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Who’s Afraid of a Carbon Capture Pipeline?
Last summer, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a barn burner of a report laying out an unpleasant reality: Cutting CO2 emissions is no longer enough—countries also need to capture CO2 and store it away. Historically, the United States has been late to the party when it comes to implementing IPCC recommendations, but when the report dropped, the United States was already in the early stages of a very specific boom in carbon capture infrastructure—specifically, new pipelines that would carry captured CO2.
By lupu alexandra4 years ago in Earth
Can the Save Our Sequoias Act Match Up to Its Name?
As the Washburn Fire last month threatened to scorch the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park, discussions about how to protect the iconic trees heated up. While most people agree that the trees are treasured monuments that need to be preserved, there is considerable disagreement about how best to do that. Conservation groups are now pushing back against proposed federal legislation that, they say, would do more harm than good.
By lupu alexandra4 years ago in Earth
The Time to Ensure a Livable Planet Is Now
After years of dedicated campaigning on many fronts, we find ourselves on the precipice of seeing Congress pass the largest investment in climate action, clean energy, and environmental justice in history. Recently, the Sierra Club held a field call with staff and volunteer leaders on which serious concerns were raised regarding the oil and gas leasing provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 as proposed. I feel those concerns in my bones. My father worked in fossil fuels, I have spent my career working with communities subjected to multi-generational impacts by the cruelty and killing wrought by the fossil fuel industry. I want every local leader, every volunteer, and every supporter to know that the leadership of the Sierra Club hears and shares these extremely valid concerns about the provisions in this bill that would force continued leasing for oil and gas extraction. We are also immensely grateful to our community who called or met with your members of Congress, wrote a letter to the editor, attended a protest, donated, or talked to your friends and family to build momentum for the positive things in the IRA. We wouldn't have made it to this point if it wasn't for the hard work and dedication of our grassroots leaders, chapters, and organizers who built an intersectional movement that helped redefine what is possible.
By lupu alexandra4 years ago in Earth
'Nother Day
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Thank God it's also true in traffic... It is possible telling you any of this may change all of our futures in ways no one wants, yet I’ve decided to risk it. I do so because, eternally, most of us can’t shake the weighted blanket of regret we each carry, deep in our core knowing… that we are all just a lot smarter than what we let go down this upcoming day.
By Michael Brian4 years ago in Earth
European Series - Macedonian Phalanx
The endless civil wars in Thebes, Athens, and Sparta, which ultimately benefited the Macedonians of the northern "barbarians" in their eyes, are not uncommon in the history of the Middle Kingdom. Just like the "Jin Dynasty", which glided through the history of the Central Kingdom like a shooting star shortly after the end of the Three Kingdoms period, was soon driven to the Yangtze River by those northern peoples. Under normal circumstances, those who can quickly enter the political arena of the Central Plains after the civil strife in the Central Plains are those marginalized ethnic groups who have accepted the Central Plains culture to a certain extent before. That is, they are familiar with the rules of the game of the Central Kingdom and the military efficiency of the northern horse race is the reason why they can be one step ahead (the Wuhu Luanhuazhihu is the nomadic people attached to it before).
By guanjianwenti0014 years ago in Earth
Europe Series - The Rise of the Marginal Plate "Macedonia"
It is estimated that many friends have already guessed that it is not the three desperate overlords who will eventually unite the Greek world, but the less orthodox "Macedonia" from the border areas like the Qin state in the east. As the first real empire in European history, the history of the conquest of the Alexander Empire, I believe everyone can say one or two. However, when it comes to the origin of this empire, especially their relationship with "Greece", not many people know it. The biggest question is whether the Macedonians are considered "Greeks" and whether the empire founded by Alexander can be counted as Greece.
By guanjianwenti0014 years ago in Earth
European Series - Spartan Hegemony in the "Peloponnesian War"
Obviously, there is a lot of fighting in Greece, and the happiest one is the Persian Empire, which came back that day. At the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, the Persians mainly sat on the mountain and watched tigers fight. However, after Sparta was preparing to compete with Athens at sea, Persia, which had been suppressed by the "Athenian Empire" in the Mediterranean Sea, began to directly intervene in the war. Its way of intervening in the war is not to directly participate in the war, but to provide economic support. In 408 BC, the Spartans, who were regained control of the Aegean Sea by Athens, persuaded the Persian governor of Asia Minor, Cyrus the Younger (not Cyrus the Great, but the son of Darius II), to provide A huge sum of money helped them expand their navy. In order to help the Greek "ally", the Persian prince even made additional investments two years later, using all the funds he could mobilize.
By guanjianwenti0014 years ago in Earth
Europe Series - "Peloponnesian War" Athens Expedition to Sicily
In fact, the fifty-year peace treaty between Athens and Sparta was not strictly observed from the beginning, because both sides were reluctant to return the land they had acquired in the war to the other side. Of course, since everyone needs time to recuperate, these small frictions will not lead to new wars. However, everyone knows in their hearts that there is no need to wait another fifty years before the war will rekindle on Greek soil.
By guanjianwenti0014 years ago in Earth
Europe Series - The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
The so-called "Peloponnesian War" should be precisely the "Peloponnesian-Athens War" (the ancient Greeks also defined it in this way). Because the very famous "History of the Peloponnesian War" in Western history records the war in the 20 years from 431 BC to 411 BC, the so-called "Peloponnesian War" War", also referring to this time period, the war between Athens and Sparta. But in fact, as early as 460 BC, when the Delian League and Persia were still at war, the conflict between the two sides had already occurred.
By guanjianwenti0014 years ago in Earth
