#environmental
#BookReview: The Liberation of #Water
https://progressive.org/magazine/the-liberation-of-water-brant-20230925/
“Unbottled: The Fight Against #Plastic Water and for Water #Justice” delves into #environmental degradation and #cleanwater access.
The #climate event La Niña that can cause devastating #weather, impacting communities and industries from #agriculture to #tourism, is happening more frequently and lasting longer
#EarthScience #Environmental #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/09/es09252301.html
The U.S.'s legacy of #environmental contamination in #Afghanistan https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25092023/war-in-afghanistan-devastated-the-countrys-environment/
For a long time, little attention was paid to #soil temperatures. In contrast to air temperatures near the surface, hardly any reliable data was available because of the considerably more complex measurement.
#Environmental #EarthScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/09/en09252302.html
It is impossible to imagine modern #agriculture without #plastics. 12 million tons are used every year. But what about the consequences for the #environment?
#Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/09/en09252301.html
Experimental #garden study uses #AI to show how #plants respond to #environmental changes
#arabidopsis #anthocyanin #PlantServation
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-experimental-garden-ai-environmental.html
For the event that year, the #Koch network rented out the (entire) Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa. On the main stage, #donors heard from Hall of Fame NFL cornerback Deion Sanders, who was working w/the Kochs on anti-poverty programs in Dallas. Another speaker delivered a report card on the group’s #political wins large & small: “repealed voter-approved #donor #disclosure initiative”; “retraction of #mining & #environmental overreach”; “stopped Albuquerque #PaidSickLeave mandate.”
Coastal GasLink fined again -- $346,000 for "erosion and sediment control issues in the construction of the 'natural gas' pipeline and for providing false information in inspection records"
CGL, owned by Calgary-based TC Energy Corp, pipeline will transport "natural gas" (#fracking gas/ #FossilFuels) via B.C. for export
Previously:
🚨 3 other penalties = $450,000, same violation
🚨 59 warnings + 30 orders of #environmental violations
#bcpoli need ⬆️💲 #ClimateChange
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coastal-gaslink-fines-1.6974895
'Elephant at Dawn' #oilpainting on canvas, made by my friend Baow; available; msg me if interested! It is nice and large yet affordable ~~~ #animals #art #artists #handmade #painting #paintings #artforsale #artlover #wildlife #elephant #elephants #conservation #environment #environmental #artlover #artlovers #illustration #artfinder #artforsale #artmarket #artistsonmastodon #artistsofmastodon #artwork #artgallery #artgalleries #supportthearts #supportlivingartists
Kosmos Anwendung für Outdoor
Beispiel Strela/#GONETS
(teils als Bote bezeichnet)
Luxus-Anwendung
Änderungs-#Monitoring
Umwelt
https://gonets.ru/eng/industries/environmental-monitoring/
#EnvironmentalMonitoring
#Environmental Umwelt
Gadget
Automatisches Transport System Progress
http://gonets.ru/eng/media/news/sistema_luch_obespechila_svyaz_na_puske_gruzovogo_korablya_progress_ms_24/
Alles BEISPIELE
Entdecke doch als
"#FREIER EW"
selbst mehr
Bild
der #Botendienst entwickelt sich immer weiter
Offensichtlich durchaus im #EurAsien Raum gefragt Beispiel
Transportation/ Transport
http://gonets.ru/eng/industries/transportation/
Less Noise, Dust for More Sustainability https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/less-noise-dust-for-more-sustainability/62509?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AggregateEquipment #Environmental #Kleemann
#Florida’s #Environmental Failures Are a Warning for the Rest of the U.S.
Shared by our Environmental group
https://time.com/6288683/florida-desantis-environment-climate-change/
Welcome to #UK #Environmental policy, which is currently driven by a mix of "We'd rather burn than push some folk towards bankruptcy" combined with "If no-one else is rushing to stop shi*ting around the house, then we shouldn't either".
I'm now waiting for the dolphins to start practicing "So long, and thanks for all the fish".
The steeper the hierarchies, the greater the rewards for the winners of the competition... and the greater the penalties for the losers.
Over time, this tends to make existing hierarchies even steeper. And competition more cutthroat.
In a world where infectious horsepox can already be assembled from mail-order RNA for $100 000 or less, cutthroat competition WILL lead to a disaster.
And #technology marches on. While #environmental margins of safety erode.
For a long time, I thought that we have to separate #socialjustice issues from #environmental and #sustainability issues in order to solve either.
I thought all of these were too complex in themselves, and entangling them would complicate the solutions even more.
