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Tidbits – Feb.29, 2024 – Reader Comments: Alabama Supreme Court Decision; Aaron Bushnell; Nex Benedict; How To Avoid Climate Collapse; Jerusalem Youth Chorus North American Spring Tour; Southern Student Organizing Committee Reunion; Cartoons; More…

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Reader Comments: Leap Year; Alabama Supreme Court Decision; Aaron Bushnell; ¡Presente! Nex Benedict; How to avoid climate collapse; Jerusalem Youth Chorus North American Spring Tour; Southern Student Organizing Committee Reunion; Cartoons; more....

Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition

An Interview with Brett Christophers Jacobin
Declining renewable energy prices have not led to a long-predicted renewables boom, because green energy still isn’t sufficiently profitable for private investors. Public investment and ownership is essential to driving a rapid green transition.

Should We Be Afraid of Atmospheric Rivers?

Qian Cao The Conversation
With flooding and mudslides in California, a hydrologist explains the good and bad of atmospheric rivers, and how they are being affected by global warming

Big Oil Knew About Climate Change Far Earlier Than We Thought

Rebecca John DeSmog
Documents shed light on the earliest-known instance of climate science funded by the fossil fuel industry, adding to growing understanding of Big Oil’s knowledge of climate change. Fossil fuel industry sponsored climate science in 1954.

The Doomsday Clock Was Reset at 90 Seconds

Robert C. Koehler Common Dreams
For the second year in a row, the Doomsday Clock has been set—by scientists analyzing the dangers faced by Planet Earth due to human exploitation and nuclear-armed geopolitics—at 90 seconds to midnight. In other words, be afraid. Be very afraid.

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Food Was a Focus at COP28. Here’s What You Need To Know

Editors, Modern Farmer Modern Farmerhttps://modernfarmer.com/2023/12/food-was-a-focus-at-cop28-heres-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=modernfarmer.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=want-to-move-to-the-agrihood
At the world’s biggest conference on climate change, global leaders tried to make moves for a more sustainable food system.

Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

Rebecca Solnit Literary Hub
Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.
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