Maybe this, meaning real money, will begin to penetrate the regressive-right's fossil-fuel industry constructed bubble about carbon and global warming...
Climate change has cost US insurers an 'unprecedented' $34B in just 6 months
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/9/2186236/-Climate-change-has-cost-US-insurers-an-unprecedented-34B-in-just-6-months
We generally think that over-fishing is about fish that humans eat. But around a third of all wild-caught fish are turned into fishmeal, because fishmeal is around 65% protein and therefore in demand for for feeding farmed fish and pigs. It's an almost invisible trade with huge consequences. But it's not an efficient way to make more protein. We need to re-think these links and ask whether it's really worth the damage to the ocean & communities.#ocean #fish #fishmeal
What is happening in #Maui & elsewhere is #ClimateColoniality, where #colonial & #imperial oppression, #capitalist exploitation & #racialized control create conditions of worsening #climate #injustices.
A couple of readings to help more comprehensive understanding of these components related to #climatecrisis:
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1. What is climate coloniality: https://www.farhanasultana.com/climate-coloniality/
2. What is climate justice: https://www.farhanasultana.com/critical-climate-justice/
3. What is decolonizing climate governance: https://tinyurl.com/yc2avxr7
The world's #CoralReefs are in worsening trouble. #climate https://www.commondreams.org/news/coral-bleaching-caribbean
Experts fear US carbon capture plan is ‘fig leaf’ to protect fossil fuel industry | Fossil fuels | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/11/us-government-biden-carbon-capture
Of course it is!
Journalists/writers covering #MauiFires or any of the climate-related disasters would benefit from clearer understandings of connections globally across colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, racism, international development, patriarchy to #ClimateChange. I hope these help but feel free to ask!
Last night’s sunset, Moonstone Beach, #California
#californiadreaming #photography #sunset #travel #TravelPhotography #beach #PacificOcean
MEDIA: Register to join us in Utah to see preparations for the return of the OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying America’s first asteroid sample collected in space. The event will also include a news conference, and tours of the landing area and clean room. https://go.nasa.gov/455LBrx
#NASA
"Two prominent conservative law professors have concluded that Donald J. Trump is ineligible to be president under a provision of the Constitution that bars people who have engaged in an insurrection from holding government office."
~ Adam Liptak
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #Constitution
Does this mean we’ll finally get an actual definition of “woke”?
David Brooks, nytimes
Hey, America, Grow Up!
"Left or right, apparently we’re all victims now.
The instability of the self has created an immature public culture —
impulsive, dramatic, erratic and cruel.
In institution after institution, from churches to schools to nonprofits,
the least mature voices dominate and hurl accusations,
while the most mature lie low, trying to get through the day."
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.