This documentary exposes how PFAS chemicals once used in making stain-resistant carpets ended up in the environment and the drinking water in parts of Georgia and Alabama, and the ongoing health impacts. #ClimateChange #Environment #PFAS
Persistent rain across Ireland is being described as “unusual.”
But the question is becoming harder to ignore: unusual compared to what baseline?
Climate patterns are shifting — slowly, then all at once.
Adaptation is no longer theoretical.
#ClimateChange #Ireland #Climate #Weather
I'm old enough to remember when tobacco companies were allowed to advertise cigarettes, anywhere there were lots of eyeballs (like in sports venues). Even though that was leading to more people smoking them, and getting sick. Needing more healthcare than they otherwise would have, and potentially drawing healthcare resources away from treating unavoidable illness.
Governments in many parts of the world fixed that problem, by banning the advertising of tobacco products.
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I hope one day my grandchildren will tell a similar story about fossil fuel products. That governments around the world passed laws against carrying advertising for them. Then slowly expanded that ban to apply to businesses that totally depend on them. Like transport services that burn fossil fuels, or service stations that make most of their money selling them.
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Market forces continue to overcome fossil fuel oligarchs and their Republican patsies in the USA
#ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #GreenEconomy #SustainableFuture #Solar #Photovoltaics
Canada embarks on a new path to reduce reliance on the USA markets, and become resilient to both global market impacts and global warming. New #EV and #renewables initiatives will accomplish both over the next decade.
#EV #BEV #NEV #renewables #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #resiliency #CanadaStrategy
#PEACE is not by blocking people too early for a suggestion or trying to socialise.
The #block button should be justified and reviewed to help other people see the logic when mere #social happens:
e.g.
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
@susankayequinn
🔼 A person for peace - NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE IT BLOCKING 1ST SUGGESTION!
#writing #hopepunk #ClimateChange ? BUT as " #social " by not #understanding 1-way messages on #Mastodon etc
PEACE = not #blocking EARLY (or 1st post) + learning more...
#PEACE is not by blocking people too early for a suggestion or trying to socialise.
The #block button should be justified and reviewed to help other people see the logic when mere #social happens:
e.g.
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
@susankayequinn
🔼 A person for peace - NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE IT BLOCKING 1ST SUGGESTION!
#writing #hopepunk #ClimateChange ? BUT as " #social " by not #understanding 1-way messages on #Mastodon etc
PEACE = not #blocking EARLY (or 1st post) + learning more...
This documentary exposes how PFAS chemicals once used in making stain-resistant carpets ended up in the environment and the drinking water in parts of Georgia and Alabama, and the ongoing health impacts. #ClimateChange #Environment #PFAS
It's wild that Norway is effectively at 100% *today* and Canada/Carney is trying to tell us 70% in 10 years is good enough.
It's a failure for affordability and climate.
It's a huge win for oil companies and American automakers.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Canada #USA #Automotive #Affordability #CostofLiving #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/canada-national-auto-strategy-9.7075235
Updated introduction (October 2025, 3rd anniversary):
I’m a #Colorado #gay continuing on my quiet, down-to-earth life journey. I enjoy gardens, plants, flowers, books, games, hikes, bike rides, vegetarian home cooking, taking photos, as well as various queer, science, and geeky stuff.
I joined Mastodon in October 2022, and I am enjoying my time here. Thanks for the fun, kindness, and friendship.
Random interests and #introduction:
#tea #wildflowers #books #fiction #vegetarian #cooking #bicycling #photography #garden #plants #flowers #veggies #chiles #pickling #climate #weather #hiking #walking #sunrise #sunset #science #chocolate #introvert #queer #gayfiction #art #creativity #games #gaymers #mindfulness #quiet #lgbtq #beard #geek #astronomy #space #climatechange #parks #equality #equity
“Because there are already unmet needs, including the current 4.8-million-acre-foot shortage, data centers’ unknown unmet needs are poised to place unprecedented stress on local #water supplies across the state.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-ai-data-centers-water-usage-regulation/
#politics #USpol #news #AI #tech #environment #ClimateChange #Texas
It's wild that Norway is effectively at 100% *today* and Canada/Carney is trying to tell us 70% in 10 years is good enough.
It's a failure for affordability and climate.
It's a huge win for oil companies and American automakers.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Canada #USA #Automotive #Affordability #CostofLiving #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/canada-national-auto-strategy-9.7075235
Relatedly, Texas is planning on building the largest natural gas project to fuel #AI data centers.
"The planned hyperscale facilities of north and west Texas, if fully built out, could be among the largest emissions sources in both the country and the world."
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/02/texas-permian-basin-power-plant-project-data-centers/
A forty year project in China shows it’s possible to green-up desert lands and lower carbon emissions to help the climate.
#climatechange #UCR #climate #China #desertification
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/01/26/shrubs-curb-carbon-emissions-chinas-largest-desert
