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California Governor Suspends Environmental Laws To Speed Up Rebuilding After Devastating Wildfires - EUROPE SAYS
California Governor Gavin Newsom declares key environmental laws suspended to rebuild faster in wildfire areas. In his order,EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Uh-oh. There’s a funny thing about that insane experiment being conducted by our rulers.
Although many scientists have done their best to warn what could happen if such reckless burning of fossil fuels didn’t stop, it turns out now that those scientists might not have fully understood all that was happening.
It seems their models were not good enough. The problem, you see, is even more difficult than they realized…
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Fifty years into the project of modeling Earth’s future climate, we still don’t really know what’s coming. Some places are warming with more ferocity than expected. Extreme events are taking scientists by surprise.
Right now, as the bald reality of climate change bears down on human life, scientists are seeing more clearly the limits of our ability to predict the exact future we face. The coming decades may be far worse, and far weirder, than the best models anticipated.
Some variables are missing from climate models entirely. Trees and land are major sinks for carbon emissions, and that this fact might change is not accounted for in climate models. But it is changing: Trees and land absorbed much less carbon than normal in 2023, according to research published last October. In Finland, forests have stopped absorbing the majority of the carbon they once did, and recently became a net source of emissions.
The interactions of the ice sheets with the oceans are also largely missing from models, despite the fact that melting ice could change ocean temperatures which could have significant knock-on effects. Changing ocean-temperature patterns are currently making climate modelers at NOAA rethink their models of El Niño and La Niña; the agency initially predicted that La Niña’s cooling powers would kick in much sooner than it now appears they will.
While models struggle to capture the world we live in now, the planet is growing more alien to us, further from our reference ranges, as the climate keeps changing. If given unlimited time, science could probably develop models that more fully captured what we’re watching play out. But by then it would be too late to do anything about it.
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The above is just a few excerpts from a long and very informative article. I suggest reading the whole thing.
FULL ARTICLE -- https://archive.ph/sl6bA
#History #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
They decided to go all out in: (1) extracting fuels buried deep in the Earth, energy from the sun stored via photosynthesis and animal metabolism over a span of 500 million years as coal, oil, and gas; and (2) burning all this fuel they could find in the brief period of a few decades.
Our rulers were warned by scientists that their project involved serious risk, but they figured the power they could gain and the money they could make was worth any cost. They didn't care about the negative consequences, and/or foolishly believed that imaginary future technologies would somehow be able to fix whatever problems their actions caused.
And now, guess what — we're seeing signs that this experiment might be out of control. Feedback loops are kicking in, causing "natural" emissions which could trigger cascading effects, breaking down the ecosystem. It also appears that Earth's climate is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than first believed. Yet our rulers *still* continue to recklessly burn fossil fuels, always drilling and fracking for more, hungry for power and compelled by greed.
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#History #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
#climatecrisis
ONLY WHEN THE LAST TREE IS CUT DOWN
ONLY WHEN THE LAST RIVER IS POISONED
ONLY WHEN THE LAST FISH IS CAUGHT
THEN YOU WILL REALIZE THAT YOU CAN NEITHER EAT NOR DRINK MONEY.
(unknown, adapted)
Very sorry for the people who are losing their homes, but the amount of homelessness in LA tells me that others lost their home years earlier already, and no one batted an eye.
#civilization #humanity #la #lafires #losangeles #fires #fire #culture #climatechange #movies #environment
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08375-z
http://archive.today/2025.01.08-220840/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/salmon-among-quarter-of-freshwater-species-threatened-with-extinction-j7q977c5r
#Water #Pollution #Fish #Environment
One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction - Nature
A global multi-taxon extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species finds one-quarter of species to be at high risk of extinction.Nature
As fires rage in the Los Angeles area, the health risks from air pollution mount. Here’s what to know
https://archive.ph/TnkIr
#heath #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
No matter how much we want it, how loudly we yell, or how hard we protest, I can’t see that happening.
So what’s the alternative?
Since I began posting regularly here at Mastodon a year and a half ago, many people have asked in comments: What can we do? What actions can we take?
My answer has always been that the most important steps you can take are personal and local. No, I don’t mean just lowering your carbon footprint, although of course that’s a good idea. I mean beginning to make the big changes now on a local level that are coming to us, sooner or later, whether we like it or not.
