Me: Shit is getting real all over the world with this climate thing, record heat, record floods, record hail. People don't understand. It's going to hit everywhere and it's going to hit them. And it's only May.
Also Me: watches hail fall as second power outage of the day hits.
The World*: criminalizes climate activists more every day
How Many EV Charging Stations Does the US Need to Totally Replace Gas Stations?
The United States could fully transition to electric vehicles in about 20 years. When that happens, we’re going to need a lot of chargers. #ClimateChange
When non-violent protest - non-violent protest to save the world, no less - is criminalized, the world should worry.
"Five members of Letzte Generation, Germany’s equivalent to Just Stop Oil, have been charged with “forming a criminal organisation”, a move civil rights campaigners say could in effect criminalise future support for the climate campaign."
"It is believed to be the first time the law has been applied to a non-violent protest group."
FL is a toxic place to live bc of #DeathSantis & GOP lawmakers. They won't admit it's CC or mitigate...
The backyard would flood & the toilet would gurgle & the smell of sewage hung thick in the air -she worried about what pathogens might lurk in the tainted waters, what it might cost to fix the persistent problems & whether the ever-present anxiety would ever subside. Residents in neighborhoods around hers have similar tales-.
Catastrophes that affect the poor, esp. to POC, only make an appearance on MSM for a few hours. And journalists usually don’t cite #climatechange as the culprit. As the Papua New Guinea villagers mourn the loss of their fellow farmers & loved ones, they look to their govt & NGOs to help, bc they’ve lost everything💔. FF companies bear much of the responsibility. They must be held to account, & progress must be made to mitigate… https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/26/papua-new-guinea-landslide-death-toll-exceeds-670-says-un-agency