I now think I was wrong. Environmental and sustainability issues ARE social justice issues. What's more, I don't believe an unjust society can ever be sustainable.
So it's a choice between justice or judgment day.
@empiricism
#RishiSunak should explain to his kids & all other youths (w/o lying), why his own political future is more important than their earthly future.
"The move was met with despair by #climate scientists & #environmental experts who said it would cost consumers more in the long run & threaten the UK’s global leadership on the issue. The former US vice-pres Al Gore said #Sunak was “doing the wrong thing” .. Sunak insisted his scaling down of #climatepolicies was “not about the #politics”"
#Mexico: Land, territory and #environmental #defenders are being criminalized for exercising their right to #protest
September 13, 2023
"The disproportionate use of criminal law is one of the main threats facing the right to protest peacefully in defense of land, territory and environment in Mexico, Amnesty International said today upon publishing a new report. Mexico: Land and Freedom? Criminalizing defenders of land, territory and environment documents the disproportionate use of the justice system to deter, punish and prevent defenders from protesting in demand of their rights.
"The disproportionate use of the criminal justice system against protesters forms part of a broader strategy of disincentivizing and dismantling advocacy for land, territorial and environmental rights. It is alarming to see that Mexico ranks among the countries with the highest number of murders of environmental defenders and yet, far from the State addressing and preventing this violence, other serious human rights violations are also being committed such as stigmatization, harassment, attacks, assaults, forced displacement and disappearances, said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International.
"This report focuses on four cases: (i) Colonia Maya in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, where a diverse group of people came together to protest against the construction of residential housing in a protected area where it would cause #environmental damage; (ii) #Zacatepec, where Miguel and Alejandro, #Nahua communicators and defenders, opposed the construction of a drain in Ciudad Industrial Huejotzingo, Puebla, that would flow into the Metlapanapa River, polluting it; iii) Chilón, #Chiapas, where César and José Luis, Tseltal defenders, were criminalized for opposing the construction of a National Guard barracks in their territory; iv) Sitilpech, Yucatán, where residents such as Jesús Ariel, Arturo and Juan Diego are opposing the activities of a mega pig farm in their territory because of the #pollution, water contamination and health problems it is causing.
"The disproportionate use of the criminal justice system against protesters forms part of a broader strategy of disincentivizing and dismantling advocacy for land, territorial and environmental rights.
"Criminal prosecution and stigmatization
"Our report highlights the use of vague or ambiguous offences that ignore the principle of legality, such as rioting, obstruction of public works and variations on the offence of attacks on roadways. It was also noted that events occurring during protests have been conveniently adapted to fit other crimes through broad interpretations of criminal offences and statements that misrepresent the facts. The accusations are largely fabricated on the basis of statements made by public servants and company workers directly related to the events being denounced by the communities. There is no hard evidence in any of the criminal files that would enable any crime to be established.
#AmnestyInternational observed some alarming similarities in these cases. The complaints filed are overwhelmingly directed at people who are considered leaders, or those who are most visible in the protest movements, and they are being prosecuted for vague offences, without hard evidence and solely on the basis of their peaceful actions. The proceedings often drag on for various reasons, and there is a constant worry that cases could be revived or new crimes fabricated.
"Criminal proceedings against defenders are intended as a deterrent to others advocating for the same causes as it leads them to fear that their legitimate demands may end in stigmatization, repression or threats to their lives and safety. While we’ve observed the hope and dignity of some who are being unjustly criminalized when they enjoy the support of their communities, we’ve also seen others who have decided to abandon the struggle to demand their rights, said Edith Olivares Ferreto, executive director of Amnesty International Mexico.
"Differential impacts of state pressure
"These processes are often accompanied by a stigmatization of defenders and serious problems for their security and physical and mental health. This situation also affects their legal representatives and people who support them on an ongoing basis. The use of the criminal justice system against those who dissent or speak out in relation to local government projects and #corporate interests takes place without consequence and with complete impunity. Other violations that occur in the context of protests have also not been investigated, such as violations of the right to liberty and security of defenders, as well as the excessive use of force.
"The unjust #criminalization of defenders who protest peacefully has both individual and collective impacts. Some of the most common effects on an individual level are physical, psychological and economic, such as illness, physical pain as a result of blows received, fear, anxiety, sleeping difficulties, stress, impotence, feelings of injustice at what has happened to them, and effects on their work defending their rights.
"Collective impacts include the intimidation or repression of demands for rights to land, territory and the environment among people advocating for the same causes.
