The Environment Thread :-)

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May 2024
5:12pm, 9 May 2024
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Dave W
Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell new report.

If he gets in again the world is doomed.
May 2024
10:34pm, 9 May 2024
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HappyG(rrr)
He's absolutely brazen. Doesn't even try to cover it up. He and his type must not prevail.
May 2024
12:53pm, 10 May 2024
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Dave W
The National Farmers’ Union lobbied to increase the amount of pesticides allowed in the UK’s drinking water and to allow farmers to spread manure more frequently as part of a post-Brexit loosening of environmental regulations, it can be revealed.

I wonder why. Could it be “sod the environment as long as we make more money”?
May 2024
1:10pm, 10 May 2024
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cackleberry
“sod the environment as long as we make more money”?

Working indirectly with farmers, for the majority, yes.

I can never get over the disconnect between some [not all] farmers and the land/nature. They are meant to be the custodians.
May 2024
1:30pm, 10 May 2024
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Dave W
To be fair, they're not the only ones. But their input is pretty direct.
May 2024
1:53pm, 10 May 2024
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cackleberry
The good ones are amazing and involved in all sorts of projects.

for some though, things like 'set aside' is a money making scheme rather than environmental improvement.
May 2024
2:04am, 11 May 2024
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run free
Just a quick diversion - there is a solar storm going over the Northern Hemisphere and you can see the Northern Lights. Down South it is a vague whisper in the sky, but those further north with less light pollution should have a stronger view. Use yr phone camera in night mode

There until Sunday
May 2024
10:14am, 11 May 2024
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Chrisull
More than a whisper in Cornwall, pretty epic!
May 2024
12:11pm, 11 May 2024
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Yakima Canutt
I regret not saying up last night to see the lights... Facebook pages awash with pictures. It should last another night so may try to stay up tonight to go see if it's still on.
May 2024
3:03pm, 20 May 2024
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HappyG(rrr)
Encouraging 95% green electricity generation by Portugal

linkedin.com

Source is LinkedIn. As a business network, I don't know if it is any more reliable than Twitter or Facebook or anything else, so happy to be challenged if source is seen as not valid. :-) G

About This Thread

Maintained by HappyG(rrr)
Hi
I've seen environment (whether emissions, power, climate change, access to countryside, whatever you think of as "environment") discussed in various threads: Politics (obviously), the Electric Car thread fetcheveryone.com/forum/electric-car-anyone-61481/ , run free's excellent "Competitive Running and Keeping The Environment Clean" fetcheveryone.com/forum/running-competitively-keeping-our-environment-clean-60907/ my own Greta Thunberg thread fetcheveryone.com/forum/greta-thunberg---jfk-for-the-climate-generation-61044/ etc. but I haven't seen a general one.

So here it is. For those interested in the science, the politics, the action for (and I'll state that for me, this is mostly pro-environment, anti-emissions, anti-pollution etc.) and the hope for the future of our planet.

Useful links posted by contributors:
rf_fozzy: This is quite a good article about how disruptive technology works too: lesswrong.com
Basically about why Kodak completely missed the boat when it came to digital cameras timkastelle.org
run free's Grand Designs example Ben Laws is a man who built his dream: granddesignsmagazine.com granddesignsmagazine.com
Carbon Commentary carboncommentary.com

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