People are altering decomposition rates in waterways (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Faster decomposition could exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions, threaten biodiversity
KimPerales, A sinister gathering, RGA members support #fossilfuels:
Also pro-FF: RAGA, RNC, Sen GOP, HSE GOP, state GOP legs...
The meeting was held at the Chalmette oil refinery -EPA report: out of compliance with fed benzene regs. In 2020, fires at the FAC caused releases of sulphur dioxide, sending foul odors across the region.
The event was convened by the Republican Govs. Public Policy CME -accepts funding from the US’s largest FF trade org, the API.
#Environment #Polution
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/03/republican-governors-attack-biden-climate
Snoro, A climate threat lurks in rivers around the world. New research shows where
Rivers & streams offer far more than pretty scenery or an opportunity for a summertime cool-off. They make up an important component of a global system that determines how much carbon is stored in soil or sent into the atmosphere
New research shows that human activities are directly disrupting this system & increasing the amount of carbon sent into the atmosphere
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climate/impacts/a-climate-threat-lurks-in-rivers-around-the-world-new-research-shows
#pollution #environment #climate
bocvip, Spain turns cemeteries into solar powerhouses, aims 440,000 kW by 2030 | Put together, the cemeteries within city limits will generate 440,000 kW of electricity every year. https://www.bocvip.com/476035/spain-turns-cemeteries-into-solar-powerhouses-aims-440000-kw-by-2030-put-together-the-cemeteries-within-city-limits-will-generate-440000-kw-of-electricity-every-year/ #environment
ChrisMayLA6, Research by both Deloitte & the EIB (quoted by Pilita Clark, FT) suggests young entrants to the workforce are increasingly guided in their choice of prospective employers by employers' environmental stance.... with 20% saying they've changed jobs due to employers' green record.
As Clark concludes:
'Companies do not have to take climate action seriously. But if they don’t, they might find it increasingly hard to hire — and keep — all the younger workers they need'!
Snoro, Climate Change is Fueling the Loss of Indigenous Languages That Could Be Crucial to Combating It
Climate-related migration and seasonal changes are forcing Indigenous peoples to leave their native regions—and leave behind the languages tied to them
These languages often hold secrets to the inner workings of the planet, from the best times to plant certain crops to the healing properties of critical medicinal plants
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062024/todays-climate-indigenous-language-loss/
Faster decomposition could exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions, threaten biodiversity
KimPerales, To save the🌎, #VoteBlue:
In my lifetime > 80% of all the wild animals on Earth have vanished; >1M species are on the verge of extinction. Since 1970, N America has lost ~1/3 of all our birds. Scientists have declared an insect apocalypse: As that “bottom of our food chain” vanishes, & it’s pollinators with it, threatens...
Humans, & animals raised by humans for food, are now the dominant species on Earth; 96% of all mammals left: us & livestock...
#Environment #Climate https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-loss-of-insects-a-desperate-7fe
Vaniaji, @KimPerales This is the saddest news I read today. I really don’t like insects but know their contributions. We are noticing the same thing here in Maryland. The birds are disappearing and the insects are too. Rachel Carson’s prediction is here. 😔😔😔
TheConversationUS, Mount Everest has a massive trash problem, thanks to the some 400 to 500 climbers that attempt to summit it every year.
New efforts and innovative strategies could solve the sky-high waste management problem.
Photo: Horses grazing through trash in the shadow of Mt Everest 🏔️ Taken by Martin Edström, on Instagram at @martinedstrom.
madeindex, If you haven't yet you should probably watch #Koyaanisqatsi 👍
- Doesn't matter if you care about the #environment or not, this #movie offers a stunning perspective on modern society. It's a groundbreaking #film that pioneered many things! 🎞️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi#GodfreyReggio the #director is an extremely interesting person as well:
He used to be a #monk who "...spent 14 years in silence and prayer during his training." & went on to become a #documentarian 🎥
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Reggio
RL_Dane, One of my favorites. I saw a part of it around 1990, and watched the entire thing around 1993.
Incredibly underrated, this is the first time I've seen someone else mention it in decades.
madeindex, It can be a bit slow in the start 😅 - Best to watch it alone.
Absolutely underrated & too unknown 👍
Same, amazing that there are other people who know & appreciate it! 🤞
dynode, I don't throw away #compactfluorescent lamps but "burn" them in my #turtle dwellings. They give off sufficient light and provide some heat as well. Currently one CFL has been consumed, have a box full of them. #ewaste #environment
stux, #Bee extinction: Why we're saving the wrong #bees
Think #honeybees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better?
Think again. Here's why they're the bad boys of the bee world, and what we should be focusing on instead.
We're destroying our #environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way.
TheDutchChief, @stux @MarcoWam Weer klokken en klepels enzo. eind jaren veertig waren er bijna 50.000 imkers in Nederland en leefden er ook nog vele wilde kolonies in schoorstenen en holle bomen. Na een dieptepunt een jaar of 15 terug waren er nog 5.000 imkers en door varoa-mijt nog nauwelijks wilde volken over. Ook hier geldt weer, als de natuur op orde was was er überhaupt geen probleem met wilde bijen. Dat kun je de honingbijen niet aanrekenen.