"The unjust criminalization of #HumanRights defenders draws attention away from the root causes and challenges facing land, territory and environmental defenders. The right to protest must be handled in such a way that recognizes that punishing those involved in social conflicts generally only exacerbates the problem rather than resolving the substance of the issue. Defenders’ demands must be properly heard and analysed and their right to protest guaranteed.
"Amnesty International’s report offers a number of general recommendations for addressing the disproportionate use of the criminal justice system against protesters, in addition to other recommendations specific to the cases documented in the report. Among the former, the authorities must recognize the valuable work done by land, territory and environmental defenders; refrain from stigmatizing them; guarantee their participation in issues affecting their communities; strengthen the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists; and refrain from using militarized security forces, such as the National Guard, to monitor protests.
"Among its specific recommendations, Amnesty International calls on the state to immediately cease the criminalization of protest and to properly investigate the human rights violations in the cases documented in the report in order to ensure that the defenders receive full reparations.
"The report accompanies the launch of the campaign #ProtestarNoEsUnCrimen, which seeks to raise awareness of the problem of the unjust criminalization of human rights defenders and its impact on the defence of land, territory and the environment."
Source:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/09/mexico-land-defenders-criminalized-right-to-protest/
#Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #ACAB #WaterIsLife #Oligarchy
‘Not What You’d Expect in a Democracy.’ How #Britain Is Waging War Against #ClimateProtesters
By Yasmeen Serhan/London
December 16, 2022
"As the #ClimateCrisis worsens, and as the international efforts to mitigate its effects continue to fall short, activists like #CameronFord have become more daring. Over the past year and a half, the 32-year-old British carpenter has blocked highways by gluing himself to roads and chained himself to an oil tanker.
"Like most #environmental campaigners, Ford never wanted to do anything that could land him in jail. 'I was hoping to emigrate to Canada one day,' he says from his home in Cambridge. But Ford changed his mind about the need for bolder activism after attending a talk hosted by the climate group #InsulateBritain last summer. 'It made sense to make that stand earlier, whilst there was still a chance that we could actually mitigate the worst of it, rather than once it’s too late,' he says.
"Ford is hardly alone in that view. Other British protesters like him have gone so far as to tunnel under major infrastructure projects, throw soup at famous works of art, and scale a 190-food bridge—all in a desperate bid to draw the public’s attention to the looming climate catastrophe.
"But their democratic right to protest is now at risk as the British government declares war on tactics that it regards as disruptive and, ideally, illegal. Draft legislation that the House of Commons approved in October [2022] would pose unprecedented restrictions on the right to #protest in #England and #Wales.
"'When [#ClimateCollapse] is what we face, I believe the only thing that would curtail us is the death penalty,' says Ford, 'because the alternative to us not standing up is death.'"
https://time.com/6241372/uk-public-order-bill-climate-protests/
#GreatBritain #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #ACAB #WaterIsLife #Oligarchy
Some interesting research on the 🌱 #Environmental benefits of #RemoteWork.
Amazon secures permission for three new data centres
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0919/1406194-amazon-secures-permission-for-three-new-data-centre/
<< 73MW! This is ridiculous. We just don't have that sort of power to spare. Plus, #Ireland is heavily reliant on imported #fossilfuels for power, so this is yet another step towards massive emissions fines.
Unless we immediately start building one or two #nuclear power plants (which is a great idea for Ireland in general), there is just no way this can't lead to great #environmental and #economic costs for Ireland.
Influx of New Projects Will Help Impacts of Climate Change https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/influx-of-new-projects-will-help-impacts-of-climate-change/62478?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #California #CaliforniaDepartmentofTransportation #Environmental
Reduce dependence on #FossilFuels to minimize its #environmental & #climate impacts as well as other #industrial processes while working to achieve #NetZero #emissions.
Touted #DOE R&D projects from #FECM:
Point Source #CarbonCapture, #CarbonDioxideRemoval, #CarbonConversion, & #CarbonTransportAndStorage
#Coastal #Atlantic countries agreement on #economic development, #environmental protection, #maritime issues, importation of #fentanyl & more
#Biden #UN
#DeclarationOnAtlanticCooperation
https://apnews.com/article/declaration-atlantic-cooperation-biden-un-climate-926b498285b3e85d7ec7d5857aaa6379
Experiment demonstrates how #worm hosts and associated #microbiome jointly contribute to #environmental #adaptation.
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-worm-hosts-microbiome-jointly-contribute.html
EurEau supports the Commission’s approach to promoting #environmental protection coupled with access to #medicines.
