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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 Bulgaria
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"Overall across the #EU, two mainstream and pro-European groups, the Christian Democrats and the Socialists, remained the dominant forces. The gains of the far right came at the expense of the Greens.

For decades, the European Union confined the hard right to the political fringes. With its strong showing in these elections, the far right could now become a major player in policies ranging from migration to security and climate."

https://apnews.com/article/eu-election-right-migration-climate-polls-vote-0fbfcb7bd987008e802d70f759fa870b

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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Russia Says Its Forests Can Absorb Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Climate Change and Poor Forestry Standards Make This Unlikely.

"The country’s substandard conservation and ineffective forestry practices, combined with the impacts of itself, make it more likely that ’s forests will become a carbon source rather than a sink in the next decade, experts told The Moscow Times."

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/06/07/russia-says-its-forests-can-absorb-its-greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-and-poor-forestry-standards-make-this-unlikely-a85339

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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Maps show how "" has shifted in the U.S.

""Tornado Alley" is a shorthand term that has typically described the central Plains region of the United States, but parts of the eastern U.S. now face the "greatest tornado threat."

And it's not just the regions that are changing, according to the study: Tornadoes are increasingly likely to form in colder weather."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maps-show-tornado-alley-shift-storms-weather/

CelloMomOnCars, (edited ) to newyorkcity
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‘Slap in the face’: outrage after New York governor halts

"An 11th-hour decision to halt a plan to charge a fee for cars entering the heart of has provoked outrage from environmental advocates and Democratic lawmakers, potentially scuppering hopes of congestion pricing taking hold in any US city in the near future."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/06/nyc-congestion-pricing

The proceeds, ~$1bn a year, was for New York’s creaking subway system, as well as a fleet of new electric buses.

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"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."

https://www.ecowatch.com/carbon-removal-goals-climate-targets.html

CelloMomOnCars, to australia
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"Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has signalled he will scrap the nation’s legally binding 2030 climate target and risk ’s membership of the , following his vow to deploy nuclear energy to reach net zero by 2050.

He would also pause the rollout of wind and solar farms.

The Albanese government is currently committed to more than double the amount of to 82 % of the grid by 2030 as the key measure to reach its climate target."

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/climate-change-dutton-to-pull-australia-out-of-paris-agreement-20240608-p5jk91.html

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Dutton:
Pull out of Paris Agreement.
Stop building solar and wind.
Build nuclear (he admits it takes a long time).
Use more gas.
(Not mentioned, but I assume: Keep exporting coal).

Meanwhile,
"The Albanese government is currently committed to more than double the amount of renewable energy to 82 per cent of the grid by 2030 as the key measure to reach its climate target."

What a choice in the next election, eh Australians?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/08/peter-dutton-accused-of-trying-to-rip-up-australias-commitment-to-paris-climate-agreement

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"Despite being responsible for more than half of the world’s supply, captures just 0.5% of the global $57bn battery market.

The Future Made in Australia policy - which was formally announced in April - seeks to change that, by offering tax breaks and loans to companies seeking to process critical minerals at home."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp00vyl6l6mo

CelloMomOnCars, to HashtagGames
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Who you gonna call?
Blockbuster!

#1980sTechASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

CelloMomOnCars, to HashtagGames
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Atari of my life
-- One Direction

#1980sTechASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

CelloMomOnCars, to coffee
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Biden pulls back on tightened car and truck fuel standards
"Under the rule, formally known as the Corporate Average standards, all light-duty vehicles overall must meet an average of 50.4 mpg in 2031, down from 55.7 mpg in last year’s proposal. The current average is 39.1 mpg.

For SUVs and pickups, the requirement will be 45 mpg. That’s up from the 35.2 mpg they average now, but it’s less than the 52.2 mpg that the agency had proposed last year."

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/07/biden-pulls-back-on-tightened-car-and-truck-fuel-standards-00162297

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"NHTSA’s final [] rule maintains the proposal’s requirement that passenger cars make 2 percent annual improvements for model years 2027 through 2031."

