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affectingchange retweeted
Ever notice how nearly every climate denial argument fall into just one of FIVE categories?
But here's the twist: they all share ONE goal - preventing action.
So don't be distracted: debunk briefly, then pivot immediately to positive, constructive solutions for a better world.
ALT An AI-generated image summarizing the 5 flavours of climate denial: it's not real, it's not us, it's not bad, we can't fix it, and it's too late.
affectingchange retweeted
And the Darwin award for most consistent stupidity whilst wearing the emperor's new clothes goes to …
The whole of humanity.
(You thought it was Donald Trump, didn't you?)
imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/20…
Stupid humans
WTAF
Tax-payer funded subsidies from governments to support fossil fuel consumption >$1 trillion in 2022 - @IEA
What global climate crisis?
Stupid humans
#stupidism
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affectingchange retweeted
Who will help me fund some CFD modelling that will vastly increase infection control in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Canada? It will also increase energy efficiency and save tonnes of carbon.
#CovidIsNotOver #ClimateEmergency
COVID-19 is the third-leading cause of death in Canada, but it’s older people who are dying. That we accept this and carry on as if the pandemic is over reveals our ageism: We don’t value older people, says @machealthsci’s Dawn Bowdish. | @McMasterIIDR ow.ly/ar1r50NzSxY
affectingchange retweeted
CO’s new building code could lay the foundation for the next generation of clean, #EnergyEfficient buildings that could support an #AllElectric future.⚡️
Check out what #AmericaIsAllIn member @Arapahoe_Basin has to say about it in our latest news article: americaisallin.com/colorados…
affectingchange retweeted
Big takeaways from the @IPCC_CH report released today
"The choices and actions implemented in this decade will have impacts now and for thousands of years"
ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/
An ongoing 🧵 on key messages from the report
affectingchange retweeted
I’ll be running for mayor of Toronto. Together, we can create an affordable, equitable, sustainable city, a Toronto for Everyone. Please share.
affectingchange retweeted
Offering adequate supports for food and housing security, as well as homecare and accessibility needs always needs to take priority over MAiD.
#AidNotMAiD #EndDisabilityPoverty
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affectingchange retweeted
Remember:
1. we're at staggering >417 ppm of atmospheric CO₂
2. aerosols are temporarily hiding the true extent of global warming
3. emissions & rainforest fragmentation are reaching record levels
4. 2°C in the 2030s looms
Ignoring reality makes emergency action impossible.
affectingchange retweeted
Remember:
C CO₂
O Oil
L Loss of Forest
L Landfills
A Aerosols
P Pesticides
S Sea Level Rise
E Extinction
O Overfishing
F Fossil Fuels
C Corporate Media
I Ice Loss
V Vested Interests
I Inequality
L Lies
I Injustice
S Soil Damage
A Arctic Heat
T Tsunamis
I Industry
O Oil
N NOₓ
affectingchange retweeted
Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening.
Climate protection is not a crime.
#LuetziBleibt #LuetziLebt #KeepItInTheGround #ClimateJustice
affectingchange retweeted
An ‘insulated’ floor above a garage from a house built in the UK in 2021
I’m speechless
Posted on reddit reddit.com/r/DIYUK/comments/…
affectingchange retweeted
So you assume the incumbent has a lock on TO's mayoral race? Vote anyway. Even if you just want city park bathrooms to stay open past Thanksgiving. Vote Gil Penalosa for mayor. I did. @Penalosa_G
affectingchange retweeted
Meanwhile, in other news...
January 2020 was the warmest January on record, February the second warmest, March 2020 "on par" with the second & third warmest.
2020 is already setting out as one of the warmest on record, certainly without an El Niño...
mashable.com/article/climate…
affectingchange retweeted
Congrats @climatesmart! One of their initiatives includes replacing the heating and cooling systems in the East Hampton Condominiums in Ajax. #LowCarbon 👏
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affectingchange retweeted
Remember:
1. CO₂ level same as 3M yrs ago
2. Arctic will be ice free by 2022
3. Amazon Rainforest? Dying
4. Great Barrier Reef? Dying
5. Most species extinct by 2099
6. Empty oceans by 2048
7. No top soil after 2073
8. ~96% of Mammal Biomass is Human, Pig or Cow
System Change!
affectingchange retweeted
New study: if we stop emissions immediately, Arctic still warms 5C/9F by century's end. We're not stopping global warming any more; we're fighting like hell for a level that civilizations might survive. #ClimateStrike theguardian.com/environment/…
