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DemoCat-FL Feb 25, 2023

Happy #Caturday! Are all your family and friends registered to vote? #CatsOfMastodon

DemoCat-FL Feb 4, 2023

#caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CatTails

DemoCat-FL Jan 18, 2023

Extreme heat could put 40% of land vertebrates in peril by end of century. Study shows ‘disastrous consequences for wildlife’ if human-caused emissions push global temperatures up 4.4C #ClimateCrisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/extreme-heat-could-put-40-percent-land-vertebrates-peril-end-of-century-aoe

Extreme heat could put 40% of land vertebrates in peril by end of century

Study shows ‘disastrous consequences for wildlife’ if human-caused emissions push global temperatures up 4.4C

The Guardian

DemoCat-FL Jan 12, 2023

Honduran environmental defenders shot dead in broad daylight.

Two environmental defenders have been shot dead in broad daylight in Honduras, triggering fresh calls for an independent investigation into the persecution and violence against a rural community battling to stop an illegally sanctioned mine.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/11/honduras-environmental-defenders-shot-dead-guapinol-mine

Honduran environmental defenders shot dead in broad daylight

Aly Domínguez and Jairo Bonilla, co-founders of grassroots resistance group to iron ore mine in Guapinol, murdered in street

The Guardian

DemoCat-FL Jan 12, 2023

World’s large dams could lose quarter of capacity by 2050, says UN...

... by mid-century, dams and reservoirs will lose about 1.65 Trillion cubic metres of water storage capacity to sediment.

The figure is close to the combined annual water use of India, China, Indonesia, France and Canada.

That is important, the researchers say, because these big dams are a key source of hydroelectricity, flood control, irrigation and drinking water throughout the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/worlds-large-dams-could-lose-quarter-of-capacity-by-2050-says-un?CMP=share_btn_tw

World’s large dams could lose quarter of capacity by 2050, says UN

Study suggests the thousands of dams clogged with sediment pose a threat to water supplies

The Guardian

DemoCat-FL Jan 10, 2023

1) Every cat should have a home.
2) I worry about someone adopting solely to get the bonus, and then dumping the kitten.

-- If you adopt a cat from a Vegas shelter, you can fly free on Frontier. Three kittens recently rescued by a Las Vegas shelter offer an extra special perk: free Frontier Airlines flights. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/10/frontier-kittens-rescue-voucher/

If you adopt a cat from a Vegas shelter, you can fly free on Frontier

Frontier is offering flight vouchers to potential adopters for kittens that a Las Vegas animal shelter named after airlines.

The Washington Post

DemoCat-FL Jan 10, 2023

Skeptical Eye Jan 10, 2023

Myth Buster: It is widely believed that EVs only reduce total emissions when powered by Green Electricity, but the fact is that even when powered by 100% coal electricity, EVs still reduce total emissions. And of course the balance swings far toward EVs as our electricity sources become greener.

-- Yes, electric vehicles are greener than gas cars — even when they use dirty power https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-cars-environment-emissions-gas-battery-coal-power-2022-12

Electric cars are greener even when they use dirty power, studies show

Electric cars aren't emission-free, but driving one in the US produces roughly the same emissions as a gasoline vehicle rated at 91 miles per gallon.

Insider

DemoCat-FL Jan 10, 2023

Read ... Cries for help pour into 988 mental health, suicide line...

more than 200 call centers around country tasked with answering an uptick in calls day and night from people considering suicide or experiencing a mental health emergency.

With bipartisan congressional support and $1 billion in federal funds, the 988 mental health helpline has quickly expanded its reach in the six months since it launched — with over 2 million calls, texts & chat messages pouring in.

https://apnews.com/article/health-mental-washington-suicide-313c20b2098469f04ccadcccdfd46b1b

Cries for help pour into 988 mental health, suicide line

HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — When Jamieson Brill answers a crisis call from a Spanish speaker on the newly launched national 988 mental health helpline, he rarely mentions the word suicide, or “suicidio”

Associated Press

DemoCat-FL Jan 9, 2023

Scary... #BiodiversityCrisis #EcologicalCrisis
-- Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early human deaths a year – study. Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/09/global-pollinator-losses-causing-500000-early-deaths-a-year-study

Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year – study

Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people

The Guardian

DemoCat-FL Jan 9, 2023

REALLY bad, if accurate...
--Almost 90% of people in China’s third most populous province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top local official has said, as the country battles an unprecedented surge in cases.
Director of the health commission for central Henan province, told a press conference that “as of January 6, 2023, the province’s Covid infection rate is 89%”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/09/life-is-moving-forward-china-enters-new-phase-in-covid-fight-as-borders-open

90% of people in China province infected with Covid, says local health official

Data from the health commission for central Henan suggests 88 million people in the province may have had the virus

The Guardian