For light trucks including SUVs, the original rule called for 4% improvement every year.
Now that's no improvement required until 2028 and 2% a year after that.

For heavy pickup trucks: 10% a year improvement, now 10% a year through 2032, then 8% through 2035.

The SUV loophole is as big as an SUV.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/07/biden-pulls-back-on-tightened-car-and-truck-fuel-standards-00162297

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"All told, the rule will save almost 70 billion gallons of gasoline and prevent some 710 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted through 2050, according to NHTSA’s analysis. That’s down from over 90 billion gallons and 907 million tons of CO2 in the earlier proposal."

Even as it is, the rule will save Americans a lot of gas money.

Ted Cruz (R-TX) doesn't want you have those savings. He will try to nullify the rule.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/07/biden-pulls-back-on-tightened-car-and-truck-fuel-standards-00162297

CelloMomOnCars,
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NOTE:

14 US States plus Washington DC follow California's rule on vehicle emissions.

% of new vehicles that must be zero-emissions or plug-in hybrid electric under CARB's Advanced Clean Cars II rule

35% in 2026
43% in 2027
51% in 2028
59% in 2029
68% in 2030
76% in 2031
82% in 2032
88% in 2033
94% in 2034
100% in 2035

Used cars can still be entirely gas powered. The regulation only affects new vehicles sold.

https://www.metromile.com/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-carb/

CelloMomOnCars,
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And now, Governor Youngkin has unilaterally pulled Virginia out of the CARB vehicle emissions rules.

"The EPA gives states a choice to follow either federal standards or California standards -- but given that Virginia signed California emissions standards into its own law in 2021, some are calling the legality of the move into question."

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/youngkin-rolls-back-emission-standards-that-wouldve-ended-new-gas-car-sales-in-virginia-heres-why/3634885/

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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Europeans: Please VOTE on June 6-9, 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 fossil fuel pollution, turn back the clock on civil rights, increase inequality, 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,
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"Despite expectations of a right-wing majority, data reveals voter ‘greenlash’ isn’t necessarily the driving force.

With the Greens poised to lose a third of their seats according to the latest polls, it’s possible that issues such as inflation, migration and security could eclipse environmental concerns this time around."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/06/eu-elections-is-greenlash-behind-the-rise-of-the-far-right-or-are-other-factors-at-play

Except that climate change has big bearing on inflation, migration, and security.

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"At first glance, the projected slump in support reads like a backlash against climate policies set by politicians who tried to move too far, too fast.

But political scientists are unconvinced by that narrative. There is little data to support fears of a societal “” from voters unhappy with the costs of the transition, according to the authors of a recent survey of 15,000 voters in France, Germany and Poland."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/04/why-green-parties-polling-badly-european-elections

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban

"António Guterres called on news and tech media to stop enabling “planetary destruction” by taking money while warning the world faces “ crunch time” in its faltering attempts to stem the crisis."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/05/antonio-guterres-un-chief-fossil-fuels-advertising

WATCH which news outlets carry this story. That separates the adults from the ones who take candy from the fossil fuel industry.

CelloMomOnCars,
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Could it happen here?

"In general, restrictions must demonstrate that something about the campaign is false, misleading or illegal.

In theory, lawmakers could tackle by requiring them to include warnings about the dangers they pose to the planet.

At the end of 2020, Cambridge, MA, became the first U.S. city to require labels on gas pumps warning of the risks that gasoline, ethanol and diesel pose to human health and the environment."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/banning-fossil-fuel-ads-would-be-legally-difficult-in-the-u-s/

CelloMomOnCars,
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There are lessons from the history of bans on advertising.

  1. Ban from one venue, they go to another, less regulated one.
  2. Comprehensive bans reduces smoking.
  3. There are loopholes, e.g. "Influencers" are not counted as advertising, e-cigs are not included, etc.
  4. There are effective ways other than an outright ban.

