Climate change is here, but your child likely isn't learning much about it at school
More than half of adults see climate change as a major threat to the country’s well-being, but most states don’t require children to learn about it in school.
New Jersey, Oregon, Connecticut and California feature climate topics or environmental education in their curriculum, but that isn’t the norm
‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed
The data produced by Kayrros for the Guardian found that the western #FossilFuel field in #Turkmenistan, on the Caspian coast, leaked 2.6m tonnes of #methane in 2022. The eastern field emitted 1.8m tonnes. Together, the two fields released emissions equivalent to 366m tonnes of #CO2, more than the UK’s annual emissions, which are the 17th-biggest in the world.
95% LOWER EMISSIONS: Sweden’s Shift to Heat Pumps Holds Lessons for Canada
Sweden’s early shift from fossil-fueled heating to electric heat pumps suggests a carrot-and-stick approach of incentives and regulation could help Canadians achieve the lowered costs and 95% drop in building heating emissions that Swedes have enjoyed since the 1990
If I had to write my #Intro all over again, it might read like this:
· I am a musician (but most people don’t really care).
· I am a COVID-cautious, COVID-conscious person (but most people don’t really care).
· I am scared what climate catastrophe will do to this planet (but most people don’t really care).
So yeah, that makes me pretty lonely.
Theoretically, I am glad that on social media, at least some people do care.
But social media is so fleeting, and being found and read is such a game of chance that is doesn’t really amount to much. Also, social media is driven by too much input and mostly way too superficial to really have a lasting impact.
I am still grateful for the four to seven people who react, reply, and support what I am doing. But seeing that it’s four to seven out of seven hundred isn’t all too encouraging.
See inside the arty new bike tunnel that's the longest in Europe
Known as the Fyllingsdalstunnelen, the tunnel cuts through the Løvstakken mountain in the southwest Norwegian city, linking the residential areas of Fyllingsdalen and Mindemyren. Cyclists can continue on to the centre of Bergen using existing routes
Canada plans to track climate change's impact on weather in real time — here's how
The rapid extreme event attribution system is meant to help Canadians understand how climate change is affecting them, and will guide policymakers as they make important recovery decisions after disasters
Yes, the climate crisis is raising your grocery bills
Climate-driven extreme weather and disasters are now more frequently responsible for production shortages, supply chain disruptions, and labor issues that lead to higher costs of living
Cattle farmers worried about climate change take matters into their own hands
"My granddaughter, when she was seven, said to me, 'Pa, I don't want to be one of the ones that have to sort out the mess you made about climate change,'" he said
"Now, if that's not enough to push your grandad into doing something, I don't think anything would."
One of the planet’s most important carbon sinks is revealing its secrets
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The Southern Ocean plays a central role in moderating the rate of climate change, absorbing an estimated 40% of the total amount of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions and 60-90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Facts and numbers don’t inspire people. Stories do
the real battle for mass action will not be won through enemy narratives… we need to find narratives based on cooperation, mutual interest and our common humanity
Meaning at the expense of truth
That’s because humans care more about meaning than truth