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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 2d

Why Ethanol for Vehicles, Even With Carbon Capture, Increases CO2 and Pollution and Should be Abandoned

Ethanol damages climate & air quality, raises costs, & requires enormous land vs battery-electric vehicles powered by wind or solar

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Why Ethanol for Vehicles, Even With Carbon Capture, Increases CO2 & Pollution & Should be Abandoned

YouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 2d

“Protecting mangroves while expanding offshore drilling is a contradiction.” -Ralph Regenvanu

For the first time, a major international body has formally recognized fossil fuel production as a threat to nature, and given us a road map to fight this threat.

www.context.news/nature/opini...

At IUCN, a step forward to see fossil fuels' threat to nature | Context by TRF

For the first time, a major international body has formally recognised fossil fuel extraction and production as a threat to nature

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 3d

Tough love conclusion published recently in @nature.com: “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.”
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!

Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why | Nature

The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

From the time it took office, the administration has looked for ways to profit off the wild. It wants to drill, mine, and log its way through public lands and oceans. We're standing up to those who want to plunder public lands and tear down the conservation movement.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 5d

We have entered a new era when we must protect not only the wild but also our ability to lead the fight to save our planet.

We need all of our members and supporters with us.

Please give today so we can mount a legal and public defense against this abuse of presidential power ➡️ bit.ly/4hpcZYh

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Christina Scaringe @natureishome.bsky.social · 5d

Fuel companies have charged Californians a mysterious gasoline surcharge for the past decade, costing residents $59B... to the extent it represents increased profit margins, it offers no direct public benefit,” per the state watchdog agency (DPMO). subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

E&E News: State officials confirm Californians pay a mystery gasoline surcharge

A Thursday report lends authority to a long-held theory that gasoline companies are overcharging Californians for their fuel.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 5d

(This Data Insight was written by @hannahritchie.bsky.social.)

Track data on the evolution of electric cars across the world: ourworldindata.org/electric-car...

Tracking global data on electric vehicles

Explore data on electric car sales and stocks worldwide.

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Christina Scaringe @natureishome.bsky.social · 5d

Sales in China of ICE cars peaked in 2017 and have declined since.
The world reached peak ICE car sales just one year later.
The IEA expects oil demand to peak earlier than previously projected.

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 5d

China’s internal combustion car sales peaked in 2017 as electric vehicles took off

A bar graph illustrates the sales trends of internal combustion engine cars and electric cars in China from 2010 to 2024. The bars representing internal combustion engine cars are shown in shades of purple and dominate the graph, with a peak reaching around 25 million units in 2017. This peak is indicated with an arrow and labeled "Sales peaked in 2017." After 2017, the sales of internal combustion engine cars decrease slightly while electric car sales, represented by green bars, show a rapid increase in recent years, particularly noticeable in the later years of the chart. The y-axis indicates sales figures ranging from 0 to 25 million, while the x-axis is labeled with the years from 2010 to 2024. At the bottom, the data source is cited as the International Energy Agency, Global EV Outlook 2025, with a CC BY license.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 7d

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 7d

This is HUGE

A court has ruled that TotalEnergies has misled consumers by presenting itself as a “major player in the energy transition”.

It is the first judgement in the world ruling an Oil & Gas major has misled the public by greenwashing its image.

www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

Historic win against greenwashing as Court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers on net zero

View the press release

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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 6d

Need healthy #FreshwaterHabitat?

A new study confirms #oldgrowth #forests (>75 years) are better for freshwater #invertebrates and #vertebrates than young forests.

Diverse #habitats in older trees support more unique and specialized aquatic species 🌍

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Forest age influences freshwater biodiversity in temperate watersheds

Forests can affect stream structure and function, but evaluations linking freshwater biodiversity to watershed-scale forest-stand conditions are limit…

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 6d

The Mexican government began building a railway expansion project straight through a crucial wildlife corridor for imperiled jaguars, ocelots and black bears.

Tell Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum and her administration to stop this railway in its tracks to protect people and wildlife ➡️ bit.ly/47obJjO

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 6d

Jaguars once roamed the Americas from Argentina to Arizona.

In this episode of Sounds Wild, Sebastián Di Martino, conservation director of Rewilding Argentina, discusses the return of #Jaguars in Argentina and what it would take to bring them back to the U.S.

Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 7d

An appeals court has granted a federal request to pause appellate court proceedings in a lawsuit challenging the massive detention center in the #Everglades known as #AlligatorAlcatraz.

The pause effectively halts the lawsuit brought by conservation groups.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/42V2N3U

Aerial view of the lands and waters that make up the Everglades at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. White text in a red box and a black box read: "Breaking news: Appeals court pauses case challenging destructive Everglades detention facility."

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 7d

Why carbon capture and direct air capture increase CO2, air pollution, pipelines, mining, and costs, thus do nothing beneficial, so should be abandoned - Long version.

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More info:
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Why carbon capture & direct air capture increase CO2, air pollution & costs and should be abandoned

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 8d

Just 10 banks are responsible for nearly 75% of the $15 billion in Amazon oil financing from the last decade.

We know who they are. We know what this will cost us. We can apply pressure to make them stop #KeepItInTheGround

Read the report: stand.earth/wp-content/u...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 7d

In June, Kyle Kunkler was named the Trump admin.'s top official in charge of pesticide policy at the EPA.

Less than a month later, the EPA proposed allowing the use of herbicides containing #dicamba, a chemical whose use has twice been restricted by a federal court.

Read on ➡️ nyti.ms/475FSFE

A field of green soy bean plants beneath a cloudless, blue sky, stretching far off into the distance. A stand of trees is at one end of the field.

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 7d

🌐 Without a commitment to phase out fossil fuels, countries' climate plans are empty promises.

Sergio Díaz, legal director at the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, penned an article for Climate Home News about the need for countries to directly confront fossil fuels in their NDCs.

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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 8d

Greening cities for #biodiversity is overwhelmingly good for #humanhealth 💚💚💚

A major review of 1,500+ studies shows it improves #well-being & cuts exposure to heat and pollution (air, light, noise) 🌍

What is there not to like?

#UrbanEcology #PublicHealth #GreenCities

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How nature can make urban dwellers healthier

A study by Rutgers ecologist Myla Aronson and colleagues has found "overwhelming" evidence that increasing biodiversity in cities—establishing parks, installing native plants and encouraging sustainab...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9d

“The effort to quiet Paris complements the wider campaign to make Paris greener, cleaner & less car-dependent, which include vehicle restrictions in the center, crackdowns on polluting vehicles, & an ambitious expansion of bike networks. Those have cut the city’s average noise level by 2 decibels.”

Europe’s Noise Capital Tries to Turn Down the Volume

To combat the ill effects of urban noise pollution, Paris is deploying automated sensors and cracking down on the loudest vehicles.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 8d

You are the co-owner of 45 million acres.

For the past 25 years, they have been protected under the #RoadlessRule (a conservation policy over 1.6 million Americans submitted comments supporting).

Now, you're about to lose them all.

Get the rest in our Southeast Director's op-ed ➡️ bit.ly/47gWB7B

The Verde River, below Camp Verde, in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona. The camera is positioned close to a section of the river containing rocks. White water swirls around the rocks. Mountains and evergreen trees are in the background.

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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 9d

Warming made the devastating L.A. wildfires twice as likely and 25 times larger, according to a new report.

Warming Made L.A. Wildfires 25 Times Larger

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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 11d

Us humans have got to get over ourselves… our own arrogance is pushing Earth, our home to its #EcologicalLimits 🌍

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‘Human exceptionalism is at the root of the ecological crisis’ — Harvard Gazette

Saving the planet requires getting over ourselves, argues Christine Webb, author of ”The Arrogant Ape.”

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 10d

Hot classrooms impede learning, as does elevated levels of carbon dioxide. Clean energy—not fossil fuels—is the path to a better, smarter, healthier future for our children.

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When Classrooms Get Hot: What We Learned Exploring the Hidden Link Between the Environment, Health, and Learning

As both a physician and a policymaker, I’ve spent much of my life asking one central question: How can we help every child reach their full potential?

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 9d

Despite the #shutdown that has left hundreds of thousands of workers without pay, the Trump administration is continuing its anti-environment agenda — prioritizing fossil fuel production, border wall construction, and other destructive programs.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/48FbByt

A white "closed" sign over a darkened, glass door.

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