As we all know, countries do manage to reduce smoking:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_nicotine_marketing

CelloMomOnCars, to california
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"Searing heat and fire danger will quickly ramp up in #California and the West this week as a summerlike #HeatDome parks over the region. Thermometers will top triple digits for the first time this year in some locations as the early season heat wave sends daily records tumbling."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/03/weather/california-heat-dome-wildfires-west-climate/index.html

CelloMomOnCars,
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" The searing heat has already taken its toll. Since last weekend, multiple people in different parts of the US have died or have been hospitalized due to heat-related illnesses.

The worst of the #heat peaked Thursday for much of #California and the #Southwest, but unseasonably hot conditions will stick around in these areas and expand into the Pacific Northwest at least through the weekend. "

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/weather/heat-dome-wave-record-temperatures-southwest/index.html

CelloMomOnCars,
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"More than 25 million people from California’s Central Valley to Texas remain under heat alerts on Friday. The most extreme temperature forecasts triggered the highest levels of the National Weather Service’s HeatRisk forecast, which rates the danger to human health."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/06/07/western-heat-wave-records-how-long/

CelloMomOnCars, to Germany
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Southern #Germany hit by catastrophic flooding

"The southern states of #Bavaria and #BadenWürttemberg have been inundated, causing #DamBursts and prompting dramatic rescues. States of emergency have been declared in several areas with more heavy rain expected."

https://www.dw.com/en/southern-germany-hit-by-catastrophic-flooding/a-69239541

CelloMomOnCars,
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The flooding moves downstream.

"#Flooding caused by torrential rain that killed five people in #Germany over the weekend has spread across #Austria and #Hungary overnight Tuesday.

The entire #Danube in Austria has been closed after its banks burst in #Linz, the country's third-largest city.

The river, which flows over 350 kilometres of Austria, was shut down for shipping after heavy rainfall caused floods in both Austria and Germany."

https://www.euronews.com/2024/06/05/austria-closes-danube-as-deadly-floods-spread-across-central-europe
#Donau

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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" Bill that would make Vermont the first state to have a 'Climate Superfund' takes a key step forward

The #ClimateSuperfund Act directs the state treasurer to work with climate scientists to catalog the damage Vermont has seen due to #ClimateChange between 1995 and 2024 — and what it will cost to adapt to a warmer future with more volatile weather.

If the bill becomes law, #Vermont could start to seek damages in 2027."

WOW.

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-03-15/bill-that-would-make-vermont-the-first-state-to-have-a-climate-superfund-takes-a-key-step-forward

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Next: New York.

"After a swell of grassroots pressure, the #NewYork State Assembly passed the #ClimateChangeSuperfund Act by a vote of 95-46, to make fossil fuel polluters pay for costs associated with climate change, including climate resiliency projects. The Senate passed the bill in May; it now requires Governor Hochul’s signature to become law."

https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/06/08/ny-assembly-passes-climate-change-superfund-act/

CelloMomOnCars, to Europe
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Okay so this piece contains a map of fatalities from: drought, wildfire, storm, landslide and flood.

What happened to "heat"?
Last year killed nearly 62,000 in .
Erasing heat deaths in is - shall we be charitable - irresponsible at best.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-africas-extreme-weather-have-killed-at-least-15000-people-in-2023/

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Older adults are one of the populations that we classically see as being more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, specifically to effects of .”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/06/07/heat-waves-elderly/

CelloMomOnCars, to Hawaii
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"#Hawaii’s supreme court on Thursday will hear attempts by #FossilFuel companies to dismiss a #climate accountability lawsuit."

The “personal jurisdiction” excuse: defendants argue that they did not conduct enough business in Hawaii to be hauled into the state’s courts.
The “failure to state a claim” excuse: claims that the lawsuit should be dealt with by lawmakers, not state courts.
The first amendment excuse.

These have all been tossed out by other courts.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fossil-fuel-companies-dismiss-lawsuit-honolulu

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the to shield companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars.

“I have never, ever seen this kind of overt political campaign to influence the court like this,” said Patrick Parenteau, professor and senior climate policy fellow at Vermont Law School."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/09/fossil-fuel-allies-pressuring-supreme-court

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