,
10 tweets,
4 min read
Read on Twitter
Remember:
1. Seven million on Climate Strike
2. Tropical Rainforest destruction
3. Trillions in fossil fuel $ubsidie$
4. Arctic Ice Melt to cause 0.6C rise
5. A fair, ecological Green New Deal
6. Coral Reefs unlikely to survive
This is The Biggest News Story in Human History.
1. Seven million on Climate Strike
2. Tropical Rainforest destruction
3. Trillions in fossil fuel $ubsidie$
4. Arctic Ice Melt to cause 0.6C rise
5. A fair, ecological Green New Deal
6. Coral Reefs unlikely to survive
This is The Biggest News Story in Human History.
"At a total of over 7 million and still counting, the week of Global Climate Strikes is on par with the 2003 anti-Iraq war protest as one of the largest coordinated global protests in History. From September 20th to 27th, millions of students, parents..."
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/…
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/…
'The consequences of a world bereft of rainforests are too horrific to contemplate'.
Causes of deforestation:
'while logging is an issue...the major cause is animal agriculture. Huge tracts of land are cleared to graze cattle, grow feed for animals...'
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/dec…
Causes of deforestation:
'while logging is an issue...the major cause is animal agriculture. Huge tracts of land are cleared to graze cattle, grow feed for animals...'
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/dec…
⚠️ Tropical rainforests may be nearing a tipping point beyond which deforestation will spiral out of human control, a shift from human-caused destruction to self-collapse, as forest fragments shrink and die due to their inherent instability. ⚠️
Thread: 👇
Thread: 👇
Zero emissions in the 2020s is required to limit the damage of climate catastrophe.
But state-corporate media journalists still refuse to question the dangerous and unjust notion of net-zero emissions by 2050.
In any case, FF subsidies have to go.
vox.com/2019/5/17/1862…
But state-corporate media journalists still refuse to question the dangerous and unjust notion of net-zero emissions by 2050.
In any case, FF subsidies have to go.
vox.com/2019/5/17/1862…
"Seabed permafrost which has been sitting there frozen since the last Ice Age...is acting as a cap for a very large amount of methane...in the form of methane hydrates..."
"We calculated it could give you 0.6C warming of the planet in five years."
counterpunch.org/2016/06/17/epi…
"We calculated it could give you 0.6C warming of the planet in five years."
counterpunch.org/2016/06/17/epi…
'There is great uncertainty about the timing of when the Arctic could become seasonally ice-free, with some research suggesting that recent trends could lead to an ice-free Arctic as early as the 2020s and others suggesting 2030...'
"By calling for US support for a 36% reduction in emissions by poorer countries by 2030, as well as $200 billion for the Green Climate Fund to make this concrete, the Sanders plan recognizes that unprecedented international cooperation will be needed..."
thenation.com/article/green-…
thenation.com/article/green-…
Coral reefs are expected to decline by a further 70 - 90% even under 1.5C, but that rises to more than 99% reef loss as temperature rises hit 2C. ⚠️
abc.net.au/news/science/2…
Limiting global warming to 2°C unlikely to save most coral reefs. ⚠️
nature.com/articles/nclim…
abc.net.au/news/science/2…
Limiting global warming to 2°C unlikely to save most coral reefs. ⚠️
nature.com/articles/nclim…
Will Herman & Chomsky's propaganda model ever become common knowledge in relation to the #EcologicalEmergency, or must we watch corporate media control the narrative to protect omnicidal business-as-usual growth (that scientists say must be re-assessed)?
