Notices by Mark Ohe (mark_ohe@mastodon.energy)

The largest survey of its kind to date finds that 73% of young people aged 16 to 25 in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. are eager to support candidates with a “bold climate agenda.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/youth-concerned-climate-us?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=2236b82781-Weekend+Edition%3A+Sun.+10%2F20%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D #Climate #Voting

Link below to send letters to EU ministers demanding a jet-fuel tax now. Time sensitive. Please raise your voice today.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/jet-fuel-tax/?link_id=4&can_id=7b7ef410c777856bd044f692950e93d4&source=email-we-have-one-day-to-act&email_referrer=email_2500266___subject_3038693&email_subject=firstname-default-hey-we-need-you

#Transportation #Airlines #ClimateChange

A vast underground network of fungi has been supporting life above ground for 450 million years, but the recent discovery by scientists, including researchers from the University of Sheffield, that fungi is storing OVER ONE THIRD OF THE CARBON created from fossil fuel emissions each year indicates that it could be crucial as nations seek to tackle climate change and reach net zero emissions

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/fungi-stores-third-carbon-fossil-fuel-emissions-and-could-be-essential-reaching-net-zero

#Fungi #Climate #Carbon #Emissions

@dangillmor

That was the second best time to start ignoring Nate Silver. The best time was about nine years ago.

Causes of WELL OVER 1000 Native American child deaths (we’re talking about CHILDREN) at the hands of the US government and the Catholic Church included sickness and depraved abuse during a 150-YEAR REIGN OF TERROR that supposedly ended in 1969.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/30/native-american-children-government-boarding-schools

The investigation commissioned by the US interior secretary, Deb Haaland, found marked and unmarked graves at 65 of the more than 400 US boarding schools that were established to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white society.

Has Biden really lost ground in public opinion after his recent debate?

A Northeastern University report finds that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him pre debate, while Trump held on to 86% who said they would support him pre debate.

“The net result is not a movement away from #Biden. If anything, it seems that Biden is holding on to his people somewhat better than Trump.”

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/biden-debate-performance-voter-preferences/

University researchers have engineered a sound-supressing silk fabric to reduce noise transmission in a large room, creating quiet space.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/sound-suppressing-silk-can-create-quiet-spaces-0507 #Sound #Noise #Sleep

@NPR

Reality: NYC Police and the city's clueless mayor made this claim. Many of the 134 were arrest OFF CAMPUS.

NPR should stop being the mouthpiece of misinformation spewed by totalitarian scum.

24% of plastic waste is the responsibility of just five corporations:

Coca-Cola
PepsiCo
Nestlé
Danone
Altria

Screw that. For your own health, and that of the planet, demand and choose glass containers!

https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pollution-global-companies-responsible.html

@croselund @GreenFire

Such an excellent point. Fully agree.

@GreenFire @croselund

"I don't think that in the long run allowing China to be in charge of global clean energy manufacturing is the best for everyone." Fair point! But we're talking short run here, right? Markets need certainty to thrive. Stifling solar mfg is counterproductive.

Not good. NOT good at all:

Scientists in Antarctic just documented the largest jump in temperature EVER measured at a meteorological centre on Earth. According to their instruments, the region experienced a rise of 38.5 Celcius (100 Fahrenheit) above the seasonal average: A WORLD RECORD.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/simply-mind-boggling-world-record-temperature-jump-in-antarctic-raises-fears-of-catastrophe #FossilFuels = #Death

The UK's designed-to-fail regulatory system for chemicals allows the UK to become a dumping ground for the chemicals that have been banned in Europe.
Clearly yet another intentional result of Brexit.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/18/britain-toxic-chemical-dump-brexit-europe?utm_source=press.coop #UK #Brexit

All 10 Irish bands listed as official Republic Of Ireland showcase artists at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas have cancelled their participation after news that the US Army was listed as a festival “Featured Partner”, along with and defence companies RTX (formally Raytheon), Collins Aerospace, and BAE Systems.

The wave of cancelations include 70 additional bands from countries other than Ireland.

https://nialler9.com/all-irish-bands-have-now-cancelled-their-official-sxsw-performances/
#SXSW

Icymi... Boeing murdered an employee who was in the process of testifying about the company intentionally using failure-prone bootleg parts for commercial jet construction.

And they call their monstrosity the Dreamliner.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703
#Boeing #Crime

Smaller, lighter cars needed to make walking safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.

More than 140,000 commuters walk or bike to work in metro Boston, according to census data. Every pedestrian represents one less car clogging traffic or spewing exhaust in the school drop-off line. Yet, US pedestrian fatalities have spiked 80% since 2009.
#Ban #SUV #Bicycle
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/18/magazine/instead-of-rewarding-pedestrians-and-cyclists-we-treat-them-as-second-class-travelers/?rss_id=section_rss_full&s_campaign=bg:full:rss:section&et_rid=1120135023&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter

Home Spotifying
is Killing Music

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/07/spotify-cfo-cashes-in-72m-in-shares-after-value-surges-on-news-of-job-cuts

US bicycle deaths up 48%
and pedestrian deaths up 51% since 2010. Primary cause: SUVs

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/19/suv-bicycle-crashes #suvs = #death #bicycle