While the proposal offers long-overdue advances in controlling #pollution from #pharmaceuticals at the source, it must go further in curbing excessive use of over-the-counter medicines, take into account risks posed by metabolites and transformation products, and provide further transparency for environmental risk assessments.
Read more: https://ow.ly/3Mfi50PN858
Read a free excerpt of #Profit: An #Environmental #History here:
https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/profit-environmental-history
MassDOT's Removal of Tobin Bridge's Lead Paint Chips a Prelude to Major Rehab https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/massdots-removal-of-tobin-bridges-lead-paint-chips-a-prelude-to-major-rehab/62449?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Bridges #Environmental #Infrastructure
In case you're following along, our #environmental group is reading reading The Ecology of Freedom -
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-the-ecology-of-freedom
images of Stokes State Forest in New Jersey. I grew up here. It's a beautiful place to go camping if youre ever in northern New Jersey ~ #nature #naturelovers #newjersey #nj #art #photography #photographs #environment #environmental #stateparks #conservation #arts #inspiration #motivation
@TheresaReason there R many options for those of us in urban/suburban areas 2 make a small but worthy difference - #TinyForests With Big Benefits. #Nativeplants crowded onto postage-stamp-size plots have been delivering #environmental benefits around the world & increasingly in US. Please continue to #planttrees that are aligned with the #environment and #ecology of your areas. I have a 1/3 acre tiny forest on my property. A range of #trees, #shrubs that are #sustainable. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/climate/tiny-forests-climate-miyawaki.html
How is #SignLanguage adapting to #ClimateChange? https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66464437
Now they are among 200 #environmental science terms that have their own new official signs in #BritishSignLanguage (#BSL).
#disability #DeafRights #InclusionMatters #inclusion #DisabilityInclusion
Whoa! Secretly mandating your #Environment Minister to dismantle #climate and #environmental laws & policies!!! That's what #DougFord did and fought to hide. https://globalnews.ca/news/9937615/ontario-environment-mandate-letter-2018-doug-ford/
#onpoli #BreachOfPublicTrust #criminals #NeverVoteConservative
VIDEO: KYTC Transforms Fallen Trees Into Valuable Mulch https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/kytc-transforms-fallen-trees-into-valuable-mulch/62412?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Environmental #ForestryEquipment #Kentucky
"This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity."
Katherine Richardson et al., Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries. Sci. Adv. 9, eadh2458 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Science #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Environmental #EnvironmentalStudies #Pollution #Biodiversity #Academia #Academic #Academics @science
"The study from Global Witness, a nonprofit human rights #environmental watchdog, shows that the killings of #Indigenous peoples defending their territories and resources represented nearly 34 percent of all lethal attacks despite making up about 5 percent of the world’s population". https://grist.org/indigenous/in-2022-a-land-defender-was-killed-every-two-days/?
When international trade hurts people economically, they care less about #environmental issues and #climatechange and act on this by withdrawing support for #sustainable and green policies – result of a new study by PIK researcher Charlotte Bez et. al. https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/more-economic-struggle-less-care-about-the-environment?set_language=en
Action: Queue for #Climate & #Nature will see hundreds of UK businesses down tools today so staff can head to St Paul’s Cathedral in #London to demand the British Government rapidly scales up #environmental efforts.
📍Join us from 12 noon at the St. Paul’s Cathedral end of Millennium Bridge (Peter’s Hill) to join the Queue over the bridge. (London)
👔 Dress up smart to show our support as business and professionals.
📣 Spread the word and register at http://bit.ly/Q4ClimateNature
I’m a bit confused by #Apple’s #environmental claims.
The new #FineWoven material that replaces #leather for example:
Leather is biodegradable and cows grow back. FineWoven is plastic and does not biodegrade. Yet, FineWoven is recycled material and growing cows is not carbon neutral.
Is Apple trading carbon emissions for #plastic #pollution?
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Filmmakers, celebs ask #TIFF to cut ties with sponsor #RBC over #environmental concerns
https://globalnews.ca/news/9955692/filmmakers-celebs-ask-tiff-to-cut-ties-with-rbc/amp/ #oil
Anasazi Medium #mystery #thriller #NativeAmerican #Environmental #climate Eight of the nine signs signaling the end of the Fourth World of the Hopi have come to pass. The ninth is hurtling toward Earth!💥
amzn.to/3h09Y2U
I'm on a steering committee for state govt on #governance over #ai #llm and #machinelearning adoption. Of all 65 agencies, the only ones who jumped in with both feet are #environmental agencies - #naturalresources, #ecology, #fishandwildlife. Not sure what it means, but I find it such an interesting anecdote.
preservation of wildlife and biodiversity as well as reforestation and rewilding to preserve natural biosphere areas => critical to all future human life on this planet - kudos to the people of Ecuador for their courage, long-term thinking, and contributions to us all:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/ecuador-oil-drilling-ban-climate-solution
"Achieving climate equity in Canada: Mobilizing the whole of government" is a new report from #Deloitte Canada about how #marginalized and low-income peoples suffer the impacts of #climate #catastrophes more acutely than others, and how #environmental #racism has prolonged climate #inequities in marginalized communities.
