Brazilian researchers have estimated the railway will directly lead to more than 1,500 square miles of deforestation, releasing 75 million tons of carbon, and that broader environmental impacts will affect an area of roughly 19,000 square miles, bigger than the state of Connecticut.

As the Trump administration seeks to justify a war with Cuba using what Cuban officials have called “increasingly implausible accusations” that it poses a danger to national security, President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned on Monday that an American assault would trigger a “bloodbath with incalculable consequences.”

US President Donald Trump has imposed a punishing fuel blockade on Cuba for months that has devastated the island’s civilian population with the explicit goal of forcing its government from power and has, on many occasions, threatened to use military force, including to outright “take” the island.

Making Britain Little Again

Nothing against single-family homes, but apartment buildings and condos are much more efficient for a number of reasons. For one, residents share walls, floors, and ceilings with their neighbors, surrounding them with excellent insulation. Secondly, the square footage of each unit tends to be smaller than detached homes, so there’s less air to manage. Accordingly, it takes less energy to climate-control apartment units and keep people comfortable: The typical resident of a downtown high-rise emits one-third as much greenhouse gases as a resident of a detached house in the suburbs.

“Most people think coal mining is a thing of the past,” said Deanna Istik, CEO of Lungs at Work, a black lung clinic in Washington County, Pennsylvania. “Meanwhile, we see more people being diagnosed with black lung disease than we ever have before.”

Children in third world countries inhale toxic fumes while burning off the plastic coating on those cables in order to ‘recycle’ the metals within

Because the freezing of solar contracts this year could upend Duke’s long-term plan to transition to carbon-free resources, critics of the order are asking for an expedited ruling on their reconsideration petition by May 19. The carbon-reduction plan is still pending with regulators.

“Any kind of reconsideration should happen quickly,” said Mikaela Curry, a North Carolina–based Beyond Coal campaign manager with Sierra Club, one of the groups protesting the order. ​“If this gets dragged out and delayed, it still could have the same impact.”

Making America’s Lungs Black Again!!!

ABAB

May she succeed in her endeavors!

“don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” - Bob Dylan in a song

Earlier this week, [Spanish Prime Minister Pedro] Sánchez petitioned the European Commission to intervene to stop compliance with the Trump administration’s efforts to punish Albanese, as well as members of the International Criminal Court who have brought arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

boo hoo I’m already poop!

there’s always room for more nuclear waste!!!

more like a snowball