics treaty. More than 100 nations wanted to cap plastic production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target waste.
One of those producers is, of course, the US.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
One of those producers is, of course, the US.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Amazing! And the report also says the PV modules helped regulate temperature fluctuations, reducing summer heat peaks and winter temperature declines. Another reason to go solar.
Growing wine grapes under solar panels can increase yields by 60%.
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60%
French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels. The PV modules helped regulate temperature fl...
www.pv-magazine.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Amazing! And the report also says the PV modules helped regulate temperature fluctuations, reducing summer heat peaks and winter temperature declines. Another reason to go solar.
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Anti-wind groups have been saying that offshore wind is "industrializing" the oceans. Here's the top devastating use:
Bottom trawling.
Which "removes 6% to 41% of faunal biomass per pass"
an "area half the size of the world’s continental shelf is trawled every year"
ecori.org/commercial-f...
Bottom trawling.
Which "removes 6% to 41% of faunal biomass per pass"
an "area half the size of the world’s continental shelf is trawled every year"
ecori.org/commercial-f...
Commercial Fishing Industrialized Oceans Long Before Offshore Wind - ecoRI News
The continued burning of fossil fuels is a far greater threat to the commercial fishing industry than wind turbines.
ecori.org
December 1, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Anti-wind groups have been saying that offshore wind is "industrializing" the oceans. Here's the top devastating use:
Bottom trawling.
Which "removes 6% to 41% of faunal biomass per pass"
an "area half the size of the world’s continental shelf is trawled every year"
ecori.org/commercial-f...
Bottom trawling.
Which "removes 6% to 41% of faunal biomass per pass"
an "area half the size of the world’s continental shelf is trawled every year"
ecori.org/commercial-f...
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The UK edition of THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS is out on Thursday!
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
October 29, 2024 at 4:38 PM
The UK edition of THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS is out on Thursday!
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
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Regulator sells out community safety for pennies on the dollar, as #ImperialOil gets 95 per cent “discount” on #OilSands spill fine ecojustice.ca/news/regulat... #BigOil #abpoli #Climate
Regulator sells out community safety for pennies on the dollar, as Imperial Oil gets 95 per cent “discount” on oil sands spill fine
CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATY 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III — Concerned Indigenous Nations, community, health, and environmental groups are urging the…
ecojustice.ca
December 1, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Regulator sells out community safety for pennies on the dollar, as #ImperialOil gets 95 per cent “discount” on #OilSands spill fine ecojustice.ca/news/regulat... #BigOil #abpoli #Climate
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A must-follow series of events for those interested in policy prospects for decarbonizing buildings:
washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/15/s...
washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/15/s...
State panel not ready to scrap building codes targeted by gas initiative • Washington State Standard
Washington voters passed a measure to erase building codes intended to phase out natural gas. That might not happen.
washingtonstatestandard.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:23 PM
A must-follow series of events for those interested in policy prospects for decarbonizing buildings:
washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/15/s...
washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/15/s...
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Which European cities have announced to decommission the gas grid or parts of it?
Wien, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Mannheim, München, Basel, Zurich, Winterthur - the list goes on.
Much more of this to come.
A summary of our research: gasoutlook.com/analysis/eur...
Wien, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Mannheim, München, Basel, Zurich, Winterthur - the list goes on.
Much more of this to come.
A summary of our research: gasoutlook.com/analysis/eur...
Europe needs to decommission gas infrastructure as demand plummets - Gas Outlook
A new paper argues that governments need to minimise investment in gas infrastructure and plan for decommissioning.
gasoutlook.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Which European cities have announced to decommission the gas grid or parts of it?
Wien, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Mannheim, München, Basel, Zurich, Winterthur - the list goes on.
Much more of this to come.
A summary of our research: gasoutlook.com/analysis/eur...
Wien, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Mannheim, München, Basel, Zurich, Winterthur - the list goes on.
Much more of this to come.
A summary of our research: gasoutlook.com/analysis/eur...
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Helpful research note from Jonas Meckling and Ari Benkler on the importance of state capacity and fiscal space in climate policymaking:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
State capacity and varieties of climate policy - Nature Communications
Multiple policy mechanisms exist to create climate policy. In this comment, the authors discuss the institution capacity and fiscal space that shape national policies around sticks and carrots mechani...
www.nature.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Helpful research note from Jonas Meckling and Ari Benkler on the importance of state capacity and fiscal space in climate policymaking:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Competition Bureau investigating high tech price-fixing by Canadian landlords #landlords #Canada #pricefixing #renting #rentersrights breachmedia.ca/competition-...
