Leave it to the kids of Montana, and thanks for those that wrote it's constitutional amendment. A great story about those who wrote it. Hugs all around. I know it's just a start.
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Still a month away from historical Antarctic sea ice maxima, but yikes:
Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis
Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis
mspohr
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Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’
The last time methane in the air rose so fast, Greenland warmed by 10°C within decades.
theconversation.com
Methane was about 0.7 parts per million (ppm) of the air before humans began burning fossil fuels. Now it is over 1.9 ppm and rising fast. Roughly three-fifths of emissions come from fossil fuel use, farming, landfills and waste. The remainder is from natural sources, especially vegetation rotting in tropical and northern wetlands. Methane is both a driver and a messenger of climate change. We don’t know why it is now rising so rapidly, but the pattern of growth since late 2006 resembles how methane behaved during great flips in Earth’s climate in the distant past.
In glacial terminations, the entire climate system reorganises. In the past, this took Earth out of stable ice age climates and into warm inter-glacials. But we are already in a warm interglacial. What comes next is hard to imagine: loss of sea ice in the Arctic in summer, thinning or partial collapse of the ice caps in Greenland and West Antarctica, reorganisation of the Atlantic’s ocean currents and the poleward expansion of tropical weather circulation patterns. The consequences, both for the biosphere in general and food production in south and east Asia and parts of Africa in particular, would be very significant
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’
The last time methane in the air rose so fast, Greenland warmed by 10°C within decades.
We don’t know why it is now rising so rapidly, but the pattern of growth since late 2006 resembles how methane behaved during great flips in Earth’s climate in the distant past.
Hm... terraforming in preparation for The Arrival?
Did not know that Montana's founders were 'so woke'. LOL
CyberGus
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I was in upstate NY recently and saw many "STOP THE SOLAR" signs, which stems from NY's streamlining of permits for renewables. This has many worried about the loss of farmland, or disturbing graves on tribal lands.
But that got me thinking: why don't we cover all the cemeteries with solar canopies? The well-marked graves are easily avoided, no one can complain that it's ugly because it already looks like a cemetery, and the interred certainly won't mind. Plus, no more funerals in the rain, those are sad AF
NY created an agency to OK wind and solar projects quickly. Upstate towns aren't happy
Upstate New York towns pushed back after the state tried to speed the approval of wind and solar projects
www.lohud.com
But that got me thinking: why don't we cover all the cemeteries with solar canopies? The well-marked graves are easily avoided, no one can complain that it's ugly because it already looks like a cemetery, and the interred certainly won't mind. Plus, no more funerals in the rain, those are sad AF
nwdiver
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I could have used that last week at a cemetery in Iowa where it was 99 degrees and high humidity!I was in upstate NY recently and saw many "STOP THE SOLAR" signs, which stems from NY's streamlining of permits for renewables. This has many worried about the loss of farmland, or disturbing graves on tribal lands.
NY created an agency to OK wind and solar projects quickly. Upstate towns aren't happy
Upstate New York towns pushed back after the state tried to speed the approval of wind and solar projectswww.lohud.com
But that got me thinking: why don't we cover all the cemeteries with solar canopies? The well-marked graves are easily avoided, no one can complain that it's ugly because it already looks like a cemetery, and the interred certainly won't mind. Plus, no more funerals in the rain, those are sad AF
Well not really a big surprise there...These cuts include $7.8 billion from the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund which supports investments for disadvantaged communities and the creation of high-paying jobs. Republicans cut $1.4 billion intended to address environmental health impacts in underserved communities.
CyberGus
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mspohr
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Alarm at exodus of climate voices on Twitter after Musk takeover
Half of regular green tweeters abandoned platform after its sale and cuts to moderation, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
Half of people regularly tweeting about the climate and nature crises abandoned Twitter after it was taken over by Elon Musk, according to new analysis.
Reports have found rising climate change dis- and misinformation on the platform and a dramatic increase in hate speech. Scientists and others told the Guardian in December that there had been a surge in debunked climate change denialist talking points on Twitter since the Musk takeover.
mspohr
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Washington can’t get a climate pact. Gavin Newsom just cut another one.
