LAST DAY for this book giveaway on the Bright Green Futures podcast/newsletter! https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/book-giveaway-solarpunk-activism
Excellent video about the cost of letting tech run wild and destroy literally everything.
"Do you know how hard you need to abuse a mammal to make them not have children?" So insightful. #climatechange
"The simulacrum is more profitable." Devastatingly on point.

"Warming El Nino may return later this year: UN"
My online life apart from here is reducing.
Yet another group I've been involved with has gone down the AI route, proudly telling us it is trained on all the available research papers to answer my questions. And the first 2 questions are free.
Nothing about the use of copyright research papers, or the huge environmental costs. Just an assurance it can answer my questions so I don't need to do my own research.
I've lost count of how many sites I've closed accounts on or unsubscribed from in the past weeks.
RE: https://botany.social/@AnnBot/116187794057281597
"The advanced flowering phenology and changes in flowering duration reported here were of unprecedented magnitude, showcasing the extreme effects of climate change on Mediterranean ecosystems."
#BigOil has just won a US$345 million ruling against #Greenpeace.
Not for pollution.
Not for an oil spill.
For peaceful #protest.
This lawsuit sends a chilling message. If corporations can use the courts to punish environmental groups for speaking out, anyone who challenges fossil fuel power could be next.
This type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/81860/what-345-million-judgment-means-greenpeace/ #climate #ClimateChange
Google’s Sneaky Trick to Sidestep an Iowa County’s Data Center Zoning Rules
When judges face complex cases, they need facts they can trust. That is why the quiet removal of a climate science chapter from a major judicial reference manual is so alarming. Courts often deal with Pollution, public health, and damage to the environment. So when politics pushes science aside, everyone should pay attention
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/why-judges-need-climate-science-not-political-censorship/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate