Uni of Southern California outdoors club for black students to combat ‘stigma,’ ‘racism’ in nature – Student: Trees may remind African Americans of lynching, slavery
University of Southern California outdoors club for black students to combat ‘stigma,’ ‘racism’ in nature Student: Trees may remind African Americans of lynching, slaveryhttps://t.co/Bgpu8yafTS — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) October 10, 2023 https://www.thecollegefix.com/usc-outdoors-club-for-black-students-to-combat-stigma-racism-in-nature/ By MICAIAH BILGER – ASSISTANT EDITOR Student: Trees may remind African Americans of lynching, slavery Through nature hikes, camping, yoga, gardening and more, […]
Can planting trees really help fight climate change? – Bill Gates: ‘I don’t plant trees’ – ‘Are we the science people or are we the idiots?’
Can planting trees really help fight climate change? – Bill Gates is emphatic. “I don’t plant trees,” he declared. Gates: “Are we the science people or are we the idiots?”https://t.co/a0KWtOyfvs — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) October 5, 2023 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/3/can-planting-trees-really-help-fight-climate-change Bill Gates is emphatic. “I don’t plant trees,” he declared recently, wading into a debate about […]
‘Utter Rubish’ – Analysis: Biden Admin Misleads Public on Vast Expanses of Land Needed for ‘Net Zero’ – ‘Millions of acres’
Authorities Arrest Democrat Donor for California Wildfire Blamed on ‘Climate Crisis’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/06/20/ginormous-california-wild-fire-democrats-blamed-on-climate-change-was-set-by-a-democrat-donor-n2624718 By Spencer Brown Last summer, a large wildfire that came to be known as the Oak Fire scorched its way across California’s Mariposa County and threatened Yosemite National Park. First reported on July 22, 2022, the Oak Fire burned more than 19,000 acres of land, cost more than $90 million, and evacuations forced the […]
Wash Post: ‘Large-scale wind & solar farms require at least 10 times as much land per unit as coal- & natural gas-fired power plants’
Analysis: Large-scale wind and solar farms require at least 10 times as much land per unit as coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, including the land used to produce and transport the fossil fuels, research shows. https://t.co/B8PNJZTW3T — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 24, 2023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/24/switching-wind-solar-energy-will-require-lot-land/ Analysis by Maxine Joselow America’s energy transition hinges on […]
‘You need a bidet’ or ‘recycled tissue’ – Wash Post’s ‘Climate Coach’ takes a swipe at toilet paper usage: ‘We may come to see wiping our bums with extra-soft toilet paper…as we do smoking cigarettes’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/04/bidets-benefits-history-environmental-impact/ By CLIMATE COACH Michael J. Coren Excerpt: The vast majority of Americans still exclusively use toilet paper, though. For many, the bidet remains a fusty porcelain basin vaguely associated with the French. But the technology has evolved. Multibillion-dollar incumbents like Toto, as well as newcomers such as Tushy and Luxe, have stormed the U.S. market, […]
Climate change affecting Christmas tree farms across Canada, expert says – ‘Experienced prolonged drought & extreme heat over the last two summers’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/canada/climate-change-affecting-christmas-trees-in-b-c-and-beyond-expert/ar-AA1598Y0 VANCOUVER — The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector that’s already undergoing shifts will need to adapt. The festive trees take eight to 12 years to reach the size most […]
Solar energy’s deforestation problem – Net Zero goals may impact ‘a cumulative land area the size of Virginia’
https://www.cfact.org/2022/12/19/solar-energys-deforestation-problem-ft-john-murawski/ By Gabriella Hoffman “This year the American Farmland Trust said that expanding solar power could gobble up as much as 3,900 square miles nationwide, and predicted that many Eastern states could lose between 1.5% and 6% of their undeveloped land to solar facilities – mostly on farmland that’s flat, cleared, and near to existing transmission infrastructure. A Princeton University study this […]
Nations promise to protect 30% of Earth by 2030 – Agree to formation of a new UN biodiversity fund
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4061822/great-step-forward-history-nations-promise-protect-cent-earth-2030 Countries agree to protect 30 per cent of land and sea, slash environmentally harmful subsidies, and ramp up financing for nature restoration and protection History was made this morning in a conference room in Montreal, after world governments adopted the most ambitious international commitment on biodiversity conservation ever seen, pledging to protect 30 per […]
Massive Increase in Global Greening as Extra Carbon Dioxide Boosts Global Crop Yields
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/09/23/massive-increase-in-global-greening-as-extra-carbon-dioxide-boosts-global-crop-yields/ BY CHRIS MORRISON Scientists have shown that world food production has soared in recent decades as carbon dioxide has taken small steps to reclaim atmospheric levels common through geological time until the relatively recent past. One Italian scientist estimated that reducing atmospheric CO2 back to pre-industrial levels would lead to an 18% decrease in the production of many basic […]