Achilleas gioypi @gioypi@qoto.org

Sometimes conservation projects manage to bring back almost-extinct species.

Probably hard to do it right, but totally worth it.

6 successful stories (article by #Greenpeace ):
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/six-conservation-success-stories/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=stay-connected-july&utm_campaign=recent-action-takers

#wildlife

Outside the police station:

Outside the Ministry: the banner reads "Mr Hatzidakis, natural wealth or oil?"

Kostis Hatzidakis is the current Minister for the Environment and Energy.

You may not hear about it, but #Greece is in a pivotal period regarding sea health, #tourism and #climatejustice .
During the lockdown, a set of anti-environmental laws passed, allowing fossil-fuel companies to start harmful research activities throughout the country, both on land and seas. Yes, there is probably natural gas in Greece, so why not drill everywhere?

The laws were promoted as a "modernization of environmental regulations" and cover many different subjects, here's the juice:
1. You can start searching for fossil fuels by announcing it to two state bodies, no permission needed,
2. Natura 2000 regions are practically no longer protected from drilling and other activities,
3. Local authorities no longer have a voice on how their lands will be utilized,
4. If you want to invest in wind parks, you are encouraged to build anything larger than 150MW (the law is not very clear about this one).

#Greenpeace and #WWF are working together to stop this. Today 4 Greenpeace activists were arrested for protesting peacefully outside the Ministry of the Environment and Energy.

#climatechange

A private security company, National Eviction Team (NET), has been hired by HS2 Ltd to patrol the public byways bordering the HS2 construction sites and evict protesters from public lands in UK.

NET employees have frequently used violence and intimidation tactics against the peaceful protesters, and local police have turned a blind eye.

One protester was placed in a choke hold until he blacked out. Another bled profusely after being repeatedly hit across the head. Another had their life endangered when a NET employee tried to evict them from a tree without the use of a safety harness.

In addition to the violence, both NET and HS2 Ltd employees have repeatedly ignored the Covid-19 safety guidelines on social distancing and protective masks.

A study suggests that hispanic and black people are more concerned about climate change in the USA...

https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/race-and-climate-change/

I guess it's edited, I can't say for sure. I still like it.
#blackmirror

From #xr protest in #london
#nogoingback

According to a new study on #climatechange it is possible that by 2070:
"∼3.5 billion people (roughly 30% of the projected global population) would have to move to other areas if the global population were to stay distributed relative to temperature the same way it has been for the past millennia"

Although, this is a theory that could lose accuracy over the next 50 years, delaying our transition to #renewables is certainly a bad idea!

Research article: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/21/11350

#climatechange

Original cartoon by Graeme MacKay, edited by unknown.
#climatechange #COVID19