We must simplify. We *will* simplify, at some point, so why not start now? Be an example. Find others who want to change, and join with them. Build a community. Create co-ops, clothing and furniture exchanges, neighborhood gardens, seed libraries, tool libraries, and establish teaching and training sessions.
Develop systems of sharing resources — such as low-carbon transportation, small-scale solar or wind power, engineering know-how, financial assistance, medical expertise, and more. The possibilities are endless.
You can do this. We can do it. Together, we will change our world.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #Degrowth
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oil-spill-sevastopol-crimea-ukraine/33263407.html
#ENVIRONMENT #OILSPILL #RUSSIA #KEWLNEWS #PRESS
Russia-Installed Officials Declare Oil-Spill Emergency In Occupied Sevastopol
Russia-installed occupation officials in Crimea declared a regional emergency on January 4 as oil came ashore in the city of Sevastopol from a spill that has plagued the region since last month.Current Time (RFE/RL)
After constant campaigning and mounting global condemnation, the Congolese government has temporarily canceled a dangerous oil and gas auction
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-congolese-climate-activists-stopped-a-carbon-bomb-for-now/
#Congo #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike
How Congolese climate activists stopped a ‘carbon bomb,' for now
After constant campaigning and mounting global condemnation, the Congolese government has temporarily canceled a dangerous oil and gas auction.Adem Ay (Waging Nonviolence)
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The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility problems.
#News #PublicHealth #Health #Pollution #Cancer #Environment
https://propub.li/4fIZP60
https://www.news24.com/news24/world/news/oil-spill-from-russian-tankers-spreads-20250102
#ENVIRONMENT #RUSSIA #KEWLNEWS #PRESS
The report comes in the wake of news that Iceland wants to kill more fin whales, the second-largest animal on Earth, and Japan wants to resume hunting them.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/great-whales-longevity-lifespans-centuries-hunting-study-finds
#Whales #Iceland #Japan #Hunting #Conservation #Environment
There is so much in it that pertains with what is still going on in society today.
It's about the
#environment
#racism
#underdogs
#victims
#heroes
#injustice
and so much more.
It's easy to see the #Republican attitudes of the 70's and the similarities of today's #Republicans.
#Racism was as ugly then as it is now.
The changes we wanted never came true for us.
WTF happened?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/us-farmers-embracing-wildflowers-prairie-strips-erosion-pollinators
#Environment
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?
January 23, 2024
"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.
"With the price of #ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from #ElephantTusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.
"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called #celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived #Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from extinction.
"More than a century later, this story has morphed into an intriguing irony…With their creation, plastics probably saved countless species — both plants and animals — from extinction. Derived from byproducts of #FossilFuel production, which had previously gone unused, the invention of synthetic plastics meant that humans no longer had to pillage the living #NaturalWorld to produce various products for a technologically advancing global society. Fast-forward to today: Plastics are demonized for eroding the environment and endangering human health, prompting many to wonder if we’d be better off without them."
Read more / listen:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/plastics-costs-benefits-paradox/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#Health #Plastic
#Toxic #ToxicChemicals #Environment #Microplastic #Pollution #Paradox
#environment #pollution #OilAndGas #energy #ClimateChange #news #politics #USpol #GulfCoast
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.Gaige Davila (The Texas Observer)
As data centers drain US power grids, a fierce battle is being waged for electricity.
On Navajo Nation land, many are on the losing end. #Indigenous #ai #arizona #environment #climate https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/23/arizona-data-centers-navajo-power-aps-srp/
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $735M in Selections for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda | US EPA
EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $735M in Selections for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America AgendaUS EPA
The EPA earmarked nearly $8 million for electric school buses in Maricopa County, #arizona #renewables #climate #environment #ClimateChange
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2024/12/14/environmental-protection-agency-grants-millions-electric-buses/76967700007/
EPA earmarks nearly $8M for electric school buses in Maricopa County
The federal program will help three Arizona school districts replace diesel school buses with electric models to help improve the region's air quality., The Arizona Republic (The Arizona Republic)
The EPA announced a $319 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to the City of Portland, serving Oregon’s Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties. The loan supports construction of the new Bull Run Treatment Projects to meet federal and state safe drinking water standards, and it will help protect the public health of nearly 1 million residents. #portland #oregon #climate #water #environment https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-319m-wifia-loan-improvements-critical-drinking-water-system-oregon
EPA announces $319M WIFIA loan for improvements to a critical drinking water system in Oregon | US EPA
EPA News Release: EPA announces $319M WIFIA loan for improvements to a critical drinking water system in OregonUS EPA
We're caught in a battle between the need for a livable planet versus Business As Usual.
Guess which side is winning...
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The world’s coal use is expected to reach a fresh high of 8.7 billion tonnes this year, and remain at near-record levels for years.
There has been record production of coal and power generation from coal since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inflated global gas market prices, according to the International Energy Agency.
The IEA said the coal rebound, after a slump during the global Covid pandemic, means consumption of the fossil fuel is now on track to rise to a new peak of 8.77 billion tonnes by the end of the year – and could remain at near-record levels until 2027.
The Paris-based agency blamed power plants for the growing use of coal over the last year, particularly in China which consumes 30% more of the polluting fuel than the rest of the world put together.
Coal demand in China is expected to grow by 1% in 2024 to reach 4.9 billion tonnes, which is another record, according to the IEA. India is expected to see demand grow by more than 5% to 1.3 billion tonnes, a level previously reached only by China.
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FULL STORY -- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/18/coal-use-to-reach-new-peak-and-remain-at-near-record-levels-for-years
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Where's the EPA and state department of environmental control when you need them?
Or Captain Planet. If he's still around.
#Environment #Climate
Start at the top, then slowly scroll down…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Who needs a roof when you can use balcony solar for apartments
Lots of people, especially city dwellers and renters, don’t have rooftops where they can install solar panels to generate some of the electricity they use in their daily lives. Community solar offers a partial solution for some, but it is not available everywhere. In Germany, more than 1.5 million people have installed Balkonkraftwerke, which translates as “balcony power plants.” Almost every apartment has a balcony with a railing to keep folks from tumbling into the street below. If it gets any sun exposure during the day, balcony solar panels can be mounted to those railings to make electricity that helps power a home.
It may not be as much power as a rooftop system but is still around 300 W which does offset electricity costs a bit, and there is a battery to also store excess energy.
What is different from a rooftop system is that it is easily portable, so you can take it with if you move, or even if you go off camping. If you live in an area subject to hail, then these are easy to take inside when you need to. It usually also does not require professional electricians to install it.
And as far as the electricity grid goes, in Germany there are already more than 500,000 of these installations, so that adds up to quite a saving anyway on the grid side.
See https://cleantechnica.com/2024/12/21/germany-embraces-balkonkraftwerke-balcony-solar-for-apartments
#Blog, #balconysolar, #environment, #solarenergy, #technology
Why Barclays is one of the main targets of U.K. climate activists
Barclays has provided more bonds and loans to fossil fuel companies than any European rival over the past three years.Alastair Marsh (The Japan Times)
Sea level rise, however, is very uneven. Thanks to a complex set of factors, water levels are not rising at the same speed everywhere. And these factors have made the U.S. South particularly vulnerable
https://archive.ph/JrlRc
#USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
@AssociatedPress reports:
https://flip.it/uRiSfs
#Science #ClimateChange #Environment #EnvironmentalJustice
Montana's top court upholds landmark ruling in youth climate case
Montana’s Supreme Court has upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.AMY BETH HANSON (AP News)
And as increasing amounts of evidence about the (human) harm of wood smoke, even in relatively rural areas emerges we see the numbers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/19/just-four-fines-issued-for-wood-burning-complaints-in-a-year-in-england
#Environment #PublicHealth #UKPolitics
As environmental law currently exists, she doesn’t have a legal basis to refuse the approval. #environment #law
#vote for environment / #climate #climateaction oriented independents or Greens #auspol we need a Labor minority govt
#environment #ecology #nature
#love #care #compassion
@flawed @palestine @lebanon @iran@a.gup.pe
@israel@a.gup.pe @gaza @iran @israel @palestine
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #genocide
#Blackmastodon
#racism
#ecocide
