Stop logging native forests in a climate and biodiversity emergency Pt 2

It is not ok to do industrial logging in a biodiversity crisis.
It is not ok to kill our atmosphere
It is not ok to kill the diversity of life on the planet.

Electrifying heavy-duty vehicles could reduce environmental inequalities
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-electrifying-heavy-duty-vehicles-environmental-inequalities.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01219-0
Camilleri, S.F., et al, Air quality, health and equity implications of electrifying heavy-duty vehicles, Nature Sustainability (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01219-0.

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-change/international-commitments
Australia is party to the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement came into force in 2016. It was a major step forward in international efforts to address climate chang

Climate Change Detection and Attribution?
https://archive.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch9s9-1-2.html

#FossiFuel #machinery #HDVs #trucks #pollution #exposure AirQuality #externalities #OneHealth #NSWLogging #logging #BellingLogging #Bellingen #RosesRoad #GlenifferRoad #Climate #GHG #SaveTuckersNob

Put power lines underground
In NSW trees are easily declared a ''safety risk to electrical assets” Trees and habitats are regularly vandalised with fossil fuels.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-07/essential-energy-apologises-removal-tree-morundah-hotel/102688344
#electricity #ugly #trees #wildlife #entanglement #habitat #FossiFuel#UndergroundingTransmissionInfrastructure now

Stop blaming the climate for disasters - Accept responsibility
"Disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability. We must acknowledge the human-made components of both vulnerability and hazard and emphasize human agency in order to proactively reduce disaster impacts.
Natural hazards such as floods, droughts and heatwaves become disasters as a result of societal vulnerability, that is, a propensity of people, societies and ecosystems to be harmed.
Here we argue that a discourse in which the role of human activity in disasters is clearly communicated—as opposed to blaming Nature or the Climate—will be more conducive to a proactive, equitable and ultimately successful approach to reducing impacts of disasters.
Pointing the finger at natural causes creates a politically convenient crisis narrative that is used to justify reactive disaster laws and policies"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00332-2
#Blame #floods #droughts #heatwaves #FossiFuel #DIY #Disasters #Climate #framing

A SUV (armoured vehicle) was unwilling to stop at the only pedestrian crossing today - a near fatal 'accident'.
Cavalcades of B-double trucks shooting through Bellingen #HydeStreet. A diesel generator pumping #FossiFuel to power the only traffic lights in #Bellingen. A forest of signs is ignored by all. Speeding of trucks and cars is not monitored on #RosesRd. It's the #WildWest... Roads are there to get 'stuff' out and smash a few more suburbs in.

Slow down at pedestrian crossings
https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/roads-safety-and-rules/stopping-giving-way-turning/pedestrian-crossings
#Roads #HydeStreet #Hyde #Traffic #Pedestrians reject #CarDependency #VillageHell #RoadAccidents
Image: There goes Bello #Biodiversity flying by on a truck on Hyde

RT @UCSUSA
The House is set to vote on H.R. 1, a bill full of giveaways to the #FossiFuel industry, including the increase fossil fuel production on public lands, scrap environmental protections, revive the Keystone XL Pipeline & more. Urge Congress to vote NO! https://act.ucsusa.org/3zdcGuj

Professor Davis said, “It is a relief to have the Crown Court recognise that our actions were not criminal, but rather constituted legitimate political protest. The true criminals are the #FossiFuel companies that are destroying our #climate in their ruthless drive to maximize profits, and the governments, including our own, that aid and abet this vandalism on a global scale."

Congrats, @XR_UK
#ExtinctionRebellion
https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2023/02/10/four-scientists-for-xr-vindicated-by-crown-court-following-appeal/

‘Hydrogen-ready’ boilers – a lifeline for fossil fuel heating in Europe – EURACTIV.com

“The problem is that a hydrogen-ready boiler is a #fossiFuel boiler as long as there is no #green #hydrogen to supply it. Currently only 0.04% of global hydrogen production is #greenHydrogen.”

#decarbonisation #greenwashing #ClimateBreakdown
#JustStopOil

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/hydrogen-ready-boilers-a-lifeline-for-fossil-fuel-heating-in-europe/

Some rare good news ("breaking" by Washington Post). #heatpump #fossifuel #disinformation

Heat pumps are defying Maine’s harsh winters and oil industry pushback
In the frigid Northeast, fossil fuel industry groups have launched a media campaign to sow doubts about electric heat pumps in the hope that Mainers will keep using oil and propane for heating. It isn’t working. Because of state incentives, heat pump sales are soaring, and many residents say the technology is keeping them warm and saving them money while reducing their climate footprint.

