20% of the homes sold in NYC in 2023 are likely to flood within the period of a 30-year mortgage. Of course, these tend to be more affordable homes bought by low-income buyers. Climate change’s impact on housing security is going to be staggering. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/n...
New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change.
Wealthy, democratic countries in the global north are using harsh, vague and punitive measures to crack down on climate protests at the same time as criticising similar draconian tactics by authorities in the global south. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Report says governments in global north increasingly using draconian measures while criticising similar tactics in global south
Let's Go Washington has been accused of illegally promoting an initiative that would repeal Washington's Climate Commitment Act. #NoOn2117www.khq.com/news/group-b...
Let's Go Washington has been accused of illegally promoting an initiative that would repeal Washington's Climate Commitment Act. Defend Washington, an advocacy group opposing the initiative, filed the...
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater. (It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
New Research: How the US Gas Industry is Promoting LNG on Social Media Influence Map analysis released today reveals a surge in spending on social media ads from the fossil fuel industry in response to Biden’s LNG export pause. influencemap.org/briefing/US-...
In the U.S…coal and natural gas plant retirements slowed in this same period, with only about 5.1 gigawatts retired as opposed to 9.2 in the same period last year. Why? Increased energy demand from data centers and AI. newrepublic.com/post/185119/...
You mean to tell me that we’re burning through electricity for this chatbot garbage?
Out of 1500 climate policies enacted, only 63 -- 4 percent -- actually led to a decline in emissions. Let's just say, not an impressive number. www.nature.com/articles/d41....
Only 63 climate change interventions led to significant reductions in carbon emissions. Only 63 climate change interventions led to significant reductions in carbon emissions.
What Climate World Wants From a Harris-Walz Administration. Three possible policy agendas. heatmap.news/politics/cli...
Three possible policy agendas.
Canada’s Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Almost a Decade’s Worth of Emissions, Report Finds - in 2023 wildfire carbon emissions were 16% above average globally with a total of 9.48 billion tons of carbon dioxide. www.ecowatch.com/canada-wildf...
Last year’s record-breaking wildfires in Canada produced almost a decade’s worth of greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires in one season.
“A report by Doctors for the Environment Australia has found fossil fuel pollution is leading to more deaths globally than smoking. “The group is calling for a ban on all new fossil fuel projects, a ban on fossil fuel advertising and no more subsidies.”
A Doctors for the Environment report has found fossil fuel pollution is killing more people globally than smoking, and is increasing rates of heart disease, cancer and poor pregnancy outcomes.