It's cloudy and dark and the temperature's low
Makes me sleepy, tired, sluggish and slow
But while i'd rather have sunshine than gray
It keeps the horrible heatwave away
Back in November 2023, I wrote about the looming backlash in environmental politics in the EU for Yale E360. Now the Union and its parties are entering the decisive phase of this struggle, both with the ongoing elections, which will result in a new parliament and commission, and with the imminent decision of the Council of member states about the #NatureRestorationLawhttps://e360.yale.edu/features/europe-environment-backlash#EU#Euelection#Europe#climate
"The second edition of The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report has found that, in order to reach global #climate targets, governments must expand tree planting and the use of technologies to increase carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) by four times annually.
The researchers emphasized that carbon #emissions reductions will continue to be the main avenue to achieving net zero, but CDR will also be crucial."
Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the #PacificNorthwest coast.
Along this fraught stretch, called the #CascadiaSubductionZone, 2 pieces of the #Earth’s crust slide against each other, building up stresses capable of unleashing a catastrophic 9.0-magnitude #earthquake & generating a #tsunami, w/waves as high as 40 feet.
AP News calling environmental protestors "oil supporters". It's no wonder the world is the way it is, if these are kind of news platforms that keep us "informed" about issues #climate#protest#UK#news#media
NY Times: Their Florida ‘Paradise’ Keeps Flooding, but Some Can’t Afford a Solution
In the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, rising water has become a constant threat. Many residents cannot afford to elevate their homes or move.