Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
We have to take that seriously, and we have to make sure that the taxpayers are protected
Cool, so you're going to be upping the reclamation bonding for all mines?
You're going to make them demonstrate equivalent land capabilities, and meet water quality target#?
Danielle Smith and the conservative party in Alberta is going to ruin one of Canada's greatest landmarks for fucking coal.
They're living in the stone age while everyone's already picking up nuclear and renewables like there's a firesale on hot cakes.
This is so goddamn infuriating, Albertans please reconsider who you vote for.
These capitalist vultures will level landmarks and literal mountains if it can earn them a cent.
We have to take that seriously, and we have to make sure that the taxpayers are protected.
If we want to protect taxpayers, we should actually expropriate the assets and tell the mining companies to kick bricks. I'd rather take the $16B hit than have to scrape selenium crust off my teeth whenever I take a sip of water.
Lol I bet they have an oiled-up orgy in the Alberta provincial parliament every time they find more oil on native land; what a bunch of toolbags