Environment mostly relates to environmental policy, or action human beings take (or do not take) to prevent or moderate our impact on nature.
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Fridays for the Future (https://www.fridaysforfuture.org) - the Friday Climate Strikes continue October 2 there will be a Global Solar Yatra (https://www.ggsy.in) with 1 million students in over 70 countries building their own solar lights for studying...
by gmoke
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 09:39 PM PDT
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In a debate one side wins and the other side loses. How many debates end with the losing side agreeing that they were wrong? It doesn’t happen. And that is why the climate change debate is not converting deniers into believers. Each side on this issue...
by Nickjlicata
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:14 PM PDT
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¶.1 More than 100 authors from 36 countries assessed the latest scientific literature related to the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate for the report, referencing about 7,000 scientific publications. ¶.2 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
by e2247
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 05:23 PM PDT
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On the evening before the Global Climate Strikes that took place on September 20, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted 7-4-1 to approve the controversial Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) at its 10-hour-long meeting in Sacramento. Environmental...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 01:55 PM PDT
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Today, the IPCC published its report on Oceans and Ice, summarizing the science of how climate change is already melting glaciers and warming and deoxygenating and acidifying oceans. The impacts, the report explains, will only get worse. It describes...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 08:04 AM PDT
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"Only a fifth of the companies will remain on track, according to analysis of their disclosures" "More than four fifths of the world’s largest companies are unlikely to meet the targets set out ...
by Angmar
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 05:00 PM PDT
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On today's BradCast, I’m in for Brad and Desi – Angie Coiro, of In Deep with Angie Coiro. Continued love and good wishes to Brad and Desi – and thanks to you all for making Nicole and me so welcome during their time off! Of course Nancy Pelosi’s...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 05:21 PM PDT
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Greta Thunberg was right yesterday when she said at the United Nations Climate Summit, “this is wrong. I shouldn’t be up here”. A year ago she got fed up with waiting for the “adults” to do something. She organized the first climate strike, sitting...
by Mystic54
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 02:15 PM PDT
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Trump Administration Leans Into Eco-Fascism, Swapping Aid for the Hungry for Guns for the Government Last August, we pointed to warnings about the dangerous potential of the far-right taking climate change seriously, and using it as a pretense to impose racist immigration policies. Then, in November, we talked about how deniers were denying the link...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Tue Sep 24, 2019 at 07:05 AM PDT
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Over 20 activists from the Extinction Rebellion today targeted the offices of the Western State Petroleum Association (WSPA) offices at 1415 L St. at 12 Noon in Sacramento. They sang songs, shouted out chants and briefly blocked the street in front of...
by Dan Bacher
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 05:15 PM PDT
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Can we get #GretaGlare trending? This girl is fierce, yo. Best GIF evah! Truth to power, Greta. You inspire us all. Is Trump still chafing your arse-cheeks? Then Dear F*cking Lunatic: 101 Obscenely Rude Letters to Donald Trump and its breathlessly...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 10:04 AM PDT
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Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN General Assembly an hour ago. Try to find a video because her delivery is very very angry. She was getting red in the face. The audience was stunned. This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back in...
by PalmFrond
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 08:17 AM PDT
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Early Monday morning, climate activists gathered in Washington, D.C., to block major traffic intersections in a protest with The Coalition to Shut Down DC. The United Nations climate summit begins today in New York City. Leaders from around the...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 08:31 AM PDT
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Some four million kids and adults around the world protested for climate action Friday. Meanwhile, the conservative media outlets who have long confused fossil fuel propaganda for science showed us exactly what needs to stop for us to start taking...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 07:22 AM PDT
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Four million marched for climate action on Friday and the United Nations Climate Summit is today. Not only will Donald Trump not attend, but Trump and Vice-President Pence are sponsoring a competing event promoting religious freedom. The United States...
by Alan Singer
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on Mon Sep 23, 2019 at 03:25 AM PDT
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Burning the rainforest isn’t an ordinary crime. It’s a crime against humanity and a crime against the ecosystems of the world — and all for a fistful of dollars. Years ago when I first learned they were burning rainforest I cried, I made paintings...
by Colorado Blue
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 03:44 PM PDT
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Donald Trump is a really bad guy. His corruption is extreme. He lies every time he speaks. He is also very likely to be gone after this term. Climate change, however, isn’t going anywhere and on Friday the television media provided almost no live video...
by Mystic54
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 01:41 PM PDT
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This week, self the loser managed, perhaps quite without fully planning it, to bike to and from work every day this week. Usually, that’s more feasible in the summer, when less stuff is going on ...
by chingchongchinaman
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on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 07:22 PM PDT
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Birds are visible. Birds are beloved. Birds get the frequent attention of millions who note their appearance at feeders, their passage during migration, and their presence in local woods or parks. Birds, though they may appear individually delicate,...
by Mark Sumner
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on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 10:06 AM PDT
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The day of protest precedes the United Nations summit on how to rein in the worst effects of climate change. Across the globe, millions join biggest climate protest ever Young and old alike took ...
by Angmar
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on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 02:00 PM PDT
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