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ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE ENVIRONMENT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY.

[luv @notyourluvvv]

SET. THE. POLITICS. ASIDE. AND. SAVE. THE. EARTH. JUST FUCKING DO IT

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Costa Rica was the first tropical country in the world to reverse #deforestation: forest coverage in the country was up from 21% to 60% by paying landowners not to cut down trees

Today the country covers 0.03% of the surface of the world and shelters c. 5% of its biodiversity

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

It's actually impossible to fully comprehend the losses nature has sustained due to human impacts.

But here's the thing: it doesn't have to be like this. We CAN start turning things around, and make the world bloom with life again.

There's even a name for it: rewilding.

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

In other news
1 Antarctic sea ice at lowest levels ever recorded
2 Floods force 40,000 to flee homes in Malaysia
3 Kenya loses 2.61m livestock to drought
4 Global CO2 emissions hit yet another record
5 Germany, France, Italy, Spain face water crisis as winter drought worsens

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Mass shootings in the US:

2014: 273
2015: 336
2016: 383
2017: 348
2018: 336
2019: 417
2020: 610
2021: 690
2022: 647

In the first seven weeks of 2023: 67

We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.

[Licypriya Kangujam @LicypriyaK]

My best #ClimateStrike of 2022!

[Victoria Brownworth @VABVOX]

No one wants to hear this, but none of the 606 mass shootings so far this year have been perpetrated by women.

[Sgt Joker @TheSGTJoker]

Republicans want to raise the age of voting to 21 because 18-21yos voted in droves in the Midterms. This is the same Republican Party that believes that an 18yo is mature enough to purchase an AR15 and a 10yo is old enough to be a mom.

Take all the time you need with that.

[luv @notyourluvvv]

@oldirtylindo Neverrrrrrr!

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

The best way to honor 9/11 is to take care of our First Responders who continue to need our help.

[New Jersey @NJGov]

A little louder for the rest of the country 🔈🔉🔊

New Jersey is the FIRST STATE IN THE NATION to incorporate climate change education across its K-12 academic standards.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Pay teachers more.
Pay nurses more.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

I hear Republicans complaining about $20,000 in student debt forgiveness. Funny, I didn't hear those complaints when Trump declared bankruptcy 6 times & had $287 million in loans forgiven by big banks. The GOP l-o-v-e-s socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the rest.

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

It took billions of years to produce a planet that sustains life like Earth. Is this civilization really going to destroy all that evolution inside a couple of centuries for the sake of materialism?

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Let’s counter this bullshit Republican talking point right now- Retweet this if you don’t have college debt but are happy for the people who are getting some help with their student debt.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Biden isn’t just forgiving a set amount of debt. He is also enacting a new policy that ends excess interest on student loans—as long as a borrower pays their minimum monthly payment (now capped at only 5% of their income), their balance will no longer increase.

This is huge.

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Solar growing at record pace in India, up 59% to record 7.2GW in first half of 2022

“Highest ever quarterly and half-yearly solar capacity additions”

By comparison, Germany and the US added 3.8GW

https://t.co/mGLxiiRT8I #climate

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Good climate news this week
1 US Congress passes historic climate bill
2 US enacts CHIPS, directing $67b to cleantech
3 Massachusetts enacts major climate law
4 California in 25GW offshore wind target
5 Orsted suppliers must use 100% renewables
6 India bans carbon offsets exports

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

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