#climate change

[animentality]

[reasonsforhope]

There was record-breaking clean energy progress all around the world in 2024

"Last week, we shared the news that the U.S. government permanently closed most federal waters — more than 625 million acres — to offshore oil and gas drilling.

It’s a great way to kick off a year of more good climate action. And as the year-end data rolls in, there are even more stories of progress in fighting climate change via transitioning away from fossil fuels toward clean energy sources across the globe. In 2024...

📍 In Great Britain, wind power alone provided more electricity than ever before, and all renewables together generated around 56% of electricity.

📍 In Germany, renewables made up a record 59% of electricity generation and became the “backbone of the system” in the country.

📍 In Poland, a record 29% of its power came from renewable sources, showing great progress in a country that still heavily relies on coal.

📍 In India, the “transformative growth” of its renewable energy sector led to it surpassing 200 GW of installed capacity, making up 46% of the country’s total installed capacity.

→ Read more stories of progress for the planet"

-via GoodGoodGood, January 18, 2025, Source

[itscolossal]

Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings

[codymartinezart]

The future looks pretty bleak right now, but we can’t give up. We need to keep fighting on for the long term. We need to work together and keep on fighting for the foreseeable future. We need to keep fighting for a better world. For a better future for all.

Lofi Cali Girl - beats to relax/study to during the climate change apocalypse. Lots of people have messaged me with well wishes for the LA fires. I'm lucky enough to live in a different part of California (in the SF bay area) so please do not worry about me. I do used to live in LA and have a lot of friends who live there still. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this tragedy. For the people whose houses did not burn down, they still surfer from horrendous air quality caused by the fires. The house I lived in during my teenage years is right next to the Eaton Fire, and it's so scary to think about the what ifs. I painted the Lofi Cali Girl drawing during the 2020 wildfires that affected the SF Bay Area and turned the sky red. Since then, I repost this every time another disastrous fire ravages my state. Small wildfires are a normal part of the CA landscape, but these mega fires are not. These are caused by climate change. For the 2020 fire, it was a dry lightning storm that ignited over 2000 wildfires in the middle of our dry summer. For those not familiar with California's climate, we almost never get lightning storms, especially not in the summer. For the 2025 LA fire, it was caused by a dry winter when we would normally get winter rains, and by 100mph wind that spread the fires faster than anyone can put out. This is not normal, and no amount of controlled burns or regular fire prevention could have prevented this. This is just the beginning of the climate change disasters. Some people say this is the new normal, but the reality is things will only get progressively worse. Whatever "new normal" you think this is, just know it will be even worse next year, and every year after. What can you actually do to help the most? For Americans, it would be vote for climate friendly policies and politicians. The 2024 election just ended with a grim outlook for our climate future, but don't give up. There are local elections, and the 2026 midterm elections for House and Senate. All of these can make a real lasting impact on the future of our planet, our one and only home.

[deadpresidents]

There are 194 nations that are party to the Paris Climate Agreement. Thanks to President Trump's "leadership" today (again), the United States has now joined the only other three countries that have not ratified the agreement: Yemen, Libya, and Iran. Good company.

[purpleweredragon]

https://juststopoil.org/2025/01/16/heathrow-paint-spraying-trial-ends-with-a-hung-jury/

Two trial of 2 Just Stop Oil Supporters ended with a hung jury.

Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil were accused of criminal damage over £5,000 for spraying Heathrow departure boards with orange paint.

The trial lasted nine days and ended when the jury failed to reach a majority decision. A retrial has been scheduled for next year.

Phoebe Plummer said: "The prosecution says I’m ‘committed to breaking the law’; my only commitment is to act in line with my conscience. They say ‘I do what I like without thinking about the law’. I don’t think following the law and doing the right thing are always the same thing."

[neurotichunter]

In Europe, AC isn't really a thing, but with climate change we get hotter summers with extreme heat waves here as well, so ppl buy small, portable AC devices (real AC for a whole house or apartment is still frowned upon because it's bad for the climate). In my city, there was an official ad campaign last summer on the info screens in busses and the subway and so on that told ppl to not use any form of AC or fans, but instead to put wet towels on their necks and their feet in buckets of cold water. We had weeks on end with at least 35C (95F) and nights not under 28C (83F) and in some flats it got to 40C (104F) and the city told us to use wet towels. But yeah, they probably used ChatGPT to write the ad.

