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”
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Emigrant / Immigrant. Fan of strigidae. Views on nature & the #environment, #conservation, #renewables etc, with a mix of history & culture. #Slovakia
Looking forward to when I can finally delete this one, 3 years in a row ...
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.
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
Wee bit of Irish history for your delectation
Podcast from BBC : In our Time on The Irish Rebellion of 1798
First real snow just falling here in Western Carpathians / Beskyds
15-20cm in next 48 hours
Why decarbonizing steel matters, also, why UK government decision on Cumbrian coal is Nuttolgy 101 🤦♂️
'Each ton of steel produced in 2018 emitted on average 1.85 tons of CO2. Steel contributes 8% of annual global CO2 emissions'
Recommended read from Carbon Brief looking at latest forecasts on renewable energy
TLDR: 76% upsurge in wind, solar etc projects
More to come 👍
Tick tock ⏰️
6.41°C anomaly across the Arctic.
Sea-ice is barely increasing & rain on Alaska's North coast in December.
Time is running out ...