Jason Rasevych says #Indigenous peoples can leverage the report when speaking about climate event #mitigation with #governments and #corporations.
#USA #world #biodiversity #pollution
🚨 Al Gore:
"Mistake" to think big #oil #gas are part of a #climate solutionhttps://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/al-gore-fossil-fuel-companies-climate-change
In a wide-ranging interview with Axios, the former Vice President and longtime #environmental advocate discussed his investment firm's latest insights on the state of the world's transition to a low #emissions #economy
So #RishiSunak & #MichaelGove's plan to 'support' house building by removing a key regulation on #housing developments' impact on water courses has been defeated in the House of Lords (responding in part to lobbyitng/advice from #environmental groups).
This means to revive the removal of 'nutrient neutrality' requirement a new act would be required & as #Labour has now stepped back from an initial hint it might also deregulate, the latest threat to the UK's #rivers looks to have abated.
New from me: Canada's proposal of voluntary #regulation of generative #AI puts big tech in the driver's seat to shape legislation in its interests & ignore key risks, including #bias & #environmental harm. #cdnpoli https://www.cigionline.org/articles/voluntary-ai-guardrails-risk-placing-corporate-interests-over-public-good/
Im Jahr 2022 wurde jeden zweiten Tag ein Umweltaktivist getötet - Bericht #Kolumbien
- #Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report
"#Colombia was the deadliest country and a fifth of the 177 recorded killings took place in the Amazon rainforest, says Global Witness.
At least 177 people were killed last year for defending the environment, according to new figures, with a fifth of killings taking place in the Amazon #rainforest.
Murdered by organised crime groups and land invaders, environmental defenders were killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022, figures from the NGO Global Witness show. Colombia was the most deadly country, recording 60 murders.
#Indigenous communities were disproportionately represented in the figures, making up 34% of all murders, despite representing about 5% of the world’s population. The new figures mean that at least 1,910 environmental defenders have been killed between 2012 and 2022, according to Global Witness, with most of the murders going unpunished.
#Brazil, #Mexico, #Honduras and the #Philippines were the most deadly countries in 2022 after Colombia."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/environmental-activists-killed-at-a-rate-of-one-every-other-day-in-2022-global-witness-report-aoe
Well, it happened. New colleagues discovered I've published #books.
"Oh? What kind?"
"Um...hard-ish #SciFi with #ClimateChange themes and sometimes mystery plots, starring cliché-slaying female protagonists."
Clearly skill at #writing doesn't always extend to #marketing.
I always struggle to characterize my work! #SciFi conjures spaceships in most people's minds, and mine is firmly grounded. Although all my stories feature strong #environmental elements, #CliFi seems reductive. I play shamelessly with mystery, suspense, and thriller tropes.
I don't want to be that snobbish #author who claims to defy genre, but none of the usual labels fit well. How have others in the #WritingCommunity handled this? Any brilliant ideas for how to describe my type of fiction in a few catchy words?
Just Released: "Mining the Sacred: #IndigenousNations Fight #Lithium Gold Rush at #ThackerPass
Watch now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLO7ClVtlBA
"#Cree Journalist Brandi Morin said, 'We are taking back the narrative and this story about North America’s largest lithium mine being constructed while violating sacred Indigenous territories is told from the Native perspective. The 'green' energy revolution isn’t what you think it is!'
IndigiNews Media and The Real News, September 12, 2023
Go watch! @IndigiNewsMedia @TheRealNews @ricochet_en
"Follow Native journalist Brandi Morin, who came from Canada, and covered this powerful story.
"In Nevada’s remote Thacker Pass, a fight for our future is playing out between local #Indigenous tribes and powerful state and #corporate entities hellbent on mining the lithium beneath their land. Vancouver-based Lithium Americas is developing a massive lithium mine at Thacker Pass, but for more than two years several local tribes and #environmental organizations have tried to block or delay the mine in the courts and through direct action.
