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German court on the brink of holding major emitters liable for climate damages The lawsuit, which has already set a global precedent for corporate climate liability, seeks to hold RWE accountable for its role in accelerating glacial melt that threatens Luciano Lliuya’s hometown of Huaraz with catastrophic flooding. Scientific s

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German court on the brink of holding major emitters liable for climate damages

Find out more: www.germanwatch.org/en/93094

#ClimateAction

Heat pumps and EVs – how to fight climate change from home The government has been told that the public will need to change how we drive and heat our homes.

In its latest advice, known as the carbon budget, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) says by 2040, 80% of cars should be electric and one in two homes have a heat pump.
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President Zelenskyy showed more backbone and self-respect in one Oval Office meeting than the entire GOP has collectively demonstrated over the last 9 years.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.

The fossil fuel industry is trying to keep buildings hooked on gas. Here’s how. Around the globe, oil and gas companies use similar strategies to fight building electrification, according to a new report.

The fossil fuel industry is trying to keep buildings hooked on gas. Here’s how.

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#Gas #Climate #FossilFuel #Buildings

An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration. Tracy Barbutes/Special to the Chronicle

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws, claiming paper ones ‘explode’ Order rolls back Biden policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastic as Trump calls it a ‘ridiculous situation’

“I don’t think that plastic is going to affect the shark very much as they’re … munching their way through the ocean,” he said at a White House announcement

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#zerowaste
#swaps

Hagan Scotten’s resignation letter says it all.

Dropping the charges against Eric Adams to turn the Mayor of New York into a lackey of the President is a staggeringly corrupt perversion of justice and democracy.

AGRIVOLTAICS!

We should remember that we are visitors on this planet. We are here for 90 or 100 years at the most. During this time, we should work to leave the world a better place because all human beings want to be happy, and no one wants to suffer. Our desire for happiness is something we all have in common.

They'll stay silent until the slowly dawning truth that this administration doesn't give a f### about them hits. They tried to kneel before him for special favors and protections, but as usual, the Trump cadre only looks out for number one.

Here’s who’s losing out as Trump freezes the Inflation Reduction Act A Day 1 executive order directed federal agencies to freeze funding under former president Joe Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act.

Spoiler: Everyone but Trump and his Big Oil CEO friends are losing out

Recycling lithium-ion batteries cuts emissions and strengthens supply chain Researchers compared the environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery recycling to mining for new materials and found that recycling significantly outperforms mining in terms of greenhouse gas emissio...

reduce, reuse... RECYCLE

#batterynerd
#recycle

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Boston becomes first U.S. city to require new buildings ‘achieve net zero carbon emissions standards upon opening’ The Boston Zoning Commission has approved an amendment to the city’s zoning code to incorporate Net Zero Carbon (NZC) Zoning, becoming the first city in the U.S. to require new buildings to achieve ne...

Boston becomes first U.S. city to require new buildings ‘achieve net zero carbon emissions standards upon opening’ archinect.com/news/article...

Indian state studies plan to ban petrol, diesel vehicles in Mumbai to control pollution The western Indian state of Maharashtra has formed a panel to study a proposal to ban petrol and diesel vehicles in Mumbai city amid worsening air quality and only allow electric or gas driven vehicles, it said in an order.

kind of a climate win, eh?

www.reuters.com/world/india/...

teehee

Current administration:

Open mouth - insert foot

Over and over and over again, until someday hopefully the populace at large realizes the grand joke that's being played on them, and chooses to do something about it.

Baby steps can help, in a time of great change

Here’s how fish farms could double as a climate solution A new study analyzes a potential win-win solution for fish health and carbon capture. The critical ingredient is something you might not expect.

Aquaculture + carbon capture = aquacapture? carbonculture?

#climatesolutions

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Climate change and...rats?

EMBRACE OUR NEW RAT OVERLORDS

#climatechange

PUT ALL THEIR HEADS IN TOILETS AND FLUSH REPEATEDLY

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds." — David W. Orr

FKN INCREDIBLE

#poptarts
#junkfood

#oops
#climatechange

Scorched earth policy It’s been a rough week if you’re a closer watcher of climate policy in the U.S. or from afar. There’s far too much news to parse. Which is exactly Trump’s strategy. This newsletter explains what I mea...

Stay strong in these wild times and take heart. This newsletter might help.

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Take a bag with you when outside walking and keep the earth clean!

#trash
#pickuptrash
#stoplitter

Carbon credits: hype or real?

#carboncredit
#plantatree