Wen, (edited ) Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps
Not while profits are to be made by those who will not be alive anyway in 30 years time.
cbarbermd, A new report says Tyson plants dumped more than 371 million pounds of pollutants into U.S. waterways between 2018 and 2022.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/wastewater-from-tyson-meat-processing-plants-is-polluting-u-s-waterways-report-says #environment
bicmay, "For years, oil refineries across the country have pumped out dangerous levels of benzene, a toxic chemical that can cause leukemia and other blood cancers.
But in a rare example of environmental progress, benzene emissions from nearly all of those refineries have recently plummeted due to strong federal regulations and oversight, according to a new analysis by a watchdog group."
#PublicHealth #environment #EPA #benzene #air #pollution #neighborhoods
sortius, This is why I have zero respect for Greenpeace.
A crop that could save 250k-500k children in the global south, and because it's openly GM, unlike all the rice, wheat, and barley, varieties that are available in the global north (Calrose, Amaroo, etc), Greenpeace are opposed to it.
Nothing sadder than a rich white environmentalist screaming at the global south that "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" #environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/greenpeace-blocks-planting-of-lifesaving-golden-rice-philippines
sortius, @santiago @mos_8502 yeh, if you read why they did it, there's just no market for them to comercialise it in the global north as they don't have Vitamin A deficiencies, and I'm guessing trying to commercialise it in the global south would give them less (tax) benefit than using it for humanitarian uses.
Honestly, it's a debate worth having, but I'm always going to be against kneejerk stuff like Greenpeace have been doing to these rice and wheat crops (from 2013): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-20/scientists-speak-out-against-vandalism-of-gm-rice/4970626
santiago, @sortius @mos_8502 I read that it is not a viable product in rich countries today. Just on the long term I think governments should have assurances a corporation will not change its mind once everyone is dependent and start charging emerging countries.
If it’s truly humanitarian governments should nationalize these (supposedly commercially worthless) patents. I just can’t believe a large corporation can do anything with “no plans”. We’ll see in 20 years…
andycarolan, If anyone has a project that they are working on for #environment #sustainability #plasticreduction or #veganism, and need an digital designer/illustrator, I would love to hear from you.
I find this type of project incredibly rewarding to work on, as they do have potential to encourage us to make better, more sustainable choices.
ChrisMayLA6, So the Environmental Agency, is embarrassed to reveal the true state of our environment...
They find it difficult to answer prescient questions from NGOs with significant expertise (the implications being, better informed that the EA staff) & (it would seem) would like the NGO's Q.s to be more simply put to help EA staff offer better answers?
If you wanted a picture of a failing regulatory agency this would be it....
KimSJ, @Simon318ppm @zleap @ChrisMayLA6 Indeed. Regulators must be empowered to levy fines which make failing to meet obligations massively uneconomic. Without that power, regulation has no teeth.
zleap, @KimSJ @Simon318ppm @ChrisMayLA6
Report in paper today abiout some TikTok trend where people go around sucker punching (iow assault) people.
Time TinkTok was fined, those who carry out those finds are sued and ordered to pay crippling lawsuits and told to blame their own stupidity, oh and the person starting the trend should also be sued.and ordered to pay costs of BOTH sides.
If regulators can't deal with the, platforms, those causing problems should be dealt with through the civil courts.
These platforms can be a force for good, and we should
MaQuest, "They do it because they are frightened. They are worried about revealing the true state of what’s going on.." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/24/uks-environment-agency-chief-admits-regulator-buries-freedom-of-information-requests #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #UK #Water
Scientists say they’ve found a way to recycle cement from demolished concrete buildings.
GeorgeCzernuszka, The chief of UK’s Environment Agency admits that the regulator buries freedom of information requests.
Speaking at the UK River Summit, Philip Duffy said officials do not want to reveal the true embarrassing environmental picture.
#EA #UKEA #Rivers #WaterQuality #FreedomOfInformation #Environment
Dozens of rivers and streams in Alaska are turning rusty orange, a likely consequence of thawing permafrost, a new study finds.
jsrailton, (edited ) Reading this🧵? Your blood probably contains some amount of toxic #foreverchemicals made by #3m
Enough to spike your risk of cancers & illnesses?
Without a blood test, you have no idea.
Why is their toxin running in your veins?
Well, 3M & #dupont kept the harms secret even as their toxins were incorporated into...everything.
From french fry bags to chairs.
They gaslit their own scientists.
& regularly dumped, creating toxic zones. 1/
https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
jsrailton, 2/ Risks from #foreverchemicals include Diabetes, obesity, testicular #cancer, developmental delays...
Some researchers think that anyone exposed to these chemicals will have an elevated cancer risk.
At ANY concentration.
Since scientists estimate that we ALL have at least one of these forever chemicals in our blood...
That would be all of us.
jsrailton, 3/ If the "we are all at risk of cancer" from #foreverchemicals framing for some reason doesn't bug you, consider the taxpayer costs.
Numbers are staggering.
$64 billion in estimated increased disease burden in a single year.
Meanwhile #3M makes $1.5 billion a year from making the stuff.
And 16,000 of 3M's products still contain the chemical.
While company pledges to wind down manufacture. They haven't stopped.
To date, 3m has not admitted wrongdoing and faced no criminal liability
An international tribunal on Tuesday delivered a decision that green groups and leaders of small island nations celebrated as a “groundbreaking victory for ocean and climate protection."
perkinsy, "The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea rules carbon dioxide is an ocean pollutant"
#environment #oceans #ClimateChange
Microplastics have been found in human testicles, with researchers saying the discovery might be linked to declining sperm counts in men.