More than 1,000 scientists across the globe chained themselves to the doors of oil-friendly banks, blocked bridges, and occupied the steps of government buildings on Wednesday to send an urgent message to the international community: The ecological crisis is accelerating, and only a “climate revolution” will be enough to avert catastrophe.
The verdict is in on the nation’s light touch approach. More died. Herd immunity proved a mirage.
You’ll remember Sweden and its daring COVID experiment. For more than a year that Nordic country advocated for a laissez-faire approach to the pandemic. While much of Europe locked down, masked up and protected citizens, Sweden, under the direction of its chief epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, took a more chill approach.
Policies in place to reduce emissions as of December 2020 would lead the planet to 3.2 degrees Celsius of warming, more than double the 1.5 degrees limit that scientists say is essential for avoiding the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
Staff at more than 50 locations have contacted the organizers as a second warehouse is set to vote on a union later this month
Staff at more than 50 Amazon warehouses have contacted the organizers of last week’s historic vote establishing Amazon’s first-ever union, expressing interest in setting up unions of their own.
One in five Canadians lives in energy poverty, meaning they spend a disproportionately high percentage of their income on home energy bills.
Despite the numbers, federal support for energy poverty is lacking, said Abhilash Kantamneni, a research associate at Efficiency Canada, which released a report Thursday looking at the state of energy poverty programs across the country.
Particles discovered in tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery, with polypropylene and PET most common
Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed.
The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning “there is an increasing concern regarding the hazards” to health.
