Notices by CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social), page 10

SEVEN TRILLION dollars in only one year.

That's 7% of the entire world's GDP.

This is what I mean by #FossilFuel induced #austerity: we are living it now. We can get away from the austerity: We have a lot to gain by dropping the fossil fuels, dropping the air pollution, dropping the health care costs.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-hit-1-3-trillion-as-climate-change-worsens-imf-report

Hey look here is $ 7 trillion for the global climate fund:

"The report by the International Monetary Fund (#IMF) found explicit #subsidies alone have more than doubled since the previous IMF assessment, rising from $500 billion in 2020 to $1.3 trillion in 2022.

IMF also calculates implicit #FossilFuelSubsidies, which include the cost of things such as undercharging for #EnvironmentalCosts. Adding those in and the total subsidies ballooned to $7 trillion in 2022."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-hit-1-3-trillion-as-climate-change-worsens-imf-report

"Attempts to establish legal obligations for businesses to pay for the impacts of #ClimateChange have been largely unsuccessful.

The UN Rapporteur’s report on “Climate Justice: #LossAndDamage” pushes for international legal development in this area.

It is within the remediation pillar that the most noteworthy proposal is found. It calls for businesses and countries with high GHG emissions to pay for the impacts of climate change."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2024/08/23/un-report-calls-for-businesses-to-pay-for-climate-change-restructuring-of-economy/

"Funds required for loss and damage are expected to reach $671bn annually by 2030, according to calculations by the Loss and Damage Collaboration. Current funding stands at less than $500m annually."

But do let's keep shoving $ 1.3 tn of #subsidies at #FossilFuel companies every year.
LossAndDamage is a policy. Its wilful neglect is a policy.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/28/are-climate-reparations-finally-on-the-way-for-vulnerable-countries

"The amount of public money flowing into coal, oil and gas in 20 of the world’s biggest economies reached a record $1.4tn(£1.1tn) in 2022, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) thinktank, even though world leaders agreed to phase out “inefficient” #FossilFuel #subsidies at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow two years ago."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/23/g20-poured-more-than-1tn-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-despite-cop26-pledges-report

After the war, consumer demand and public policy swung the other way. Many white commuters took advantage of the GI Bill, federally subsidized mortgages, an expanding highway network and cheap automobiles to escape #MassTransit – and the neighborhoods that it served.

Black Americans, in contrast, were largely shut out from access to these benefits, keeping them trapped in decaying urban cores.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/20/this-single-photo-of-a-packed-trolley-illustrates-the-ups-and-downs-of-us-public-transit

So, racism turned public transit into the Cinderella of US transportation.

"A university in the United Kingdom has published a first-of-its-kind study on the release of #CarbonEmissions from #wildfires. The study found that wildfires last year caused 8.6 billion tons of CO2 emissions – 16 percent above average. "

https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240814-wildfires-in-2023-caused-massive-co2-emissions-compounding-climate-change

That's 23% of reported worldwide carbon emissions of 37.4 billion tonnes
(but wildfire emissions are not reported in countries' emissions tallies).

US workers, not waiting for OSHA to establish heat rules, launch #HeatWeek to fight for ‘the right to water, shade and rest’

"In probably the hottest summer ever, workers are organizing in 13 cities to raise alarm about workplace #HeatExposure.

On Thursday, workers and allies from across sectors will take a coordinated drink of water in a display of solidarity aimed at showing the importance of workplace heat safety."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/13/workers-protections-heat-week

Unsurprisingly:

"Powerful industry groups are already working to limit the reach of a rule they view as burdensome, redundant and expensive.

Even if a Democrat wins the White House, other hurdles remain. Emboldened by recent decisions chipping away at the federal government’s authority to address climate change and worker safety, Republican attorneys general would probably take the heat rules to court."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/07/08/biden-heat-labor-rules-osha-map/
#OSHA #HeatRule #ExtremeHeat

"The report for the first time included data on heat-related workplace deaths: 986 workers died from exposure to heat in the US between 1992 and 2022, it found, more than one-third of them in the construction sector alone. "

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/epas-climate-indicators-report-details-worsening-us-impacts

"In California, employers will soon have to provide water and air conditioned areas for workers when temperatures inside warehouses rise above 82 degrees. When it goes above 87, workers will get shorter shifts and personal cooling fans.