"The Thacker Pass Project is backed by the Biden administration, and companies like General Motors have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the project, looking to capitalize on the transition to a 'green energy economy,' for which lithium is essential. While it is a vital component in the manufacturing of electric vehicles and batteries, though, there’s nothing “green” about mining lithium. Ending our addiction to fossil fuels is urgently necessary, but the struggle of the local tribes around Thacker Pass reveals the dark side of a 'green revolution' that prioritizes profit and consumption over everything (and everyone) else."
-- Mining the Sacred
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/just-released-mining-sacred-indigenous.html
#IndigenousNews #LithiumMining #IndigenousRights #Greenwashing #Pauite #ProtectThackerPass #EnvironmentalRacism
“The research aimed to look at the environmental impact of AI processing in data centers and analyzed Microsoft’s Iowa data center to make their calculations. Microsoft’s water consumption rose 34% from 2021 to 2022 to nearly 1.7 billion gallons. Google reported a 20% increase in water consumption over the same period.
The researchers and some local authorities expressed concern with regard to the #environmental impact of the increased water usage required to train #AI models. Big tech companies have also acknowledged the need to be more efficient with their water consumption.”
Has anyone asked AI how to fix this?
2. "The sheer quantity of chemicals being dumped into the environment is quickly growing. UNEP counted the annual release of toxic chemicals in 2006 at 6 million tons, but Worldometer estimates the current release at 10 million tons—a 67% increase in a little over a decade.
Perhaps the most frightening biological impact of many endocrine-disrupting chemicals is their tendency to alter #DNA expression in ways that can be inherited by subsequent generations. It’s long been known that #environmental factors (#food, #air, #water) can cause genes to be switched off or on, or dial their expression up or down. Sometimes the effects are transgenerational, and continued presence of chemicals in the environment can amplify biological impacts from one generation to the next."
Should political inaction on #environmental issues, including #climatechange be treated as a criminal offence of environmental law?
…John Leshy, a #PublicLands expert who served in the #Interior Dept during the Carter & Clinton admins noted that the state was the only leaseholder left in the #refuge. The #Biden admin could have standing to cancel those leases if it found that #environmental reviews & other compliance measures on the leases had been inadequate.
(Under Trump? Ya think? His EPA at the time was run by Scott Pruitt, a #ClimateChange denier!)
#WildlifeProtection #LandConservation #ProtectTheArctic #ClimateCrisis
How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation's beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts #science #food #health #environmental https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230830131808.htm
On my #hike today:
1. I passed an #environmental #restoration project.
2. I listened to The Magnificast #podcast on Christian #nonviolent direct action (of the leftist, peacenik sort). Excellent stuff.
3. I saw an older woman stop at a tree by the trail, pause, pat it with her hands, and then give it a kiss. She then smiled at me, giggled, and walked on. [honestly this made me happy]
'Wild cat' by Rosa Bonheur (b.1822-d.1899) #art #arts #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #painting #paintings #artists #artist #arthistory #realism #painting #paintings #artlover #artlovers #museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums #wildlife #environment #environmental #conservation #animals #artwork
I just found out that some swimming events in the 2024 Paris Olympics will be in the Seine.
To make that possible, they are cleaning the river!
#environmental #river #paris #olympic
https://youtu.be/T_FT6o8GZEY?si=s2AoSqsl3HIvOe7U
Saw a reply suggesting #environmental policy wasn’t needed, because all 8 billion of us can magically know which particles of #AirPollution are responsible for our chronic illnesses, the premature deaths of our loved ones, and the #climate disasters that hit us; which polluters they came from, and prove all that in court. We can each easily pursue hundreds of lawsuits, which the courts will have no trouble administering.
Yeah I blocked that person
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687917/
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#ClimateChange
Fairtrade International has teamed up with B Lab to create a guide enabling small companies to enhance their #humanrights and #environmental due diligence strategies and policies within their value chains.
The full guide can be downloaded here: https://lnkd.in/d49U9BbH
Minutes ago, in #Friday afternoon traffic! #Environmental Drama!
While #environmental concerns can be used to advance an egalitarian and left-leaning agenda, by linking the climate crisis to class struggles and the need for social justice, these issues are increasingly being taken up by the far right
[by Balsa Lubarda]
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/08/28/far-right-ecologism-central-europe-proves-fertile-ground/
#Externalities are the costs or benefits of an economic activity experienced by an unrelated third party.
Externalities can be both positive or negative, and are #economic, #social, or #environmental byproducts stemming from either the production or consumption of a good or service.
Externalities are problematic when individuals, households, and firms do not internalize the indirect costs of or the benefits from their actions.