#TrevorHancock: Morgan's columns should come with a health warning

#FossiFuel advocate #GwynMorgan’s columns are an example of ‘discourses of delay,’ which argue that we need #OilAndGas to fuel our society and change is impossible — thus delaying action on #ClimateChange.

#ClimateDenialism

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/trevor-hancock-morgans-columns-should-come-with-a-health-warning-6452653

@VoicesofWentworth I wonder how many of these people are funded by the #fossifuel industry. Just watched https://youtu.be/FOi05zDO4yw and it seems that there is every likelihood that they are. The whole thing looks like delaying tactics from the people who knowingly put #lead in petrol, damaging the health of millions.

There are things in life, that arn’t possible to change. Is it maybe the case with #fossifuel consume? When I thought it was possible to leave it, became Covid, #RusiaUcrania #war and now #Europa burns #coal to heat our homes.
Hay cosas en la vida imposibles de cambiar. ¿Será que el consumo de #hidrocarburos es una de ellas? Cuando yo creía que se estaba logrando, apreció el #Covid, Rusia invadiendo a Ucrania y ahora Europa entera, en especial Alemania quemando carbón.
¿Será imposible detenerlo?

There’s things in life, that arn’t possible to change. It is maybe the case with #fossifuel consume? When I thought it was possible to leave it, became Covid, #RusiaUcrania #war and now #Europa burns #coal to heat our homes.

Hay cosas en la vida imposibles de cambiar. ¿Será que el consumo de #hidrocarburos es una de ellas? Cuando yo creía que se estaba logrando, apreció el #Covid, Rusia invadiendo a Ucrania y ahora Europa entera, en especial Alemania quemando carbón.

¿Será imposible detenerlo?

Dus dit is uw opdrachtgever beste chemicus: @exxonmobil? :)

#Roken was vroeger ook niet #slecht, of #ongezond he. Seg kap nog eens wat #lood in de #benzine, was nu toch ook niet erg.

#ClimateChange #FossiFuel #ExxonKnew - new report @ScienceMagazine: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0063.
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RT @fmeeus1
Wat klimaatalarm wetenschappers en onze regimepers u niet vertellen : planeet aarde is fors aan het vergroenen...meer gro…
https://twitter.com/fmeeus1/status/1575489155827609601

The #UNFCCC has been asked repeatedly to keep #FossiFuel interests out of the #COP climate talks. Not sure who hatched / reviewed / approved the idea of holding COP28 in the UAE. And:

"There is universal condemnation today on the breaking news that the United Arab Emirates has appointed a veteran oil industry insider to preside over the upcoming UN #climate talks that will happen later this year in Dubai."

https://priceofoil.org/2023/01/12/global-outrage-as-oil-executive-named-head-of-un-climate-talks/

Putting the fox in charge of the hen house
#fossifuel #climate #climatechange #renewable

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64240206

"If #insects continue to decline expect some pretty dire consequences for ecosystems generally — and for people."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-11/insects-are-vanishing-flickering-fireflies-to-lowly-dung-beetles/101754590 #Degradation farmland #sewage fertilisers light #pollution concrete #sprawl. burning #fossifuel #mowing #pesticides non-native flora #biodiversity #birds #habitat #destruction

How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits - a 1968 paper commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, the powerful fossil fuel trade group - written by Elmer Robinson and Bob Robbins - scientists at the Stanford Research Institute - is basis of two dozen U.S. states and localities suing the industry. https://www.bespacific.com/how-an-early-oil-industry-study-became-key-in-climate-lawsuits/ #ClimateCrisis #FossiFuel #AmericanPetroleumInstitute #OilIndustry #LegalResearch #Libraries #InterlibraryLoan

Governments urged to act after oil giants accused of misleading public

#Oil and #gas companies including Britain’s #Shell and #BP were urged to “stop their deception” this week as the US House committee on oversight and reform released documents showing that oil industry executives privately downplayed their public messages on efforts to tackle the #ClimateCrisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/16/oil-giants-shell-bp-climate-crisis

#FossiFuel #ClimateCatastrophe