#scooters #bike #Europe Europe is saying no to electric scooters. The data says not so fast. E-scooters may have been prematurely maligned. A new study suggests they are safer than electric bikes that the injury risk for e-scooters is actually 2.5 to 10 times lower than for electric bikes. In other words, the dangers are real — just not as extreme as their reputation implies https://archive.ph/OrDB8#selection-271.0-275.102 #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #pollution #environment #climate
#UK EV upfront cost difference compared with petrol cars drops from 33% to 19% in a year: comment Comment on findings that the upfront price difference between new electric and petrol cars has dropped #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
The firm said an increase in extreme weather, that it attributed to climate change, has led to an increased demand in earthing and lightning solutions. According to the Met Office, there are about 1.4 billion lightning strikes each year - about 44 strikes every second #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#health #Türkiye Air pollution, climate change increase heart disease risk in Türkiye Microplastics, noise and light pollution are emerging as serious threats to heart health in Türkiye, with studies showing microplastics in arterial #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Shopping Differently Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis Large companies like BP have taught us to track what we buy, and take responsibility for what we do with the stuff we buy, so that they won’t have to stop making and selling the stuff we buy from them or deal with laws regulating how they do it https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/consumer-responsibility-climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate
#Sackville #NewBrunswick #NB #canada Tantramar students and seniors rally for action on climate change A few dozen people from southeast New Brunswick gathered in Sackville on Friday for a climate strike organized by Divest Mt. A, a student group from Mount Allison Universit https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6918640 #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate #ClimateStrike
#food #Korea Cracked apples and flavorless grapes: How climate change is reshaping Korean farms and dinner tables In a small orchard in Jangseong County, South Jeolla Province — the southernmost region where apples grow in Korea — farmer Yoon Young-hwan has spent more than half a century tending his trees. But in the past few years, he has witnessed something he never saw before in 53 years of apple farming: perfectly ripened fruit suddenly cracking wide open #climate
#Norway In fact, the annual CO2 from Norway's fossil fuel exports is around 10 times higher than its domestic emissions . Per capita, that makes Norway the world’s second biggest emitter after Qatar All this might sound like its ignoring Norway’s role as a key energy supplier to the world. Norwegian oil and gas have helped power homes, factories and economies for decades #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #environment #climate
#USA #US Can climate comedy still work? This offshore wind ad suggests it can The satirical video starring Samuel L. Jackson pokes fun at offshore wind disinformation right as the Trump administration is targeting both comedy and clean energy #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Human Impacts on Ocean Could Double or Triple by 2050, a New UC Santa Barbara Study Warns As climate change, fishing and other human activities threaten marine ecosystems, scientists predict which areas are most at-risk to better inform decision makers #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate