Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
I feel like I've seen a similar article recently for a similar but more general study. Looks like the data is finally catching up to the lie.
Too bad we've elected the exact wrong people to do anything about it. Man, the next years are going to be so fun...
With you on that. I doubt that the data will do us much good rn, but its still good to see mega-corps getting called out on devwashing (economic development washing, IDK if there's already a good term.)
The truth is still worth uncovering. We might not be able to do anything about it right now, but that doesn't mean that will always be the case.
Absolutely
Shell says it paid $52 million in taxes, royalties, and fees.
No mention of the state and local government tax credit of $1.65 BILLION for this plant.
nottheonion-worthy headline