The Court in the Hague has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030. The court accused them of violating Dutch law and European human rights. The landmark case was brought by Friends of the Earth and more than 17,000 co-plaintiffs. https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/26/court-orders-royal-dutch-shell-to-cut-carbon-emissions-by-45-by-2030 This news made it to all the major mainstream
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I had a disagreement with my high school friend about getting vaccinated. He’s an intelligent person but he thinks the enemy is the people who want everyone to be vaccinated. That’s where the problem lies. The antivaxxers are telling everyone they can that the enemy is Big Pharma and they’re after the patients’ money. They’re
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Bit of greenwashing here. It said 50% from technologies we haven’t invented yet. Well, how the hell do they know that if it doesn’t yet exist?? 🧐🙄😡 https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/16/half-of-emissions-cuts-will-come-from-future-tech-says-john-kerry
This this Andrew Clyde is representing his constituents?? What a buffoon! https://bit.ly/2R8zMQH
Yesterday, 2021 May 13, the director of the CDC issued new guidelines for mask wearing. For those who are fully vaccinated, the guidelines do not require wearing masks outside, except in crowds. Inside it’s similar. But those who are not fully vaccinated must still wear masks. However the CDC still defers to state and local
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<< Washington — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday ripped Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia for downplaying the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, calling his comments describing the insurrectionists as behaving like they were on a typical Capitol tour “sick” and “quite appalling.” >> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-riot-january-6-pelosi-andrew-clyde/ I think it would be best for
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said, “…frankly she doesn’t serve us well by causing division in our ranks.”
Capehart said the many restrictive state voter bills were a solution looking for a problem. He received comments that from the Republicans’ perspective, the restrictive voter bills were a solution to a problem. And that problem is there are too many Democrats voting. 😱😱😱 The Liz Cheney issue is also discussed. She is being removed
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Rep. Liz Cheney tweeted 10:27 AM May 3, 2021 “The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.” Cheney is become unpopular among the Republicans. For this statement, she will most likely lose the
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Here’s a TED read. It’s extremely important that the world cut CO2 equivalent emissions in half by 2030 and continue dropping after that. For the US it’s now at about 51 gigatons per year, and this needs to drop by half to 25 gigatons per year. The electricity sector needs to decarbonize in order to
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