Notices by Bread and Circuses (breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social), page 2

I wish, I wish, I wish… that this was all just a very bad dream I could wake up from.
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"Microplastics Detected Entering The Brain Just 2 Hours After Ingestion"

A new study on mice reveals that microplastics can cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain shortly after being ingested. The brains of mice fed micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) were found to contain them just two hours after ingestion via a mechanism previously unknown to science, suggesting that the tiny plastics found almost everywhere could be even more worrying than previously thought.

Once there, the researchers believe the MNPs could increase the risk of an array of serious diseases. “In the brain, plastic particles could increase the risk of inflammation, neurological disorders or even neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s,” said Lukas Kenner, one of the lead researchers of the study, in a statement.

Microplastics are everywhere. A sad reality of the use of plastics in almost every single aspect of daily life, microplastics and nanoplastics are being found in animals across the globe and have even been discovered in the human placenta, indicating that there may be nowhere left to hide from them.

Such particles can enter the human body through drinking water from plastic bottles and food packaging, and it is estimated that 90,000 plastic particles can enter a single human drinking bottled water each year.
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FULL STORY -- https://www.iflscience.com/microplastics-detected-entering-the-brain-just-2-hours-after-ingestion-68593

🤮 #Ecology #Environment #Pollution #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Greta Thunberg (@gretathunberg), from page 90 of "The Climate Book"...
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Every once in a while, our leaders make a few pledges and set a variety of vague, non-binding, often distant targets. Then, as soon as they have failed to reach them, they immediately set some new ones. And on it goes.

It may seem absurd, but it most definitely works — if your aim is to maintain business as usual, economic growth, and high popularity ratings.

Since the level of public interest in and awareness of these failed climate and biodiversity pledges is close to non-existent, and since the media long for positive news as part of their policy of both-sides reporting — It can't be all gloom and doom! — the overall message that is conveyed, if any, is that action is being taken. It may not always go all that well, but hey, they are actually trying really hard, and there definitely has been a lot of progress made — so stop being so negative all the time! 🙄
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GET THE BOOK — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709837/the-climate-book-by-greta-thunberg/

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #CO2

System change is now a matter of survival.
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"Millionaires will burn through two-thirds of the world’s carbon budget by 2050, scientists warn"

To limit global warming to below 1.5°C, we can only burn a certain amount of carbon.

But millionaire emissions alone will deplete 72% of this allowance before 2050, according to a new scientific paper.

“Continued growth in emissions at the top makes a low-carbon transition less likely, as the acceleration of energy consumption by the wealthiest is likely beyond the system's capacity to decarbonize,” the scientists warn.

The research coincides with the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which warns that a ‘liveable future’ requires urgent emissions cuts.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/03/22/millionaires-will-burn-through-two-thirds-of-the-worlds-carbon-budget-by-2050-scientists-w

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #Anticapitalism

This makes me feel old and tired...

And discouraged...

And angry! 😡

Which countries, historically, pumped the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, leading us to climate breakdown?

Shouldn't these countries pay the most to repair the damage and help everyone shift to to a carbon-free future?

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions

Here are two additional sites where you can learn more about #degrowth and also find great resources to help make connections with local activists...

https://degrowth.info/en/degrowth

https://www.degrowth.nz/what-is-degrowth

If you believe in this, please BOOST :boost: to reach more people!

#Economy #Economics #AntiCapitalism #ClimateChange #Environment #Sustainability

The science is unequivocal. The messages we've received from Gaia could not be more clear.

To avoid catastrophe, to prevent the collapse of our civilization, to avert the possible extinction of the human race — we MUST stop emitting carbon into the atmosphere. This requires urgent, immediate cuts, phasing down to full ZERO (not phony greenwashed "Net-Zero") within a matter of years.

So, how are we doing?

Not so good.
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READ THIS -- "No sign of decrease in global CO2 emissions"

https://globalcarbonbudget.org/no-sign-of-decrease-in-global-co2-emissions/

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

As usual, she does not mince words...
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said in an op-ed published Monday that the world’s leaders are not even “moving in the right direction” on addressing the growing climate crisis.

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Thunberg, 20, said that financial resources need to be aggressively poured into “solutions, adaptations, and restorations” to address climate change, but that the funds are currently “going elsewhere.”

“The often-used argument that ‘we don’t have enough money’ has been disproven so many times,” Thunberg wrote. “According to the International Monetary Fund, the production and burning of coal, oil and fossil gas was subsidized by $5.9 trillion in 2020 alone. That is $11 million every minute, earmarked for planetary destruction.”

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world launched unprecedented financial rescue packages. These recovery plans were seen as a huge opportunity to set humanity on a brand-new course for a more sustainable economic paradigm. They were called ‘our last chance to avert a climate disaster,’ as the enormous size of the investments would make it impossible for us to undo their consequences in the future if we got that funding even slightly wrong,” she said.

But, according to the International Energy Agency, only 2 percent of those massive financial aid packages went toward green energy, Thunberg said.

“Our leaders completely failed,” she wrote.

“And they continue to fail; despite all the beautiful words and pledges, they are not moving in the right direction. In fact, we are still expanding fossil fuel infrastructure all over the world. In many cases, we are even speeding up the process. China is planning to build 43 new coal power plants on top of the 1,000 plants already in operation. In the U.S., approvals for companies to drill for oil and fossil methane gas are on schedule to reach their highest level since the presidency of George W. Bush,” she wrote.

FULL ARTICLE -- https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3856605-greta-thunberg-says-world-leaders-not-even-moving-in-the-right-direction-on-climate/

#GreenWashing #ClimateCrisis #KeepItInTheGround #GretaThunberg

BREAKING -- We have obtained a quote from the keynote speech at the World Economic Forum being held at Davos.

#ClimateCrisis #Collapse #AntiCapitalism

It’s hard sometimes to understand just how UN-equal our modern human society really is.

We often talk about the 1% versus the 99%, but that’s not even close to an accurate ratio for the true scale of inequality. Because the “haves” in our society — the owners, the rulers — do not possess a mere one hundred times more power and wealth than the rest of us. The disparity is *far* greater than that.

(See the video linked below for more on this.)

Through consolidation and monopolies and lobbying and bribery and corruption, within the past four decades the wealthy and powerful have achieved complete dominance over us and over the world we live in. It’s not an exaggeration to say they own and control virtually EVERYTHING.

They own the corporations. They own the resources. They own the governments. They own the major media. They own (most of) the Internet.

And what are they doing with all that wealth and power? Simple. They’re grabbing more. And more and more and more. They will *never* have enough.

In the meantime, while they continue hoarding, our owners are also working to convince you and me that everything is okay, that the status quo is just fine, that there’s nothing to worry about. They want to keep the stores open, the factories running, the airliners flying, and the cruise ships sailing.

The longer our rulers can keep assuring everyone that business-as-usual is the way to go, the more money they will make. And they believe (though it's likely a delusion) that with enough money and enough power, they and their descendants will be able to survive and even thrive in the 3°C to 5°C world of the future.

I’m not sure at this point if anything can be done about this. It may be too late. But I hope I’m wrong.

#inequality #AntiCapitalism #ClimateCrisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

“When you realize that under capitalism, a forest isn’t worth anything until it is cut down, you begin to see where the ecological crisis comes from.” - Adam Idek Hastie
#AntiCapitalism #BiodiversityLoss