Now might be a good time to revisit the environmental impacts of cryptocurrency, and its significant energy usage.
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Mike DiGirolamo
@MikeDiGirolamo
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Environmental Journalist. Video & Podcasts @Mongabay. Born at 350ppm. Marathoner. Opinions are my own. Cherokee territory ➡️ Gadigal Country (USA ➡️ Sydney, AUS).
I hope the next person I interview does this.
RT @elanaspivack
"finished up a Zoom interview with a bat biologist, asked her if there was anything else she wanted to share. she extends her hand to the camera and opens her fingers to show a LIVE BAT WAVING AT ME. the bat's name was Rosie, it had been in her shirt pocket the whole time."
https://twitter.com/elanaspivack/status/1590459615397187584?s=20&t=1MEnG6n8A-QTaz4TKQq76Q
Mongabay"Last week, Mongabay revealed a massive illegal shark finning operation across the fleet of a major Chinese tuna fishing firm.
The company, Dalian Ocean Fishing, mainly serves the Japanese market. Most of its tuna has gone to Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation and its seafood trading arm, Toyo Reizo."
#Ocean #Fishing #Crime #News #Environment #Overfishing #Marine #Wildlife #Conservation
How Mitsubishi vacuumed up tuna from a rogue Chinese fishing fleet
Tuna is ubiquitous in Japan, from high-end sashimi to go-around sushi chains and every neighborhood grocery store. But despite tuna’s central place in Japanese food culture, few know what really happens on the fishing vessels that supply the country’s tuna market. Last week, a Mongabay investigation revealed a massive illegal shark finning operation across the […]
"A new report from the World Wildlife Fund, called the Living Amazon Report, warns that threats to the Amazon have gotten worse in recent years, and could result in the disappearance of the biome if more drastic action isn’t taken."
#Amazon #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Conservation #IndigenousPeoples #Deforestation #Rainforest
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/deforestation-is-pushing-amazon-to-point-of-no-return-wwf-report/
Deforestation is pushing Amazon to ‘point of no return’: WWF report
Deforestation is pushing the Amazon rainforest dangerously close to its tipping point, and the effects could soon be felt across the globe. A new report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), called the Living Amazon Report, warns that threats to the Amazon have worsened in recent years, and could result in the disappearance of the […]
My @mongabay colleague, Max Radwin, investigated the back-door dealings and lack of government oversight that has enabled illegal gold mining in the department of La Paz, Bolivia. An area of the Amazon that has seen widespread mercury pollution and deforestation.
Read his full investigation here: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/shady-contracts-backdoor-deals-spur-illegal-gold-mining-in-bolivian-amazon/
#News #Environment #Rainforest #Amazon #Bolivia #IllegalMining #Conservation
Shady contracts, backdoor deals spur illegal gold mining in Bolivian Amazon
LA PAZ — Gold is Bolivia’s second-biggest export, valued at more than $1 billion annually and employing hundreds of thousands of people in the country. But much of that gold has uncertain origins, coming from somewhere deep in the Amazon rainforest, where environmental regulations often go unenforced. Setting up camp in secluded parts of the […]
It might be a good time to share this. This is my most recent #video for @mongabay examining a very sensitive question, particularly given the context of #ClimateChange. One I personally struggled with.
"Should I have kids?"
Read the full article below. Video is embedded.
Is having fewer kids the answer to the climate question? | Problem Solved
“Should I have kids?” is an age-old question, but the urgent context we find ourselves in today isn’t, as we climb rapidly toward 1.5° Celsius (2.7° Fahrenheit) of warming above pre-industrial levels due to human-made carbon dioxide emissions. Our population is expected to peak some time this century at 9.7 billion people, according to a […]
🎙️ NEW PODCAST🎙️
LINK: https://traffic.libsyn.com/mongabay/Sloths_mixdown.mp3
As sloths continue to lose their habitat on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, one conservation group is stepping in to protect them using ☁️ 'Sky Bridges' ☁️ .
Listen to my reading of Monica Pelliccia and Maria Angeles Salazar's piece from @mongabay.
#Sloth #Conservation #CostaRica #News #Environment #Podcast #Rainforest
Image: Baby three-toed sloth hugging a stuffed panda in a Trio Indigenous community. Suriname, 2012. Image by Rhett Butler.
"A report from funders of a $1.7 billion pledge to support Indigenous and community forest tenure made at the 2021 U.N. climate conference found that 19% of the financing has been distributed.
The findings also show that only 7% of the funding went directly to Indigenous and community organizations, despite the protection they provide to forests and other ecosystems."
#IndigenousRights #Conservation #Environment #News #ClimateChange
Small share of land rights pledge went to Indigenous groups: Progress report
Funders of a $1.7 billion pledge announced at the 2021 U.N. climate conference say they disbursed around 19% of the money to bolster the land rights of Indigenous and local communities, according to the group’s annual report released Nov. 7. The figure puts them on track to fulfill the five-year commitment. However, organizations led by […]
About 70 of you followed me in the past 24 hours and I got to say thank you! It’s inspiring to see everyone move from one place to the next in full force.
"Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska?
While fisheries managers and biologists say climate change is to blame for the species’ retreat, some fishers and crab experts suggest that trawling bycatch and other fishing activity may have played a role in the snow crab’s decline."
@ECAlberts reports for Mongabay
#Ocean #Environment #News #ClimateChange #Crab #Alaska
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/did-climate-change-really-kill-billions-of-snow-crabs-in-alaska/
Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska?
The disappearance of billions snow crabs from the Bering Sea has captivated the world’s attention since Alaska shut down the fishery for the first time in October 2022. But where exactly did these snow crabs go? And what caused them to vanish so quickly? Scientists are still grappling with these questions, but climate change is […]