Working on a session proposal for a conference, and they have #Taiwan, #HongKong and, most surprisingly, #Tibet listed as "countries" for registration.
St. Paul schools turn towards geothermal energy as Minnesota‘s climate shifts
And if students are uncomfortable, it’s difficult to focus on learning. A high school on the East Side of Saint Paul is wrapping up its first year with a new heating and cooling system that draws energy from the ground
Coastal communities in Cambodia are facing a double threat, from land and sea, as developers evict them from their homes and farms, and trawlers encroach on their nearshore fishing grounds.
Illegal fishing, chiefly embodied by rampant, unchecked trawling in protected and prohibited waters, has devastated fish stocks, trashed marine ecosystems and left coastal communities in dire poverty.
Indigenous peoples have been steadily warning about the impacts of renewable energy development on their lands and communities, but some see a way to harness this trend for the positive.
Experts say Indigenous communities can play a leading role in the clean energy transition through partnerships that allow them to produce and benefit from renewable energy projects.
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.
Claude the koala bypassed plant nursery security to munch the leaves of its baby trees again, highlighting the problems of land clearing for koalas. #koala#environment
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
“They’re going to let Mother Nature clean it up, and that’s a hell of a thing to say.”
From the archives, 2020: On the central #Texas coast, Lavaca Bay is already poisoned by mercury. Climate change will only make matters worse there—and at 944 other hazardous-waste sites across the country. https://www.texasobserver.org/superfund-texas/
This week's Featured Links post has links to articles about how an update to the Drake equation suggests we may be alone in the galaxy, how Hispanics in South Florida are fighting disinformation, will Musk's Starlink satellites lead to Kessler syndrome, and more.