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A guide to the great trees of Central Park, now that you know, have a look-see in person
A guide to the great trees of Central Park, now that you know, have a look-see in person
Decarbonizing industry must start now. Begin here
...But outside the EU, that's not what they're getting
"[S]o much space is required for the 95% of the time our cars sit idle that Los Angeles, for example, devotes an area larger than the land mass of Manhattan just for parking." The Guardian, Sept. 1, 2020
SUVs were the second largest cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade, eclipsing all shipping, aviation, heavy industry and even trucks: https://t.co/SHETkVhJT5
— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) September 9, 2020
Add widespread water insecurity that fuels conflict, social unrest + migration to the list of harms inflicted by the global climate crisis
If scientists can model the climate system & predict worsening wildfires, newspapers can damn well figure out how to report it. It's not rocket (or climate) science.
— Geoffrey Supran (@GeoffreySupran) September 8, 2020
As @emorwee says, failure to do so is "abdication of journalistic responsibility". 1/nhttps://t.co/mbYlb2EKKW
Boston Green New Deal advocates embrace hands-on education + job programs for racial justice as part of OVID recovery + meeting a 2040 citywide carbon neurality goal
By combining detailed local knowledge with sustained disaster planning + political support, US communities can minimize rising hurricane damage
... but government policy plays an indispensable role, even though it typically moves much slower than markets
Using streets for voting booths instead of cars is just one of many ways cities can get their mojo back as they revive from the pandemic