This PBS Newshour article explains what the effect is of the wealthy on carbon emissions. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/this-study-calculated-the-carbon-emissions-of-getting-rich
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category:
2023-08-26 ‘Thank You Big Oil’ Campaign Targets Fossil Fuel Companies
A billboard campaign. “Thank You, Big Oil” Campaign Targets Fossil Fuel Companies
2023-08-19 Electric Vehicle Batteries – What Happens To Them
Electric car batteries and all other lithium batteries are processed into ‘black mass’ at this Li-Cycle facility in Gilbert AZ. 95% of the batteries is recycled into inert, mostly plastic waste, copper and other heavy metals, and black mass where the lithium, cobalt and other valuable minerals are. The process starts with shredding the batteries
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2023-08-18 ?16 Years Into Termination Event Could End Ice Age?
The spike in atmospheric methane could be very similar to what has happened eons ago, an abrupt end to an ice age. The methane emissions from tropical wetlands, mainly in Africa, have been soaring since 2006. https://www.space.com/climate-change-termination-event-end-ice-age
2023-08-18 Wealthiest 10% Are Source Of 40% Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Quote: “”The wealthiest tenth of U.S. households are the source of 40 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published in the journal PLOS Climate.”” Quote: “”The wealthiest 1 percent of households were responsible for between 15 percent and 17 percent of emissions.”” 40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households:
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2023-08-09 “We Are Damned Fools” James Hansen
Quotes: “” James Hansen & The Sounds Of Silence Hansen’s words fell on deaf ears. His warnings spawned a movement populated by opportunists, know-nothings, charlatans, and committed climate deniers like that consummate jackass James Inhofe, a senator who once brought a snowball into the well of the Senate to “prove” that climate change was a
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2023-08-07 Zettajoules, Climate Change, Sen. Whitehouse
Sen. Whitehouse lectures about how bad it’s going to get.
2023-08-04 Climate Change Episode of PBS Newshour
Also has some current poll stats of how important the country thinks climate change is.
2023-08-02 Researchers Link EVs With Better Air Quality & Health
This is just the early beginning of improvements in air quality and improved health. We just need to hurry up the changeover about a dozen times faster. Researchers Link Electric Cars With Better Air Quality & Improved Health
2023-07-21 Hornsea Wind Farm Builds Bird Nests For Kittiwakes
It’s a part of the ecological agreement for building the wind farms. In an industry first, artificial ‘bird nests’ have been built near an offshore wind farm