Competition Bureau investigating high tech price-fixing by Canadian landlords ⋆ The Breach
Tenant organizing and independent reporting has sparked quiet investigation of corporate landlords by corporate law enforcement agency
breachmedia.ca
December 1, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Competition Bureau investigating high tech price-fixing by Canadian landlords #landlords #Canada #pricefixing #renting #rentersrights breachmedia.ca/competition-...
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Here are 10,000 brutal words on how Project 2025’s changes to FEMA would create a near-term future in which death tolls increase, more people become homeless & the future of entire communities is threatened.
It would be a bloodbath. We must stop them. #GreySky
www.disaster-ology.com/blog/2024/12...
It would be a bloodbath. We must stop them. #GreySky
www.disaster-ology.com/blog/2024/12...
Project 2025 & Emergency Management: Direct Impacts to FEMA — Disasterology
If we have not met, here are my credentials: I have been involved with disaster work for nearly 20 years beginning with the recovery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failure. I wor...
www.disaster-ology.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Here are 10,000 brutal words on how Project 2025’s changes to FEMA would create a near-term future in which death tolls increase, more people become homeless & the future of entire communities is threatened.
It would be a bloodbath. We must stop them. #GreySky
www.disaster-ology.com/blog/2024/12...
It would be a bloodbath. We must stop them. #GreySky
www.disaster-ology.com/blog/2024/12...
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And there we have it, folks. Saudi Arabia, Russia & Kuwait successfully block plastic production curbs.
“If we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,” said Saudi delegate. “The problem is pollution itself, not plastics.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
“If we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,” said Saudi delegate. “The problem is pollution itself, not plastics.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
December 1, 2024 at 9:35 PM
And there we have it, folks. Saudi Arabia, Russia & Kuwait successfully block plastic production curbs.
“If we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,” said Saudi delegate. “The problem is pollution itself, not plastics.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
“If we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,” said Saudi delegate. “The problem is pollution itself, not plastics.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
Stop mindless consumerism.
Tread lightly on our earth.
Tread lightly on our earth.
December 2, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Stop mindless consumerism.
Tread lightly on our earth.
Tread lightly on our earth.
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Microplastics can absorb toxins and penetrate human organs, posing severe health risks. A groundbreaking tool now detects plastics in minutes, revealing their presence in our daily meals.
interestingengineering.com/science/tool...
interestingengineering.com/science/tool...
New tool detects plastic particles in food using fluorescent labeling
The device developed by University of British Columbia researchers detects plastic particles ranging from 50 nanometres to 10 microns in size in minutes.
interestingengineering.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Microplastics can absorb toxins and penetrate human organs, posing severe health risks. A groundbreaking tool now detects plastics in minutes, revealing their presence in our daily meals.
interestingengineering.com/science/tool...
interestingengineering.com/science/tool...
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Tampa Bay has work to do: 126 flood pumps and 40 sewage lift stations malfunctioned or lost power during Milton, putting over 20 million gallons of sewage into Tampa Bay. A recommendation: Solar power generators!
www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
Two hurricanes swamped Tampa Bay flood defenses. What can be done?
Sewage stations backed up. Drainage systems were overwhelmed. But experts say there are upgrades possible to prevent flooding in the future.
www.tampabay.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Tampa Bay has work to do: 126 flood pumps and 40 sewage lift stations malfunctioned or lost power during Milton, putting over 20 million gallons of sewage into Tampa Bay. A recommendation: Solar power generators!
www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...
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"2023 #FallEconomicUpdate gives a tax break for investing in #CarbonCapture which allows you to continue increasing #OilAndGas production & shareholder profits but you have to provide evidence that it's actually doing that & the evidence for the efficacy of #CCUS on a mass scale is thin at best."
Alberta just legitimized #Chemtrail conspiracies, championed CO2 as a "foundational nutrient for all life" & dropped 7 MILLION bucks on another nationwide #Climate #Disinfo campaign. This month We get to the TRUTH with Jeremy Appel @readtheorchard.org
www.podcastics.com/episode/3272... #abpoli #yyc
www.podcastics.com/episode/3272... #abpoli #yyc
Debunk The Junk: Alberta's 7 Million Dollar Disinformation Campaign
Exploring the Latest Alberta Anti-Climate Policy with Jeremy Appel
www.podcastics.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:58 PM
"2023 #FallEconomicUpdate gives a tax break for investing in #CarbonCapture which allows you to continue increasing #OilAndGas production & shareholder profits but you have to provide evidence that it's actually doing that & the evidence for the efficacy of #CCUS on a mass scale is thin at best."
