Back in 2019 Kansas City, Missouri, became the first large US city to make its transit fare-free. The results are pretty amazing.
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Think of freeports as Low-Democracy Zones, in which the public, and regulators, have reduced influence over the decisions made by powerful people and business interests.
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Anyone know if the boundaries of all the new shiny #Freeports we’re going to get happen to include national parks, at all?
Eg: the Plymouth freeport boundary appears to encompass the whole of Dartmoor.
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As Europe fries and burns in a lethal heatwave, here are the planes burning up the skies above right now, further fuelling global heating. We need to stop promoting aviation, travel in better ways & find a safe landing for the industry...
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Great to see both of the units looking so healthy and the opportunity to engage with local residents is always a bonus. Excellent initiative by and
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Information day with our colleagues at @scottish_water @SuDSPlanter @GlasgowCC and more, kicking off in Wellhouse Hub. Pop down for tea and a chat, find out what flood prevention options are being considered for your community.
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Clearly, we need a much better distribution of wealth, rent controls to ensure people have more money to spend on food, and other major shifts. But also, and immediately? The best proposal I’ve heard is also the simplest: subsidise the price of fruit and veg at the point of sale.
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30°C above normal in the Arctic today.
40°C above normal in the Antarctic today.
It would be unbelievable if it were not true.
And it is terrifying beyond words.
The war we have waged against the natural world has, in climatic terms, just gone nuclear.
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Wow, temperatures exceeded 5°C above average (relative to the 1951-1980 climate baseline) across a massive area of Eurasia last month 🔥
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JUST IN: Global carbon emissions from energy rose 6% in 2021.
Up 2bn tonnes, biggest absolute increase in history and enough to offset the pandemic-driven decline in 2020, says .
So much for "build back better".
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The US far behind Europe still, and it’s no coincidence that the UK, where so much Russian money lives, has done so little. Corruption is the only word for it. If they expose it, they will be implicated themselves.
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So 179,000 tonnes of farmed salmon were produced were produced using 460,000 tonnes of wild fish which were caught and then turned into feed. Well that works!
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A @Cambridge_Uni study finds in 2014 460,000 tonnes of wild-caught fish were used to produce 179,000 tonnes of salmon in Scotland. 76% of the wild-caught fish were species that are commonly eaten by humans. How can this ever be considered "sustainable"? ow.ly/UHLj50I7PV7
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In January 2022, the #Arctic was +3.52°C warmer than the average January of 1951-1980.
Data source: Copernicus Climate Change Service
#climate #climatechange
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Slow hand clap for all the fucking doughballs who think it’s a good idea to put their bin out during strong winds. Picked up 5 on my walk with the dug. #StormCorrie #fannies
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Colorado just experienced its most destructive wildfire in state history on... December 30th. The extreme fire weather behavior and rate of spread in a densely populated area in December is unprecedented and just hard to comprehend. #MarshallFire
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Crazy! Just retain the facade and build apartments behind it. Build something new in Birmingham, thereby making HS2 useful for something.
That’s Brexit for you!!! 🤬
Carbon offset forests burning as a result of wildfires fueled by climate change is so darkly satirical that you'd expect it to be a Black Mirror episode, but it's reality. We can't net-zero our way out of disaster
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Wow! Argentina has banned factory salmon farming in open-pen nets on account of the horrific impact the industry has on the natural environment. Very good news.
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I can't believe I am writing this.
Canada 🇨🇦 has obliterated its national all-time heat record *for the second day in a row*.
Before yesterday, greater than 45°C had never been recorded. As far as climatology is concerned, this is deeply shocking.
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More than half of all new residential buildings in Germany were built with a heat pump in 2020. And this trend is only going to continue.
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My condolences to people who mourn the passing of Phil the Greek. Radio One playing downbeat dance tracks in response is truly what he would have wanted.
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Toxic impact of pesticides on bees has doubled, study shows
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For my money, this is currently the most terrifying chart in all climate science.
Since 1990, the oceans have been heating relentlessly - and last year just smashed the previous record set a year earlier.
More info from in his latest dispatch
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Tunisia did not just beat its October heat record. It absolutely destroyed it by 2.7 °C.
Tunisia could well have been the hottest place on earth yesterday. Very rare.
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Coming up: the most extraordinary thread I’ve ever written. On how we blew over £150m and Andrew Mills (a Government adviser) seems to have made a fortune.
But let’s start with introductions. THREAD /1
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16.8°c in Scotland, in December, at night, is not normal.
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A very sad but insightful cartoon from Finland...
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22000 on schoolstrike in Switzerland today. And way over 30000 in Germany. The people are rising. The world is at a tipping point. Now we have to continue pushing hard! Everyone is needed. This is just the beginning. #FridaysForFuture #schoolstrike4climate #ClimateStrike
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We aren't doing that because a safe climate depends on getting to zero carbon long before a zero carbon aircraft fleet could be built.
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So rather than tell folks "don't fly!" Let's instead ask: how can we - collectively - pressure the aviation industry to upgrade its technology, which hasn't really changed in 40 years (I am sure we are all tired of those ancient stinky planes...)
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Quick FAQ:
1) No, the plane is not going whether or not you are on it. The airline industry runs a tight margin and they cut routes all the time.
2) No, offsetting isn’t enough. Paying someone to plant and tend trees for decades doesn’t remove the instant impact of air travel.
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Animated Map: 2,400 Years of European History visualcapitalist.com/2400-years-of-
Pesky renewables. Too dependent on the weather. Give me nice, solid reliable nuclear... Oh. Oh, no.
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Heatwave forces 3 Nordic reactors to be curbed, 1 to close, more expected, & EDF may shut 4 French reactors. Water is too warm for reactor cooling in the sea off Sweden and Finland, and the River Rhone too warm in France. Shut plant: Ringhals, Sweden. jeremyleggett.net/2018/08/01/hea
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The Holocaust was legal. Slavery was legal. Segregation was legal.
The brave woman who cared for and hid my 6 year-old aunt in an attic in Budapest was a criminal. She broke the law by sheltering Juden.
Legality is not a guide for morality.
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Key point: this Heathrow vote will separate the parliamentary wheat from the chaff on climate change. Any MP voting for expansion is voting against a habitable planet. History will judge them harshly - and so will anyone already paying attention
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Monday’s vote on Heathrow expansion isn’t just about the 10,000 people whose homes & community will be destroyed or the poisoning of the air we breathe but also whether MPs are serious about saving our planet from the devastating impact of climate change. I will vote against.
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