Highly recommended :
Videos and podcasts from the National Climate Emergency Summit – held in Melbourne Town Hall on 14-15 February 2020
— Read on www.climateemergencysummit.org/recordings/
The continued upward trend in our second-biggest source of emissions is a result of government inaction on a transport mix dominated by trucks and cars and a lack of fuel-efficiency standards.
Our government has ignored recommendations to adopt mandatory fuel-efficiency standards for road passenger vehicles. Australia is the only OECD country without such standards.
— Read on theconversation.com/transport-is-letting-australia-down-in-the-race-to-cut-emissions-131905
All-electric solar homes save thousands over gas: report – Renew
— Read on renew.org.au/research/all-electric-solar-homes-save-thousands-over-gas-report/
Essential read from Crikey _ After its failure to uncover the sports rorts scandal, it’s time political journalists in Australia took a long hard look at themselves.
— Read on www.crikey.com.au/2020/02/17/scott-morrison-shearer-press-gallery/
Serious risk USA soon a dictatorship, what is gerrymander and why is it a worry:
A party may receive most votes in a state. But district boundaries mean the less popular party receives more congressional seats.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/gerrymanders-undermine-american-democracy—jared-diamond/11988140
A scary one __Carbon dioxide collects in the ocean depths near vents. It is held in place at low temperatures under high pressure. As oceans warm, there is potential for its release.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/vast-stores-of-carbon-dioxide-in-seabeds-could-be-released-as-o/11988216
How can mainstream media pretend climate crisis is not a huge risk?
25 February, 2020 – As planetary temperatures rise, the chances of species survival lessen. Mass extinction is coming. The challenge is to measure the loss.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/a-third-of-plants-and-animals-risk-mass-extinction/
Less than 2 degree warming climate target set by IPCC requires 12 Australian coal-fired power stations to close: Parliamentary Library report – ABC News
— Read on www.google.com.au/amp/amp.abc.net.au/article/10368194
Coal, oil, and gas are responsible for much more atmospheric methane, the super-potent warming gas, than previously known.
— Read on www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/super-potent-methane-in-atmosphere-oil-gas-drilling-ice-cores/
Time for negative growth of everything. UN FAO reports that by 2050 the world will need 60% more food and 20% more water when crop yields already dropping, soils depleted by chemical farming and droughts all around the world.
Every child on earth faces an uncertain future due to the effects of climate change
— Read on time.com/5786395/climate-change-children-threatened/
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