When I first heard @GeorgeMonbiot make this argument, I was instantly persuaded. I have sinced talked of climate breakdown, not climate change - and while we are at it: 'the living planet', not 'the environment'. Language matters.
Nations are meeting in South Korea to discuss the latest #IPCC report on limiting #globalwarming to 1.5°C. Governments need to take rapid and radical measures for decarbonizing our society, otherwise this is just a shadow of our frightening future #SR15#climateimpacts
Man I wish I could get across the fact that natural gas doesn't help with climate change. A great and frustrating failure for me.
https://t.co/31QpWnrYAj
Far too many environmental defenders have been killed for standing up for what is right.
Thank you to every country taking steps to protect these brave activists!
https://t.co/eLg5A3HSed
EPA reversed a rule protecting kids from @DowChemical's brain-damaging, deadly pesticide. Demand that Congress fights back to #BanChlorpyrifos!
https://t.co/nc6v8SmJk2
This is a head-scratcher: The @EPA @EPAScottPruitt plans to end a program whose task is to distribute grants to test the effects of chemical exposure on adults & children https://t.co/rRPW17ncny
If you're wondering what it actually feels like in Cape Town as the city runs out of water, a superb essay from @AdamWelz answers the question.
https://t.co/DcErpKDpbS
If we want our ocean to continue to provide food, absorb carbon and regulate our climate, protecting the biodiversity of the high seas is not a nice-to-have —it’s a must-have, explains @nature_org. https://t.co/jks6tHzp8O
South Australia govt and Tesla will build a 'virtual power plant' w/solar panels on the roofs of 50k homes of low and middle-income people, cutting their power costs 30%.
https://t.co/dhqLB7zqFg
Parts of the Arctic will be 50-60F above normal this weekend. The North Pole may be above freezing. In the totally dark Arctic midwinter.
https://t.co/oGZqgMBglN