It’s just unreal that the US is so far behind Japan, Europe and China, and that mitigating its arrears is not more of a priority. #HighSpeedTrain #ZeroCarbon https://www.ecohubmap.com/the-news/u.s.-is-building-100-solar-powered-bullet-train/fqqehwklkio2au8

India is electrifying its railways (freight and passenger) but Canada can’t/won't because distance, population, grids, something something BS
#CanPoli #BCPoli #transportation #sustainability #climateAction #zeroCarbon
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/18065-km-rail-routes-electrified-in-six-years-from-2014-to-2020-1503178845.html

The Engineer - Synhelion claims clinker milestone for solar cement:

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/synhelion-claims-clinker-milestone-for-solar-cement

#Synhelion #Cemex #ZeroCarbonCement #ZeroCarbon #Cement #Decarbonisation #Clinker #ConcentratedSolarThermal #CST #SolarFuel #Limestone #Clay #MaterialsScience #Chemistry

We’d like to say a thank you and RESPECT to both drivers (one from each direction) who stopped at the raised crossing of the #UpfieldBikepath at O’Hea street at 5.30pm today for us on our bike. It isn’t a formal Wombat Crossing (but maybe it should be) .

Can you see us against this panorama #Coburg #zerocarbon #climate #mural ?

#merribek
#ChihuahuasOnBikes #BikeTooter
#ChihuahuasForClimateAction

Sailcoop, https://www.sailcoop.fr/.

A French citizen cooperative proposes to _travel_ in Mediterranean Sea, or in the Atlantic Ocean, with wind only.

• France (mainland) ↔️ Corse: everyday in one day
• France (mainland) ↔️ Martinique: in 33 days

It looks awesome. Congrats for the project!

#sail #travel #ZeroCarbon #ecology

#sanfrancisco is casting about for what it’s next “thing” should be and my vote is to rebuild the city as the bleeding edge of #climate #tech.

What would it take to be the first #zerocarbon #city?

- great #publictransit
- all #electrific buildings
- new #food system
- #waste systems
- what else?

I know we’re not positioned right now to get there first but let’s #madscientist this city and do it!
Electric gondola system! Vertical farms! If the doom loop is coming for us, let’s lean in 🤣

#NuclearNo #UKplc

Great British Nuclear: Overview - GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-british-nuclear-overview/great-british-nuclear-overview#about-gbn
#CarbonNeutral #zerocarbon

Scientists have determined that better farming techniques could store up to 31 gigatons of carbon dioxide in the soil and help keep the world under 1.5 degrees of warming.

This seems like the kind of transition the government should be helping farmers achieve sooner as opposed to later...

https://grist.org/agriculture/soil-improvements-could-keep-planet-within-1-5c-heating-target-research-suggests/

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#carbondioxide #agriculture #farming #zerocarbon #sustainability

The Safe Passage: #BritishColumbia #Green #ShippingCorridors Assessment #research project led by a team at the #UVic is finding out if the #ShippingIndustry can become a leader in #ZeroCarbon technologies.

https://www.saobserver.net/news/b-c-school-studies-canadas-first-zero-carbon-emissions-shipping-corridor

#VictoriaBC #yyj #PNW #Cascadia #Canada #environmental #ClimateChange

Let us be crystal clear what “new normal” means. It means it gets worse, and worse, and worse. Not just bad like this year. It will be worse than this year, then worse than that year, and again, and again, until *after* we have *ended* burning fossil fuels. Period.
#climateChaos #EndFossilFuels #zeroCarbon #CanPoli
“Canada's 'unprecedented' fire season linked to climate change, will be the new normal: scientists”
https://apple.news/AM6DTuqERQaWOcc48IxEB_Q

@moira 💯 it's the #CarbonCapture biotechnology for meeting our #ZeroCarbon targets #monsterdon

Currently taking the free low carbon electricity provided by this lying fossil fuel criminal cartel member because at least it isn’t my money. Oh and darn it, I missed a picture of a palindrome on the odometer this morning. Tried to remind myself and everything. 😂
#endfossilfuels #chevron #criminal #zerocarbon
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/24/chevron-carbon-offset-climate-crisis

@JillianAnable There are currently NO examples of #transport #transitions in line with what needs to happen for #ZeroCarbon. The current focus is on #electrification, this isn't enough.

A new social contract would include the right to be able to live without a #car. The focus needs to be on HOW to make big changes.

#Energy #Demand

#CREDS #EnergyDemand

Most Germans ready to make sacrifices for planet — survey

https://www.dw.com/en/most-germans-ready-to-make-sacrifices-for-planet-survey/a-65410651?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#climatechange #environment #zerocarbon #germanattitudes

We need to be clear(er) what we mean when we talk about the transition to #renewables - so here is a useful glossary (and summary explanation) from @BylinesEast which you might find helpful.

Some of this you may know, but too often there seems to be some confusion about what some of these terms might mean.

For me, the focus on #zerocarbon was the key; its all very well to be renewable but actually zeroing out our #carbon use os the key!

#greenenergy
#ClimateCrisis

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/cop26-low-carbon-energy-sources-a-guide-to-renewables/

“In a proof-of-concept work, the researchers infused regular #cement with environmentally friendly #biochar, a type of charcoal made from #organic waste, that had been strengthened beforehand with #concrete wastewater. The biochar was able to suck up to 23% of its weight in #carbondioxide from the air while still reaching a strength comparable to ordinary cement.” #Environment #ClimateChange #ZeroCarbon #DrawDown https://phys.org/news/2023-04-carbon-negative-concrete.html

“The combined capacity of #solar & #wind now active in the [interconnection] queues (~1,250 GW) approximately equals the total installed U.S. #powerplant fleet capacity, & is greater than the estimated 1,100 GW needed to approach a #zerocarbon #electricity target…. Ultimately, much of this proposed capacity will not be built. Historically only ~21% of projects (& only 14% of capacity) requesting interconnection from 2000-2017 have reached commercial operations.” https://emp.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/queued_up_2022_04-06-2023.pdf

Nuclear people: ONLY NUCLEAR WILL SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Everyone else:

#ClimateAction #climatechange #nuclear #renewables #renewableenergy #endFossilFuels #economics #zerocarbon

Wish we would stop talking about #Renewables as if that’s what we need and instead talk about #ZeroCarbon energy. Thinking of “renewable” in itself as desirable is really a hangover from #PeakOil and the geoplitics around this. It’s extremely obvious that renewables like #biofuels or #woodburning are not pljust as #polluting and CO2 emitting as #FossilFuels; yet they are encouraged and expanding by policies framed around renewable”(#Drax etc) #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction

Informational sign at Sea Turtles Inc., South Padre Island, Texas.

The ‘skip the straw and save the planet’ tone was quite amusing.

Yes, “try making small changes.”

Then try making big changes, cuz the small changes won’t get the job done.

We need system change in our electrical power, transportation, agriculture, urban design, heating & cooling, economic, and political systems.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #systemchangenotclimatechange #zerocarbon