Official Climate Change Thread

[ADevilYouKhow]

The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. In many cases, the public pays a price.

www.nytimes.com

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

How Electrifying Everything Became a Key Climate Solution

To tackle climate change, we’ll need to plug in millions of cars, trucks, home heaters, stoves and factories.

www.nytimes.com

 

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UK Experts Think Heavy EVs Might Cause The Collapse Of Old Parking Garages - Jalopnik

EVs are heavy. That extra weight they carry could be putting some portions of infrastructure at risk. The Telegraph reports officials in the UK are worried that older multi-level parking garages could be at risk of collapse due to all that weight.

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9 days later

Parking Garage Collapses In Manhattan Leaving One Dead, Five Injured - Jalopnik

Yesterday afternoon, a parking garage in Manhattan’s Financial District collapsed with six employees inside. One was killed in the collapse, while five others were injured, according to ABC 7 News.

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[greenvale]

UK Experts Think Heavy EVs Might Cause The Collapse Of Old Parking Garages - Jalopnik

EVs are heavy. That extra weight they carry could be putting some portions of infrastructure at risk. The Telegraph reports officials in the UK are worried that older multi-level parking garages could be at risk of collapse due to all that weight.

jalopnik.com

9 days later

Parking Garage Collapses In Manhattan Leaving One Dead, Five Injured - Jalopnik

Yesterday afternoon, a parking garage in Manhattan’s Financial District collapsed with six employees inside. One was killed in the collapse, while five others were injured, according to ABC 7 News.

jalopnik.com

I've been reading about how this is a lowkey con of EVs. Honestly hybrid sounds like a better deal to me

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

How New Yorkers’ Food Scraps Get ‘Digested’ to Provide Gas for Homes

So far, nothing from the city’s curbside composting program has been composted. But gas produced by the scraps is now consistently flowing into pipelines to serve homes.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Nero Christ]

I've been reading about how this is a lowkey con of EVs. Honestly hybrid sounds like a better deal to me

The truth is, the best solution for this is a bolstered, efficient, and effective public transportation system.

 

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TikTok to remove climate change denial videos and direct users to 'authoritative information'

TikTok said the changes, which are being rolled out ahead of Earth Day, would help "empower accurate climate discussions" and "reduce harmful misinformation".

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TikTok to remove climate change denial videos and direct users to 'authoritative information'​

TikTok said the changes, which are being rolled out ahead of Earth Day, would help "empower accurate climate discussions" and "reduce harmful misinformation".
By Tom Acres, technology reporter
Wednesday 19 April 2023 16:10, UK

TikTok is to start removing videos that deny the existence of climate change.

The popular short-form video app said it was updating its misinformation policy to target any content which "undermines well-established scientific consensus" about global warming.


Any clips which contain misinformation about the climate crisis will be removed.

The company is also introducing new search features to direct anyone who looks up climate content towards "authoritative information", sourced in partnership with the UN.

This is similar to the approach taken on YouTube, which promotes links to the UN's web pages on climate change when people search for relevant videos.

TikTok said the changes would help "empower accurate climate discussions" and "reduce harmful misinformation".

The changes will be rolled out ahead of Earth Day on Saturday, an annual global event to mark the importance of dedicating time, resources, and energy to solving the climate crisis.

Under pressure from governments over privacy and safety concerns due to its Chinese ownership, TikTok has toughened its stance on harmful content over the past year.


A Sky News investigation into the prevalence of controversial influencer Andrew Tate on social media platforms found TikTok appeared to have done some work to protect children from being served such videos.

TikTok also said it was removing eating disorder content after research found views of such videos had grown.

Despite repeated attempts to improve its reputation among sceptics, the company is still facing the prospect of an outright ban in the US, where politicians argue it is used to push misinformation and pro-China propaganda.

And in the UK, the company was recently fined almost £13m for misusing children's data.

The app has also been banned from the work phones of government staff, following in the footsteps of the US, EU, Canada, and others.

 

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Meet the Climate Hackers of Malawi

On tiny farms they’re testing creative ideas to stay ahead of the cascading threats — heat and drought, cyclones and floods — transforming their world.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Micky Mikey]

El Nino about to cause global warming to go into overdrive.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Survey: 3.3 million U.S. adults displaced by natural disasters in past year

Hurricanes were responsible for more than half of the forced relocations.

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‘Catastrophic’ Congo Flooding Kills More Than 400 People

Days after the flooding began, survivors are still pulling victims from the rubble and mud, and thousands have been left homeless. More rain is likely in the coming days.

www.nytimes.com

 

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In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived

About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Is It a Lake, or a Battery? A New Kind of Hydropower Is Spreading Fast.

So-called pumped storage, rather than conventional dams, is emerging as the future of deriving electricity from water's gravitational qualities.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Colorado Law Will Require Homes to Be More Wildfire Resistant

The state will develop building standards for homes in high-risk areas after ProPublica’s reporting showed previous efforts to require fire-resistant housing materials had been repeatedly stymied by developers and municipalities.

www.propublica.org

 

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Hurricanes of Data: The Tiny Craft Mapping Superstorms at Sea

Understanding the secrets of a warming ocean means steering straight into the biggest hurricanes. Enter the saildrone.

www.nytimes.com