#EnvironmentalNews / #GreenNews picks of the day:
➡️ @mongabay - Environmental news site covering international #ecological news
➡️ @TheConversationClimate - News articles about #ClimateChange, written by qualified experts
➡️ @thenarwhal - Investigative journalism about #environmental issues, based in Canada
➡️ @industrydecarbonization - Newsletter about hard-to-decarbonise industries
➡️ @rewildingmag - Magazine about #rewilding, restorations of #ecosystems
#ForeverChemicals found in 76% of #Pennsylvania #streams sampled. Scientists with the #USGS first set out in 2019 to sample 161 #waterways as a way of finding potential sources of #PFAS #contamination from 33 different compounds of the “forever chemicals." https://www.inquirer.com/science/pennsylvania-forever-chemicals-pfas-usgs-streams-20230824.html #plastics in the #water #environmental #law
#DHL ranks better than #Amazon or #UPS in terms of #ESG / #CSR.
E.g. they use #renewableEnergy and have the highest share of #electricVehicle.
#environmental #social #sustainability #eAuto #ethicalConsumer #green
Can (voluntary) #carboncredits play a role in moves to combat the #clinatecrisis?
Well, not really - just one more scam that is unravelling when it meets reality;
Carbon credits now look more like #greenwashing than a plausible #environmental strategy!
#AI causes so much damage.
Human, as well as #Environmental
"As early as the 1970s, #Exxon’s scientists predicted that the firm’s #fossilfuel products could lead to #globalwarming with “dramatic #environmental effects before the year #2050.” Yet, as has been well documented, Exxon officials responded by investing company funds in casting doubt on climate change research, even financing think tanks focused on #ClimateDenialism. Had they instead broadcast their scientists’ findings and worked to speed the transition to alternative fuels, the world would be in a far less precarious position today."
COP has always been bullshit. Australia last appearance was funded by #Santos one of the world's biggest #environmental #rapists.
Research confirms fracking causes slow, small earthquakes, whose origin was previously a mystery. The tremors are produced by the same processes that could create large, damaging earthquakes. #science #fracking #environmental #earthquakes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230810110345.htm
#introduction #introductions
@buddhism
Happily married English vegan Buddhist living in #Slovenia, trying to be kind to every kind.
Looking to connect with more #buddhist #vegan #solarpunk #ecosocialism #animalrights #humanrights #socialjustice #feminist #antifa #anticapitalist #green #ecological #environmental #sustainability #minimalist #kind #progressive #compassionate people who practice #buddhism #veganism #love #meditation #mindfulness & interested in #mentalhealth & #wellbeing
Education Lies Beneath the Clouds of Earth Observation
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https://eos.org/editor-highlights/education-lies-beneath-the-clouds-of-earth-observation <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023AV000894 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #cloudcomputing #cloudstorage #education #EO #learning #teachingmethods #opensource #ethics #public #geoethics #stakeholders #social #cultural #environmental #publichealth #climatechange #usecases #appliedscience #global #changes #earth #datasources #opendata #usercommunity #students #scientists #educators #researchers #contributions
"#ArtificialLawns are seen as an #environmental #disaster, usurping habitats for insects and wild plants... No bugs, no weeds. That’s why the Springwatch presenter Chris Packham described #ArtificialGrass as the “horticultural #antichrist"."
#AstroTurf #PlasticGrass
Demand down 66%.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/31/plastic-lawn-backlash-fake-grass
The… #WildernessSociety & other #environmental grps…had urged the court to uphold the temporary halt in #pipeline completion… & cited an 1871 #SCOTUS #precedent that held that #Congress can specify rules about how #FederalCourt cases should be heard & resolved, but it cannot #dictate how federal courts should rule, as that would be an #unconstitutional intrusion the #SeparatePowers of the #judiciary & would allow Congress "to pick winners & losers" in #litigation that before the federal courts.
“THE #Scottish #Government is holding “urgent” talks to prevent a plot by unelected #Lords to give #Westminster new #HenryVIIIPowers” to unilaterally scrap #Scotland’s #environmental rules.
An amendment to the #UK Government’s Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill would give #London the power to overturn rules made by the #ScottishParliament – with minimal scrutiny or accountability.”
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...into the air during at least 17 reported events over a seven-day period, according to records filed with the #Texas Commission on #Environmental Quality.