[acti-veg]

[soy-scary]

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[ratbugs]

climate change deniers every time it snows

[thetreelovr]

deans alcohol addiction is something that is NOT talked about enough and it is so so so upsetting :(

[howtostartarevolution]

Well yes… with the little addition that psychologically most of all people want to be „good people“ and shaming in that sense is based on negotiating all the time what makes a person „a good person“. In that sense stopping bad behavior can also lead to good behavior.

Owning slaves? Shame on you! No, no, very bad person, we do not do that.

Segregating white and black people? No, bad, bad shame one you! Stop doing that!

Excluding women from education, positions of power other stuff? No, bad, shame on you. (Well, we are still in the process of changing what the norm of that is and how bad we find that as society. Same with Queer and Trans rights.)

Burning fossil fuel and ruining the world for everyone? No! Bad stop ruining the planet. Stop burning fossil fuels! (Guess if you stop doing that you have to look for better options, that’s what we want.)

I think that is why the universal declaration of human rights but also just the declaration of independence or other constitutional writings are really important. We have outlined agreements (that a very big portion of population) agree upon is Right and Good. So you can shame people when their action does not agree with this idea of how good people should be.

And yeah if you are like „Fuck human rights“ then you won’t be shamed. But it gives other people the right to say „You are not a good human“ and then everyone gets angry because they want to view themselves as good people. And some might actually think about their action and decide behaving differently might be actually the proper thing to do.

And well it all boils down to:

We have the widespread agreement that: „All people are created equal in worth.“

And then we have the competing idea of: „Some people are created better than other people.“

And *waves to human rights and constitutions* yes we have societal frameworks to shame people in treating people more equal. Most of social change (guess in the western world) the past 200 years has worked exactly because of that.

And yes… even the powerful and mighty usually want to think of themselves as good people. That’s why they frame their horrible politics and actions in terms that seem to make them good people. Even the villains want to be the heroes of their own story.

Not that anybody asked, but I think it's important to understand how shame and guilt actually work before you try to use it for good.

It's a necessary emotion. There are reasons we have it. It makes everything so. much. worse. when you use it wrong.

Shame and guilt are DE-motivators. They are meant to stop behavior, not promote it. You cannot, ever, in any meaningful way, guilt someone into doing good. You can only shame them into not doing bad.

Let's say you're a parent and your kid is having issues.

Swearing in class? Shame could work. You want them to stop it. Keep it in proportion*, and it might help. *(KEEP IT IN PROPORTION!!!)

Not doing their homework? NO! STOP! NO NOT DO THAT! EVER! EVER! EVER! You want them to start to do their homework. Shaming them will have to opposite effect! You have demotivated them! They will double down on NOT doing it. Not because they are being oppositional, but because that's what shame does!

You can't guilt people into building better habits, being more successful, or getting more involved. That requires encouragement. You need to motivate for that stuff!

If you want it in a simple phrase:

You can shame someone out of being a bad person, but you can't shame them into being a good person.

[onlytiktoks]

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5097241-trump-executive-orders-oil-drilling-climate-electric-vehicles/

[praisethefrog]

I watched the inauguration today, and by the fucking Frog God man, this is horrible. Trump is a fascist. And people voted for him. The richest men in the world were there, with the president they bought, as he plans to 'Drill baby, drill' and 'declare a national emergency on the southern border' and to destroy the rights of queer people, and 'expand our territory' by the nine this is shit. To all my American friends, to everyone who will be affected by this, please, please, stay safe, and never give up. People like Trump and Musk want you to feel hopeless, to feel powerless. Never give up.

"In the face of extermination, say FUCK YOU!"- Gerard Way

[kisslaughanddream]

@heyheatherelise and I were having this conversation literally 40 minutes ago.

Idgaf if you don't want to write essays for school. I don't care if you don't want to write corporate emails yourself. I don't care if you can't draw well, I don't care if you can't write well, I don't care if you just really really want to talk to your favorite fictional character but don't want to RP with a real person because you have social anxiety or whatever

If you're still regularly using generative ai, chatgpt or midjourney or character.ai or literally whatever the fuck, im personally blaming you when my utility prices start going up.