People never seem to care much about this painting, but I like the simplicity. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper #TraditionalArt #AnimeArt #Nature #Landscape #Environment
Does the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator have the legal authority to overrule his own hearing commissioners? Two environmental groups in Alberta don’t think so and they want the provincial court of appeal to hear their case.
“...Morgan appointed himself the de facto judge, jury, and executioner in regulating resource development in Alberta,” they say and argue the separation of powers between the governing and regulatory process are in jeopardy.
Read my latest report for The Energy Mix.
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Mysterious white halos have been discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off California. It’s not a good thing. @ScienceAlert has more on the toxic secret:
The nuts and bolts of our world are literally made from steel: furniture, tools, buildings, containers & more. But making all this steel produces 8% of our carbon emissions, so one of the pillars of a clean future is green steel. Can it be done? We find out, in this week's Rare Earth:
New research looked at 213 heat waves around the world from 2000 to 2023. No surprise: Heatwaves became more likely and more severe during that period, largely due to the burning of fossil fuels. Of those events, up to a quarter of them would have been impossible without pollution from 14 "carbon majors" — fossil fuel and cement producers including ExxonMobil, Chevron, and the former Soviet Union. @CNN reports on the possible legal implications of this. “Courts are indicating a willingness to hold carbon majors accountable, but at the same time asking for more scientific certainty, and our study helps to close a part of that gap,” said Corina Heri, a study coauthor and law professor at Tilburg Law School in Zurich.
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate
In our magazine: Brenda Bazán is a Mexican-American independent photographer from San Antonio who was on assignment for the Texas Tribune from July 5-11 in Kerr County covering the Hill Country flood.
Her photos are presented in partnership with the Tribune. https://www.texasobserver.org/where-the-water-reached/
Pet Flea Treatments Are Poisoning Wild Birds: Study
"High levels of harmful pesticides from pet flea treatments in birds’ nests lined with animal fur is leading to the increased mortality rate of chicks."
#FleaTreatments #pets #pesticides #Birds #ornithology #Environment #ecology #Toxicology https://medium.com/grrlscientist/pet-flea-treatments-are-poisoning-wild-birds-study-52c30a33e3c5
While we rightly celebrate our continuing shift across Europe to renewable energy, when that achievement is put into a global context, we might have pause to consider how large a challenge a global green transition (for energy) remains.... there is a (very) long way to go (and time is running out)
Wasserverbrauch von KI und Rechenzentren (updated im Juli 2025)
https://ardion.io/blog/ai-water-consumption/
https://aiwaterusage.com/
In dem hier sind ein paar seltsame Aussagen drin, aber gute Grafiken:
https://insidetechworld.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-water-consumption-and-environmental-impact/
#AI #KI #environment #climate #impact #Klima
The #EU just leapfrogged #China by #GDP.
We also have: Democracy & Fundamental Rights
Strong #SocialRights and reasonable working hours
#UniversalHealthCare
Strongest environmental protection in the world.
gets a lot of stick, but we compete with the world's biggest economies while protecting our people and the #environment, we should celebrate that more.
Lineup for #TheLingeringStorm:
• Soledad O’Brien
• Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. (Hip Hop Caucus)
• Former Houston Mayor Bill White
• Journalists from Mother Jones, Capital B & Texas Observer
Donation-based tickets (suggested $5): https://bit.ly/KatrinaEvent2025
Let’s honor the past, confront the present, and imagine a more just, resilient future.
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BigTech uses open source if it increases their profit but they sabotage the philosophy behind it
https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-4568-9943-dae1-b2d347263856
The theme of the Osaka Expo is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” But with climate change fueling severe summer heat, one of the expo’s top challenges has been to design a site that’s compatible with the present. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/10/climate-change/osaka-expo-large-events-summer-heat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #2025osakaexpo #climatechange #heatwaves #health #osaka
Unbelievable. Trump has ordered the destruction of satellites monitoring climate change. White House demands NASA destroy vital satellites.