Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area

Working with aligned climate organizations and businesses, other Climate Reality Project chapters and the Central Texas area communities where we live.

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

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[Juan Lozano @juanlozano70]

Can the next Avengers movie be about all the super heroes coming together to fix the Texas power grid?

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

Meat production causes 80% of deforestation in Amazonian countries. Meat production is the largest driver of deforestation in Amazonian countries. https://t.co/b8Ao0wt5ME

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

There are 40 different types of electric cars on the roads today.

Right now. They are sharing the the roads with you. Now. https://t.co/OEJ9fMNOaU

[Climate Action Now @MyClimateApp]

ACTION OF THE DAY: Tell the USPS to electrify its mail truck fleet NOW!

Download the Climate Action Now app to take this action and thousands of othersACTION OF THE DAY: Tell the USPS to electrify its mail truck fleet NOW!

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[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

A single acre of old-growth Redwood Forest can store the same amount of CO2 that 234 cars driven for one year emit. https://t.co/TA6JfRvShV

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Bamboo toilet paper! https://t.co/J5Cm3ExAFl

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A hospital in Mexico City was designed to scrub air clean.

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[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

Seattle’s NHL stadium will be the world's first zero-carbon certified arena, and the venue will be powered by 100% renewable energy. https://t.co/82JCCQGFUe

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

Renewable
Energy
Is
Cool.

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

26% of all land is used for grazing livestock. One third of cropland is used to feed that livestock.

It's bad business. Knowing what we know today, the US would not build the livestock industry we did. https://t.co/kMGoUd50Kg

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

There are several kinds of plastic. Only a couple of those can be recycled. Less than 10% of those recyclable plastics actually are.

In the end, about 40% of all plastic is used only once and then it goes into the landfill.

Plastic is a big problem y'all.

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

"...the U.S.’s already measly rate of recycling has decreased in the last few years. According to their analysis, hardly any plastic waste was recycled last year." https://t.co/FFKHcoEGi1

[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

Some weekend reading.

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Hate sharing the bad news, but....

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The study is "one of the first to predict how global warming will shift wildlife habitats and increase encounters between species capable of swapping pathogens, and to quantify how many times viruses are expected to jump between species."

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[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

Arctic ice that is at least 5 years old has declined by 90% since 1979. https://t.co/MKSreOvBij

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"The area of tropical forest destroyed in 2021 was enough to cover the entire island of Cuba, and sent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as India does in an entire year from burning fossil fuels...."

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[Climate Reality - Greater Austin Area @ClimateATX]

One pair of jeans produces as much carbon throughout its lifespan as it takes to drive almost 70 miles. This estimate comes from the fashion industry itself. https://t.co/wDyYhplIgD

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By 2050, emission from transportation could grow to 12 billion tons of CO2e each year. https://t.co/AAHL4O0nZw