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CelloMomOnCars

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Climate-friendly cars that fit the planet and the budget - and the cello
Plus climate news

http://www.cellomomcars.com/

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CelloMomOnCars, to Florida
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When touches septic tanks, communities are in deep doo-doo.

"In 1999, with evidence that water quality was deteriorating along parts of the Keys, the state mandated that the island chain eliminate the use of tens of thousands of and other outdated waste systems. The cost reached roughly $1 billion as Monroe County built centralized sewage and hooked up thousands of homes and businesses.

There was a huge change in water quality.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/septic-tanks-rising-waters-environment-health/

CelloMomOnCars, to Bulgaria
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"The currently implemented and planned policies under the lead to a path roughly aligned with global pathways that result in a little above a 2°C global temperature increase by the end of the century if other countries follow a similar level of ambition. This trajectory is more than a degree better than before the Green Deal, the level of action is now much higher than five years ago."

https://climateactiontracker.org/blog/eus-green-deal-improved-its-climate-performance-a-15c-pathway-is-close/

CelloMomOnCars, (edited )
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Europeans: Please VOTE on June 6, that's your chance to influence the make-up of the .

Vote green, vote progressive.
You KNOW the right wingers are raring to push the gas pedal on oil and gas production, turn back the clock on civil rights, etc.

We can do much better than that.
We need an even more ambitious Green Deal. Getting that needs your vote.

Find out how and when to vote:
https://elections.europa.eu/en/

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"#ClimateChange could make severe #turbulence a bigger problem in the future. Last year, a study published in Geophysical Research Letters found that turbulence in some parts of the world may already be on the rise."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-21/flight-turbulence-is-getting-worse-because-of-climate-change

Yet another reason to avoid flying

CelloMomOnCars,
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Some news articles just report the facts. Some try - very hard - to convince the reader to put down their heightened anxiety over flying.

I see what you did here, @NBC
I wonder how many aviation ad dollars you get.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/death-turbulence-rare-experts-say-researchers-warn-climate-change-may-rcna153297

CelloMomOnCars, to Alaska
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"Eight young #Alaska residents sued the state on Wednesday seeking to block a major gas project, the latest in a string of #climate-crisis-related #lawsuits by youths arguing that government policies promoting fossil fuels violate their rights.

The lawsuit asks the court to block the Alaska #LNG project from proceeding, and to declare that a law mandating its development is unconstitutional. "

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/alaska-climate-change-lawsuit-gas-b2550023.html

CelloMomOnCars,
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Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor called the lawsuit “misguided” in an email, and said liquefied gas development in the state “is subject to the most stringent environmental standards in the world.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/alaska-climate-change-lawsuit-gas-b2550023.html

Here is one prominent thing that destroys young people's mental health: the adults are failing to protect them.

Richard_Littler, to Facebook
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Really sick of these big tech companies.
Absolute parasites.
"You have the right to object to Meta using your personal info to train AI..."
[BUT]
"...We may still process information about you to develop and improve AI at Meta, even if you object or don’t use our Products and services"

We may still process information about you to develop and improve AI at Meta, even if you object or don’t use our Products and services. For example, this could happen if you or your information:

CelloMomOnCars,
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@Richard_Littler

How do I opt out?

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"About 2.4 million adults were displaced by [] disaster over the last year, about one-fifth of whom were over 65. Though most people are eventually able to return to their homes, even temporary shocks like these pose particular challenges for older people, many of whom live on fixed incomes and have health and mobility needs that make managing home repairs or finding new places to live difficult."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/climate-change-affordable-housing-older-adults

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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Graduating seniors seek degrees in and more US universities deliver

"Increasingly, U.S. colleges are creating climate change programs to meet demand from students who want to apply their firsthand experience to what they do after high school, and help find solutions."

https://apnews.com/article/universities-colleges-climate-studies-environmental-science-01f287f7ffd25cf27a03a4a5b3ce8a8a

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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" are threatened by deforestation, development, pollution, and dam construction, but the risk to these ecosystems is increasing due to and the increased frequency of severe storms associated with climate change. threatens one third (33%) of the mangrove ecosystems assessed."

https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202405/more-half-all-mangrove-ecosystems-risk-collapse-2050-first-global-assessment

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Conservation efforts are a good investment:
"Paying local residents to plant has raised incomes, increased fishery output, protected coastal areas, and contributed to efforts to mitigate ."

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2023/11/30/planting-mangrove-forests-is-paying-off-in-indonesia

CelloMomOnCars, to Scotland
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"‘The fear has properly set in’: how it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea

, on the north-east coast of , faces an existential threat, with storms carving away metres of . "

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/21/the-fear-has-properly-set-in-how-it-feels-to-watch-my-home-town-disappear-into-the-sea

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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Lies, damn lies, and oil majors' climate pledges.

"Major oil companies have in recent years made splashy climate pledges to cut their greenhouse gas and take on the crisis, but a new report suggests those plans do not stand up to scrutiny.

The US firms Chevron, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil each ranked “grossly insufficient” on all 10 criteria."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/21/oil-companies-report-fossil-fuels-climate

CelloMomOnCars, to australia
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"The report highlights wind power’s slower recovery from global inflationary pressures, resulting in upward revisions for both onshore and offshore wind costs over the next decade.

Despite this, updated analysis reaffirms that , including associated storage and transmission costs, remain the lowest cost, new build technology out to 2050."

https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/energy/GenCost

CelloMomOnCars, to uk
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“The and face a wetter, damper and mouldier future due to .”

“To put it bluntly, climate change is already making life shittier. Wetter winters are flooding farms, cancelling football matches, overflowing sewage systems and [making] groceries more expensive.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/22/never-ending-uk-rain-10-times-more-likely-climate-crisis-study

CelloMomOnCars, to HashtagGames
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The BandAid's Tale


CelloMomOnCars, to HashtagGames
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Twelve Donkeys


CelloMomOnCars, to HashtagGames
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The year of living prudently


CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"Big changes to #Antarctic sea ice will have a profound effect on other parts of the planet. In addition to protecting the exposed edges of Antarctica’s continental ice shelves from waves, the formation of sea ice acts as an engine for ocean currents and influences weather patterns in the Southern Hemisphere, the researchers said."

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20052024/antarctica-fundamental-climate-shifts-studies/

CelloMomOnCars,
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"A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar data to find evidence of the intrusion of warm, high-pressure seawater many kilometers beneath the grounded ice of West Antarctica's Glacier."

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-satellite-radar-uncover-vigorous-antarctica.html

This lubricates the movement of the glacier.

"Thwaites is the most unstable place in the Antarctic and contains the equivalent of 60 centimeters of ."

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"While belief in has waned a bit nationally, 90% of Floridians still believe it’s real, according to a recent survey by Atlantic University.

Most Floridians — nearly 70% — want both the state and federal governments to do more to address climate change, the study found."

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/05/14/90-of-floridians-think-climate-change-is-real-much-higher-than-across-the-u-s/

CelloMomOnCars,
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That's the thinnest of silver linings, @richardknott

But seriously, the whole amalgamation of denial machines: climate, covid, vaccination, evolution is a very worrisome thing. And it's primed for this election year.

CelloMomOnCars,
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@boelder

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

CelloMomOnCars, to Mexico
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"Ten cities in #Mexico have registered record-high temperatures, including the capital, authorities said on Friday, amid a searing #heatwave that has prompted blackouts nationwide and pushed the power grid to the brink."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mexico-heat-wave-melts-temperature-records-10-cities-mexico-city-rcna151823

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Threatened howler monkeys have been dropping dead from trees in #Mexico’s southeastern tropical forests in recent weeks.

The country has been grappling with soaring and deadly temperatures for weeks. Mexico’s health ministry reported a preliminary count of 26 people who have died from #heat related causes between the start of Mexico’s heat season on March 17 and May 11."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/climate/dead-monkeys-mexico-trees-heat-climate-intl/index.html
#heatwave

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"The World Bank has approved a loan of US$750 million (RM3.54 billion) to Colombia, to help the country become more resilient in the face of climate change by buoying up renewable energy efforts and reducing carbon emissions, the bank said yesterday."

That follows a December 2022 loan of US$1 billion.

Articles like this make the lender look good but almost never disclose the terms. Is it aid, or is it rent seeking?

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2024/04/02/world-bank-approves-us750m-climate-change-loan-to-colombia/126806

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Wealthy nations have loaned at least $18 billion at market-rate interest. That is not the norm for for climate-related and other aid projects, which usually carry low or no .

At least another $11 billion in loans – nearly all from Japan – required recipient nations to hire or purchase materials from companies in the lending countries. Conditional aid can carry additional costs because recipients can’t consider cheaper contractors."

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-loans/

CelloMomOnCars, to TeslaMotors
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"The head of the IPCC has compared the rollout of carbon capture and storage (#CCS) to "trying to push water uphill," questioning a technology that the oil and gas industry has long touted as integral to net-zero emission plans.

The International Energy Agency has previously called for the oil and gas industry to let go of the "illusion" that carbon capture is a solution to climate change, pushing instead for energy majors to ramp up investments in clean energy."

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/big-oils-favorite-climate-solution-is-like-trying-to-push-water-uphill-climate-chief-says/5176733/

CelloMomOnCars,
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Lies, damn lies, and "carbon capture and sequestration"

"Projections of the size and scale of a future industry should come with heavy doses of scepticism."

Also:
"When the Australian reported that “ could generate nearly $600bn in revenue”, what we are actually referring to is revenue for the organisations proposing and storage projects. Right now, that’s mostly oil and gas companies."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/22/australia-60bn-carbon-capture-ccs-windfall-claim-aep

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