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Green New Deal
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navguy12
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After the Haitians threw out the French in 1803, the US applied every trick in the book to ensure "another black republic" did not thrive in "the new world".
IMO, the results of those (embargo) actions continue to haunt Haiti to this day...
Not just the US.
All the slave holding nations applied sanctions on Haiti. Haiti was saddled with the debt which they had to pay back. The price of each and every person who was a slave had to be repaid to the French.
The battle for a Green Recovery
Gas ‘completely dominated’ discussion about Covid-19 recovery, commission adviser says
Gas ‘completely dominated’ discussion about Covid-19 recovery, commission adviser says
A member of a government Covid-19 recovery taskforce has rejected the overwhelming focus on gas as the path out of recession, saying the country risked ending up with stranded fossil fuel infrastructure and should be doing more to back renewable energy.
He said Australia, as a resource rich country, had “enormous opportunities” to create employment in clean energy industries, including wind, solar, pumped hydro energy, green hydrogen and lithium batteries.
Several countries, including many within the European Union, Canada and South Korea, have promised green recovery measures. But an analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance suggested the majority of stimulus money announced by governments would prop up the fossil fuel economy.
Gas ‘completely dominated’ discussion about Covid-19 recovery, commission adviser says
Gas ‘completely dominated’ discussion about Covid-19 recovery, commission adviser says
A member of a government Covid-19 recovery taskforce has rejected the overwhelming focus on gas as the path out of recession, saying the country risked ending up with stranded fossil fuel infrastructure and should be doing more to back renewable energy.
He said Australia, as a resource rich country, had “enormous opportunities” to create employment in clean energy industries, including wind, solar, pumped hydro energy, green hydrogen and lithium batteries.
Several countries, including many within the European Union, Canada and South Korea, have promised green recovery measures. But an analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance suggested the majority of stimulus money announced by governments would prop up the fossil fuel economy.
Merrill
Merrill
Guess what, that is what the US will do because the dodo in charge gets money from the fossil fuel industry. He is not bright enough to see the writing on the wall.
Unfortunately the vast wealth of oil and gas corrupts everything everywhere.
I recommend "Blowout" by Rachel Maddow for the complete history
Merrill
Merrill
Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature
Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature | Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira
We must embrace a just, healthy and green recovery, and kickstart a wider transformation towards a model that values nature as the foundation for a healthy society, and a well-resourced and equitable economy. This means shifting to more sustainable practices, such as regenerative and diversified agriculture and diets, sustainable animal farming, green urban spaces and clean forms of energy.
Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature | Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira
We must embrace a just, healthy and green recovery, and kickstart a wider transformation towards a model that values nature as the foundation for a healthy society, and a well-resourced and equitable economy. This means shifting to more sustainable practices, such as regenerative and diversified agriculture and diets, sustainable animal farming, green urban spaces and clean forms of energy.
World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert
World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert
The world has only six months in which to change the course of the climate crisis and prevent a post-lockdown rebound in greenhouse gas emissions that would overwhelm efforts to stave off climate catastrophe, one of the world’s foremost energy experts has warned.
“This year is the last time we have, if we are not to see a carbon rebound,” said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.
The next three years will determine the course of the next 30 years and beyond,” Birol told the Guardian. “If we do not [take action] we will surely see a rebound in emissions. If emissions rebound, it is very difficult to see how they will be brought down in future. This is why we are urging governments to have sustainable recovery packages.”
World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert
The world has only six months in which to change the course of the climate crisis and prevent a post-lockdown rebound in greenhouse gas emissions that would overwhelm efforts to stave off climate catastrophe, one of the world’s foremost energy experts has warned.
“This year is the last time we have, if we are not to see a carbon rebound,” said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.
The next three years will determine the course of the next 30 years and beyond,” Birol told the Guardian. “If we do not [take action] we will surely see a rebound in emissions. If emissions rebound, it is very difficult to see how they will be brought down in future. This is why we are urging governments to have sustainable recovery packages.”
Environmental justice means racial justice, say activists
Environmental justice means racial justice, say activists
Tackling systemic racism is fundamental to achieving environmental and climate justice, according to leading activists, as Covid-19 disparities and the global uprising against police brutality lay bare the ramifications of racial inequalities in every sphere of life.
Environmental justice means racial justice, say activists
Tackling systemic racism is fundamental to achieving environmental and climate justice, according to leading activists, as Covid-19 disparities and the global uprising against police brutality lay bare the ramifications of racial inequalities in every sphere of life.
Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official
Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official
She said there were “very, very clear connections” between the Covid-19 and climate crises, and the Black Lives Matter protests around the world, which she said had helped to reveal deep-seated inequalities and “endemic and structural racism”.
“We have seen illustrated to everyone that social inequality issues are part of the sustainable development agenda,” Kingo said.
Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official
She said there were “very, very clear connections” between the Covid-19 and climate crises, and the Black Lives Matter protests around the world, which she said had helped to reveal deep-seated inequalities and “endemic and structural racism”.
