Ralph Martin

If we allocate less energy to light could we help solve 2 problems: excess light and excess GHGs https://bit.ly/3lWBO0p

Canadian pension funds can’t credibly claim to understand the financial risks of the climate crisis at the same time that they're investing in the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, said Patrick DeRochie, pension engagement manager at Shift. https://bit.ly/333Rasf

Why are we still giving money to an industry that is 100+ yrs old and doing so much damage? "Canada provided ... US$12 billion (to fossil fuel companies) ... and Saudi Arabia provided around US$32 billion to them."

Gotta love all the designs in nature. "The prehistoric armoured creatures, known as albanerpetontids, were sit-and-wait predators who snatched prey with a projectile firing of their ballistic tongues." https://bit.ly/3pJtPpz

"McCabe started managing DuPont’s communications with the EPA about PFOA ... DuPont ... dumped 7,100 tons of PFOA-filled waste in West Virginia, which made its way into the drinking water of 100,000 people. Countless members of the community faced debilitating illnesses as a result. The legal battle with the company was turned into the film Dark Waters in 2019." https://bit.ly/3pJdYYk

There are "over 100 more than previous investigations have uncovered" https://bit.ly/2G2eZIC

"If all SUV drivers banded together to form their own country, it would rank as the 7th largest emitter in the world." https://bit.ly/3mINDYJ

"River managers, biologists, conservationists and environmentalists have been demanding that fish farms be moved away from wild runs, sealed off, or brought out of the sea on to land" https://bit.ly/3cd72ME

"Denmarks Orsted, went from the countrys grubby oil, gas and coal monster into the worlds biggest owner of offshore wind farms in less than a decade. Orsteds stock market returns have been spectacular in recent years." https://tgam.ca/2ZRIoMJ

"In the past calendar year, Canadas arms exports to Saudi Arabia more than doubled." https://tgam.ca/3kGy3ez

A world without natural habitat will leave us all homeless. "A leading target to halve the loss of natural habitats, including forests, has not been met." https://bit.ly/35FlBY6

"Since 1970, 3 billion birds have been lost in the US and Canada. if we dont do anything to protect their habitat were going to lose large numbers of the populations of several species. https://bit.ly/3mlnDCu

The share of renewable energy grows more quickly than any fuel ever seen in history. "That prediction reflects BPs own move out of fossil fuels." https://tgam.ca/2FAPrlE

Rudy's meaningful and beautiful contribution to improving our world https://tgam.ca/2GZpHQx

By no means should we be selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, not only because they may be used in Yemen, but they may also be used against Saudis. https://bit.ly/35rmRhb

"What if those who can't or don't want to travel can sell their quotas?" https://bit.ly/2Rbs191

"The world is set for warmest 5 years on record in a trend which is likely to continue - and is not on track to meet agreed targets to keep global temperature increase well below 2 C or at 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels." https://bit.ly/3m6NhL6

"The '15-minute city' ... where everything you need house, job, supermarket, school, park, health centre, post office is 15 min away, by foot or bike." https://bit.ly/33c63Z1

Gotta love farmer ingenuity. Farmers who were once angry about the presence of elephants now think of them as their friends." https://bit.ly/3jUFWfL

We could use what we have, when we have it and where we are. The BIG solution may evade us for a long time. https://tgam.ca/2FcepY4

"Our capacity and need for hope, as long as we keep that hope honest, is a precious gift, because it encourages us to keep open a space for possibilities, and to use our imagination to create possibilities in that space. That hope thrives on mere possibility is not a weakness but its greatest strength." https://tgam.ca/35eC1qh

"Almost 1/3 of all emerging diseases have originated through the process of land use change ... 5 or 6 new epidemics a year could soon affect Earths population." https://bit.ly/331Olrc

In 2016 ... there were almost 10,000 fines countrywide for environmental crimes ... in the first 6 months of 2020, it stood at 3,721 fines https://tgam.ca/3jHd6iT

"Strategies for wildlife recovery should be developed in an equitable way, and with Indigenous participation as a high priority. A range of scientific studies have found that biodiversity fares better on Indigenous lands." https://tgam.ca/3gOCMbv

"Seattle-based tech companies like Amazon respond to the pandemic and rely in part on systems of oppression in north-west China which experiment with biometric surveillance technologies." https://bit.ly/3bs9xKN

The power of using less. "The energy grids carbon intensity reached a record low of 21 grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour due to a slump in energy demand." https://bit.ly/3gHhpcg

"HAV estimates that its Airlander 10 craft will fly with up to 90% fewer emissions than traditional aircraft." https://bit.ly/3b94Tkx

"If we had the global population of 500 years ago (~500 mil), and if it were composed of average UK plane passengers, our environmental impact would probably be greater than that of the 7.8 billion alive today." https://bit.ly/2Qy9cwh

This is one of the greatest survival stories in biological history anywhere on the planet, says Robert Kooyman. What we have at risk is 70m years of deep time history and 40m years of isolated Australian history and its connections with Antarctica. https://bit.ly/2YEeryK

"An inmate could remain locked in a cell for 14 non-consecutive days a month, with no meaningful human contact, for months on end."

58% of British people want a green economic recovery, while 31% disagree. ... In China, in the same survey, the proportions are 80% and 16%, and in India, 81% and 13%. The more we consume, the more our moral imagination atrophies. https://bit.ly/2Eq3FoX

"This level of ice loss matches the worst-case-scenario predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)" https://bit.ly/2QvmIAZ

"This project would cut through at least 53 waterways in the protected Greenbelt, which Premier Doug Ford has repeatedly pledged not to develop." https://bit.ly/3hjrsoQ

"The Province has introduced more Minister's Zoning Orders than what the previous government had introduced in the ten years prior. These MZOs set a dangerous precedent, that directly puts farmland at risk from development. https://ontariofarmlandtrust.ca/ministers-zoning-orders/

"India is now the country with the highest petrol and diesel taxation in the world. The taxes on fossil fuels send an important carbon mitigation signal to consumers and generate much-needed revenue." https://bit.ly/321hemG

Agribusiness and oil, gas and mining have been consistently the biggest drivers of attacks against land and environmental defenders and they are also the industries pushing us further into runaway climate change through deforestation and increasing carbon emissions. https://bit.ly/2E9XdlE

There are other ways to buy products. Amazon does not need our money. "Since the start of 2020 the worth of the Amazon empire is reckoned to have increased by more than half, to an astonishing $1.49 trillion." https://bit.ly/2EbYSXI

"If public health authorities were able to consistently identify 50 per cent of the infected, and track down 100 per cent of their contacts. With enhanced case detection and contact tracing, the expected infection rate would fall to just 0.4 per cent of Canadians. https://tgam.ca/323jGJA

"The UK has reduced by 40 percent below 1990 levels; Canada has increased GHG emissions by nearly 21 percent above our 1990 levels (growing from 603 MT in 1990 to 729 MT in 2018.) The entire EU is well on track to the 40 percent reductions."