• Bottlenose dolphins in Gulf of Mexico test positive for fentanyl, other pharmaceuticals
(archived link)
• In the Arctic, scientists are seeing changes that could have consequences for the whole planet
• Downtown San Francisco experiences first tornado warning
(archived link)
• Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years
• Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources
(archived link)
• From the US to Uganda, how climate activism has been criminalized in 2024
• Long-term marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean killed some 4-million seabirds in Alaska, the largest bird-killing event in modern history
(archived link)
• Dozens of luxury condos, hotels in Miami sinking at ‘unexpected’ rates, new study reveals
(archived link)
• Climate takes its toll on the ‘cherry capital of the world’
(archived link)
The solution is to protest. Stop businesses from doing business - the bigger the business, the louder the message. Make the money stop to make the changes needed.
If we could get the world to stop like it was the start of the pandemic, then the world can get a chance to heal. The next step to undoing the damage is carbon capture and carbon sinks. We have to find a way to remove the carbon and build a natural system to deal with it - forests work great for all of these. Grow nature, save the world.
General protests are worthless, yell and shout all you want they have no incentive to listen and thus they never will. We must give them incentive to listen, a sharp incentive, maybe on a like a blade on a rope in a wooden track, and maybe you put their head in it?
Violence is not the answer, we’re taught. Most people believe it, and heck, I’ve said it myself.
But you know what else isn’t the answer?
Peaceful picketing. Sending a letter to your Congresscritter. Going to meetings…
Good people have done all those things, without success since the 1960s — back when protests carried an undertone of “or else.”
What’s needed is more of “or else.”
I envy the optimism, but I think the oligarchs only allowed the COVID shutdown because it was temporary. What’s needed is a bigger, much bigger shutdown that’s permanent.