“We have seen illustrated to everyone that social inequality issues are part of the sustainable development agenda,” Kingo said.
Tesla Mega Project with SCE!
Tesla secures massive new Megapack project that replaces gas peaker plant - Electrek
Tesla secures massive new Megapack project that replaces gas peaker plant - Electrek
Jevons Paradox - Resilience
English economist William Stanley Jevons gets credit for being the first to point all this out. In 1865, Jevons found that as each new steam engine design made the use of coal more efficient, Britain used more coal overall, not less.
These efficiency improvements made coal cheaper, because steam engines, including the ones used to pump water out of coal mines, required less coal to produce a given amount of useful energy. Yet increasingly efficient steam engines made coal more valuable too, since so much useful energy could be produced from a given amount of coal.
That might be the real paradox: the ability to use a resource more efficiently makes it both cheaper and more valuable at the same time.
Of course, we must also be skeptical of the maximizing mentality that considers efficiency and more to be good things as such. Collectively limiting ourselves offers not just an escape from capitalism’s endless loops of efficiency and growth; it also provides the constraints necessary to imagine and act out new ideas about what makes the good life, as well as revive and protect traditional lifeways.
For many communities around the world, a global project to limit resource use could bring liberation from pollution, exploitation, and the one-way path toward Western-style development. To them, limits do not mean reductions or sacrifice but an opportunity to pursue goals other than growth.
Efficiency makes growth. But limits make creativity.
English economist William Stanley Jevons gets credit for being the first to point all this out. In 1865, Jevons found that as each new steam engine design made the use of coal more efficient, Britain used more coal overall, not less.
These efficiency improvements made coal cheaper, because steam engines, including the ones used to pump water out of coal mines, required less coal to produce a given amount of useful energy. Yet increasingly efficient steam engines made coal more valuable too, since so much useful energy could be produced from a given amount of coal.
That might be the real paradox: the ability to use a resource more efficiently makes it both cheaper and more valuable at the same time.
Of course, we must also be skeptical of the maximizing mentality that considers efficiency and more to be good things as such. Collectively limiting ourselves offers not just an escape from capitalism’s endless loops of efficiency and growth; it also provides the constraints necessary to imagine and act out new ideas about what makes the good life, as well as revive and protect traditional lifeways.
For many communities around the world, a global project to limit resource use could bring liberation from pollution, exploitation, and the one-way path toward Western-style development. To them, limits do not mean reductions or sacrifice but an opportunity to pursue goals other than growth.
Efficiency makes growth. But limits make creativity.
The weekend read: A green road to recovery
In 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal, under which it aims to become climate-neutral by 2050. In May of this year, the commission also unveiled a new instrument to fund the bloc’s recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, in line with the Green Deal principles. This reinforced the drive for renewables investment. pv magazine examines what the latest developments mean for solar.
A key tool behind the EU Green Deal is the so-called Just Transition Mechanism (JTM), which aims to finance the continent’s transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050. The mechanism will provide “targeted support to help mobilize at least €100 billion over the 2021-27 period in the most affected regions, to alleviate the socioeconomic impact of the transition,” says the European Commission (EC).
In 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal, under which it aims to become climate-neutral by 2050. In May of this year, the commission also unveiled a new instrument to fund the bloc’s recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, in line with the Green Deal principles. This reinforced the drive for renewables investment. pv magazine examines what the latest developments mean for solar.
A key tool behind the EU Green Deal is the so-called Just Transition Mechanism (JTM), which aims to finance the continent’s transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050. The mechanism will provide “targeted support to help mobilize at least €100 billion over the 2021-27 period in the most affected regions, to alleviate the socioeconomic impact of the transition,” says the European Commission (EC).
TheTalkingMule
Distributed Energy Enthusiast
We are headed from scarcity to sustainable abundance. Highlighting some vague need to limit consumption is erroneous and counter-productive IMO.
Shift to EVs. Go solar. Eat a less red meat so you don't die and enjoy it more when you do have it. All these things are beneficial and fun.
Switching to cold showers and making yachts illegal is unnecessary and decidedly not fun.
Shift to EVs. Go solar. Eat a less red meat so you don't die and enjoy it more when you do have it. All these things are beneficial and fun.
Switching to cold showers and making yachts illegal is unnecessary and decidedly not fun.
I like the concept of "Fully Automated Luxury Communism" (FALC) as much as you do but we need to be aware of excessive over-consumption's effect on the environment.
I don't think we need to take cold showers and I haven't heard of anyone making yachts illegal.
If we use fuel, we break them down into smaller molecules.
If we use material resources, they're still there in the waste, but maybe combined with something else.
To access it again we need recycling or synthesis. Either process takes energy.
The better humanity becomes at renewable energy, the better it becomes at resources.
JRP3
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We'll need to reach some sort of equilibrium before we ever stop consuming greater resources, and we're a long way from that.
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