The car industry is trying to save the combustion engine. Their best bet: synthetic fuels. They're hailed as being carbon neutral and the quickest way to get old cars off fossil fuels. Sounds great? Well, if you look closer, synthetic fuels are the worst way to decarbonize individual transport. Source...
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, a team led by scientists from the University of California, Irvine, using climate models and satellite data, reveal for the first time how protecting tropical forests can yield climate benefits that enhance carbon storage in nearby areas. Many climate scientists use computer simulations to mimic the planet's... Continue Reading →
Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest
(We are posting this after the report came out, it becomes obvious why upon reading it...) Talks stretch past deadline as governments are accused of trying to water down findings The world must abandon fossil fuels as a matter of urgency, rather than entrusting the future climate to untried “techno-fixes” such as sucking carbon out... Continue Reading →
Scientists urge end to fossil fuel use as landmark IPCC report readied
14 Characteristics of Fascism
YouTube Comment Quoted: Mike, a quote from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's book, Strongmen, on fascists-" No other type of ruler is so transparent about prioritizing self-preservation over the public good and so lacking in the human qualities that define ethical leadership...the strongman is at his worst as a leader when he is most needed by his country."... Continue Reading →
A revolutionary slogan by climate scientists “1.5C is Dead – Climate Revolution Now!” emblazoned the streets of the world on April 6th spawned by the Sixth Assessment Report, Mitigation of Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released April 4th. Overnight, civil disobedience by climate scientists erupted in 25 countries on every continent enraged... Continue Reading →
“1.5C is Dead – Climate Revolution Now!”
As climate breakdown and worldwide conflict continue to place the food system at risk, seed banks from the Arctic to Lebanon try to safeguard biodiversity by Salomé Gómez-Upegui and Rita Liu As the risks from the climate crisis and global conflict increase, seed banks are increasingly considered a priceless resource that could one day prevent... Continue Reading →
Seed banks: the last line of defense against a threatening global food crisis
Growing numbers of young nonviolent climate protesters are willing to face jail. Dorian Lynskey followed them in the weeks leading up to last week’s action In a flat in east London, on the night of 31 March, two dozen people in their early 20s are packing sleeping bags and energy bars and discussing unorthodox toilet... Continue Reading →
Just Stop Oil: behind the scenes with the activists
Why we do it In March 2017 our founder Milo was on the ski slope. He noticed a sign with the CO₂ emissions of a week of winter sports. How strange that you can't compensate that, he thought. With a plane ticket you can. Once at home, he read in a study by CE Delft... Continue Reading →
CO2ok
I wanted to sound the alarm about oil exploration and the climate crisis, but Good Morning Britain just didn’t want to hear I hadn’t seen the 2021 satirical film Don’t Look Up when I went on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday. I was there on behalf of Just Stop Oil – a group that has... Continue Reading →
I went on TV to explain Just Stop Oil – and it became a parody of Don’t Look Up
As other countries make "net zero" pledges — these three nations are leading the way. By Laurie Goering GLASGOW, Nov 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — The heavily forested Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan — which measures its success in "Gross National Happiness" — hasn't made a net zero pledge, like a growing number of nations. That's... Continue Reading →
A Small Group of Countries Are Actually ‘Carbon Negative’. Here’s How They’re Doing It.
If you want to trigger a conservative, just suggest nationalizing the US gas and oil industry. “Venezuela!” they’ll scream hysterically, perhaps adding a few, “Iran!” squeals. (Somehow, they always forget to yell about Norway…) Within minutes they’ll be croaking about that time back in 2008 when Maxine Waters — a Black woman with power and... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 