California's role as a shadow climate negotiator is only becoming more important as geopolitical tensions rise.
www.politico.com
The most effective U.S. negotiator on international climate cooperation right now isn’t in Washington. It’s California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose new pacts with China and other major polluters are cementing the Golden State’s role as a climate policy power broker.
Enter the world’s fifth-largest economy, which has long been using its firm political consensus on climate change as a platform to broker international agreements with foreign allies and adversaries alike. California’s role as a de facto shadow government on climate diplomacy is only becoming more important as geopolitical tensions rise and Congress remains riven over China’s role in the green transition, officials say.
State Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin, with Newsom standing by, signed an agreement earlier this month with the Chinese province of Hainan to work together on phasing out fossil fuel vehicles, improving energy efficiency in buildings and enforcing air pollution and greenhouse gas rules, among other areas. The memo came on the heels of another agreement Newsom signed in April renewing a Jerry Brown-era partnership with China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment to encourage policy and academic exchanges.The administration is also inking a pact on climate and energy with Australia on Tuesday. The deal, to be signed in Sacramento with Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd, focuses on clean energy and emissions reductions, with a special emphasis on bolstering resilience to wildfire, heat and drought, which both Australia and California have suffered increasingly from in recent years.
I was in upstate NY recently and saw many "STOP THE SOLAR" signs, which stems from NY's streamlining of permits for renewables. This has many worried about the loss of farmland, or disturbing graves on tribal lands.
NY created an agency to OK wind and solar projects quickly. Upstate towns aren't happy
Upstate New York towns pushed back after the state tried to speed the approval of wind and solar projectswww.lohud.com
But that got me thinking: why don't we cover all the cemeteries with solar canopies? The well-marked graves are easily avoided, no one can complain that it's ugly because it already looks like a cemetery, and the interred certainly won't mind. Plus, no more funerals in the rain, those are sad AF
In many cities cemeteries provide valuable green space.
However, if there is a solar-covered, biogas-generating corpse processor, I'd be happy to have my corpse dumped there when I die.
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mspohr
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Fossil fuel firms move to dismiss climate lawsuit in Hawaii as Maui faces wildfires
In 2020, Honolulu officials had sued eight oil and gas companies over the steep costs of abating damages from extreme weather
www.theguardian.com
Hawaii’s supreme court on Thursday will hear attempts by fossil fuel companies to dismiss a climate accountability lawsuit. The hearing comes as the deadly fires in Maui capture global headlines.
“If the truth had been known about climate change, if the truth had been allowed to be known by big oil, Hawaii might have had a different future,” she said. Though the climate crisis was not the sole cause of the record-breaking fires, she added, it “set the table” for the destruction by fueling unusually hot, dry, flammable conditions. Fires are just one form of extreme weather the Honolulu case says is plaguing the city and county. Other climate-related public nuisances, including flooding, sea level rise, heatwaves and drought, are together costing the city billions and putting residents and property at risk, the lawsuit says.
Vegas tend to be 5-10F 'cooler' than Phoenix. Probably have the same problem in a few years.
We have days where planes cannot fly... hot air not dense enough to provide lift.
Same here in Oregon. Proposed Muddy Creek solar park gets Brownsville audience worked upI was in upstate NY recently and saw many "STOP THE SOLAR" signs, which stems from NY's streamlining of permits for renewables. This has many worried about the loss of farmland, or disturbing graves on tribal lands.
NY created an agency to OK wind and solar projects quickly. Upstate towns aren't happy
Upstate New York towns pushed back after the state tried to speed the approval of wind and solar projectswww.lohud.com
But that got me thinking: why don't we cover all the cemeteries with solar canopies? The well-marked graves are easily avoided, no one can complain that it's ugly because it already looks like a cemetery, and the interred certainly won't mind. Plus, no more funerals in the rain, those are sad AF
Much of the push back from locals is they are afraid that the land they lease will cost more. They don't come out and say that, even saying it will hare the environment, which is almost funny, most don't give a damn about that even if it was true.
Proposal for Oregon’s first large-scale solar park and farm meets opposition • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Muddy Creek Energy Park would be the first solar facility in Linn County and be built on valuable farmland.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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