Parent. Planter. The planet's on fire.
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Andrea Germanos retweeted
Breaking News: The U.S. issued rules to ensure that most new cars sold in the country are electric or hybrids by 2032. It's the most significant climate regulation in American history. nyti.ms/3PS8IQT
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PRESS RELEASE: the #ICJ will deliver its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case #SouthAfrica v. #Israel this Friday, 26 January 2024, at 1 p.m. (The Hague). Watch live on @UNWebTV tinyurl.com/5n6m94px
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Here are two videos of Jackson Falls in NH today. This looks almost identical to flooding from Tropical Storm Irene in August of 2011. Thanks Andrew Drummond.
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“You can't run around this world hating people. If you do, these kind of things will happen more and more … Hate will never bring my son back.”
— Leroy Walker Sr., whose son Joey was killed while trying to stop the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooter
Andrea Germanos retweeted
The mass shooting in Lewiston reignites a national debate on gun safety - and prompted Maine Rep Jared Golden to reverse his stance on an assault weapons ban.
"Golden adds his voice to call for assault weapons ban as shootings reignite national debate"
pressherald.com/2023/10/26/g…
Andrea Germanos retweeted
I graduated from all-Black segregated Mulberry Heights High School in #Elba, AL nearly 6 decades ago, at a time when #JimCrow laws kept me out of the local library. Today, I am being inducted into the @Americanacad. I am chuckling after writing 18 books! @BullardCenter
Andrea Germanos retweeted
🚨 👇Today the @FTC takes a first step toward restoring the liberty of every individual & business who relies on essential internet platforms to exchange goods, services, + ideas with one another -- by targeting some of the most egregious abuses by #Amazon.
The FTC lawsuit against @amazon just dropped. Looking forward to reading the complaint.
ftc.gov/news-events/news/pre…
Andrea Germanos retweeted
We applaud @POTUS for these measures & hope it’s the tip of the iceberg. Meeting our climate commitments means curbing fossil fuel development in the Western Arctic, where industry hopes to extract oil for decades to come with Willow & other projects. earthjustice.org/brief/2023/…
Andrea Germanos retweeted
Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU: buff.ly/3L3z7sl. Record wildfires in Europe, in Canada, record low arctic ice, record high global temps...
How many more records do we need to break before we #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
Andrea Germanos retweeted
Take that in. Then try wrapping your head around the fact that we’re only seeing the beginning of a destabilising planet, while remembering that GHG emissions are still rising and the companies largely causing this are making record profits.
A bit concerning, don’t you think?
Andrea Germanos retweeted
It's rare to see a tornado watch stretching from NYC to Portland Maine. It's gonna be one of those days...
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The Cluster Munition Coalition is appalled by #US plans to transfer banned #clustermunitions to Ukraine, as reported today in the New York Times. Read our full statement here - bit.ly/43eAqe7
nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world…
@POTUS @ISUCCM
Andrea Germanos retweeted
BREAKING: Climate leader Greta Thunberg faces six months in prison after being charged by Sweden with blocking oil tankers in an act of peaceful civil disobedience.
Love her courage in the face of the utter cowardice of Swedish authorities. reuters.com/world/europe/gre…
ALT DAGENS NYHETER. Greta Thunberg arrested, charged with disobeying Swedish police Greta Thunberg was arrested last month and charged by Swedish authorities Wednesday in connection to a protest last month.
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The UK's hottest June on record caused unprecedented deaths of fish in rivers and disturbed insects and plants, environment groups have warned. bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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We are HIRING!
Fossil Free London is growing! Could you join our small team?
We're looking for someone passionate about being a supportive part of a vibrant movement fighting the industries threatening survival
Full time, London based, WFH
fossilfreelondon.org/inequal…
ALT Protestors dance in front of a large WELCOME TO HELL sign with flames on it outside the Excel Centre in London
Andrea Germanos retweeted
The five men who lost their lives on the Titan have been getting wall-to-wall coverage in the media worldwide. Meanwhile, the estimated 700 who died when the Adriana sank off the coast of Greece, mostly women and children, have been essentially forgotten. democracynow.org/2023/6/22/a…
Andrea Germanos retweeted
What price poisoning the planet?
What about damage outside the US?
#PlanetaryBoundaries #NovelEntities #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
theguardian.com/environment/…
Andrea Germanos retweeted
We are watching a disaster unfold in real-time as near Category 5 Cyclone Mocha approaches landfall in Bangladesh/Mynamar, one of the most vulnerable places in the world to storm surge where hundreds of thousands of refugees are currently living in low-lying camps near the coast.
Andrea Germanos retweeted
BREAKING: We & justice partners just released a positive & progressive vision of what a just, renewable energy future looks like.
Spoiler alert: It doesn't gut bedrock environmental laws or boost fossil fuels, unlike Manchin's dirty deal.
biologicaldiversity.org/prog…
