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Trudeau government takes first steps to cement its cornerstone climate policy 

"Contracts for difference are widely seen as a strong solution because it makes ambitious projects less risky, which is good for companies and investors, incentivizes emissions-reducing projects and is cheaper than tax credits or straight-up subsidies"

nationalobserver.com/2022/11/0

A Consumer Guide to the Inflation Reduction Act 

The Inflation Reduction Act directs an unprecedented $369 billion toward fighting climate change. Here’s how to save on electric vehicles, solar panels, heat pumps, and more via tax credits and rebates.

nrdc.org/stories/consumer-guid

Developing countries ‘will need $2tn a year in climate funding by 2030’ 

“Around half of the required financing can be reasonably expected to come from local sources, from strengthening domestic public finance and domestic capital markets, including tapping into large pools of local finance that national development banks are able to mobilise”

theguardian.com/environment/20

Climate change threatening ‘things Americans value most,’ U.S. report says 

1. Every part of the U.S. is grappling with climate change — but not equally
2. A warming world threatens reliable water supplies
3. Extreme events are wreaking havoc on homes and property
4. The U.S. can expect more forced migration and displacement
5. Climate change is a growing public health threat
6. It’s not just humans who are feeling the effects
7. There is good news and opportunity to still shape the future

washingtonpost.com/climate-env

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During COP27, we urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those held simply for peacefully exercising their human rights, implementing criteria set by local NGOs for these releases: fairness, transparency, inclusiveness and urgency. One of these prisoners is Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who is now on a water strike since the beginning of COP27. (thread)

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A room full of oceanographers #IceSheet has just been told (by Gael Durand of the #PROTECT project) that 2m of global mean #SeaLevelRise is basically almost inevitable* and there is a tangible atmosphere of shock...

*On a timescale ranging from a couple of hundred to thousand of years

#OceanIceKO

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Twitter is designed to agitate us.

Twitter is designed to get under our skin.

Twitter is designed to make us react.

Twitter is designed to make us want to return to "give them a piece of my mind."

Twitter is a drug that kills empathy and rewards cruelty and compels us to come back for more, even though we know that it is self-harm.

Which is entirely by design.

That is why Mastodon feels so chill.

You're not being manipulated.

#twitter #twittermigation #twitterexit #algorithm #mastodon

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[RPT] Galaxies: Wilds Triplet from Hubble: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221108.… by @esa /Hubble, @nasa, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/J. Dalcanton pic.twitter.com/K4zrEXciSa twitter.com/apod/status/159001

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If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

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The opposite of impostor syndrome and self-doubt doesn’t have to be arrogance.

You can recognize your qualifications while still seeing you have a lot to learn.

You can recognize that success will require hard work while still seeing you are capable of exceptional things.

#mentoring #mastodon #academia #phdlife #phdchat

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@smaideman Can you imagine if all laws were enforced based on fear of how the criminals would react? Yikes.

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@jentaub this model is the future. Like minded group can crowdsource a server and join the larger 'fediverse' if desired. Will not be subject to whims of some plutocrat.

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Disinformation alert! With more absentee ballots and votes by mail, along with rules that prohibit early counting, we should not expect to know election winners immediately. There is nothing suspicious about taking time to count every vote.
twitter.com/atrupar/status/158

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Women suffragette posts are going around today, understandably! Let’s be more inclusive and historically accurate. #vote That’s the beauty of today: we can fix the wrongs, or start to.

npr.org/2020/08/26/904730251/y

teenvogue.com/story/womens-suf

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RT @CopernicusECMWF: Anthropogenic emissions account for about 60% of total methane emissions to the atmosphere.

Domestic ruminants & manure management as the main contributor with around 30%.

Ahead of #COP27 we bring you key aspects of this elusive & omnipresent #GHG

➡️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/metha

🐦🔗: nitter.eu/CopernicusEU/status/

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RT @CopernicusEMS: #EMSR639 #Belize 🇧🇿 #HurricaneLisa

Overnight, our #RapidMappingTeam delivered its Grading Product for the Belize City Center Area of Interest

As of 6 November at 16:17 UTC
➡️A total of 8⃣6⃣ affected buildings🏚️ have been detected in the area analysed

🔗emergency.copernicus.eu/mappin

🐦🔗: nitter.eu/CopernicusEU/status/

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Please know: in the US, it is illegal to intimidate voters and a federal crime to “intimidate, threaten, [or] coerce … any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of [that] other person to vote or to vote as he may choose.”

If you experience/witness interference w/anyone's right to vote at the polls, call: Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE or 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (en Español).

You can report intimidation to your local elections officials here: usa.gov/election-office

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