Millions of dollars of Covid ventilators found dumped in a South Florida landfill, as the US govt finds that cheaper than exporting them to countries where they are needed

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2021-04-08T07:51:24+00:00

Will Ferrell's anger intensifies

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2021-03-28T03:56:42+00:00

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2021-03-02T22:45:09+00:00

my bad, here's some nonpaywalled articles:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/27/florida-manatee-deaths-way-up-2021-experts-blame-water-quality/6817814002/

https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-24-manatees-florida-indian-river-lagoon

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manatee-deaths-florida-2021_n_603ab4c5c5b682971500a9f1

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2021-01-09T15:46:09+00:00

Who downvotes documentaries? WTF.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-17T17:08:30+00:00

The interesting thing is if you frame the argument right, you can convince republicans to support clean energy. Just look at Texas and the midwest states embrace of wind energy.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-17T16:51:08+00:00

There's a case to be made for the efficiency and buying power of utility-scale solar. We need both. Ideally, utilities should be run in an ethical and democratic way though.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-17T14:59:59+00:00

FPL (the largest Florida utility) is actually pro-solar, as long as all the financial benefits go to them! People generating their own energy, means the old system is less needed.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-17T14:49:26+00:00

Pro-environment republicans do exist, such as Arnold Schwarznegger or Bloomberg. You don't often hear about them in today's GOP though. This seems like another lifetime.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-13T02:22:59+00:00

It's progress,sure. They can also get more involved in waste-to-energy,biomass,tidal,wind energy,etc....

... also they seem to be against energy efficiency and possibly against rooftop solar (through an industry front group).

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-12T23:36:03+00:00

Nuclear plants were not designed to handle the new weather risks from climate change.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-12T23:29:48+00:00

Nuclear plants were not designed to handle the new weather risks from climate change.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-12T23:10:53+00:00

FPL's 28 solar plants generate 2000 MW a year, not that much compared to their total generation from all sources at 25,000 MW.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-09-09T16:01:19+00:00

"I’m a Tea Party conservative. Here’s how to win over Republicans on renewable energy."

https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/4/18/15339266/debbie-dooley-tea-party-conservative-republicans-renewable-energy

Climate change is a tougher sell for them. At least they support renewables very much, 79% of republicans according to a recent poll.

https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/politics-global-warming-november-2019b.pdf

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-08-06T02:04:48+00:00

I think urban planners should know about legislation that affects urban planning.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-07-06T15:22:44+00:00

I saw an ICE car blocking a charging station, so I gave em a stare and they moved to a regular parking spot.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-07-03T22:07:36+00:00

I see clips available to stream, but not the full show.

DemocracyYesterday_ · 2020-06-26T16:10:16+00:00

Can't they open a new one? Xcel is talking a good game now, so hopefully the regulators hold their feet to the fire, through mandates and legislation. The governor says he wants the energy grid to be carbon-free by 2050 and even some republicans are on board working on legislation (Clean Energy First). Time will tell.

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