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Reversing climate change may cost quadruple after tipping point, warn experts #CostOfClimate phys.org/news/2024-11...
Reversing climate change may cost quadruple after tipping point, warn experts
Tip the first tile in a line of dominoes and you'll set off a chain reaction, one tile falling after another. Cross a tipping point in the climate system and, similarly, you might spark a cascading se...
phys.org
December 1, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Reversing climate change may cost quadruple after tipping point, warn experts #CostOfClimate phys.org/news/2024-11...
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💡Breakthrough in the fight against plastic: U.S. researchers found a 🦠 that breaks down PET plastic in wastewater. This could revolutionize cleanup operations, offering hope against a growing threat. The mission to secure a cleaner planet🌎 is advancing!♻️
interestingengineering.com/science/toug...
interestingengineering.com/science/toug...
US researchers discover tough plastic-eating bacteria in wastewater
Researchers discover a bacteria in wastewater that can break down PET plastic, offering a solution to the global plastic pollution crisis.
interestingengineering.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:06 AM
💡Breakthrough in the fight against plastic: U.S. researchers found a 🦠 that breaks down PET plastic in wastewater. This could revolutionize cleanup operations, offering hope against a growing threat. The mission to secure a cleaner planet🌎 is advancing!♻️
interestingengineering.com/science/toug...
interestingengineering.com/science/toug...
We need a spiritual awakening to take up our mandated role as good stewards. #ClimateChange #PlasticPollution
December 2, 2024 at 5:26 AM
We need a spiritual awakening to take up our mandated role as good stewards. #ClimateChange #PlasticPollution
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"Study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring about promised reductions." #CarbonCapture news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air
An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...
news.mit.edu
December 1, 2024 at 9:49 PM
"Study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring about promised reductions." #CarbonCapture news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
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“According to a preliminary decision posted on the U.S. Commerce Department's website, the agency calculated dumping duties of between 21.31% and 271.2%, depending on the company, on solar cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.”
US sets tariffs for solar panels from Southeast Asian nations
U.S. trade officials announced on Friday a new round of tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations after American manufacturers complained that companies there are flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods.
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:49 AM
“According to a preliminary decision posted on the U.S. Commerce Department's website, the agency calculated dumping duties of between 21.31% and 271.2%, depending on the company, on solar cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.”
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Another bummer for 2024. No legally binding treaty to cut plastic production. The opposition came from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and fossil-fuel allies... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nations Fail to Agree Curbs on Plastic as UN Plans Future Talks
About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Another bummer for 2024. No legally binding treaty to cut plastic production. The opposition came from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and fossil-fuel allies... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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At #plasticpollution #INC5 on Saturday in Busan, States convened, in parallel sessions and behind closed doors, to address “topics with high convergence,” with a view to hammering out a plastics/plastic waste treaty
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#PlasticsTreaty #plastic
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#PlasticsTreaty #plastic
Highlights and images for 30 November 2024
enb.iisd.org
November 30, 2024 at 12:56 PM
At #plasticpollution #INC5 on Saturday in Busan, States convened, in parallel sessions and behind closed doors, to address “topics with high convergence,” with a view to hammering out a plastics/plastic waste treaty
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#PlasticsTreaty #plastic
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#PlasticsTreaty #plastic
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Delegates adjourned #INC5 in Busan at 2:50 am local time Monday morning
They agreed to convene a resumed meeting at a later date, basing their #PlasticsTreaty deliberations on a new Chair's Text circulated on Sunday
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#plasticpollution #plastics
They agreed to convene a resumed meeting at a later date, basing their #PlasticsTreaty deliberations on a new Chair's Text circulated on Sunday
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#plasticpollution #plastics
Highlights and images for 1 December 2024
enb.iisd.org
December 1, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Delegates adjourned #INC5 in Busan at 2:50 am local time Monday morning
They agreed to convene a resumed meeting at a later date, basing their #PlasticsTreaty deliberations on a new Chair's Text circulated on Sunday
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#plasticpollution #plastics
They agreed to convene a resumed meeting at a later date, basing their #PlasticsTreaty deliberations on a new Chair's Text circulated on Sunday
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
#plasticpollution #plastics