In Florida, when a 95-degree sun bears down on farmworkers, local governments are actually prohibited from making employers supply water or a break in the shade."

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/03/florida-california-heat-protections-workers-00166374

"Yesterday, #California regulators voted to establish #heat protections for indoor workers for the first time.

#Florida proactively passed legislation that would block any future local #HeatProtections for workers, and #Texas passed a law to eliminate the bare minimum form of protection, mandated water breaks for construction workers.

Most states, though, simply have no laws on the books to address the risk of work-related heat illness."

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/06/heat-working-heat-stress-death/678758/

"In 2021, after years of worker activism on the issue, OSHA began the process of developing a ruling on a #heat workplace standard, with the aim to reduce heat-related injuries and death on the job.

Historically, some employers and business groups have opposed a mandatory #HeatStandard and have lobbied against it in the past. And if Donald Trump wins the presidency, it would likely upend the standard entirely."

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/356217/osha-federal-workplace-heat-standard-protections

The world’s #GarmentWorkers are on the frontlines of climate impacts

To expose how #ClimateChange is impacting workers throughout #fashion’s supply chain, The Fuller Project tracked products from several brands — including Walmart, Primark, H&M, Gap, and Old Navy — across several countries. At each stage, women play a vital role in the global business of fashion yet their livelihoods — and lives — are being increasingly threatened by #ExtremeWeather."

https://grist.org/labor/the-worlds-garment-workers-are-on-the-frontlines-of-climate-impacts/

Plus:
• more than 300,000 deaths attributed to pesticide poisoning annually
• 15,000 work-related deaths every year due to exposure to parasitic and vector-borne diseases

All this is why the International Labour Organization calls for occupational safety and health considerations to be become part of our climate-change responses

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/climate-change-linked-health-hazards-hits-2-4-billion-workers

"More than 70% of workers around the world face #ClimateChange-related health risks."

• 18,970 lives are lost each year due to occupational injuries attributable to excessive heat;
• 26.2 million people with chronic kidney disease related to workplace heat stress;
• 860,000 outdoor workers a year die from exposure to air pollution;
• 19,000 people die each year from non-melanoma skin cancer from exposure to solar UV radiation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/climate-change-earth-day-2024-un-worker-health-risk/

"In a bill #DeSantis signed Thursday, #Florida, one of the hottest states in the country, local governments will be banned from requiring heat and water breaks for #OutdoorWorkers.

It was a direct response to Miami-Dade County's effort to require shade and water for construction, farm and other outdoor workers."

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/desantis-bans-local-governments-from-protecting-workers-from-heat-and-limits-police-oversight-boards-2/

Positive and welcome change!
May this ordinance be copied everywhere.

#Phoenix passes landmark rule requiring #HeatProtection for outdoor workers

"Unanimously passed ordinance makes employers give contractors access to rest, shade, water and air conditioning in hottest US city.

The rule applies to city contractors and their subcontractors who work outdoors, including construction and airport workers."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/27/phoenix-workers-heat-protection-law

#Florida Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers

"The measure prohibits local governments from establishing heat protections for outdoor workers. It comes after Miami-Dade County considered a proposal last year that would have compelled construction and agriculture companies to provide water and rest breaks when the #HeatIndex there rises to 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

The new state legislation preempts any such local provisions."

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19032024/florida-legislators-ban-heat-protections-for-outdoor-workers/

"California regulations call for high-heat procedures to kick in once temperatures reach 95°F. Washington State was the next to adopt #HeatProtection standards in 2008, followed by Colorado and Oregon in May 2022. Since then, efforts to protect workers elsewhere have been largely stalled.

A federal standard would, of course, apply nationwide. The prospect galvanizes the opposition. "

The truth is, lost productivity from heat is expensive too.

https://time.com/6299091/extreme-heat-us-workers-economy/