News: Archive for April, 2021
‘…Republicans like to frame climate action as a threat to traditional American identity — an assault on the things that make us who we are. The recent GOP-induced panic over red meat is a perfect example.’
Source: Republicans are framing climate action as ‘un-American’ in the most genius way
What self-respecting journalist would miss a chance to post from a White House brief without edit or commentary?
‘On the first day of the summit, President Biden upped the ante. He announced the United States will target reducing emissions by 50-52 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. He underscored America’s commitment to leading a clean energy revolution and creating good-paying, union jobs – noting that the countries that take decisive action now will reap the economic benefits of the future.’
Source: FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate | The White House
‘Conservatives are lying about climate change again. The subject this time is red meat, and the lie is that President Joe Biden is planning to limit individual consumption of it by 90 percent over the next decade.’
Source: Prepare for meat war – HEATED
‘Giant kelp is among the best organisms on the planet for taking planet-warming gases out of the atmosphere. Buoyed by small, gas-filled bulbs called “bladders,” these huge algae grow toward the ocean surface at a pace of up to two feet per day. Their flexible stems and leafy blades form a dense underwater canopy that can store 20 times as much carbon as an equivalent expanse of terrestrial trees.’
Source: Protect biodiversity to fight climate change – The Washington Post
‘President Biden on Thursday declared America “has resolved to take action” on climate change and called on world leaders to significantly accelerate their own plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or risk a disastrous collective failure to stop catastrophic climate change.’
‘The teenage activist, citing concerns about global vaccine inequality, said she would not attend the meeting “unless everyone can take part on the same terms.”’
Source: Greta Thunberg Says She’ll Skip U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow – The New York Times
Your house is on fire alert:
‘For the first time in recorded history, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, or CO2, was measured at more than 420 parts per million at the Mauna Loa Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii. It’s a disconcerting milestone in the human-induced warming of the planet, around the halfway point on our path toward doubling preindustrial CO2 levels.’
Source: Carbon dioxide is halfway to doubling pre-industrial levels – The Washington Post