Dame Emma Thompson backs Just Stop Oil as thousands join London nature march
"Dame #EmmaThompson, BBC presenter Chris Packham and actors Miranda Richardson and Iwan Rheon have backed the actions of Just Stop Oil, as they took part in a protest persuade politicians to prioritise nature and #climate.
They were among an estimated 60,000 people who marched in London to demand political action to tackle what they said was a “nature and climate crisis”."
In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how innovators from around the world are combining urban nature with emerging technologies, protecting the planet’s cities from the effects of climate change and safeguarding the health of their inhabitants.
Minnesota highway projects will need to consider climate impacts in planning
The state legislature expanded a 2023 law that will now require all major highway projects to account for and mitigate climate impacts before qualifying for state funding
In fact, the news from #WallStreet lately has mostly been about retreat from #climate goals, rather than recommitment. #Banks & asset managers are withdrawing from #international climate alliances & chafing at their rules. Regional banks are stepping up #lending to #FossilFuel producers. #Sustainable#investment funds have sustained crippling outflows, & many have collapsed.
Another group of young people have sued for their right to a clean and healthy world. In Hawaii this time, money for EVs, charging, new standards, oversight and a youth advioring council to MONITOR compliance with the Court Ruling.
YOU CAN DO THIS TOO!
Not Just in the US, Young People have won in Holland, Switzerland and Europe.
"Youth plaintiffs in Hawaii reach historic climate deal"
Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how much evidence is produced and in what form it is presented. The majority are not interested in #ClimateChange or even see it as an enemy to be fought against. And the #economy is incapable of change because in #neocapitalism everything is based on exploitation.
You may be interested to see the coverage of this worldwide poll:
"The Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024, the largest standalone survey on climate change attitudes to date, reveals that 80 percent of people worldwide are urging their governments to take stronger actions to combat the #climate crisis."
"Two dozen government agencies are unveiling updated plans for adapting to the changing #climate.
Broadly, these updated plans seek to expand the agencies’ focus on #ClimateRisks to their facilities and supply chains and the risks to federal employees"
Interactive map shows future #climate of your city based on #emissions scenarios
"For example, if you live in Washington, D.C., you would need to travel to northern Louisiana to experience what Washington, D.C., will feel like by 2080, where summers are expected to be 11.5°F warmer in 50 years. If you live in Shanghai, China, you would need to travel to northern Pakistan."
Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii
"#Hawaii officials have announced a “groundbreaking” legal settlement with a group of young #climate activists, which they said will force the state’s department of transportation to move more aggressively towards a zero-emission #transportation system."
Under 'historic' settlement, #Hawaii agrees to decarbonize the state's transportation - land, sea, air - by 2045. Young activists forced the agreement.
Hawaii agrees to settle youth climate change lawsuit
Under the settlement, Hawaii has agreed to develop a holistic roadmap to achieve zero carbon emissions in its transportation system by 2045 and give young people a seat at the table through a volunteer youth council, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said
If the scientists are "scared as hell," how should you and I be feeling?
Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Rose Abramoff, a scientist fired [for protesting] from her job at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, are among more than 1,000 activists taking to the streets in nearly 30 countries across the globe under the slogan “1.5C is dead, climate revolution now!” – a campaign led by Scientist Rebellion, an activist group of scientists, academics, and students committed to disruptive, nonviolent action to raise alarm over the global climate emergency.
“It’s like a nightmare,” says Kalmus, that world leaders, corporate leaders, and people on the street “don’t understand that we’re in an emergency, that everyone’s still acting like things are normal.”
While burning fossil fuels is responsible for 90% of carbon dioxide emissions, the International Monetary Fund estimates that the fossil fuel industry received $7 trillion in subsidies in 2022, a rate of $13 million a minute.
Both Kalmus and Abramoff are incredulous that the Biden administration, despite its proclaimed commitment to tackling the climate crisis, approved more than 3,000 new oil-drilling permits on federal land last year – 50% more than Donald Trump did in a comparable period during his first three years in office.
For Abramoff, activism is “an expression of love, hope, and community”, she writes in an email. “It has been an effective and lasting solution to climate anxiety for me, and has also given me the perspective I needed to be more joyful, fearless, and inclusive when it comes to work, family, and living on Earth.”
Global Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Stronger Climate Action, Unity Among Nations
"The Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024, the largest standalone survey on climat change attitudes to date, reveals that 80 percent of people worldwide are urging their governments to take stronger actions to combat the #climate crisis.
The survey engaged over 75,000 individuals across 77 countries, representing 87 percent of the global population."
Seems they had to scurry to fit a round \peg\ law into the square hole of this hack:
"Essex police said two women were arrested in a private area of London Stansted Airport on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure."
Climate protesters have doused Stonehenge in orange paint on the eve of the summer solstice... (19th June, 2024)
Two Just Stop Oil activists began spraying rocks at the ancient site at around midday, just one day before thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the site to celebrate the longest day of the year. The group took action to draw attention to their demand that next government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
@archaeohistories The cause of stopping climate change is essential but this seems extremely unhelpful and counterproductive, @JustStopOil What if one of these stunts does permanent damage? Matter of time if it hasn't happened already... this only HARMS public support. Target the actual problem, the fossil fuel industry, instead. #climate