Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
For $4.2 million, the administration had just sold off the first 561 acres of Blue and Gold, an estimated 83,259 trees.
They’re selling off rights to log (miscategorized) old growth forest for an average of Fifty. Fucking. Dollars. Per. Tree. That’s damn near free.
This is just like the oil. If its legally allowed they can't deny permits for individual companies as that would be playing favorites. The areas have to be protected and not allow for plans to be made to begin with. That is what democrats do but its hard and republicans take that status away. ugh folks are stupid.
Damn I was hoping they were better on this than British Columbia.
The spotted owls had long known of the impending demolition of Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger...The last ever message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to hoot "The Star-Spangled Banner", but in fact the message was this: "So Long, and Thanks for All the Mice."