In one instance, the $17 billion company vented 238,000 pounds of gas when facilities in its pipeline network dialed back operations “👉to prevent them from shutting down due to high ambient temperature.👈” In another, it released 168,000 pounds “👉to prevent compressor...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) & Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) advise that
a court in #Thailand has dismissed a criminal defamation suit brought against #environmental justice #journalist Pratch Rujivanarom by Thai-owned Myanmar Pongpipat Company Limited in response to a news article published in January 2020. See the joint amicus brief filed in the case by ICJ & LRWC at https://www.icj.org/thailand-the-criminal-law-must-not-be-used-in-defamation-cases-and-to-inhibit-freedom-of-expression/ #SLAPP #CriminalDefamation #BizHumanRights
Another great #rstats #environmental #datascience #remote job opp with CUAHSI just added to: https://github.com/jhollist/fed_ds_gigs. Please boost and pass on to those looking. Direct link to the job: https://www.cuahsi.org/job-board/environmental-data-scientist.
Lighthouse Reports #podcast
Europe’s biggest, most powerful, #farming #lobby group, Copa-Cogeca, has dominated E.U. #agricultural #policy for decades. On the strength of its history and claim to represent all farmers, it has used its power in the past year to block crucial #environmental reforms. ..we speak to food systems reporter, Thin Lei Win & editor Lionel Faull about the investigation, Europe’s Potemkin Lobby.
Tap Water Study Detects PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Across The US [USGS]
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/tap-water-study-detects-pfas-forever-chemicals-across-us <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108033 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #waterquality #publichealth #data #environmental #environment #management #people #health #quality #testing #monitoring #contamination #pfas #pfa #foreverchemicals #drinkingwater #watersupply #tapwater #spatialanalysis #USA #research
@USGS
Those criticising #JustStopOil need to get a sense of perspective. JSO protesters interrupt SPORTING events, the consequences of #environmental collapse threaten millions of lives by sea level rise, wild fires, pollution etc etc. Please support JSO. #cleanwater4all #pollution
Quick thread on the couple of hours I spent this morning doing some #urbanGardening at the local SINC (Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, or "green space").
I wanted to post this up as I saw a general question last week about what someone can do if they're feeling really stressed about #environmental issues and don't know where to start to do their part. Urban gardening - either in your own space if you have some or in a shared/neglected area is an easy way to start even if you're the only person doing it.
There's a huge network effect and public appreciation that comes with putting in the work to make places nicer to look at and nicer for nature to exist in. So much so that after a few of us volunteers (once we found each other!) kept being stopped by curious people we had some cards printed on seedstock paper to hand out - especially to kids - so that they could follow our work and plant flowers of their own.
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'Overton Windows' - the choices open to voters...
#environmental #green #politics #cartoon #NZpol @NZListenerMag
#Germany’s #Nuclear Energy Phase-Out, Explained
#NIRS, May 8, 2023
"On April 15, 2023 utilities in Germany shut down the country’s three last remaining nuclear power plants. These closures mark the successful planned phase-out of German nuclear energy from the nation’s grid.
"What does this mean for Germany? What lessons should the U.S. take away from the German energy transition?
"Germany’s #Energiewende (“energy transition”) is an overarching policy commitment to achieve a low-carbon, nuclear-free economy and transition to renewable energy. While the recently completed phase-out of nuclear power is a major milestone for Germany’s energy transition, it was by no means a perfect process nor is the current energy system in Germany a perfect example to follow.
"But, Germany’s transition shows that an energy policy grounded in #environmental values works – and the earlier climate policy is implemented, the sooner the #climate policy goals can be realized. Above all, the German energy transition shows the tremendous power of active citizenry, organized #SocialMovements, and activism to transform policy and successfully demand change."
#PowerToThePeople #NoNukes #RenewablesNow #NuclearEnergy
https://www.nirs.org/germanys-nuclear-energy-phase-out-explained/
A central difficulty in controlling #greenhouse gas #emissions to slow down #climate change is finding them in the first place. Such is the case with #methane, a colorless, odorless gas that is the second most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere today, after carbon dioxide.
#Environmental #CO2 #ClimateChange #MethaneMapper #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/06/en06082302.html
Here's an interesting piece by Rowan Atkinson on the Q. of whether you should buy a new #electriccar or continue to use your old petrol car a while longer:
its clear that an old car's #environmental costs are largely already accounted for so its only the marginal environmental costs of usage that we should factor into our considerations;
so rather than buy #electricvehicles, we might be better refusing the three year cycle of replacement, & then trying to drive less
Reading about governments different digital strategies, or lack thereof. So many go to #bigtech for their systems, like #M365 with risk of lock-in and privacy violations.
Others, like Schleswig-Holstein, develop digital strategies based on principles of #privacy and #environmental impact and the use of government funds and data in the public interest instead of giving it to the tech giants. Actual fundamental policy-building in the digital arena.