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CelloMom On Cars
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"The push to promote #biking in #Paris, France is paying off, with the city seeing a dramatic improvement in air quality over the last two decades. "
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/04/134769-paris-bike-boom-leads-steep-drop-air-pollution
#AirPollution
Radkolumne"Radwege sind simpel. Und (...) billig. Wenn man alle Ausgaben der letzten 15 Jahre für die Kopenhagener Radinfrastruktur zusammenzählt, kommt man auf die Summe, die die Erweiterung eines winzigen Autobahnabschnittes gekostet hat.“
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/fahrrad-rad-verkehr-stadtplanung-kopenhagen-100.html
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/fahrrad-rad-verkehr-stadtplanung-kopenhagen-100.html
Vorfahrt fürs Fahrrad - Was Deutschland von Kopenhagen lernen kann
Kopenhagen ist ein Fahrradparadies. Das Radwegenetz wurde bereits seit den 70ern ausgebaut. Heute holen sich Stadtplaner weltweit hier Rat. Dabei geht es neben einer guten Infrastruktur auch um den sozioökonomischen Nutzen des Radverkehrs.
"In their comparisons, the research team found that approximately half of the marine heat waves since 2000 would not have occurred without global warming. They found that over the past several decades, heat waves have occurred more often, and have increased in intensity—they are now approximately 1°C warmer."
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-global-tripled-length-marine.html
Global warming has tripled the length of marine heat waves since 1940, modeling study finds
A trio of environmental scientists at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas—Universidad de las Islas Baleares, working with a pair of meteorologists from the National Center for Atmospheric Science, at the University of Reading, in the U.K., has found that global warming has led to tripling the length of ocean surface heat waves.
"#Yadea’s recent announcement of surpassing 100 million cumulative electric two-wheelers sold globally puts both automakers’ figures in perspective. On an annual basis, Yadea consistently sells more than 6-8 million electric scooters, bicycles, and motorcycles, comfortably surpassing the combined annual sales of #Tesla and #BYD."
"Heavy flooding and landslides in Kinshasa, DR Congo, between April 4 and 11, have resulted in 165 deaths and more than 60 000 people affected. The disaster caused significant infrastructure damage and displaced thousands.
The flooding, triggered by torrential rains that caused the Ndjili River to overflow, affected 13 of Kinshasa’s 24 municipalities."
https://watchers.news/2025/04/15/165-dead-as-severe-flooding-and-landslides-hit-kinshasa-dr-congo/
dogzilla
#Delhi News Live Updates: Capital braces for #heatwave as IMD issues ‘Yellow’ alert, temperature to soar past 42°C
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-news-live-updates-weather-heatwave-mcd-9944684/
#India
Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation
"Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/15/coalition-scores-just-1100-points-for-environment-and-climate-policies-from-conservation-organisation
#Australia
Environmental Groups Sue the Trump Administration to Restore Web Tools Critical for Gauging Climate and Pollution Impacts
Of six sites: One, the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), was developed [under Biden] to support efforts to direct 40 percent of federal #climate and clean energy investments toward low-income or underserved communities. [And] EJScreen shares government data on local #pollution and demographics."
