Interesting. An international conference specifically about transitioning away from fossil fuels. This is a way for countries that get it to cooperate outside the sclerotic UNFCCC framework. Worth watching.
First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders...
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May I just sit with this a moment, and imagine a tipping point that tips the right way?
A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite
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There is no lasting peace without environmental justice | American Friends Service Committee afsc.org/newsroom/the...
There is no lasting peace without environmental justice
AFSC’s principles for climate justice and sustainability
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COP30 Blue Zone on fire with everyone standing around watching and taking video to post on social media. If this isn't a metaphor for the planet, I don't know what is.
Clare Fieseler, PhD@fieseler.bsky.social · 12mo ago🚨If you are at #COP30, evacuate the Blue Zone immediately. (from a source)
Forever Chemical Pesticides are OK with Trump’s version of the EPA. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Trump EPA Approves Its First ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide
The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide cyclobutrifluram for golf courses, lawns, cotton, soybeans and lettuce. The pesticide is a “forever chemical” — one o...
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The lawsuit is the latest legal action against the administration amid its assault on clean energy policy and related funding and programs across the country.
Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · last yr.Groups are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency for its cancellation of Solar for All, a $7 billion program intended to lower the cost of solar power for poorer Americans. By Alexa St. John and Jennifer McDermott for the Associated Press…
There should be 5 Nobel prizes focused on the avoidance of the end of civilisation: - climate tech - climate infrastructure - climate communication - political journalism of climate blackmail by fossil fuel companies - political journalism of climate bribery by fossil fuel companies
“Petrostates, polluters, politicians”, or “plutocrats, pros, propagandists” and sometimes also “the press”; there is no lack of aliterations when it comes to Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez new book “Science Under Siege: How To Fight The Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World”.
Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · last yr."Book review: Exposing the forces behind anti-science aggression" | Great review by @philippmarkolin.bsky.social of my new book w/ @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege: www.protagonist-science.com/p/book-revie...
"We know that people are not safe; there’s blood in the water and more fossil fuel sharks than ever. This attack on the endangerment finding is a clear and present danger to the public.”
Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈@ssteingraber1.bsky.social · last yr.Climate denial is child abuse. “Kids want the EPA to preserve the endangerment finding. Our generation is expected to live through three times as many climate disasters as our grandparents, and we’re already living through them.” —a 12 year-old insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...
"Now, more than ever, his body of work should inspire and motivate us all." Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Pop quiz: how much are annual fossil fuel subsidies in the US? A: there are no subsidies B: Nobody knows C: $10 b D: $ 35 b (Answer below)
Oil Change International@oilchange.org · last yr.As Trump + the GOP shut down the gov't to avoid funding healthcare for working families, a reminder of what they ARE willing to fund: 💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies 💸$625M in new giveaways to coal Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O