“Are we going to look our grandchildren in the eye and tell them that we understood the issues, that we recognized the dangers and the opportunities, and still we failed to act?”
― Nicholas Stern, Grantham Research Institute
🎨: cartoon by @Nick_Anderson_
Japan has begun discharging treated water containing radioactive tritium from the decommissioned Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. The move led to China announcing an immediate ban on all aquatic products from the island nation. https://t.co/IJzB3SereU
I’m LIVE in N.H. to give a major address on why Democrats must ignore the corporate wing of the party and instead put forward a bold agenda that addresses the needs of America’s struggling working class. https://t.co/NiXLQsfIns
Big Oil companies have inflated gas prices, ripped off families, and pocketed over $327 billion in profit this year!
California is doing the right thing—getting that money back to working families.
https://t.co/9bn4h8qkii
Biomass industry whistleblower in blistering new expose:
“We take giant, whole trees. We don’t care where they come from. The notion of sustainably managed forests is nonsense. We can’t get wood into the mills fast enough.”
https://t.co/xaw2zNp648
If we ended industrial animal agriculture, there'd suddenly be more than enough food for everyone, we'd essentially end animal cruelty, no one would die, and we'd take a huge bite out of the climate and ecological emergency. We could do this basically overnight.
We sat in Schumer’s office today for a specific reason: we want people to know that Dems leaders have not used every tool at their disposal to pass climate policy.
There will always be a straggler (Manchin), but it’s those who set the calendar and rules who need our pressure.
"There's nothing worse, as a climate scientist, than seeing your predictions play out... This is the face of climate change. It's not subtle anymore. It's not far off, distant. It's here and now." —@MichaelEMann
In 2013, it was estimated that there was 86 million tons of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. By 2050, by weight there could be more plastic in the oceans than fish.
Time to end plastic pollution
#Oceans#climate#GreenNewDeal#plasticstreaty
"Water usage data suggests that if Americans avoid meat one day each week they could save an amount of water equivalent to the entire flow of the Colorado each year, more than enough water to alleviate the region’s shortages."
https://t.co/wLXB5HmmW7
30 years ago the oil industry drew a PR plot to lobby politicians against climate action. We're now living the devastating consequences of it 💔
Big oil keeps influencing politics through misleading PR campaigns. Time to stop it.
#BanFossilAds: https://t.co/AOxNsnHNT0