Environment Matters

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Emigrant / Immigrant. Fan of strigidae. Views on nature & the #environment, #conservation, #renewables etc, with a mix of history & culture. #Slovakia

Good to see Silva coming back to take up environment brief, a staunch defender of the Amazon

But ...

“The ministry has been destroyed. It no longer exists. It will have to be rebuilt almost from scratch”

#Brazil #Amazon

Looking forward to when I can finally delete this one, 3 years in a row ...
Flipping back through the archives, here is Day 16, “Barred Owl on the Prairie”, acrylics on paper #ArtAdventCalendar #AcrylicPainting #acrylics #ArtistsOfMastodon #MastoArt #artist #owls #birds #BirdsOfPrey

Some irony ... but let's take the wins eh ?

Texas is v rapidly decarbonizing its grid. Zero carbon derived energy was just 22% of TX electricity in 2015.

Zero-carbon generation will generate 47% of electricity in 2023. Booming wind & solar will reduce gas sharply in 2023 in TX.

#renewables #justtransition

On this day, possibly one of the greatest Scottish designers died. Charles Rennie Mackintosh

A leading light of the Glasgow School, his work across architecture, interior design & stained glass was a precursor to 1930s Art Deco

Don't get me wrong, I have a fairly active presence there & some great interactions.

I also manually cross post some things that I think are relevant / interesting

However, auto cross posting, with a link back to Twitter says a few things about the profile :

No interest in serious engagement

Most likely farming clicks to content

Therefore no point in following

Not sure about anyone else, but I for one will not be following or interacting with accts that are automatically cross posting from Twitter.
Hey, Superdry and Scotch & Soda. We're in an energy crisis, and the climate crisis hasn't gone away yet either. What about closing your giant shop doors, like many others do? It's 3⁰C outside and you're wasting energy.
(Utrecht, the Netherlands, just now)

Wee bit of Irish history for your delectation

Podcast from BBC : In our Time on The Irish Rebellion of 1798

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001fwb9

#Ireland #history

In Our Time - The Irish Rebellion of 1798 - BBC Sounds

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and early consequences of the 1798 rebellion.

bbc

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Humanity’s war on nature is ultimately a war on ourselves.

It’s time for the world to adopt a far-reaching biodiversity framework — a true peace pact with nature — and deliver a green, healthy future for all. #COP15

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1600615504385036288

António Guterres on Twitter

“Humanity’s war on nature is ultimately a war on ourselves. It’s time for the world to adopt a far-reaching biodiversity framework — a true peace pact with nature — and deliver a green, healthy future for all. #COP15”

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