London police arrest 276 climate change protesters

https://www.yahoo.com/news/london-police-arrest-276-climate-175301494.html LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police said on Monday it had so far arrested 276 people taking part in demonstrations organised by the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion. Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to […]

Energy Company Says Their Solar Power Program Is Increasing nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution

https://lidblog.com/solar-power-pollution/ by Jeff Dunetz Duke Energy, a North Carolina energy company, has asked for a waiver of the state’s emission standards because their solar power production spews more pollution into the atmosphere than its natural gas production. solar power pollution Per the North State Journal A seven-month investigation and numerous public information requests have revealed […]

‘Emergency’: Climate protesters block streets around world

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-protests/sorry-this-is-an-emergency-climate-protesters-block-streets-around-the-world-iduskbn1wm1jp ‘Sorry, this is an emergency’: Climate protesters block streets around the world LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand immediate action to cut carbon emissions and avert an ecological disaster. In London, police arrested […]

Climate Change Protesters Target Wall Street. Pour Blood Over ‘Charging Bull’

https://www.dailywire.com/news/climate-change-protesters-target-wall-street-pour-blood-over-charging-bull by Hank Berrien On Monday, hundreds of members of the radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion arrived in New York City’s Financial District where some of them targeted Wall Street’s Charging Bull statue and poured fake blood all over it. Dozens arrested after they ‘gored’ Charging Bull statue during climate protest https://t.co/61KqC3rTQKpic.twitter.com/h3EezpnfWM — New York […]

Cleaner planet? Start with our filthy cities

https://www.cfact.org/2019/10/07/cleaner-planet-start-with-our-filthy-cities/ By Peter Murphy |October 7th, 2019|Environment|0 Comments Some of the nation’s politicians who are the most ardent believers in catastrophic man-made climate change are in charge of the dirtiest localities. These same proponents who are pushing economically and socially disruptive solutions to address future, theoretical climate change, do so while presiding over present-day homeless and pollution […]

Electric Vehicles ‘being outstripped by the popularity of SUVs’ – Electric cars ‘represent less than a tenth of 1% of the 1.1 billion cars’

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/c920274f2a364603849bbb505/images/3da1de8e-2e16-44e8-aaa6-014eae7905c2.png Electric Vehicles Are Being Outpaced By The Growth Of SUVs Nick Butler, Financial Times, 7 October 2019 Anyone who believes that behavioural change is going to produce a solution to the challenge of global warming should take a good look at the latest figures on consumer choices in the auto sector. Electric vehicles are […]

Climate Rebellion: Ten Countries Block EU Climate Target Change

https://mailchi.mp/d766f0dc1447/climate-rebellion-ten-countries-block-eu-climate-target-change?e=f4e33fdd1e 1) Climate Rebellion: Ten Countries Block EU Climate Target Change EurActiv, 7 October 2019 Environment ministers agreed on Friday (4 October) to “update” the EU’s current emission reduction pledge next year but fell short of saying by how much. Ten countries blocked attempts by the others to commit outright to an increase there and […]

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