In the entire universe, we know of only a single planetary biosphere in which life can thrive… and now, a tiny cabal of greedy capitalist idiots is wantonly destroying that precious biosphere.

This sounds like the plot of a bad science fiction movie. But it's not fiction. It's reality.

#Science#Environment#Climate #ClimateChange#Capitalism

Are You Ready for Another Bush v. Gore?
#SCOTUS Is.

How #Trump could win, thanks to just 5 votes.

The #SupremeCourt will begin a new term on Monday, in which it is set to hear pivotal cases about #transgender rights, our #environment, & #GunViolence. But the term’s biggest blockbuster could be a case that not only hasn’t yet been filed, but is still just a concept.

#law#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024 #landslide
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/supreme-court-2024-election-donald-trump/

"The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials. This pollution is for the most part irrecoverable; the chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible."

Silent Spring (1962)

~Rachel Carson (27 May 1907 – 14 April 1964)

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson

#books #environment #nature

#OTD in 1962.

Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during WW2. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring

#books #environment #nature

A full scale evacuation of a first nation community is happening in Canada due to wildfires.

Up to 3000 people of the Bunibonibee Cree Nation are leaving their homes in northeastern Manitoba.
#climate#ClimateCollapse #environment

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bunibonibee-cree-nation-evacuations-wildfire-northern-manitoba-1.7294342

Great news 👇

We reached out to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation after they joined Bluesky and asked them to bridge.

We're happy to report that they did! 👏

JRF are a huge charity in the UK working to help people and the planet flourish whilst preventing poverty. Find out more: https://www.jrf.org.uk/

You can follow them here @jrf-uk.bsky.social or in the @povertyandinequality & @activism Feeds.

#Bluesky#Bridge#SocialMedia#Poverty#Charity#Environment#Fediverse#Mastodon

HEADLINE: "Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows"
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A staggering 175,000 people die from heat-related causes every year in Europe, and that figure is set to soar in line with our steadily warming planet. The UN World Health Organization says European countries are seeing temperatures rise at around twice the global average.
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Meanwhile, Business As Usual proceeds uninterrupted.

LEARN MORE -- https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1152766

#Europe#Environment#Climate #ClimateChange#Capitalism#BusinessAsUsual

Which side are you on in the war?

#Science#Environment#Climate #ClimateChange#Economics#Capitalism